Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away this past Tuesday, March 28, at age 71. The Japanese composer has written dozens of scores for a wide range of international films since the early 1980s. He won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 feature The Last Emperor (shared with […]
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Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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‘The Ordinaries’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fabian Zeidler, score, Sophie Linnenbaum, Soundtrack, The Ordinaries
Bandenfilm has released a soundtrack album for the German sci-fi coming-of-age comedy drama The Ordinaries. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fabian Zeidler. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Ordinaries is co-written and directed by Sophie Linnenbaum and stars Fine Sendel, […]
KOVAS Scoring Disney+’s ‘The Crossover’
Posted: April 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Kovás, The Crossover
KOVAS (On My Block, Boo, Bitch, Freeridge, Fantasy Football, After Jackie) is the composer of the new Disney+ original series The Crossover. The show is based on the bestselling novel by Kwame Alexander and stars Derek Luke, Jalyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Deja Monique Cruz, Sabrina Revelle, Trevor Bush and Skyla I’Lece, as well as Daveed […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 31, 2023)
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Thousand and One, Aleksandar Cupara, Assassin, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Chupa, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Enys Men, Evan Bogart, Gary Gunn, Justin Gray, Lorne Balfe, Mark Jenkin, Mark Tewarson, Spinning Gold, Trinket Box
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and Chloe Coleman. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, […]
Expanded ‘Bride of Chucky’ Score Album Announced
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bride of Chucky, Graeme Revell, Ronny Yu, score, Soundtrack
Enjoy the Ride Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1998 slasher comedy Bride of Chucky directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Ritter, Nick Stabile and Katherine Heigl. The album features the complete original score from the fourth installment in the Child’s Play series composed by Graeme Revell (The Crow, […]
Randy Edelman to Score Josh Webber’s ‘Athena Saves Christmas’
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Athena Saves Christmas, Josh Webber, Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman (Ghostbusters II, Kindergarten Cop, Dragonheart, The Last of the Mohicans, xXx, Gettysburg, Twins, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) is set to score the upcoming family holiday adventure Athena Saves Christmas. The film is directed by Josh Webber (Never Heard, Secrets of Deception) and stars Paxton Kubitz, Kylie Marshall, Santiago Ramirez, Cuba Gooding Jr, Joseph […]
Joe Hisaishi’s ‘A Symphonic Celebration’ Album Announced
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hayao Miyazaki, Joe Hisaishi, Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the album A Symphonic Celebration, a series of new symphonic arrangements of original soundtracks from Studio Ghibli classics directed by Hayao Miyazaki (including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service & Castle in the Sky) written by composer Joe Hisaishi. The music was recorded in London by the […]
‘A Thousand and One’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Thousand and One, A.V. Rockwell, Gary Gunn, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released the official soundtrack album for the drama A Thousand and One. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gary Gunn (David Makes Man, Maggie Black, Master of Light). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A Thousand and One […]
Julieta Venegas’ Original Song ‘Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños)’ from Netflix’s ‘Chupa’ Released
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Chupa, Jonas Cuaron, Julieta Venegas, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños) from the Netflix original film Chupa. The track written by the movie’s composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Just Beyond) & director Jonás Cuarón and performed by Julieta Venegas (who also wrote the lyrics) is now available to stream/download on all […]
‘Sweetwater’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Martin Guigui, Soundtrack, Sweetwater
Candid Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sports drama Sweetwater. The album features the new songs Taking Me Higher by Keb’ Mo’ (already available to stream/download now and embedded below), Right Place Right Time by Larkin Poe, a new version of Someone to Watch Over Me by Dianne Reeves & Terri Lyne Carrington & […]
