La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 sequel The Karate Kid Part III directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively and Thomas Ian Griffith. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff, Masters of the Universe, For Your Eyes Only, The Thomas Crown Affair), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. Visit the label’s Facebook page for the full details of the CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, and which will be available to order on the label’s website next Tuesday, December 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded and Remastered ‘The Karate Kid Part III’ Score Album Announced
Posted: November 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Conti, John G. Avildsen, score, Soundtrack, The Karate Kid: Part III
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‘Only’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Kaefer, Michael Dean Parsons, Only, score, Soundtrack, Takashi Doscher
Notefornote Music has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Only. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Kaefer (A Score to Settle, Quantum Break) and Michael Dean Parsons. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Only is written and directed by Takashi Doscher and stars Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, Chandler Riggs, Jayson Warner Smith and Tia Hendricks. The movie follows a couple who is put to the ultimate test as they try to survive a mysterious plague threatens to kill all women on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zappa’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Winter, Frank Zappa, John Frizzell, score, Soundtrack, Zappa
Universal Music will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary Zappa. The album features the songs from the movie by the film’s subject, Frank Zappa, and his band The Mothers of Invention and others. Also included is the film’s original score composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, Dante’s Peak, The Following, Beavis and Butthead Do America) who also serves as a producer on the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 27 and will be available to stream/download here. A 3-CD version (and a vinyl edition) is set to come out on February 19 and is available to order on Amazon. Zappa is directed by Alex Winter and explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. The movie features appearances by Zappa’s widow Gail and several of his musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres & others. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Hodge Scoring Kevin Macdonald’s ‘The Mauritanian’
Posted: November 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kevin Macdonald, The Mauritanian, Tom Hodge
Tom Hodge (McMafia, Rise of the Nazis, The Man Behind the Microphone) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller The Mauritanian. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) and stars Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch and Zachary Levi. The movie is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir Guantánamo Diary and centers on detainee at the U.S military’s Guantanamo Bay detention center a who languishes in prison for years without charge or trial until he finds allies in a defense attorney and her associate. Michael Bronner, Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani (Informer) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Christopher Lennertz’s ‘Tom and Jerry’ Score Released
Posted: November 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, score, Soundtrack, Tim Story, Tom and Jerry
WaterTower Music has released the first track from the score for the upcoming live-action/animated comedy Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry Arrive composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Horrible Bosses, Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Supernatural, Baywatch) is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the full track below. Tom and Jerry is directed by Tim Story and stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Rob Delaney, Colin Jost and Ken Jeong. The movie follows Jerry as he moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of “the wedding of the century,” forcing the event’s desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Wang to Score Disney Channel’s ‘Christmas Again’
Posted: November 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Fickman, Christmas Again, Disney Channel, Nathan Wang
Composer Nathan Wang is set to reteam with director Andy Fickman on the upcoming Disney Channel original movie Christmas Again. The holiday comedy starring Scarlett Estevez, Daniel Sunjata, Alexis Carra, Ashlyn Jade Lopez, Priscilla Lopez, Beth Lacke, Tony Amendola and Gary Anthony Williams centers on a high-spirited 11-year-old girl experiencing a lackluster Christmas who makes a wish to a mall Santa for a “do-over,” and unexpectedly finds herself reliving Christmas day over and over. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Never Too Late’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: November 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angela Little, Mark Lamprell, Never Too Late, score, Soundtrack
BSX Records will release a soundtrack album for the Australian comedy drama Never Too Late. The album features the film’s original music composed by Angela Little (The Clinic, The Will, Back of the Net). Also included is the song Beautiful Day performed by Garth Taylor. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Never Too Late is directed by Mark Lamprell and stars James Cromwell, Jacki Weaver, Dennis Waterman, Jack Thompson, Shane Jacobson and Roy Billing. The movie follows a group of seniors as they makes plans to break out of their retirement home to achieve their unrealized dreams before it’s too late. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s & IMDb TV’s ‘Alex Rider’ to Be Released
Posted: November 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Rider, Amazon, IMDb TV, Raffertie, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the first soundtrack album for the British series Alex Rider. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Raffertie (aka Benjamin Stefanski) (White Dragon, Zone 414). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2020 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Alex Rider is developed by Guy Burt based on the novels by Anthony Horowitz and stars Otto Farrant, Stephen Dillane, Andrew Buchan, Vicky McClure, Brenock O’Connor and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo. The spy thriller follows the title character as he is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 as a teenage spy to infiltrate places that others are unable to. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Girl from Mogadishu’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Girl from Mogadishu, Mary McGuckian a, Nitin Sawhney, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the drama A Girl from Mogadishu. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nitin Sawhney (The Namesake, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Breathe, Lila Says, Traitors). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. A Girl from Mogadishu is written and directed by Mary McGuckian and stars Aja Naomi King, Martha Canga Antonio, Barkhad Abdi, Orla Brady and Stanley Townsend. The movie tells a true story based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who having escaped war-torn Somalia, emerged as one of the world’s foremost international activists against gender-based violence. Read the rest of this entry »
Kurt Russell’s & Darlene Love’s Original Song ‘The Spirit of Christmas’ from ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ Released
Posted: November 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Columbus, Darlene Love, Kurt Russell, Netflix, Steven Van Zandt, The Christmas Chronicles 2
Maisie Music Publishing has released the original song The Spirit of Christmas from Chris Columbus’ Netflix original film The Christmas Chronicles 2. The track is written by Steven Van Zandt (who previously penned songs for Columbus’ Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Nine Months) and is performed by lead actor Kurt Russell and Darlene Love. The song is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the full track after the jump. The Christmas Chronicles 2 is written and directed by Columbus and also stars Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp, Jahzir Bruno, Julian Dennison, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Judah Lewis and Tyrese Gibson. Read the rest of this entry »
