The Newton Brothers (Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have recently completed their score for the upcoming sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck. The film is written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jacob Tremblay. The movie is based on the novella of the same title by Stephen King and examines the existence of the title character in reverse, beginning with his death at age 39 from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a haunted house. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck, The Newton Brothers
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Soundtrack Album for Clement Virgo’s ‘Brother’ Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brother, Clement Virgo, score, Soundtrack, Todor Kobakov
Todor Kobakov (Born to Be Blue, The Samaritan, Backstabbing for Beginners, Tricksters, Sweetness in the Belly, Most Dangerous Game) has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Brother. The album features the composer’s original score from the film composed by and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Kobakov’s first track (Better View) after the jump. Brother is written and directed by Clement Virgo and stars Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira. The movie is based on David Chariandy’s novel of the same name and follows two brothers facing questions of masculinity, family, race and identity during the pulsing beats of Toronto’s early hip hop scene. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Shift’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brock Heasley, Dan Haseltine, Matthew S. Nelson, score, Soundtrack, The Shift
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based sci-fi thriller The Shift. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Haseltine & Matthew S. Nelson (The Chosen). The soundtrack is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ main titles track below. The Shift is written and directed by Brock Heasley and stars Kristoffer Polaha, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Jason Marsden, John Billingsley, Rose Reid, Paras Patel and John Walker Ross. The movie tells the story of a man who meets a nefarious adversary known as The Benefactor and – after refusing his offer of wealth and power – must escape an alternate totalitarian reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring James Watkins’ ‘Speak No Evil’ Remake
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, James Watkins, Saunder Jurriaans, Speak No Evil
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Outsider, The Staircase, The Devil All the Time, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice) have provided the original score for the upcoming horror thriller Speak No Evil. The film is written and directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black, McMafia, Eden Lake) and stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy and Alix West Lefler. The movie is based on Christian & Mads Tafdrup’s 2022 Danish feature of the same title (scored by Sune “Køter” Kølster) about a family that gets invited to a dream holiday at an idyllic country house that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Boarders’ Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Boarders, Soundtrack
All3Media has released a soundtrack album for the BBC comedy drama Boarders. The album features the songs from the show by artists such as Joseph Burnett, Sam Virgo, Ronn Subrahmanya Rohan Hulikunta, Maisy New, Sydney Yack, Christopher Pottinger & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Boarders is created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor and stars Josh Tedeku, Jodie Campbell, Sekou Diaby, Myles Kamwendo and Aruna Jalloh. The coming-of-age dramedy follows the lives of five talented black inner-city teenagers as they are navigating their way through an alien world – the British public school system. Read the rest of this entry »
Herdís Stefánsdóttir Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Herdís Stefánsdóttir, M. Night Shyamalan, Trap
Composer Herdís Stefánsdóttir (Y: The Last Man, The Essex Serpent, The Sun Is Also a Star, We’re Here) is reteaming with director M. Night Shyamalan on the upcoming psychological thriller Trap. The film is written and directed by Shyalaman (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and stars Josh Hartnett and Saleka Shyamalan. The movie revolves around a father and teen daughter who attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Shyamalan is also producing the project with Marc Bienstock (Split, Glass) and Ashwin Rajan (Old, Servant). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for SkyShowtime’s ‘Veronika’ to Be Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mikkel Hess, score, SkyShowtime, Soundtrack, Veronika
This Is Care Of will release a soundtrack album for the SkyShowtime original series Veronika. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mikkel Hess (When Animals Dream, Exit Plan). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Wednesday, April 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Veronika is created by Katja Juras & Anna Lindblom and stars Alexandra Rapaport, Tobias Santelmann, Arvin Kananian, Olle Sarri, Per Graffman, Isac Calmroth, Sarah Rhodin, Wilma Lidén and Eddie Eriksson Dominguez. The 8-part crime thriller directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby follows the titular police officer who struggles with her complicated family life and a secret pill addiction and finds herself in a murder investigation that goes deeper than anyone in her town would like to believe when she learns about the murder of two teenage girls. Read the rest of this entry »
‘It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown’ 55th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bill Melendez, It Was a Short Summer Charlie Brown, score, Soundtrack, Vince Guaraldi
Lee Mendelson Film Productions has announced the premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1969 animated television special It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown created by Charles M. Schulz and directed by Bill Melendez. The album features the original music from the sixth Peanuts special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, A Boy Named Charlie Brown), including the original recordings that comprise the song cues of the special, as well as another six previously unreleased bonus/alternative tracks. The 55th Anniversary Edition will first be available as a vinyl edition at participating stores starting April 20, 2024 as part of Record Store Day and be released digitally and physically everywhere on July 5. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital version and check back on this page for the pre-order links for the CD and vinyl editions. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Murdoch Mysteries’ Musical Episode ‘Why Is Everybody Singing?’ Released
Posted: April 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jono Grant, Murdoch Mysteries, Ovation CBC, Paul Aitken, Robert Carli, score, Soundtrack
Shaftesbury Music has released a soundtrack album for the musical episode of the CBC original drama Murdoch Mysteries. The album features the original songs from the Season 17 episode Why Is Everybody Singing? written by Paul Aitken, produced and arranged by Jono Grant and performed by the series’ cast members including Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Thomas Craig, Arwen Humphreys , Colin Mochrie & others. Also included is the episode’s score written by the show’s composer Robert Carli (Wynonna Earp, Survival of the Dead, Sky Med). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to the opening titles track and the first two songs (The World Keeps Getting Better & He’s Dead As He Can Be) after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’
Posted: April 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Baby Reindeer, Evgueni Galperine, Netflix, Richard Gadd, Sacha Galperine
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Loveless, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, The Family, Wizard of Lies, Happening) are the composers of the new British Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer. The show is created by Richard Gadd and stars Gadd himself, Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Tom Goodman-Hill. The 8-part comedy drama explores a struggling comedian’s act of kindness to a vulnerable woman that sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
