Archive for 2024

Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Czech/Slovak historical thriller Waves (Vlny). The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Goff (The Gold). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Waves is written and […]

Quincy Jones (1933-2024)

Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Quincy Jones passed away yesterday at age 91 at his home in Bel Air. The composer, songwriter and record producer wrote numerous scores and songs for film over a six decade spanning-career. His film scoring credits include Richard Brooks’ In Cold Blood, Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz and Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple, for all of which he received […]

Every Kind of Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian biographical World War II drama Nr. 24. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kristoffer Lo (Hometown – Stories from a Century, Makta). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen […]

Premiering tonight is the HBO Latino original series Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) based on Laura Esquivel’s novel of the same title, executive produced by Salma Hayek Pinault and starring Irene Azuela, Azul Guaita, Ana Valeria Becerril, Andrés Baida, Andrea Chaparro, Ángeles Cruz, Ari Brickman, Mauricio García Lozano and Louis David Horné. The show’s […]

blue eyes Fiction has released a soundtrack album for the German/Austrian fantasy adventure Woodwalkers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne-Kathrin Dern (Fearless, The Devil Conspiracy, The Jade Pendant, The Legend of the War Horse,  The Claus Family). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music […]

Grammy Award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter Laufey has recorded an original song for the action adventure comedy Red One. The track, entitled Christmas Magic, is co-written by Laufey & Spencer Stewart and will be featured in the movie directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Bonnie Hunt, Kiernan Shipka,Kristofer Hivju, Wesley Kimmel, […]

Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre co-written and directed by Tobe Hooper and starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hooper and Wayne Bell (Eaten Alive, Texas Chainsaw […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the drama Here co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring  Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Paul Bettany. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First […]

Diane Warren is writing original songs for the upcoming Disney Channel/Disney+ original series How We Became the Biggest Band in the World. The Honorary Academy Award-winning songwriter also serves as executive producer on the show, which stars Lumi Pollack, Carmen Sanchez, Ruby Marino and Nathaniel Buescher. The drama follows three members of a mega-famous pop […]

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1974 classic The Godfather Part II co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Morgana King, Talia Shire and John Cazale. The album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed by […]