Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, Sanditon, The Terminal List, Harry Brown, Collateral) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series The Decameron. The show is created by Kathleen Jordan (Teenage Bounty Hunters) and stars Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Tony Hale, Karan Gill, Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Douggie McMeekin, Tanya Reynolds and Jessica Plummer. The comedy is set in the Italian countryside in the year 1348 when the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence, and follows a handful of nobles as they retreat with their servants to a grand villa to wait out the plague with a lavish holiday. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black and White in Color, Gwendoline, Hothead, Just Jaeckin, La Soubrette perverse, Pierre Bachelet, score, Soundtrack, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak
Music Box Records has announced the premiere CD release of the soundtrack for the 1984 French action comedy The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (Gwendoline) written and directed by Just Jaeckin and starring Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff and Zabou. The album features the film’s newly remastered original score composed by Pierre Bachelet (Emmanuelle, The Story of O, Les Bronzés font du ski). Also included is the composer’s previously unreleased music for the 1974 feature La Soubrette perverse directed by José Benazéraf, as well as the cult instrumental hit OK Chicago performed by the band Resonance (aka Pierre Bachelet & Mat Camison). The limited edition CD is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eternal Playground’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: June 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eternal Playground, Joseph Rozé, La Récréation de Juillet, Pablo Cotten, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records has released a soundtrack EP for the French comedy drama Eternal Playground (La Récréation de Juillet). The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by the French indie pop band Kids Return. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also check out the band’s main titles track after the jump. Eternal Playground is written and directed by Pablo Cotten & Joseph Rozé and stars Andranic Manet, Alassane Diong, Alba-Gaïa Bellugi, Carla Audebaud, Arcadi Radeff, Nina Zamzem and Noée Abita. The movie is set during the last day of the school year and follows a Parisian first-year music teacher who is planning a weekend sleepover with his childhood crew to honor his recently departed twin sister. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez Scoring Juan Jesús Galocha’s & Pedro Solís’ ‘Buffalo Kids’
Posted: June 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Buffalo Kids, Fernando Velazquez, Juan Jesús Galocha, Pedro Solís
Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, A Monster Calls, Crimson Peak, Hercules, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Devil) has composed the original music for the upcoming animated feature Buffalo Kids. The film is directed by Juan Jesús Galocha & Pedro Solís and stars (in its English language version) Alisha Weir, Stephen Graham, Gemma Arterton and Sean Bean. The movie based on the short Cuerda (Strings) is set in 1886 America and tells the story of two Irish siblings who arrive on an ocean liner to New York City where their uncle was meant to pick them up, when they decide to stow away on the Transcontinental Railroad in the hopes of making it to California to find him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wake Up’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anouk Whissell, Arnau Bataller, François Simard, score, Soundtrack, Wake Up, Yoannn-Karl Whissell
La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the French/Canadian horror thriller Wake Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arnau Bataller (A Perfect Day, The Vault, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, Killer Book Club, Prey, The Chosen). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Up People!) below. Wake Up is directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell (who also wrote the screenplay) & Yoannn-Karl Whissell and stars Turlough Convery, Benny O.Arthur, Jacqueline Moré, Aidan O’Hare, Charlotte Stoiber, Kyle Scudder, Alessia Yoko Fontana and Tom Gould. The movie follows a group of activists who set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a store as it closes, when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 9, 2024)
Posted: June 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Danny Bensi, Presumed Innocent, Saunder Jurriaans
Premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent developed by David E. Kelley based on Scott Turow’s bestselling novel of the same name and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Elizabeth Marvel, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Staircase, The Outsider, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, The White Tiger). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
‘Ren Faire’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ari Balouzian, HBO, Lance Oppenheim, Ren Faire, score, Soundtrack
Appraiser has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, The Giant, They Call Us Monsters). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to two tracks from the composer’s score below. Ren Faire is produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a kettle-corn kingpin and a former elephant traine, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, Read the rest of this entry »
Tori Kelly’s Original Song ‘All I Want’ from Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Released
Posted: June 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bridgerton, Netflix, Tori Kelly
Netflix Music & Epic Records released the first original song from the Netflix original series Bridgerton. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is All I Want written by Rogét Chahayed, Wesley Singerman, Taylor Dexter & Kole and performed by Tori Kelly. Also check out the official lyric video for the song, which will be featured in Part 2 of the show’s third season, after the jump. A full soundtrack album for Season 3 – Part 2 will be coming out on June 13. The Part 1 album is available to stream/download now. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 7, 2024)
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Ames Bessada, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Banel & Adama, Christoph M. Kaiser, Cottontail, I Used to Be Funny, Joseph Bishara, Julian Maas, Kill Your Lover, Late Bloomers, Longing, Lorne Balfe, Osei Essed, Owen Pallett, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Stefan Gregory, The Watchers, Thibault Chavanis, Trim Season
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Dane, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd and Joe Pantoliano. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, The Wheel of Time, The LEGO Batman Movie). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Epic Records has released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie by Black Eyed Peas, El Alfa, Becky G, J.I.D, 21 Lil Harold, ScarLip & others. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for more information about the song album.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Watchers written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere and Oliver Finnegan. Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, Till, W.E., Emily, The Courier, Romeo and Juliet). has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Hierarchy’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hierarchy, Netflix, Soundtrack
Genie Music Corporation has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix limited series Hierarchy. The album features ten songs from the show by artists such as COCONA, Kum Junhyeon, Xydo, Dasutt , Jimmy Brown, Jeje & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to several tracks below. Hierarchy is created by Bae Hyeon-jin & Chu Hye-mi and stars Roh Jeong-eui, Lee Chae-min, Kim Jae-won, Lee Won-jeong and Chi Hae-won. The drama is set at a high school where tension grows and secrets slowly begin to unravel as news of a student’s death becomes public. Read the rest of this entry »
