Over the last few weeks, Eastern Glow Recordings has released three soundtrack album for the PBS original documentary series A Town Called Victoria. The albums features the show’s original music composed by The Album Leaf (aka Jimmy LaValle) (Synchronic, The Endless, Something in the Dirt, Spring, The F**k-It List, 3022). The Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3 soundtracks are now available to stream/download on all major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. A Town Called Victoria is directed by Li Liu and chronicles the titular town, its activists and politicians as they must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward when the local mosque is burned to the ground in an apparent hate crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Town Called Victoria’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: May 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Town Called Victoria, Jimmy LaValle, Li Liu, PBS, score, Soundtrack, The Album Leaf
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bad Boys, Bad Boys 4, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Bilall Fallah, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official score album for the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The album features the original score from the fourth installment in the Bad Boys film series composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, The Wheel of Time, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The LEGO Batman Movie) who previously composed the music for 2020’s Bad Boys for Life. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The composer’s title track, which incorporates Mark Mancina’s theme from 1995 original movie, is already to stream/download available now and can also be checked out below. As previously reported, Epic Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Bad Boys: Ride or Die is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Paola Nuñez, Tasha Smith, Jacob Scipio, Tiffany Haddish, Melanie Liburd and Joe Pantoliano. Read the rest of this entry »
‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Aruj, MoviePass MovieCrash, Muta'Ali, score, Soundtrack
Scott Point Production has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Aruj (Crawl, The Ice Road, Mech Cadets, Lansky, The Tank, iBoy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the composer’s title track after the jump. MoviePass, MovieCrash is directed by Muta’Ali and chronicles the titular company’s beginnings as an innovative movie ticketing model, exploring the visionary mission of its co-founders, its early successes, and its precipitous downfall caused by mismanagement. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen McKeon Scoring Thordur Palsson’s ‘The Damned’
Posted: May 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Stephen McKeon, The Damned, Thordur Palsson
Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Pilgrimage, Norm of the North, Queen & Country) has recently scored the upcoming period horror drama The Damned. The film is directed by Thordur Palsson (The Valhalla Murders) and stars Odessa Young and Joe Cole. The movie is set in the 19th century and follows a young widow who faces an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing village and must decide whether to rescue the shipwrecked sailors or let them perish to ensure their own survival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Salem’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Bernard Marlin, Krister Linder, Salem, score, Soundtrack
OONA has released a soundtrack album for the French fantasy drama Salem. The album features the film’s original music composed by Krister Linder (The Nile Hilton Incident, Cairo Conspiracy, Downloading Nancy, Metropia). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Salem is written and directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin and stars Dalil Abdourahim, Oumar Moindjie, Amal Issihaka Hali, Wallenn El Gharabaoui and Rachid Ousseni. The movie follows a former gang member who believes his daughter is the only one who can save his community from an apocalyptic curse and – after 12 years in prison – makes it his mission to find and convince her to fulfill his prophecy. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro Scoring Paul Feig’s ‘Jackpot’
Posted: May 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jackpot, Paul Feig, Theodore Shapiro
Composer Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Bombshell, Marley & Me) is reteaming with director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) on the upcoming action comedy Jackpot. The film starring Awkwafina, John Cena, Ayden Mayeri, Donald Elise Watkins, Murray Hill, Sam Asghari & Simu Liu is set in the near future, when a “Grand Lottery” has been newly established in California, with a catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. The movie follows a woman who mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket and reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Protocol 7’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Wakefield, Protocol 7, score, Soundtrack, Will Taylor
Strings Attached Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Protocol 7. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Taylor. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 31 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (He Was Where Officer?) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Protocol 7 is co-written (with Terry Rossio) and directed by Andy Wakefield and stars Rachel Whittle, Matthew Mardsen and Eric Roberts. The movie follows a devoted mother/small-town family lawyer, a renegade doctor exiled from the medical profession and a virologist at a prominent vaccine laboratory turned corporate whistleblower who work together to hold a large pharmaceutical corporation accountable for allegedly fraudulent test results behind a failing mumps vaccine. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabella Summers Scoring Jeremy O. Harris’ ‘Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.’
Posted: May 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Isabella Summers, Jeremy O. Harris, Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play
Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lisa Frankenstein, The Offer, Physical, Sex/Life, Call Jane) is making her documentary scoring debut on the upcoming feature Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. The film is directed by Jeremy O. Harris and follows the playwright as he deconstructs his Tony-nominated play Slave Play, which revolves around three interracial couples who undergo “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy” when the black partners no longer feel sexual attraction to their white partners.
‘Mother of All Shows’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David James Brock, Melissa D'Agostino, Mother of All Shows, Rebecca Everett, Soundtrack
Must Be Nice Records has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian musical comedy Mother of All Shows. The album features the film’s original songs written by David James Brock, Melissa D’Agostino & Rebecca Everett and performed by the movie’s cast. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Mother of All Shows is co-directed by D’Agostino and stars Wendie Malick, D’Agostino herself, Ann Pornel, Darryl Hinds, Phil Luzi, Juan Chioran, Tara Consoli, Michael Miranda and Trevor Martin. The movie follows a woman who retreats to a ’70s variety show in her mind to cope with the impending death of her mother. Read the rest of this entry »
Moby to Score and Write Screenplay for Mark Webber’s ‘Tecie’
Posted: May 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Webber, Moby, Tecie
Variety is reporting that Moby is set to score the upcoming romance Tecie. He is also writing the screenplay for the film, which will be directed by actor Mark Webber (who previously helmed several features, including 2019’s The Place of No Words) and is set in the Los Angeles animal rights and activism scene. No casting announcements have been made yet and no plot synopsis has been revealed yet. Read the rest of this entry »
