Archive for 2018

‘Overlord’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: November 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Paramount Music will release the official soundtrack album for the war horror movie Overlord. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders, Son of a Gun). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 9 and will be available to download on Amazon. Overlord is […]

Marco Beltrami (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z) & Miles Hankins (Len and Company, Being Serena) have recently composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Flarsky. The film is directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50, The Wackness) and stars Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alexander Skarsgård, Randall Park, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Serkis. The movie […]

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series Dynasties. The album features the show’s original music composed by Benji Merrison and Will Slater (Africa, One Strange Rock, Planet Earth Live) and performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Sunday, November 11 (click here to download) […]

Flying Lotus to Score Netflix’s ‘Yasuke’

Posted: November 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Netflix has announced that Flying Lotus will be composing the music for the upcoming Netflix anime series Yasuke. The show is created by LeSean Thomas (The Boondocks, Cannon Busters) and centers on a retired ronin (voiced by Lakeith Stanfield) who must take up his sword when he is charged with the task of transporting a mysterious […]

ITV’s ‘Deep Water’ to Feature Music by Toydrum

Posted: November 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Toydrum (aka Pablo Clements and James Griffith) have signed on to score the upcoming ITV series Deep Water. The show is written by Anna Symon (Indian Summers) based on the Windermere series of novels by Paula Daly and stars Anna Friel, Sinead Keenan and Rosalind Eleazar. The 6-parter follows the lives of three complex and vibrant […]

Francis Lai (1932 – 2018)

Posted: November 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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French composer Francis Lai has passed away at age 86. He is best known for his score for Arthur Hiller’s 1970 feature Love Story, for which he received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and also earned a Grammy Award nomination. Lai was also Golden Globe-nominated for his score and songs from Claude Lelouch’s 1966 […]

A soundtrack album will be released for the indie drama Heart, Baby!. The album features the songs from the movie, including original tracks by actor Jackson Rathbone who also stars in the film, as well as Andy Dixon and Doug Lowe. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 16 and is now available for pre-order […]

Thomas Newman is currently recording his score for the upcoming biographical drama Tolkien. The film is directed by Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts and Colm Meaney. The movie tells the story of author J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books, as he […]

Lotus Production has released a soundtrack album for Paolo Virzi’s Italian comedy Notti Magiche. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carlo Virzi (The Leisure Seeker, Human Capital, The First Beautiful Thing, My Name Is Tanino). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to […]

Bruno Coulais is attached to score the upcoming French crime comedy La Daronne. The film is directed by Jean-Paul Salome (Adventures of Arsene Lupin) and stars Isabelle Huppert. The movie is based on Hannelore Cayre’s novel of the same title and  follows a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris. Salome and Cayre co-wrote […]