Craft Recordings has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1971 classic Shaft directed by Gordan Parks and starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi and Christopher St. John. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Isaac Hayes who received an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category and was also nominated […]
Archive for May, 2019
‘Shaft’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isaac Hayes, score, Shaft, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Release for Michael Winner’s ‘The Sentinel’ Announced
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gil Melle, Michael Dinner, score, Soundtrack, The Sentinel
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the world premiere official soundtrack release for the 1977 horror thriller The Sentinel directed by Michael Winner and starring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith and Martin Balsam. The album features the original score from the Universal Pictures production composed by Golden Globe nominee Gil Mellé […]
Andrea Bocelli to Perform Theme Song for Guan Hu’s ‘The Eight Hundred’
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrea Bocelli, Ba Bai, Guan Hu, The Eight Hundred
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is providing the theme song for the upcoming Chinese war epic The Eight Hundred (Ba bai). The film is directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six, Cow) and tells the story of a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers in 1937 who put up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as […]
The National’s Bryce Dessner Scoring Andrea Berloff’s ‘The Kitchen’
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Berloff, Bryce Dessner, The Kitchen
Bryce Dessner of the rock band The National has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Kitchen. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton, World Trade Center) and stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill […]
Soundtrack Album for Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’ Announced
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Danny Boyle, Himesh Patel, Soundtrack, Yesterday
Universal Music/Polydor Records will release the official soundtrack album for Danny Boyle’s musical romantic comedy Yesterday. The album features the Beatles covers from the movie performed by lead actor Himesh Patel, as well as a duet by Patel & Lily James. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Spider-Man: Into […]
‘Dolce Fine Giornata’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Bloom, Dolce Fine Giornata, Jacek Borcuch, Leszek Mozdzer, score, Soundtrack
Warner Music Poland has released a soundtrack album for the Polish drama Dolce Fine Giornata. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Bloom (All That I Love, Lasting) (feat. Leszek Mozdzer). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Dolce Fine Giornata is co-written and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2019)
Posted: May 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catch-22, Good Sam, Harry Gregson-Wiliams, HBO, Hulu, L.A.'s Finest, Laura Karpman, Marcelo Zarvos, Mario Sevigny, Michael Abels, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, See You Yesterday, Spectrum, What's My Name - Muhammad Ali
Premiering tomorrow, May 13 is the Spectrum Original series L.A.’s Finest based on the Bad Boys feature franchise and starring Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Zack Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Step, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Taken, Black Nativity). Check out our previous news article to learn […]
‘Enemy Within’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enemy Within, Nainita Desai, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the World War II drama Enemy Within. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (The Confessions of Thomas Quick, Darkness Visible). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 24 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out […]
Elliot Leung to Score Dante Lam’s ‘The Rescue’ & ‘Warriors of Future’
Posted: May 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dante Lam, Elliot Leung, The Rescue, Warriors of Future
Elliot Leung is composing the music for the upcoming Chinese action thriller The Rescue. The film is directed by Dante Lam (Operation Mekong, The Stool Pigeon, The Sniper) and stars Eddie Peng, Xin Zhilei, Wang Yanlin, Lan Yingying, Xu Yang, Li Mincheng and Wang Yutian. The movie centers on an emergency rescue operative and his pilot […]