Don’t Panic Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Spides. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, Shadowdancer, The Paperboy, Kill Chain, Petals on the Wind) & Steven Schwalbe. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Spides is created by Rainer Matsutani and stars Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Falk Hentschel, Damian Hardung, Florence Kasumba, Désirée Nosbusch, Susanne Wuest and Aleksandar Jovanovic. The 8-parter is set in modern-day Berlin and follows a woman who falls into a coma after taking an unknown drug and wakes with no memory of her previous life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spides’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Crackle, Mario Grigorov, score, Soundtrack, Spides, Steven Schwalbe
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Michael Brook Scoring Nick Sarkisov’s ‘Embattled’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Embattled, Michael Brook, Nick Sarkisov
Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into the Wild, The Fighter, The Vow, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Embattled. The film is directed by Nick Sarkisov and stars Stephen Dorff, Darren Mann, Colin McKenna, Karrueche Tran, Saïd Taghmaou, Elizabeth Reaser and Donald Faison. The movie revolves around a man who channels his aggression into a World Champion MMA fighter, but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. David McKenna (Blow, American History X, Get Carter) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inez & Doug & Kira’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inez & Doug & Kira, Julia Kots, Lambert, score, Soundtrack
Mercury Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Inez & Doug & Kira. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lambert (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck, MISS, The Darkest Days of Us). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Inez & Doug & Kira is directed by Julia Kots and stars Michael Chernus, Tawny Cypress and Talia Thiesfield. The movie takes place in the aftermath of a woman’s mysterious suicide and follows her sister and fiance (both of whom shared their own complicated relationship with Inez) as they embark on a quest to answer the questions behind their loved one’s death. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephanie Economou Scoring Netflix’s ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jupiter's Legacy, Netflix, Stephanie Economou
Stephanie Economou (Manhunt: Deadly Games, Step Up: High Water) is scoring the upcoming Netlix original series Jupiter’s Legacy. The show is based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar & Frank Quitely and stars Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb, Ben Daniels, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade and Matt Lanter. Millar, James Middleton, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dan McDermott and Frank Quitely. The superhero drama revolves around the world’s first generation of superheroes who – after nearly a century of keeping mankind safe – must look to their children to continue the legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Tangerine Dream’s ‘The Soldier’ Score Released
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Glickenhaus, score, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, The Soldier
Virgin Records has released the first-ever official soundtrack album for the 1982 action thriller The Soldier written and directed by James Glickenhaus and starring Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson, Joaquim de Almeida William Prince and Klaus Kinski. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tangerine Dream (Legend, Thief, Firestarter, Miracle Mile). The soundtrack is now available to stream here and is also available as part of the new compilation album Pilots Of Purple Twilight – The Virgin Recordings 1980 – 1983, which also features newly remastered versions of the electronic music band’s albums Tangram, Thief, Exit, White Eagle, Logos, Hyperborea, as well as their previously unreleased music for Michael Mann’s The Keep and mroe. Visit Amazon to order the 10-CD box set and click here to stream/download the digital version. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Neil Doyle Scoring Charles Martin Smith’s ‘A (Christmas) Gift from Bob’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gift from Bob, Charles Martin Smith, Patrick Neil Doyle
Patrick Neil Doyle has recently scored the new family drama A Gift from Bob. The film is directed by Charles Martin Smith (Dolphin Tale, A Dog’s Way Home) and stars Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Phaldut Sharma, Nina Wadia, Tim Plester, Pepter Lunkuse, Celyn Jones and Anna Wilson-Jones. The movie is the sequel to 2016’s A Street Cat Named Bob (scored by David Hirschfelder) and follows James Bowen as he looks back at the last Christmas he and Bob spent scraping a living on the streets and how Bob helped him through one of his toughest times. Garry Jenkins wrote the screenplay based on Bowen’s books. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jay Sebring…Cutting to the Truth’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony DiMaria, Jay Sebring...Cutting to the Truth, Jeff Beal, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Jay Sebring…Cutting to the Truth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Appaloosa, Rome, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm, Carnivale, Blackfish). The soundtrack was released digitally this past Friday and will be coming out physically later this month. Click here to stream/download the digital version and visit Amazon or the label’s official website to order the CD version. Jay Sebring…Cutting to the Truth is directed by Anthony DiMaria and focuses on Jay Sebring, the long-forgotten artist, entrepreneur and designer who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry and defined iconic Hollywood styles for men. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 1, 2020)
Posted: November 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hamish Thomson, Harry Escott, HBO Max, Netflix, Operation Christmas Drop, PBS, Roadkill, Toydrum, Two Weeks to Live
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British political thriller Roadkill created by David Hare and starring Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Greene, Ophelia Lovibond, Katie Leung, Iain De Caestecker, Olivia Vinall, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Pip Torrens.. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (to be released by Silva Screen Records) will be announced soon. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK last month on BBC and is making its domestic debut on PBS.
Premiering on Thursday, November 5, is the Netflix original film Operation Christmas Drop directed by Martin Wood and starring Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Virginia Madsen, Janet Kidder, Jeff Joseph, Bethany Brown, Trezzo Mahoro, Rohan Campbell, Aliza Vellani, Aaron Douglas, Xavier de Guzman and Bruce Best. Hamish Thomson (Chesapeake Shore , Love Locks) has composed the movie’s original score. The romantic comedy, which follows a by-the-book political aide who falls for a big-hearted Air Force pilot while looking to shut down his tropical base and its airborne Christmas tradition, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Out of My League’ (‘Sul più bello’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Cascone, Out of My League, score, Soundtrack, Sul più bello
DGP Entertainment & Eagle Pictures have released a soundtrack album for the Italian romantic dramedy Out of My League (Sul più bello). The album features the film’s original score composed by Marco Cascone (Italo Barocco). Also included is the title song performed by Alfa & YANOMI, as well as a track by Landlord. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Out of My League is directed by Alice Filippi and stars Giuseppe Maggio, Ludovica Francesconi and Eleonora Gaggero. The movie tells the story of a teenage orphan suffering from a major illness who refuses to let her tough hand get the better of her and goes after the most handsome boy in the neighbourhood. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Mike Leigh’s ‘Vera Drake’ Announced
Posted: October 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All or Nothing, Andrew Dickson, Mike Leigh, score, Soundtrack, Vera Drake
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for Mike Leigh’s 2004 British drama Vera Drake starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays & Eddie Marsan featuring the film’s original music composed by Andrew Dickson. Also included is the composer’s score for Leigh’s 2002 feature All or Nothing starring Timothy Spall & Lesley Manville, as well as selections of his music from Goran Paskaljevic’s Someone Else’s America and Noemie Lvovsky’s 2004 French drama Forget Me (Oublie-moi). Visit the label’s official website for more details about the release. Caldera Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Leigh’s scores for Leigh’s Naked, Secrets & Lies, Meantime and High Hopes last year. Read the rest of this entry »
