Archive for 2017

Raney Shockne has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Huntsville. The film is directed by Eric England (Contracted, Get the Girl) and stars Dylan McDermott, Sophie Turner and Jack Kilmer. The movie follows a solitary man in a Florida town who develops a questionable relationship with a recently transplanted high school student. Anthony Ragnone wrote the Black List-honored screenplay. […]

Premiering on Friday, April 14, is the Netflix original movie Sandy Wexler directed by Steven Brill and starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Hudson, Terry Crews, Arsenio Hall, Kevin James and Rob Schneider. Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, Wonder Woman) has composed the film’s original score. Kenneth “Babyface” Edmond wrote the original song Mr. DJ performed by Hudson for the project. Click […]

Broadway Records has released a score album for the comedy drama Speech & Debate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Deborah Lurie (Dear John, 9, An Unfinished Life, Safe Haven). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring the […]

The full details of the score album for the action sequel The Fate of the Furious have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Fast Five, Furious Seven, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Power Rangers). The soundtrack will be released digitally within the next few weeks and physically on April 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order […]

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village directed by Kelly Asbury and starring  Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi and Mandy Patinkin. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album […]

‘Empire’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details

Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox hit drama Empire. The album a selection of the songs from the show’s third season by cast members including Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon), Jussie Smollett (Jamal Lyon) and Bryshere Gray a.k.a. Yazz (Hakeem Lyon), as well as Serayah, Mariah Carey, Rumor Willis & more. The soundtrack will be […]

Rolfe Kent is reteaming with director Alexander Payne on the upcoming social satire Downsizing. The film starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Hong Chau, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Sudeikis and Rolf Lassgård follows a man who joins the throngs of people undergoing a new process that reduces people to a tiny fraction of their size before moving to one […]

Academy Announces New Awards Rules

Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Academy of Motion Pictures announced a couple of new rules and campaign regulations for next year’s 90th Academy Awards, which were approved at their most recent Board meeting on Tuesday, March 28, including one in the music categories. The new rules state that, “in the Music (Original Score) category, in the case of a score that […]

‘Red’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: April 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the short Red. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Schutzinger (Somersault, Jewboy, Yolk, Lucky Country, Caught Inside). The soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp and will be released through all major digital retailers on April 14. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Red […]

Walt Disney Records will release the original song Everything Everything from Disneynature’s documentary Born in China. The track is performed by the rock band American Authors and will be released as a digital single tomorrow, April 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Born in China is directed by Lu Chuan and narrated by John Krasinski. The movie scored by […]