Movistar Sound has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish limited series Libertad. The album features the show’s original music composed by Mario de Benito (No Rest for the Wicked, Box 507). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Libertad is created by Miguel Barros & Michel Gaztambide, directed by Enrique Urbizu and stars Bebe, Isak Férriz, Xabier Deive, Jorge Suquet, Sofía Oria, Jason Fernández, Pedro Casablanc and Luis Callejo. The historical adventure is set in early 19th century Spain, in the wake of the French Revolution, and tracks the struggle of La Llanera in her search for freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Libertad’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bandoleros, Libertad, Mario de Benito, score, Soundtrack
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Max Aruj Scoring Jonathan Hensleigh’s ‘The Ice Road’
Posted: March 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Hensleigh, Max Aruj, Netflix, The Ice Road
Max Aruj (Crawl, iBoy, Me You Madness, The Abandoned) has composed the original music for the upcoming action thriller The Ice Road. The film is written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh (The Punisher, Kill the Irishman) and stars Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Ray McKinnon, Marcus Thomas, Benjamin Walker and Amber Midthunder. The movie tells the story of a rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save trapped miners in a collapsed diamond mine in the far northern regions of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 28, 2021)
Posted: March 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Concrete Cowboy, HBO Max, Hulu, Jeremy Turner, Keefus Ciancia, Kevin Matley, Made for Love, Netflix, WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Premiering on Thursday, April 1, is the HBO Max original series Made for Love based on Alissa Nutting’s novel of the same name and starring Cristin Milioti, Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl, Noma Dumezweni, Augusto Aguilera and Ray Romano. The show’s original music is composed by Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, London Spy, As Above, So Below, The Fall, Nashville, Strangerland, Diana, The Motel Life). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Friday, April 2, is the British limited series The Serpent developed by Tom Shankland & Richard Warlow and starring Tahar Ramin, Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle, Ellie Bamber, Mathilde Warnier, Alice Englert, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Gregoire Isvarine and Fabien Franke. Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, The Widow, Primeval, Requiem) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this year when the drama premiered in the UK. Click here for the full album details an for more information about the 8-parter, which will debut in the U.S. on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexei Aigui Scoring HBO’s ‘Exterminate All the Brutes’
Posted: March 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexei Aigui, Exterminate All the Brutes, HBO, HBO Max, Raoul Peck
Alexei Aigui (The Truth, Locust, Test) has recently scored the new HBO hybrid docu-series Exterminate All the Brutes. The show is written and directed by Raoul Peck (Sometimes in April) and follows the filmmaker as he deconstructs the making and masking of history, focusing on the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism – from America to Africa and its impact on society today. The 4-parter reframes and revisits the meaning of the Native American genocide and American slavery and their fundamental implications for our present. Josh Hartnett plays the lead role in the scripted portions of the film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Goddard, Marc Streitenfeld, score, Six Minutes to Midnight, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the British period thriller Six Minutes to Midnight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marc Streitenfeld (Robin Hood, Prometheus, The Grey, American Gangster, Raised by Wolves, Body of Lies). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other digital music stores. Six Minutes to Midnight is directed by Andy Goddard and stars Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, James D’Arcy, Carla Juri, Jim Broadbent and Celyn Jones. The movie is set in 1939 and follows a teacher who is assigned to a finishing school on the south coast of England and becomes alarmed that the students include the daughters of high-ranking Nazis. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 26, 2021)
Posted: March 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arnau Bataller, David Buckley, Laura Karpman, Marc Streitenfeld, Nobody, Rael Jones, Senior Moment, Shoplifters of the World, Six Minutes to Midnight, The Toll, The Vault, Torin Borrowdale
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the action thriller Nobody directed by Ilya Naishuller and starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Aleksey Serebryakov and Christopher Lloyd. The film’s original music is composed by David Buckley (Angel Has Fallen, Jason Bourne, The Good Wife, Papillon, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Nice Guys, Unhinged). Back Lot 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 Universal Pictures release.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the British period thriller Six Minutes to Midnight directed by Andy Goddard and starring Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, Carla Juri, James D’Arcy, Jim Broadbent and Celyn Jones. Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, Robin Hood, American Gangster, The Grey, Body of Lies) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which was released in several foreign markets over the last couple of months and is being distributed in the U.S. by IFC Films.
‘The Toll’ Soundtrack Single Released
Posted: March 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Nader, Soundtrack, The Toll
California Music has released a digital single featuring three songs from the soundtrack for the horror thriller The Toll. Available to stream/download now are the tracks Close to You (Baby, I’m on My Way) performed by Lance Lipinsky and the Lovers, So Long by The Californias and Rollercoaster Ride by Kutie with a K. Listen to all three songs below. The Toll is written and directed by Michael Nader and stars Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan and Rosemary Dunsmore. The movie (scored by Torin Borrowdale) follows a young woman and her rideshare driver who break down on a dark forest road and realize they’ve become trapped in the world of a terrifying supernatural being: The Toll Man. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Elizabeth Lo’s Documentary ‘Stray’ Released
Posted: March 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ali Helnwein, Elizabeth Lo, score, Soundtrack, Stray
Pterodactyl Scene has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Stray. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ali Helnwein (Darlin’, The Frontier, No Way to Live, Hospitality, Ascension). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Stray is directed by Elizabeth Lo and follows a trio of canine outcasts as they roam the streets of Istanbul. The movie is told through their eyes and ears and explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hocus Pocus’ Digital Score Album Released
Posted: March 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hocus Pocus, John Debney, Kenny Ortega, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the studios’ 1993 fantasy comedy Hocus Pocus directed by Kenny Ortega and starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch and Vinessa Shaw. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove, Bruce Almighty). Click here to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Debney’s score has previously been released as a limited CD edition by Intrada Records in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cosmic Sin’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cosmic Sin, Edward Drake, score, Scott Glasgow, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi adventure Cosmic Sin. The album features the film’s original score composed by Scott Glasgow (The Gene Generation, Chasing Ghosts, Breach, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, Hatchet III). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Cosmic Sin is directed by Edward Drake and stars Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Brandon Thomas Lee, Adelaide Kane, Perrey Reeves, Corey Large, CJ Perry, Costas Mandylor and Lochlyn Munro. The movie is set in the year 2524, four hundred years after humans started colonizing the outer planets, and follows a retired Military General who is called back into service after soldiers on a remote planet are attacked by an alien fleet. Read the rest of this entry »
