Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series No Man’s Land. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rutger Hoedemaekers (Trapped, The Last Berliner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. No Man’s Land is created Maria Feldman, Eitan Mansuri, Amit Cohen & Ron Leshem and stars Félix Moati, Mélanie Thierry, Souheila Yacoub, Joe Ben Ayed, James Floyd, Dean Ridge and James Purefoy. The 8-part drama directed by Oded Ruskin is set against the backdrop of the Syrian War and follows a young French man who, while unraveling the mystery of his estranged, presumed to be dead sister, ends up joining forces with a unit of Kurdish female fighters and travels with them in ISIS occupied territory. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘No Man’s Land’ Released
Posted: November 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, No Man's Land, Rutger Hoedemaekers, score, Soundtrack
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 13, 2020)
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ammonite, Atticus Ross, Bear McCreary, Ben Salisbury, Benson Taylor, Bruno Coulais, Chick Fight, Come Away, Dara Taylor, David Fleming, Dustin O'Halloran, Echo Boomers, Fatman, Freaky, Hans Zimmer, Hillbilly Elegy, John Debney, Jon Natchez, Kila, Make Up, Mank, Martin Mabz, Mondo Boys, The Climb, Trent Reznor, Volker Bertelmann, Wolfwalkers
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Freaky co-written and directed by Christopher Landon and starring Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor, Katie Finneran, Dana Drori, Misha Osherovich, Uriah Shelton and Alan Ruck. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Opening in select theaters today is the comdedy The Climb co-written and directed by Michael Angelo Covino and starring Covino himself, alongside Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, George Wendt and Judith Godréche. Jon Natchez & Martin Mabz have composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows two lifelong friends who are out for a bike ride through the mountains in the South of France when one of them confesses that he slept with the other’s fiancé premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released stateside by Sony Pictures Classics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘True to the Game 2’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 'True to the Game 2, Jamal Hill, Soundtrack
Faith Media Distribution has released a soundtrack album for the drama True to the Game 2. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Wheezy Beats Future & Yo Gotti, DeJ Loaf, Jeremih feat. OT Genesis, Tamar Braxton, London on Da Track feat. Derez De’Shon, Freeway & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. True to the Game 2 is directed by Jamal Hill and stars Vivica A. Fox, Andra Fuller, Erica Peeples, Jeremy Meeks, Iyana Halley. The sequel to the original 2017 True to the Game movie picks up a year after the murder of drug dealer Quadir Richards, whose death carries consequences for all who knew him, including Gena who has reinvented herself as a journalist, living and working in New York City and is sent on assignment to Los Angeles for a career-changing story. Read the rest of this entry »
HAIM’s Original Song ‘Feel The Thunder’ from ‘The Croods: A New Age’ Released
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Rechtshaid, HAIM, The Croods, The Croods: A New Age
Back Lot Music has released the original song Feel The Thunder from DreamWorks Animation’s feature The Croods: A New Age. The track is performed by HAIM (aka Alana Haim & Danielle Haim) who also co-wrote it with Ariel Rechtshaid. Visit Amazon to stream/download the song and also listen to the full track below. The Croods: A New Age is directed by Joel Crawford and features the voice talent of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Leslie Mann, Peter Dinklage and Kelly Marie Tran. The animated sequel (scored by Mark Mothersbaugh) follows the title characters as they face their biggest challenge of all: another family. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman Scoring Disney+ Movie ‘Godmothered’
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Godmothered, Rachel Portman, Sharon Maguire
Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Never Let Me Go, The Manchurian Candidate) has recently scored the upcoming Disney+ original movie Godmothered. The film is directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget Jones’s Baby) and stars Isla Fisher, Jillian Bell, Jane Curtin, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Santiago Cabrera, Artemis Pebdani, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Stephnie Weir, as well as June Squibb and Carlease Burke. The comedy revolves around a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wolfwalkers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Aurora, Bruno Coulais, Kila, Ross Stewart, score, Soundtrack, Tomm Moore, Wolfwalkers
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Wolfwalkers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, The Secret of Kells, Winged Migration) and Kila. Also included is the new version of AURORA’s Running with the Wolves (written by herself, Nico Rebscher & Michelle Leonard and newly arranged and recorded for the movie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon or Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Wolfwalkers is directed by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, written by Will Collins and tells a magical, unlikely friendship between two girls in 17th-century Ireland. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Released
Posted: November 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Agatha Christie's Marple, Dominik Scherrer, ITV, Miss Marple, PBS, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the ITV series Agatha Christie’s Marple based on books and short stories by Agatha Christie and starring Geraldine McEwan (seasons 1-3) and Julia McKenzie (seasons 4-6) in the title role. The album features selections of the show’s score composed by Emmy Award nominee Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, Requiem, The Widow, The City and the City, Primeval), as well as the composer’s Agatha Christie’s Marple theme. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Agatha Christie’s Marple premiered in the UK between 2004 and 2013 on ITV and aired in the U.S. (as Miss Marple) on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David E. Talbert, Harvey Mason Jr., Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, John Debney, Netflix, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey have been revealed. The album features the songs from the musical performed by Usher feat. Kiana Ledé, Ricky Martin, Marisha Wallace, as well as the movie’s cast. Also included is a score suite by the film’s composer John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf). Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. The soundtrack is being released by Atlantic Records today and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is directed by David E. Talbert and stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Hugh Bonneville and Madalen Mills. The movie follows a once-joyful toymaker who – decades after his trusted apprentice betrayed him – finds new hope when his kind and curious granddaughter comes into his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Geringas to Score Netflix’s ‘Arlo the Alligator Boy’ Movie and TV Series
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Geringas, Arlo the Alligator Boy, Netflix, Ryan Crego
Netflix announced today that Alex Geringas (Woody Woodpecker, Impractical Jokers, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!) is composing the original music for the upcoming animated musical Arlo the Alligator Boy. The film is directed by Ryan Crego and features the voices of Michael J. Woodard, Mary Lambert, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Brett Gelman, Jonathan Van Ness, Haley Tju, Jennifer Coolidge and Vincent Rodriguez III. The movie tells the story of a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, who learns that he is from New York City and decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. Blake Lemons will serve as the project’s supervising producer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jungleland’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jungleland, Lorne Balfe, Max Winkler, score, Soundtrack
Universal Music’s Globe will release a soundtrack album for the drama Jungleland. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life,The LEGO Batman Movie, Genius, Home). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 13 and will be available to stream/download here. Jungleland is directed by Max Winkler and stars Charlie Hunnam, Jack O’Connell and Jessica Barden. The movie follows a boxer and his manager brother who are left in debt to a local crime boss after a devastating loss in the ring and are forced to risk it all in a bare-knuckle boxing tournament. Read the rest of this entry »
