Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 9, 2021)

Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sc-fi thriller Voyagers written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Chanté Adams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Archie Madekwe, Viveik Kalra, Quintessa Swindell, Madison Hu and Colin Farrell. The film’s original music is composed by Trevor Gureckis (Servant, The Goldfinch, Old, Bloodline). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released next week by Lakeshore Records and will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the horror thriller Held directed by Chris Lofing & Travis Cluff and starring Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson. Richard Breakspear (Prey) has composed the film’s original music. MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Magnolia Pictures’ genre label Magnet Releasing. Read the rest of this entry »

Sherri Chung to Score HBO Max’s ‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’

Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Sherri Chung (Batwoman, Blindspot, Riverdale, The Lost Husband) has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO Max animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. The show is developed by Tze Chun and features the voices of Izaac Wang, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, James Hong, Gabrielle Green, A.J. LoCascio and Matthew Rhys. The Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television production based on Joe Dante’s 1984 feature (scored by Jerry Goldsmith) is set in 1920s Shanghai and tells the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & Sundance Now’s ‘Des’ Announced

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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 »

John Williams to Score James Mangold’s ‘Indiana Jones 5’

Posted: April 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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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 Albums
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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 Albums
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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’

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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 Albums
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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 Albums
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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 Albums
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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 »

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