Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Freaky. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Outlander, Happy Death Day, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Freaky is co-written and directed by Christopher Landon and stars Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor, Misha Osherovich, Dana Drori, Uriah Shelton, Katie Finneran and Alan Ruck. The Blumhouse production centers on a teenage girl who trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of her high school and the cruelty of the popular crowd when she switches bodies with a relentless serial killer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Freaky’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Christopher Landon, Freaky, score, Soundtrack
Quincy Jones to Receive Guild of Music Supervisors Icon Award
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, Quincy Jones
The Guild of Music Supervisors announced today that record producer, composer, and songwriter Quincy Jones will be honored with the Icon Award at next year’s 11th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. The Icon Award was created to celebrate those who have made legendary contributions to the music and film industry. Jones who is the all-time most nominated Grammy artist with a total of 80 Grammy nominations and as received the award 28 times has contributed music to numerous film and TV projects. He won an Emmy Award for his score of the opening episode of Roots, received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and was honored with seven Oscar nominations throughout his career. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Too Funny to Fail’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, John Piscitello, Josh Greenbaum, score, Soundtrack, Too Funny to Fail
John Piscitello (Becoming Bond, No Place on Earth, The All-Americans, Mike Wallace Is Here, Memory Games) has released a soundtrack album for the Hulu original documentary Too Funny to Fail. The album, which features the composer’s original music from the film, is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Too Funny to Fail directed and produced by Josh Greenbaum (The Short Game) explores the creation of The Dana Carvey Show and asks the question why a show with a writer’s room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Robert Smigel would flop so spectacularly. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Embattled’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Embattled, Michael Brook, Nick Sarkisov, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Embattled. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into the Wild, The Vow, The Fighter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20 and is now available for pre-order here. Embattled is directed by Nick Sarkisov and stars Stephen Dorff, Darren Mann, Colin McKenna, Elizabeth Reaser, Karrueche Tran, Saïd Taghmaou and Donald Faison. The movie tells the story of a man who channels his aggression into a World Champion MMA fighter, but when his second son is born with an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. Read the rest of this entry »
Eleni Karaindrou Scoring Terrence Malick’s ‘The Last Planet’
Posted: November 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eleni Karaindrou, Terrence Malick, The Last Planet
Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou has written the original score for the upcoming drama The Last Planet. The film is written and directed by Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life) and stars Geza Rohrig as Jesus Christ, Matthias Schoenaerts as Apostle Peter, Mark Rylance as Satan, as well as Aidan Turner, Joseph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Douglas Booth, Martin McCann, Tawfeek Barhom, Ori Pfeffer, Shadi Mar’i, Makram Khoury, Numan Acar and Emilio De Marchi. The movie tells the story of Christ’s life through a series of parables. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Vermeer’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Friedkin, Johan Söderqvist, score, Soundtrack, The Last Vermeer
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Last Vermeer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, The Bridge, Kon-Tiki, After the Wedding, Things We Lost in the Fire, In a Better World). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Last Vermeer is directed by Dan Friedkin and stars Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller, August Diehl, Olivia Grant, Adrian Scarborough and Andrew Havill. The movie follows a soldier and member of the Dutch resistance as he investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant painter. Read the rest of this entry »
Johan Söderqvist Scoring Eirik Svensson’s ‘Betrayed’ (‘Den storste forbrytelsen’)
Posted: November 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Betrayed, Den største forbrytelsen, Eirik Svensson, Johan Söderqvist
Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, Battlefield V, In a Better World) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming Norwegian historical drama Betrayed (Den største forbrytelsen). The film is directed by Eirik Svensson (Harajuku, One Night in Oslo) and stars Jakob Oftebro, Silje Storstein, Eilif Hartwig, Carl Martin Eggesbø, and Michalis Koutsogiannakis. The movie tells the true story of the Jewish Braude family, an ordinary Norwegian working class family who had lived in safety in Oslo before being transported to Auschwitz during World War II. Lars Gudmestad (Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters, Buddy) and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg (The Wave, The King’s Choice) wrote the screenplay based on Marte Michelet’s book The Ultimate Crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Once Upon a Time in Venezuela’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Nascuy Linares, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Once Upon a Time in Venezuela. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Nascuy Linares (Embrace of the Serpent, Luxor, Los silencios). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. Once Upon a Time in Venezuela directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos was shot over seven years and focuses on the Venezuelan fishing village of Congo Mirador, a once prosperous commercial and social hub that has spiraled into chaos and violence, reflecting the political climate that has ravaged the South American country in recent years. Read the rest of this entry »
Anna Hauss’ Song ‘I Can’t Remember Love’ from Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Released
Posted: November 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anna Hauss, Netflix, Robert Wienröder, The Queen's Gambit, William Horberg
Maisie Music Publishing has released the song I Can’t Remember Love from the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit. The track, which is featured in the sixth episode of the show, is written and performed by Anna Hauss & Robert Wienröder and features lyrics by executive producer William Horberg. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the song. Also listen to the full track below. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Carlos Rafael Rivera’s score from the show last month. The Queen’s Gambit is created by Scott Frank (who also directed all episodes) & Allan Scott and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Moses Ingram, Marielle Heller, Rebecca Root, Bill Camp and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album CBC’s & The CW’s ‘Trickster’ Released
Posted: November 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBC, score, Soundtrack, The CW, Todor Kobakov, Trickster
A soundtrack album has been released for the CBC series Trickster. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Todor Kobakov (The Samaritan, Born to Be Blue, Most Dangerous Game, Backstabbing for Beginners, Bitten). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Trickster is created by Michelle Latimer & Tony Elliott based on the bestselling novel Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson and stars Joel Oulette, Crystle Lightning, Craig Lauzon, Kalani Queypo, Anna Lambe, Joel Thomas Hynes, Gail Maurice and Georgina Lightning. The drama follows an Indigenous teen struggling to keep his dysfunctional family above water whose already chaotic life is turned upside down when he starts seeing strange things – talking ravens, doppelgängers and skin monsters. Read the rest of this entry »
