American High Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Banana Split. The album features the film’s original score composed by Annie Hart (Olympic Dreams). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Banana Split is directed by Benjamin Kasulke and stars Hannah Marks (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Addison Riecke. The movie follows two teenage girls develop the perfect kindred spirit friendship over the course of a summer, with one problem: one of them is dating the other’s ex. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Banana Split’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Annie Hart, Banana Split, Benjamin Kasulke, score, Soundtrack
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World Premiere Recording of Bernard Herrmann’s ‘Endless Night’ Score Announced
Posted: December 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Herrmann, Endless Night, score, Sidney Gilliat, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere recording of the previously unreleased score for the 1972 horror mystery drama Endless Night directed by Sidney Gilliat, based on Agatha Christie’s novel of the same title and starring Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland, Hywel Bennett, Per Oscarsson and George Sanders. Reconstructed from the original manuscript by the film’s composer Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, North by Northwest), the music is performed by the Basque National Orchestra and conducted by Fernando Velázquez (The Impossible, Mama, A Monster Calls), with original Moog synthesizer sessions played by Toni Saigi. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to check out audio samples and to order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Midnight Cowboy’, ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ & ‘A Bridge Too Far’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: December 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Bridge Too Far, Ennio Morricone, John Addison, John Barry, John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy, Richard Attenborough, score, Sergio Lione, Soundtrack, The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Quartet Records has announced a number of new soundtracks, including a new album for the 1969 drama Midnight Cowboy directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. John Barry (Goldfinger, Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa) who is credited as the film’s music supervisor composed a series of original cues and supervised the entire musical concept of the project. Everybody’s Talkin’ written by Fred Neil was selected as a main theme for the movie and was newly recorded with arrangements by George Tipton and performed by Harry Nilsson. The 2-CD set features a remastered version of the original soundtrack album, as well as alternate song versions on the first disc and the complete music (both songs and score) as it appears in the film on the second disc. Read the rest of this entry »
Stefan Gregory Scoring Simon Stone’s Netflix Film ‘The Dig’
Posted: December 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Simon Stone, Stefan Gregory, The Dig
Stefan Gregory has made his feature scoring debut on the the upcoming British Netflix original film The Dig. The movie is directed by Simon Stone (The Daughter) and stars Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn, Ben Chaplin and Ken Stott. The drama is set in 1938 as World War II looms and follows a wealthy widow who hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. Moira Buffini (Harlots, Jane Eyre) wrote the screenplay based on a book by John Preston. Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Night in Miami…’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, One Night in Miami, Regina King, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
ABKCO Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama One Night in Miami… The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Perry Mason, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Da 5 Bloods). Also included is the original song Speak Now performed by Leslie Odom, Jr. and co-written by himself & Sam Ashworth, as well as other songs performed by the actor/singer and tracks by L.C. Cooke, Jeremy Pope, Billy Preston & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on January 15, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. One Night in Miami… marks the feature directorial debut of Regina King and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. Read the rest of this entry »
H. Scott Salinas Scoring CBS All Access’ ‘Coyote’
Posted: December 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS All Access, Coyote, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, Tiger
H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Sea of Shadows) is the composer of the upcoming CBS All Access original series Coyote. The show is created by David Graziano (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Lie to Me), Michael Carnes & Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock) and stars Michael Chiklis, Juan Pablo Raba, Adriana Paz, Kristyan Ferrer, Octavio Pisano, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Julio Cedillo . The drama tells the story of a story of a man, who after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bobbleheads: The Movie’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bobbleheads, Bobbleheads: The Movie, Greg O'Connor, Kirk Wise, Michael Lloyd, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Bobbleheads: The Movie. The album features the film’s original score composed by Greg O’Connor (Mad TV, Prop Culture, Chocolate News) and the movie’s original songs co-written by O’Connor and Michael Lloyd. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Bobbleheads: The Movie is directed by Kirk Wise and features the voices of Jennifer Coolidge, Karen Fukuhara, Khary Payton, Julian Sands, Brenda Song, Luke Wilson and Cher. The movie follows three Bobblehead figures who must work with a new Bobblehead who is brought in to the mix to oust intruder relatives from a family’s home before they steal one of the Bobbles for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery Scoring Robert Lorenz’s ‘The Marksman’
Posted: December 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Robert Lorenz, Sean Callery, The Marksman
Sean Callery (24, Jessica Jones, Homeland, Bones, La Femme Nikita) has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller The Marksman. The film is directed by Robert Lorenz (Trouble with the Curve) and stars Liam Neeson, Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba and Teresa Ruiz. The movie follows a hardened Arizona rancher who becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who have pursued him into the U.S. Lorenz also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Charles & Danny Kravitz. He is also producing the Voltage Pictures production with Tai Duncan (Honest Thief, Proud Mary), Mark Williams (Ozark, The Accountant), Warren Goz & Eric Gold (Urge). Read the rest of this entry »
‘It Snows in Benidorm’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfonso de Vilallonga, Isabel Coixet, It Snows in Benidorm, Nieva en Benidorm, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller It Snows in Benidorm (Nieva en Benidorm). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Blancanieves, The Bookshop, Transsiberian, Princesas, Abracadabra). Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the CD. A digital version will be coming out this Friday, December 11 and will be available to stream/download here. It Snows in Benidorm is written and directed by Isabel Coixet and stars Timothy Spall, Sarita Clouhdury, Carmen Machi and Ana Torrent. The movie produced by Pedro Almodóvar follows a quiet British middle aged man who decides to visit his brother who lives in Benidorm and discovers that he has disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)
Posted: December 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Suitable Boy, Acorn TV, Alex Heffes, Amazon, Benjamin Pinkerton, Camilo Froideval, Cliff Martinez, Dan Zlotnik, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Ian LeFeuvre, Jonathan Rhys Hill, Let Them All Talk, Marcus Miller, NBC, Netflix, Nurses, Safety, Selena: The Series, Showtime, The Trial of Christine Keeler, The Wilds, Thomas Newman, Volker Bertelmann, Your Honor
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV. Read the rest of this entry »
