Cake in Space Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the horror comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matt Mahaffey (Tales & Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Karma’s World, Max & the Midknights, Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat). Also included is Onyx the Fortuitous & Farrah’s cover version of I’d Do Anything for Love. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. A limited vinyl edition (in several different variants) and cassette version featuring selections of the score has previously been released last year. Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls is written and directed by Andrew Bowser and stars Bowser himself, alongside Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Arden Myrin. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Bowser, Cake in Space, Matt Mahaffey, Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, score, Soundtrack
‘Four Letters of Love’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Nikitin, Four Letters of Love, Polly Steele, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British/Irish romantic drama Four Letters of Love. The album features the film’s original score composed by Anne Nikitin (The Dropout, Hijack, American Animals, I.S.S., Fate: The Winx Saga, Mrs. Wilson, One Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Lost Girls). Also included is the original title song written by Johnny Flynn, Nikitin & Williams and performed by Flynn feat. Katherine Priddy. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 18 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A CD version will be coming out on July 25 and will be available to order Amazon within the next few days. Also listen to the first score track and the song below. Four Letters of Love is directed by Polly Steele and stars Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O’Shea and Ann Skelly. The movie is based on Niall Williams’s bestselling novel and tells the story of two young lovvers who are made for each other, but family, passion, and faith drives them apart. Read the rest of this entry »
2025 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The awards will be given out at the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which is currently scheduled to take place on September 6 & 7 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
Andor – “Who Are You?” – Brandon Roberts
Based on a True Story – ” Relapse” – Sherri Chung
Cobra Kai – “Blood In Blood Out” – Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson
Severance – “Cold Harbor” – Theodore Shapiro
The Studio – “The Missing Reel” – Antonio Sanchez
The White Lotus – “Amor Fati” – Cristobal Tapia de Veer
‘I Love Peru’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hugo David, I Love Peru, Raphaël Quenar, score, Soundtrack, Théodore Vibert
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy/mockumentary I Love Peru. The album features the film’s original music composed by Théodore Vibert. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. I Love Peru is written and directed by Hugo David & Raphaël Quenar and follows a quirky actor who abandons his most loyal allies and – after getting struck by a disturbing vision – travels to Peru for a spiritual journey. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Netflix’s ‘Untamed’
Posted: July 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Untamed
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Umbrella Academy, Ripley, The Night Of, Zero Day, Legion, For All Mankind) has composed the original music for the new Netflix limited series Untamed. The show is created by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, American Primeval) & Elle Smith and stars Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago and Wilson Bethel. The mystery thriller revolves around a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness and whose murder investigation sends him on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past. 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
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 »
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 »
