Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Amy, Lord of War, Senna, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind), Gabriel Ferreira & Felipe Kim (The Mechanism) have composed the original score for the new Netflix original documentary Pelé. The film is directed by David Tryhorn & Ben Nicholas and tells the story of iconic footballer Pelé, his quest for perfection and the mythical status he attained. The movie, which features interviews with Pelé himself, Zagallo, Rivellino, Juca Kfouri & Gilberto Gil, looks back at the extraordinary 12-year period in which the football player, the only man to win three World Cup titles, went from young superstar in 1958 to national hero in 1970. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Pinto, Gabriel Ferreira & Felipe Kim Scoring Netflix Documentary ‘Pelé’
Posted: February 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Pinto, Ben Nicholas, David Tryhorn, Felipe Kim, Gabriel Ferreira, Netflix, Pelé
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 19, 2021)
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Belle and Sebastian, Blithe Spirit, Body Brokers, Chris Keating, Days of the Bagnold Summer, Jared Meeker, John Swihart, Ludovico Einaudi, Mondo Boys, Nomadland, Silk Road, Simon Boswell, Take Me to Tarzana, The Violent Heart
Opening in theaters nationwide today following an IMAX-exclusive release over the last three weeks is the drama Nomadland written and directed by Chloe Zhao and starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells. The film features (pre-existing) compositions by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, The Father, Samba). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as tracks by Ólafur Arnalds, Nat King Cole, Cat Clifford, Paul Winer, Donnie Miller & others. Check out our previous article for the full album and to learn more about the Searchlight Pictures production, which is also premiering on Hulu today.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the British comedy Blithe Spirit directed by Edward Hall and starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Leslie Mann, Aimee-ffion Edwards and Emilia Fox. The film’s original score is composed by Simon Boswell (Hackers, Lord of Illusions, Shadow Grave, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists such as Michael Ball, Imelda May, Shaun Escoffrey, Alfie Boe, Gregory Porter & others earlier this year when the movie premiered in the UK. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the comedy, which is being distributed stateside by IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruth Barrett Scoring BBC’s ‘Bloodlands’
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, BBC, Bloodlands, Ruth Barrett
Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Collateral, Harry Brown, Victoria, Sanditon) has recently scored the new BBC series Bloodlands. The show is created by Chris Brandon and stars James Nesbitt, Lisa Dwan, Lorcan Cranitch, Charlene McKenna, Ian McElhinney, Lola Petticrew and Chris Walley. The 4-part crime thriller is directed by Pete Travis (Dredd, Vantage Point) and revolves around a detective who is forced to grapple with his past when he is sent on the hunt for a mythical assassin. Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Critical), Jimmy Mulville (Flack, Episodes) and Mark Redhead (Bloody Sunday, The Secret) are producing the project for HTM Television production. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ to Feature Original Song ‘Lead the Way’ by Jhené Aiko
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Carlos López Estrada, Don Hall, Jhené Aiko, Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney announced today that Jhené Aiko has recorded the original song Lead the Way for the studios’ new animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The track, which is featured during the movie’s end title sequence, is written and performed by the Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter and will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score by James Newton Howard, and will be coming out next Friday, February 26. Listen to a first excerpt from the track after the jump check back on this page for the full album details to be announced next week. Raya and the Last Dragon is directed by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada and stars Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Soul Snatcher’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Hisaishi, score, Song Haolin, Soul Snatcher, Soundtrack, Yi Liqi
Universal Music has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese fantasy adventure Soul Snatcher. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Departures, Howl’s Moving Castle) . Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Soul Snatcher is directed by Song Haolin & Yi Liqi and stars Chen Li Nong and Li Xian. The movie produced by Jiang Zhiqiang follows fox spirit Bai Shisan who disguises as a young man and travels to the human world in search of a divine pill in order to achieve immortality and befriends an innocent scholar whom he later realizes is the key to his transcendence. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring The CW’s ‘Superman & Lois’
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Superman & Lois, The CW
Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Beasts of No Nation, Wendy) is scoring the new CW superhero drama Superman & Lois. The show is developed by Todd Helbing (The Flash) based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and stars Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alexander Garfin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette, Dylan Walsh and Wolé Parks. The series follows the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent, and comic books’ most famous journalist, Lois Lane, as they come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever – dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Released
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Errol Morris, My Psychedelic Love Story, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Showtime documentary My Psychedelic Love Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Tales from the Loop, Dynasty, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips. My Psychedelic Love Story is directed by Errol Morris (who previously collaborated with the composer on the Netflix series Wormwood and the features The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography & American Dharma) and examines the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
‘To Olivia’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Debbie Wiseman, John Hay, score, Sky, Soundtrack, To Olivia
Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album for the British biographical drama To Olivia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Wolf Hall, Vampire Killers, Adventures of Arsene Lupin). Visit Amazon or any other digital music store to stream/download the album and to check out audio samples. A CD version will be available to order here soon. To Olivia is directed by John Hay and stars Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville and Sam Heughan. The movie is set between New York, England and Los Angeles at the beginning of the 1960s, and focuses on British children’s author Roald Dahl’s struggles to write some of his most famous works and American actress Patricia Neal’s return to acting with Hud, for which she finally won an Oscar. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Amazon’s ‘We Children from Bahnhof Zoo’ (‘Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo’) Released
Posted: February 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Michael Kadelbach, Philipp Kadelbach, Robot Koch, score, Soundtrack, We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Königskinder has released two soundtrack albums for the German Amazon original series We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo). A soundtrack featuring the songs from the show by Robot Koch is now available to stream/download here. A separate album featuring the drama’s original score composed by Michael Kadelbach (Perfume, Isi & Ossi, Naked Among Wolves) & Koch is available here, where you can also check out audio samples. We Children from Bahnhof Zoo is directed by Philipp Kadelbach, produced by Oliver Berben & Sophie von Uslar and stars Jana McKinnon, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Lena Urzendowsky, Bruno Alexander, Jeremias Meyer and Lea Drinda. The Constantin Television production is inspired by the 1978 non-fiction book of the same title and follows six young people who fight vehemently and uncompromisingly for their dream of happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘For All Mankind’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, For All Mankind, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series For All Mankind. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Legion, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of, The Act). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 19 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released the composer’s score from the first season. For All Mankind is created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi and stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, and Jodi Balfour. Read the rest of this entry »
