Alex Lacamoire has composed the original score for the upcoming animated musical Vivo. He also serves as the executive music producer on the movie, which is directed by Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) and features the voices of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Gloria Estefan, Nicole Byer, Michael Rooker, Leslie David Baker, Katie Lowes, Olivia Trujillo and Lidya Jewett. As previously announced, Miranda has written and is performing original songs for the film, which follows a one-of-kind kinkajou who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively Havana and makes a treacherous passage to Miami to fulfill his destiny. DeMicco also co-wrote the screenplay with Quiara Alegría Hudes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Lacamoire to Serve as Executive Music Producer & Score Composer on Kirk DeMicco’s ‘Vivo’
Posted: April 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Lacamoire, Kirk DeMicco, Netflix, Vivo
‘Sound of Metal’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abraham Marder, Amazon, Darius Marder, Nicolas Becker, score, Sound of Metal, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the drama Sound of Metal have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Abraham Marder & Nicolas Becker. Also included is Marder’s original song Green, which has previously been released as a digital single, two versions of the French song Cet Amour Me Tue performed by Arthur H’s & Martha Wainwright and actors Olivia Cooke & Mathieu Amalric, as well as Margaret Chardiet’s Purify and Riz Ahmed’s & Cooke’s performance of the track. The soundtrack is being released by Nonesuch Records and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Sound of Metal is directed by Darius Marder and also stars Paul Raci and Lauren Ridloff. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Halpern Scoring Josef Kubota Wladyka’s ‘Catch the Fair One’
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Catch the Fair One, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Nathan Halpern
Nathan Halpern is composing the original music for the upcoming revenge thriller Catch the Fair One. The film is written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka (Dirty Hands) and stars Kali “KO” Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Kimberly Guerrero, Michael Drayer, Lisa Emery and Kevin Dunn. The movie tells the story of a former champion boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister. Kubota Wladyka is also producing the project with Mollye Asher (Nomadland) and Kimberly Parker (Those People). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baphomet’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baphomet, Fabio Amurri, Matthan Harris, score, Soundtrack
Cleopatra Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Baphomet. The album features the film’s original score composed by Fabio Amurri (German Angst). Also included are songs by Align the Tide, Not My God, Skold, Luna 13 & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 14, 2021 and is now available for pre-order here. Listen to a first song (Shellshock by Tank feat. Cradle of Filth frontman Daniel Filth) after the jump. Baphomet is written and directed by Matthan Harris and stars Colin Ward, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Nick Principe, Matthan Harris, as well as Filth himself. The movie revolves around an American family who are celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader unexpectedly visits their ranch. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Stuart Gordon’s ‘Space Truckers’ Announced
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Colin Towns, score, Soundtrack, Space Truckers, Stuart Gordon
MovieScore Media has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1996 sci-fi comedy Space Truckers directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar and Charles Dance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Colin Towns (The Puppet Masters, Rawhead Rex, Foyle’s War, Doc Martin, Maybe Baby, Pie in the Sky). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Space Truckers follows a space trucker and his fiancee who are on their way from a space station to Earth, when they are hijacked by a group of space pirates. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr Scoring Netflix’s ‘Halston’
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Halston, Nathan Barr, Netflix, Ryan Murphy
Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is the composer of the new Netflix limited series Halston. The show is created by Sharr White (Generation) and stars Ewan McGregor, Bill Pullman, Rebecca Dayan, David Pittu, Krysta Rodriguez, Rory Culkin, Vera Farmiga, Sullivan Jones, Gian Franco Rodriguez, Kelly Bishop, Dilone, James Waterston, Jason Kravits and Mary Beth Peil. The 5-part drama follows the titular legendary fashion designer as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York, before his life starts to spin out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Frontier’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Podolskiye kursanty, score, Soundtrack, The Last Frontier, Vadim Shmelyov, Yuri Poteyenko
VoenFilm Studio has released a soundtrack album for the Russian World War II epic The Last Frontier (Podolskiye kursanty). The album features the film’s original music composed by Yuri Poteyenko (Nightwatch, Day Watch, Dark Planet, Leningrad, The Spy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Last Frontier is co-written and directed by Vadim Shmelyov and stars Aleksey Bardukov, Evgeniy Dyatlov, Sergey Bezrukov, Lubov Konstantinova, Artyom Gubin and Igor Yudin. The movie tells the story of a group of cadets from the Podolsk military academy who staged a heroic stand outside Moscow in 1941. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Win Academy Award for ‘Soul’
Posted: April 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Atticus Ross, Dernst Emile II, H.E.R., Jon Batiste, Judas and the Black Messiah, Soul, Tiara Thomas, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste were honored with the Academy Award for their score for Pixar’s Soul at tonight’s 93rd Oscar ceremony. Reznor & Ross have previously received their first Oscar for their music for 2010’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their music for David Fincher’s Mank. The composers previously received the Golden Globe, Critic’ Choice Award and BAFTA Award for their work on the animated movie. Check out their acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Emile Mosseri (Minari), James Newton Howard (News of the World) and Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 25, 2021)
Posted: April 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Flying Lotus, Jónsi, Netflix, Paul Raeburn, The Mosquito Coast, Things Heard and Seen, Without Remorse, Yasuke
Premiering on Thursday, April 29, is the Netflix original film Things Heard & Seen written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman and starring Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter, Rhea Seehorn and F. Murray Abraham. The movie’s original music is composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, The Dry, Nancy, Tell Me Your Secrets, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Photograph). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the horror thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Netflix anime series Yasuke created by LeSean Thomas and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Takehiro Hira, Maya Tanida, Ian Chen, Ming-Na Wen, Gwendoline Yeo, Noshir Dalal, Darren Criss, Paul Nakauchi and Dia Frampton. Flying Lotus has composed the show’s original music. Warp Records has released a digital single featuring the artist’s opening theme and closing credits music earlier this week. Click here to listen to the tracks and for more information about the series, which will also be available to stream on Netflix Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sky Series ‘Anna’ Released
Posted: April 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anna, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rauelsson, score, Soundtrack
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Sky original series Anna. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Rauelsson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Anna is created and directed by Niccolò Ammaniti based on his novel of the same title and stars Giulia Dragotto and Alessandro Pecorel. The show produced by Fremantle’s Wildside, ARTE France & Kwaï is co-written by Ammaniti & Francesca Manieri and tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who must contend with a viral contagion that kills off all adults on the island of Sicily. Read the rest of this entry »
