La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1998 action thriller Hard Rain directed by Mikael Salomon and starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver and Ed Asner. The album features the expanded score from the film composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, The Hurricane, Sinister, Drag Me to Hell, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Ghost Rider) and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, including previously unreleased music and bonus tracks. Visit the label’s online store to order the CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, and to learn more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Hard Rain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Hard Rain, Mikael Salomon, score, Soundtrack
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World Premiere Release of Quincy Jones’ ‘Banning’ Score Announced
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Banning, Quincy Jones, Ron Winston, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1967 drama Banning directed by Ron Winston and starring Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, Gene Hackman, Guy Stockwell and James Farentino. The album, which is being released as part of the label’s Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, In Cold Blood, Roots, The Italian Job, In the Heat of the Night Mackenna’s Gold). Also included is the Gil Bernal-performed original theme song The Eyes of Love, for which Jones and lyricist Bob Russell received an Academy Award nomination. To order the CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, and for more information about the release, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andra Day, Hulu, Lee Daniels, Soundtrack, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday have been revealed. The album features the Billie Holiday songs from the film performed by lead actress Andra Day. Also included are the original songs Tigress & Tweed co-written by Day & Raphael Saadiq (already available as a digital single now) & Break Your Fall written by Warren Oak Felder & Coleridge Tillman, as well as The Devil and I Got Up to Dance a Slow Dance performed by Charlie Wilson and co-written by himself, Jamie Hartman, Felder & Tillmann. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 19 by Warner Records and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version will be coming out on March 12 and is available to order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Score HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel ‘House of the Dragon’
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, House of the Dragon, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time) is set to score the upcoming HBO original series House of the Dragon. The show is created by George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal and stars Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith. The fantasy drama based on Martin’s book Fire & Blood takes place 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen (a.k.a. the House that gave us the Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen). Miguel Sapochnik (BIOS, Repo Men) & Condal (Colony, Rampage) serve as the showrunners and are also executive producing the project with Martin, Vince Gerardis (Flashforward), Sara Lee Hess and Ron Schmidt. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chick Fight’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chick Fight, FInal Child, Paul Leyden, Pelle Hillstrom, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the comedy Chick Fight. The album features the original songs from the movie performed by Final Child (aka Jennifer J Akerman) and co-written by herself & Pelle Hillstrom. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Chick Fight is directed by Paul Leyden and stars Malin Akerman, Bella Thorne, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Nash, Dulcé Sloan, Fortune Feimster and Dominique Jackson. The movie centers on a woman who is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around and discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Haymaker’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Thomas, Haymaker, Nick Sasso, score, Soundtrack
79th & Broadway Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the action drama Haymaker. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chris Thomas (Don’t Look Back, Moose, Cadaver, Woman Rebel). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music store. Haymaker is written and directed by Nick Sasso and stars Nomi Ruiz, Sasso himself, John Ventimiglia, Veronica Falcón, Udo Kier, Zoë Bell and D.B. Sweeney. The movie follows a retired Muay Thai fighter working as a bouncer, who rescues an alluring transgender performer from a nefarious thug, eventually becoming her bodyguard, protector, and confidant. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Say Anything…’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cameron Crowe, Nancy Wilson, Say Anything..., Soundtrack
Mondo has announced a new soundtrack release for Cameron Crowe’s 1989 comedy drama Say Anything… starring John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Polly Platt and Bebe Neuwirth. The double LP features the content of the original soundtrack album (released by Columbia Records) on the first disc, as well as previously unreleased demos and material, including long lost demo recordings of the Joe Lies songs as performed by Nancy Wilson for actress Lili Taylor, on the second disc. Crowe, Cusack, Sky, Taylor & Wilson, among others have provided the liner notes. Visit the label’s official website to order the album and for more details about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Jónsi Scoring Stefano Sollima’s ‘Without Remorse’
Posted: February 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jónsi, Stefano Sollima, Without Remorse
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi has composed the original music for the upcoming action thriller Without Remorse. The film is directed by Stefano Sollima (Sicario: Day of the Soldado) and stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jacob Scipio, Cam Gigandet, Jack Kesy, Todd Lasance and Brett Gelman. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Tom Clancy and follows U.S. Navy SEAL John Clark as he tries to exact vengeance for his wife’s murder, only to find himself inside a larger conspiracy. Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Sicario, Yellowstone) & Will Staples (The Right Stuff) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Viggo Mortensen’s ‘Falling’ Released
Posted: February 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buckethead, Falling, score, Soundtrack, Viggo Mortensen
Perceval Press has released a soundtrack album for the drama Falling. The album features the original music from the film composed by director/lead actor Viggo Mortensen who collaborated with Buckethead on several tracks. Also included is Skating Polly’s song A Little Late. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Falling is written and directed by Mortensen who made his directorial debut on the project and also stars Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen, Hannah Gross, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney and Bracken Burns. The movie follows a man who lives with his partner and their adopted daughter in Southern California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago, when he gets a visit from his conservative and aging father who is searching for a place to retire. Read the rest of this entry »
Guillaume Roussel to Score Clovis Cornillac’s ‘The Colors of Fire’
Posted: January 31, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clovis Cornillac, Couleurs de l'incendie, Guillaume Roussel, The Colors of Fire
Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, Black Beauty, Happy!, The Spy, The Man with the Iron Heart) has been tapped to score the upcoming French period thriller The Colors of Fire (Couleurs de l’incendie). The film is directed by Clovis Cornillac (Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life) and stars Lea Drucker, Benoit Poelvoorde, Olivier Gourmet, Alice Isaaz, as well as Cornillac himself. The movie based on the best-selling novel by Pierre Lemaitre is set in Paris in the 1920s and tells the story of a woman who takes revenge after she misses out on inheriting the financial empire of her father after his death. Read the rest of this entry »
