Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Book of Life) has teamed up with Juan Luqui (Monsterland, Wild Life, Dear Child, The Fight) to score the upcoming animated short Three Hares. The film is directed by Paloma Baeza (Poles Apart), narrated by Jessie Buckley and tells a story of three sisters who must remind mankind to respect the earth to protect their future. Baeza also wrote the screenplay based on an original story by Hanya Yanagihara. Read the rest of this entry »
Paloma Baeza’s ‘Three Hares’ to Feature Original Score by Gustavo Santaolalla & Juan Luqui
Posted: April 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui, Paloma Baeza, Three Hares
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Death Cab for Cutie’s Zac Rae Scoring Tiffany Paulsen’s ‘Winter Spring Summer or Fall’
Posted: April 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Tiffany Paulsen, Winter Spring Summer or Fall, Zac Rae
Zac Rae (of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie) has composed the original music for the upcoming romance Winter Spring Summer or Fall. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen (Nancy Drew, About Fate) and stars Jenna Ortega, Percy Hynes-White, Adam Rodriguez, Marisol Nichols, Elias Kacavas and Evangeline Barrosse. The movie revolves around a Harvard-bound girl genius and a laid-back guy who find each other in their final year of high school. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Secret Score’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, La partitura secreta, Soundtrack, The Secret Score
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Disney+ original series The Secret Score (La partitura secreta). The album features the songs from the show performed by cast members including Val Dorantes, JuanMa Piano, Michelle Almaguer, Leonardo Lotina, Daniel Ábrego, Natalia Coronado and Mónica Plehn. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also check out the music video for Cambia after the jump. The Secret Score is created by Marina Efron & Carmen López-Areal and follows a group of teens who find a musical score that grants them magical powers and try to keep it secret, not knowing that someone with dark intentions is looking for it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Goat Life’ Score EP Released
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.R. Rahman, Aadujeevitham, Blessy, score, Soundtrack, The Goat Life
VR Music has released a new soundtrack EP for the Indian survival drama The Goat Life (Aadujeevitham). The 5-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Lagaan, Blinded by the Light, Couples Retreat, Viceroy’s House). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services. Also listen to all five tracks below. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring Rahman’s songs from the movie last month. The Goat Life is written and directed by Blessy and stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, K R Gokul, Amala Paul, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Shobha Mohan. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Bitton to Score Michael Skolnick’s ‘Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture’
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture, Michael Bitton, Michael Skolnick
Michael Bitton (The Burning Girls) has been hired to score the upcoming animated feature Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture. The film is directed by Michael Skolnick (The Gliksmans) and features the voices of Andy Richter, Matt Walsh, Seth Green, Tim Meadows, Pamela Adlon, Stephanie Beatriz, Lou Ferrigno and Clare Grant. The animated sci-fi comedy is set in a 1960s idyllic American town and follows a young boy who is convinced that his dad was abducted by aliens and runs away from home to break into nearby Area 51. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Call Me Kate’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Call Me Kate, Lorna Tucker, Robin Schlochtermeier, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Call Me Kate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robin Schlochtermeier (A Space in Time, The Spy Who Fell to Earth, Retreat). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main title track after the jump. Call Me Kate is directed by Lorna Tucker and tells the story of Academy Award-winning actress Katharine Hepburn. The movie depicts her spirit and determination and explores her story using her own words, through a combination of hours of previously hidden and intimate audio tapes, video and photographic archive. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Conclave, Edward Berger, Volker Bertelmann
Composer Volker Bertelmann (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Ammonite, One Life) is reteaming with director Edward Berger on the upcoming thriller Conclave. The film starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brían F. O’Byrne, Sergio Castellitto, Merab Ninidze & Isabella Rossellini follows a cardinal who is tasked with the covert process of finding a new pope after the unexpected death of the predecessor and finds himself at the center of a conspiracy when he discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church. Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frank) wrote the screenplay based on Robert Harris’ best-selling novel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘CTRL+ALT+DESIRE’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Colin Archdeacon, CTRL+ALT+DESIRE, Ishai Adar, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
See It Now Studios has released a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original documentary series CTRL+ALT+DESIRE. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ishai Adar (Sympathy for the Devil, Bethlehem, Our Flood). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main theme below. CTRL+ALT+DESIRE is directed by Colin Archdeacon and centers on the haunting case of Grant Amato, a 29-year-old Florida man accused of murdering his own family execution style for the love of a cam girl. Read the rest of this entry »
François Tétaz Scoring Lorcan Finnegan’s ‘The Surfer’
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francois Tetaz, Lorcan Finnegan, The Surfer
François Tétaz (Hesher, Rogue, Wolf Creek, Judy & Punch, The Portal) has provided the original score for the upcoming psychological thriller Surfers. The film is directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium, Nocebo) and stars Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim, Alexander Bertrand, Miranda Tapsell, Justin Rosniak, Finn Little, Rahel Romahn and Charlotte Maggi. The movie follows an man who returns to Australian hometown after living years in the U.S., when he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a group of local surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood and is brought to the edge of his sanity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Date Billy Walsh’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Pillai, Amazon, How to Date Billy Walsh, Rob Lord, score, Soundtrack
Stylophonic Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the British Prime Video original movie How to Date Billy Walsh. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob Lord (Troop Zero, Buddy Games: Awakening, I Am Duran, Copa 71, Slipstream). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track below. How to Date Billy Walsh is directed by Alex Pillai and stars Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, Tanner Buchanan, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Guz Khan, Daisy Jelley and Lucy Punch. The romantic comedy follows two best friends in high school whose relationship gets tested when one of them falls for the new American transfer student. Read the rest of this entry »
