Takuma Watanabe (Chime, Aristocrats, A Beautiful Star) has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese psychological thriller Cloud (Kuraudo). The album, which features the composer’s original score from the film, was released in Japan and several other markets last fall and is now available worldwide on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to Watanabe’s end credits track below. Cloud is written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and stars Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Daiken Okudaira, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Amane Okayama and Masataka Kubota. The movie follows an ambitious young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling who – after swindling his way into loads of cash – becomes slowly disconnected to humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cloud’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cloud, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kuraudo, score, Soundtrack, Takuma Watanabe
Cho Young-wuk Scoring Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cho Young Wuk, No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook
Composer Cho Young-wuk is reteaming with director Park Chan-wook on the upcoming South Korean comedy thriller No Other Choice. The film is based on the novel The Ax by Donald Westlake and stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Yejin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won and Yoo Yeon-seok. The movie follows a man who is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he worked tirelessly for many years and grows increasingly desperate in his hunt for new work. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Never Blink’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Saint Booth, Never Blink, Philip Adrian Booth, score, Soundtrack
Spooked Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Never Blink. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christopher Saint who also co-directed the movie, as well as new remix of the filmmakers’ song Ulterior Motives. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A limited edition CD version is available to order here. Never Blink is co-written and directed by Philip Adrian Booth & Saint and stars Tatjana Marjanovic, Marcus Jean Pirae, Havon Baraka, Brandon Pitts, Jasmine Wang, Kat Quinones, Carlos Alcala, Khoi Le, Brandi Botkin, Ernest Emmanuel Peeples and Chris Pezzano. The movie follows a group of brilliant but reckless medical students as they capture images of what the human eye sees only in the milliseconds we blink and discover a horrifying dimension layered beneath our reality. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Secret of the River’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrés Sánchez Maher, El Secreto del Río, Gus Reyes, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Secret of the River
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Netflix original series The Secret of the River (El Secreto del Río). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrés Sánchez Maher & Gus Reyes (El Chapo, Control Z, Adolfo, Tijuana, Falco, Impossible Things). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the title song (performed by Maya Burns) below. The Secret of the River is created by Alberto Barrera and stars Frida Sofía Cruz, Mauro Guzmán, Trinidad González, Lisa Rivas, Diego Calva Hernández, Yoshira Escárrega and Mercedes Hernández. The coming-of-age drama tells the story of a young boy who arrives in a small Mexican village and forms a friendship with a local kid – and a dark secret seals their bond forever. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruth Barrett Scoring Prime Video’s ‘The Girlfriend’
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Ruth Barrett, The Girlfriend
Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, The Terminal List, Victoria, The Old Guard 2, The Decameron, Harry Brown, Collateral, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Sanditon) has composed the original score for the upcoming Prime Video original series The Girlfriend. The show is developed by Naomi Sheldon & Gabbie Asher based on Michelle Frances’ novel of the same name and stars Robin Wright (who also directed several episodes), Olivia Cooke, Laurie Davidson, Waleed Zuaiter, Tayna Moodie, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Karen Henthorn, Anna Chancellor, Leo Suter, Francesca Corney. The psychological thriller and revolves around a woman whose perfect life begins to unravel when her son brings home a girlfriend and becomes convinced that she is hiding something. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Hill’ Documentary Released
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Holmes, Fragmented Music, Hill, Jamal Green, Jeremy Earnest, Lorne Balfe, score, Sky, Soundtrack, Taran Mitchell, Will Prime
MovieScore Media’s Reality Bytes has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Hill. The album features the film’s original score written by the composer collective Fragmented Music, including Lorne Balfe, Taran Mitchell, Jeremy Earnest, Jamal Green and Will Prime. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Full Throttle) after the jump. Hill is directed by Alex Holmes and follows 1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill as he defies the odds and overcomes tragedy to step out of his father’s shadow and become a racing legend in his own rig. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 13, 2025)
Posted: July 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Ben Folds, Dexter: Resurection, Jeff Morrow, Mark Korven, MGM+, Pat Irwin, Showtime, Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, The Institute
Premiering today is the MGM+ original series The Institute developed by Benjamin Cavell based on Stephen King’s novel of the same title and starring Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, Simone Miller, Martin Roach, Julian Richings and Robert Joy. The show’s original music is composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The First Omen, The Black Phone, Cube, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Peripheral). The Lumineers have recorded a new version of Tears for Fears’ Shout as the opening titles theme. Click here to listen to the track and click here to learn more about the mystery thriller, which will be available exclusively on MGM+.
Making its linear premiere tonight is the Showtime original series Dexter: Resurrection developed by Clyde Phillips and starring Michel C. Hall, Uma Thurman, David Zayas, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jack Alcott, Kadia Saraf, Emilia Suárez, Dominic Fumusa, James Remar and Peter Dinklage. Pat Irwin (Nurse Jackie, But I’m a Cheerleader, The Good Cop, Feed the Beast, Bored to Death) who previously scored 2021’s Dexter: New Blood and last year’s Dexter: Original Sin has composed the show’s original music. The crime drama, which takes place two weeks after and continues to events of New Blood, premiered this past Friday on Paramount+ with Showtime and will air every Sunday night on Showtime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marius & The Treasure Hunters’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antoine Duchene, Marius & The Treasure Hunters, Marius et les Gardiens de la Cité Phocéenne, score, Soundtrack, Tony Datis
Agence Gaspard has released has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure comedy Marius & The Treasure Hunters (Marius et les Gardiens de la Cité Phocéenne). The album features the film’s original music composed by Antoine Duchêne (Ravenswatch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Marius & The Treasure Hunters is co-written and directed by Tony Datis and stars Soprano, Anys Ajbouh, Imran Bouzalim, Sofia Belabbes, Fatou Niass, Nordine Salhi, Nassim Bouguezzi and Walid Ben Amar. The movie follows a group of kids in Marseille who find a mysterious box leading to a hidden treasure. Read the rest of this entry »
The Lumineers’ Main Title Theme Song ‘Shout’ from MGM+’s ‘The Institute’ Released
Posted: July 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: MGM+, The Institute, The Lumineers
Dualtone Music Group has released the theme song from the new MGM+ original series The Institute. The cover version of Tears for Fears’ Shout (originally written by Roland Orzabal & Ian Stanley) is performed by The Lumineers and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the track after the jump. The Institute is developed by Benjamin Cavell based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name and stars Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Hannah Galway, Fionn Laird, Simone Miller, Julian Richings, Robert Joy and Martin Roach. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 11, 2025)
Posted: July 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story, Apocalypse in the Tropics, Audrey Ismaël, Brittany Allen, Chris Letcher, David Fleming, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Hidrogenesse, James McAlister, John Murphy, Lindrgen, Louis Weeks, Melanie Fontana, Rodrigo Leão, Singing in My Sleep, Sovereign, Superman, Wild Diamond
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is DC Studios’ superhero movie Superman written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, Edi Gathegi and María Gabriela de Faría. The film’s original music is composed by John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, The Suicide Squad) & David Fleming (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Last of Us, Damsel, Jim Henson: Idea Man). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as two songs this past Tuesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release
Opening in semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters this weekend is the horror movie Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story written and directed by Natasha Kermani and starring Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Judah Mackey, Aurora Perrineau and Brady Hepner. Brittany Allen (What Keeps You Alive, Z, Torn Hearts, American Horror Stories, Scrambled) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which is being released by RLJE Films & Shudder. Read the rest of this entry »
