The House has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary The Minimalists: Less Is Now. The album features the film’s original music by VVE. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Listen to the end credits song Glorious after the jump. The Minimalists: Less Is Now is directed by Matt D’Avella and follows longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus (who previously appeared in and produced Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things) as they share how our lives can be better with less. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Minimalists: Less Is Now’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Matt D'Avella., Netflix, Soundtrack, The Minimalists: Less Is Now, VVE
Yeasayer’s Chris Keating Scoring John Swab’s ‘Body Brokers’
Posted: January 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Body Brokers, Chris Keating, John Swab
Chris Keating of the former rock band Yeasayer has made his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming crime thriller Body Brokers. The film is directed by John Swab (Run with the Hunted) and stars Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Michael K. Williams, Melissa Leo, Frank Grillo, Jessica Rothe, Owen Campbell, Peter Greene, Sam Quartin and Thomas Dekker. The movie follows two junkies from Ohio who travel to Los Angeles for drug treatment, when they learn that the rehab process is a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Doctor Who’ Series 12 – ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Doctor Who, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Doctor Who holiday special Revolution of the Daleks. The album features the original music from the Series 12 special composed by Segun Akinola (The Last Tree). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. A physical version is also in the works. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring Akinola’s score from Season 11 and Season 12. Doctor Who – Revolution of the Daleks is written and executive produced by Chris Chibnall, directed by Lee Haven Jones and stars Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, John Barrowman, Chris Noth and Harriet Walter. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 1, 2021)
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Herself, Howard Shore, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Natalie Holt, Pieces of a Woman, Shadow in the Cloud
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action horror thriller Shadow in the Cloud directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Joe Witkowski, Benedict Wall and Byron Coll. The film’s original music is composed by Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper (The Legend of Baron To’a, Housebound, Fantail). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows a female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress who encounters an evil presence on board the flight, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Raeburn, Robert Connolly, score, Soundtrack, The Dry
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian crime thriller The Dry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, Nancy, Photograph, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack. The Dry is co-written and directed by Robert Connolly and stars Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell and John Polson. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Jane Harper and centers on a cop who returns to his hometown to face the demons of his past after his childhood friend dies in a murder-suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cobra Kai, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
The full details of the new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Cobra Kai have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Leo Birenberg (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Son of Zorn, PEN15, Tigtone) & Zach Robinson (Impractical Jokers: The Movie, F*&% the Prom). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 8 by Madison Gate Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the composers’ score from the first and second season. Cobra Kai is developed by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg based on The Karate Kid film series and stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Xolo Mariduena, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Courtney Henggeler and Martin Kove. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Bornstein, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Transformers - War for Cybertron
Hasbro will release a new soundtrack album for the second part of the Netflix original anime series Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy. The album features selections of the original music from the second part of the trilogy (Earthrise) composed by Alexander Bornstein (First to the Moon, Black Site Delta, Paradox, The Last Heist). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The composer’s score from the first part of the trilogy (Siege) was released this past summer. Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise is based on Hasbro’s toy franchise and features the voices of Jake Foushee, Jason Marnocha, Linsay Rousseau, Joe Zieja, Frank Todaro, Bill Rogers, Keith Silverstein and Edward Bosco. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Netflix’s ‘Finding ‘Ohana’
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Finding Ohana, Joseph Trapanese, Jude Weng, Netflix
Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Lady and the Tramp, The Greatest Showman, Project Power, Insurgent) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Finding ‘Ohana. The movie is directed by Jude Weng and stars Kea Peahu, Alex Aiono, Kelly Hu, Lindsay Watson, Owen Vaccaro, Branscombe Richmond, Ke Huy Quan, Brad Kalilimoku, Chris Parnell, Marc Evan Jackson and Ricky Garcia. The family action adventure comedy follows two Brooklyn-raised siblings as they travel to Oʻahu for the summer and connect with their Hawaiian heritage – and their family – on a daring quest for long-lost treasure. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Part 4 Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The album features the songs from the second part of the show’s second and final season performed by cast members including Ross Lynch, Kiernan Shipka, Jaz Sinclair, Lachlan Watson, Jonathan Whitesell, Gavin Leatherwood, Tyler Cotton, Mellany Barros, Conor Stinson O’Gorman, Nicco Del Rio, Sarah Corrigan, Tati Gabrielle & Chance Perdomo. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 1 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the show’s first season and the first part of the second season, as well as a separate score album for Season 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicolas Errèra Scoring Benny Chan’s ‘Raging Fire’
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benny Chan, Nicolas Errèra, Raging Fire
Nicolas Errèra (Shaolin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Hidden Man, Adoring Mountain Cry) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming Hong Kong thriller Raging Fire (Nou fo). The film is written and directed by Benny Chan (New Police Story, Call of Heroes, Invisible Target) and stars Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Qin Lan, Ray Lui, Patrick Tam and Kenny Wong. The movie follows a cop too honest for his own good whose past comes back to haunt him when his sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals, led his former protégé. Read the rest of this entry »