WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Judas and the Black Messiah. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, Warrior, The Accountant) & jazz trombonist Craig Harris, as well as additional music by Quelle Chris & Chris Keys. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 and will be available to stream/download here. As previously reported, Six Course Music Group & RCA Records are releasing a separate album featuring H.E.R.’s original song Fight for You, as well as other songs inspired by the movie on the same day. Judas and the Black Messiah is directed by Shaka King and stars Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Dominique Fishback, Jesse Plemons, Ashton Sanders and Martin Sheen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Score Album Details
Posted: February 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Harris, HBO Max, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mark Isham, score, Shaka King, Soundtrack
‘Tom & Jerry’ Movie Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, Tim Story, Tom & Jerry
The full details of the soundtrack album for the live-action/animated feature Tom & Jerry have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Agent Carter, Baywatch, Supernatural). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Tom & Jerry is directed by Tim Story and stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney and Ken Jeong. The movie follows Jerry as he moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of “the wedding of the century,” forcing the event’s desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: February 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Disney Plus, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, score, Soundtrack, WandaVision
The details of the fifth soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series WandaVision have been revealed. The albums feature the original score from the fifth episode of the show composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, The Muppets, The Peanuts Movie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Also included is the 80s-style theme song Making It Up As We Go Along written and performed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 by Marvel Music & Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download here. WandaVision is directed by Matt Shakman, created by Jac Schaeffer based on the Marvel Comics characters, and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kat Dennings, Teyonah Parris, Kathryn Hahn and Randall Park. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mauritanian’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack, The Mauritanian, Tom Hodge
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Mauritanian. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Hodge (McMafia, Rise of the Nazis, The Man Behind the Microphone). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music store. The Mauritanian is directed by Kevin Macdonald and stars Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Zachary Levi, Saamer Usmani, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch. The movie is based on th NY Times best-selling memoir Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and tells the true story of Slahi’s fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Tell a Soul’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex McAulay, Don't Tell a Soul, Joseph Stephens, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller Don’t Tell a Soul. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, The Righteous Gemstones Flower, Eastbound & Down, Flower, Vice Principals). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Don’t Tell a Soul is written and directed by Alex McAulay and stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead, Mena Suvari and Rainn Wilson. The movie follows two teenaged brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, as they match wits with a troubled security guard who’s trapped in a well. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring CBS’ ‘Clarice’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kurtzman, CBS, Clarice, Jeff Russo, Jenny Lumet
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy) is scoring the new CBS drama Clarice. The show is developed by Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, Now You See Me) & Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married) and stars Rebecca Breeds in the title role, alongside Michael Cudlitz, Lucca De Oliveira, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow, Devyn Tyler and Marnee Carpenter. The series tells the untold personal story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, one year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for PBS Documentary ‘Hemingway’ to Be Released
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hemingway, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, PBS, Soundtrack
In a Circle Records will release the official soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Hemingway. The album is produced by Grammy award-winning producer and violinist Johnny Gandelsman and features the Hemingway-inspired original music from the three-part, six-hour film composed by artists including David Cieri, Gyan Riley, Shanir Blumenkranz, Gandelsman himself, Mathias Kunzli, Michael Nicolas & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on March 26, 2021. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the digital version. Hemingway is directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick and examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Voice actors appearing in the documentary include Jeff Daniels as Hemingway, as well as Meryl Streep, Keri Russell, Mary-Louise Parker and Patricia Clarkson as Hemingway’s Four Wives. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon to Score Jeremiah Zagar’s ‘Hustle’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Hustle, Jeremiah Zagar, Netflix
Dan Deacon has signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original film Hustle. The movie is directed by Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals) and stars Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster and Robert Duvall, as well as NBA analyst Kenny Smith, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Juancho Hernangomez. The sports comedy drama follows a down on his luck basketball scout who discovers discovers a phenomenal street ball player with a rocky past while in China and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA. Taylor Materne and Will Fetters (A Star Is Born, Remember Me) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Arcade Fire’s & Owen Pallett’s ‘Her’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arcade Fire, Her, Owen Pallett, score, Soundtrack, Spike Jonze
Milan Records has announced first-ever release of the original score for Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi romantic drama Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Scarlett Johansson. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arcade Fire and their longtime collaborator Owen Pallett (The Box, Spaceship Earth) who received an Academy Award nomination for their music in 2014. The soundtrack will be released digitally and in vinyl and cassette formats on March 19, 2021. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition and click here to order the digital version. WaterTower Music has previously released the Oscar-nominated original track The Moon Song by Karen O from the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Finneas to Make Film Scoring Debut on Megan Park’s ‘The Fallout’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Finneas, Megan Park, The Fallout
Variety is reporting that singer/songwriter and record producer Finneas will be making his film scoring debut on the upcoming drama The Fallout. The film is written and directed by actress Megan Park and stars Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley, Niles Fitch, Julie Bowen, John Ortiz and Will Ropp. The movie centers on a high schooler Vada who navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. David Brown is producing the project for Clear Horizon, alongside Shaun Sanghani (King Cobra, Infamous) for SSS Entertainment, Rebecca Miller & Cara Shine for Good Pals, as well as Todd Lundbohm, Joannie Burstein and Giulia Prenna (Office Uprising). Read the rest of this entry »