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Sony Music Entertainment has released a new live version of the original song I Am by Stan Walker from Ava DuVernay’s drama Origin. The track co-written (with Vince Harder, Te Kanapu Anasta & Michael Fatkin) and performed by Walker is now available to stream/download as a digital single on all major digital music services, including Amazon. […]

Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, Legion, For All Mankind, Love & Death) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix limited series Ripley. The show is written and directed by Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List, Searching for Bobby Fischer) and stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood and Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf. […]

The Guild of Music Supervisors today announced the nominations for its 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which will take place at an in-person and and virtual awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 3, 2024. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers […]

Laurie Johnson (1927-2024)

Posted: January 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Laurie Johnson has passed away last Tuesday, January 16, at age 96. The British composer has written numerous scores for TV and film between the late 1950s and early 90s. His best television scoring credits include the 60s spy classic The Avengers and its 1976 sequel series The New Avengers, ITV’s The Professionals & Jason King, […]

Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary series Inside Greenpeace. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Sebastian Fillenberg (Blame Game, A Dysfunctional Cat, Wolke unterm Dach) & Marvin Miller (The Teachers’ Lounge, Balloon, Jim Button and the Wild 13, I Was, I Am, I Will […]

Premiering on Wednesday, January 24, is the National Geographic documentary series A Real Bug’s Life inspired by Pixar’s 1998 feature A Bug’s Life, narrated by Awkwafina and executive produced by Tom Hugh-Jones, Grant Mansfield and Martha Holmes. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The […]

Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish survival thriller Valley of Shadows (Valle de Sombras). The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, In the Heart of the Sea, Evil Dead, The Machinist, The Commuter, Sexy Beast, 30 Coins, The Girl in the Spider’s Web). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, […]

Isom Innis is reteaming with actress/director Carlson Young on the new romantic comedy Upgraded. The film is directed by Young and stars Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Thomas Kretschmann, Aimee Carrero, Gregory Montel, Rachel Matthews, Andrew Schulz, Lena Olin and Marisa Tomei. The movie follows an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller I.S.S. directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbæk, Masha Mashkova, John Gallagher Jr. and Costa Ronin. The film’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Fate: The Winx Saga, The Dropout, Mrs. Wilson, Lost Girls, Calibre, The Pale Horse, This Beautiful Fantastic). No […]

Composer/songwriter and music producer Eldad Guetta (Press Play, Always Jane, Dirty Tricks) has been tapped to score the new Peacock original animated series In the Know. The show is created by Zach Woods, Brandon Gardner & Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, Office Space) and features the voices of Woods & Judge themselves, Caitlin Reilly, Charlie […]