Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV mini-series Des. The album features the show’s original music composed by Sarah Warne (Prey, Humans, Dark Money, Time, She’s French, The Drowning). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other major digital music outlets. Des is written by Luke Neal & Kelly Jones based on the novel Killing For Company by Brian Masters and stars David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Alex Bhat, Jay Simpson, Gerard Horan and Ron Cook. The 3-parter directed by Lewis Arnold is based on real life events, the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen and one of the most infamous criminal cases in UK history, and focuses on Nilsen’s capture and subsequent trial. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & Sundance Now’s ‘Des’ Announced
Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Des, ITV, Sarah Warne, score, Soundtrack, Sundance Now
John Williams to Score James Mangold’s ‘Indiana Jones 5’
Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Indiana Jones, James Mangold, John Williams
Lucasfilm has confirmed today that John Williams is set to return as the composer of the currently untitled fifth installment in the Indiana Jones film series. The movie will be directed by James Mangold (Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, 3:10 to Yuma) and stars Harrison Ford in the title role, alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge. No other cast members or plot details have been announced yet. The composer was previously attached to score the fifth installment when Steven Spielberg was set to direct the film in 2016 . Spielberg is producing the new movie with Kathleen Kennedy (The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sixth Sense) and Simon Emanuel (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Witcher). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mortal Kombat’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Mortal Kombat, score, Simon McQuoid, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the new film adaptation of Mortal Kombat. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominee Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Annabelle Creation, Hidden Figures, Lights Out). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, April 16 and will be available to stream/download here. A CD version will be available to order on Amazon. As previously reported, the Wallfisch-produced and -performed Techno Syndrome 2021 remix from the film is already to stream/download now. Mortal Kombat is directed by Simon McQuoid and stars Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Tadanobu Asano, Chin Han, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada. Read the rest of this entry »
Additional Track from Christophe Beck’s ‘WandaVision’ Score Released
Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Disney Plus, Marvel, WandaVision
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have released the previously unreleased track Family TV Night from the eighth episode (Previously On) of Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series WandaVision. The cue was missing from the official Episode 8 soundtrack album and is now available to stream/download as a digital single on all major digital music services (including Amazon). Also listen to the full track after the jump. Beck’s score and Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s & Robert Lopez’s original songs from all episodes have been released earlier this year (click here for a full listing) and the full series is now available to stream on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthieu Chedid to Score Guillaume Canet’s ‘Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom’
Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, Guillaume Canet, Matthieu Chedid
French singer/songwriter Matthieu Chedid is attached to compose the score for the upcoming live-action family comedy Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom. The film will be directed by Guillaume Canet (Little White Lies, Nous finirons ensemble) who also stars as Asterix, alongside Gilles Lellouche as Obelix, Vincent Cassel as Cesar, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra and Jonathan Cohen as Finalthesis. Other cast members include Ramzy Bedia, Linh-Dan Pham, Julie Chen, Pierre Richard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Philippe Mechelen (I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single) and Julien Hervé wrote the screenplay based on the comic books created by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo (Looking for Teddy). Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from ‘Mortal Kombat’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Mortal Kombat, score, Simon McQuoid, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the action fantasy adventure Mortal Kombat. Available to stream/download now is Techno Syndrome 2021, a new version of the Oliver Adams-composed theme song from the 90s game produced by the film’s composer Benjamin Wallfisch (Shazam!, It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation, Lights Out). Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music service) to stream/download the song and also listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Wallfisch’s score from the new movie will be announced soon. Mortal Kombat is directed by Simon McQuoid and stars Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for ‘All American’ Seasons 1 & 2 Soundtrack Albums Revealed
Posted: April 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: All American, Blake Neely, score, Soundtrack, The CW
The details of the first two soundtrack albums for the CW drama All American have been revealed. The Season 1 album features selections of the original score from the first season composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, The Pacific, Everwood), as well Chelsea Tavares’ cover of Leon Bridges’ River. The Season 2 features Neely’s music the second season, as well as three songs by Bre-Z, Tavares, Tia P. & Lil Fizz. Both soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, April 9 by WaterTower Music. Click here to stream/download the Season 1 album and click here for the Season 2 album. All American is created by April Blair and stars Daniel Ezra, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Samantha Logan, Monet Mazur, Michael Evans Behling, Cody Christian, Taye Diggs, Karimah Westbrook, Tavares and Jalyn Hall. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thunder Force’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Falcone, Fil Eisler, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Thunder Force
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Thunder Force. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Fil Eisler (Revenge, Empire, Superintelligence, The Titan, UnReal, Life of the Party, How to Be Single). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 9 and will be available to stream/download here. The comedy’s end titles song written by Eisler, Scott Ian (Anthrax) & Corey Taylor (Slipknot & Stone Sour) has already been released last week and is available as a digital single now. Thunder Force is directed by Ben Falcone and starring Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Jason Bateman, Bobby Cannavale, Melissa Leo, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby, Marcella Lowery and Melissa Ponzio. The comedy revolves around two childhood best friendswho reunite as an unlikely crime-fighting superhero duo when one invents a formula that gives ordinary people superpowers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Amazon Series ‘Them’ to Be Released
Posted: April 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Mark Korven, score, Soundtrack, Them
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon horror anthology series Them. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Cube, The Terror: Infamy, In the Tall Grass). Also included are four songs performed by The Watts Wonders. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Them is created by Little Marvin and stars Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Alison Pill, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Melody Hurd and Ryan Kwanten. The first season of the series is set in the 1950s and follows a Black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood, when their idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Vol. 1, Episodes 1-3 Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: April 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Henry Jackman, Marvel, score, Soundtrack, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The full details of the first soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier have been revealed. The album features the original score from the first three episodes of the show composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6). Also included is the Captain America Drum Corps’ performance of the Alan Menken-penned song Star Spangled Man from the second episode. The Vol. 1 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 9 by Hollywood Records/Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download here (and any other major digital music stores). Jackman’s end titles track has previously been released last month and a second album featuring the composer’s music from the final three episodes is set to come out on April 30. Read the rest of this entry »
