Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Empty Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Ghost Rider, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Entrapment, The Shipping News, The Hurricane) and Lustmord (First Reformed, Evolve). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available on Amazon (and other digital music stores), where you can also check out audio clips. The Empty Man is written and directed by David Prior and stars James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Stephen Root, Ron Canada, Robert Aramayo, Joel Courtney and Sasha Frolova. The movie is based on the graphic novel by Cullen Bunn and follows a retired cop who investigates the disappearnace of a group of teens from a small Midwestern town and discovers a secretive group and their attempts to summon a horrific, mystical entity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Empty Man’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, David Prior, Lustmord, score, Soundtrack, The Empty Man
‘A Suitable Boy’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Suitable Boy, Alex Heffes, Andrew Davies, Anoushka Shankar, BBC, Mira Nair, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC and Netflix limited series A Suitable Boy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 11.22.63, Touching the Void) and Anoushka Shankar. Also included are songs performed by Kavita Seth and other music from the drama. The soundtrack will be released overseas digitally tomorrow, October 23. A CD version is also in the works. The purchase links will be added to this article soon. A Suitable Boy is directed by Mira Nair, written by Andrew Davies and stars Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. The 6-parter is based on Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel of the same name and centers on a young woman in post-partition India who struggles to balance family duty and personal independence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Witches’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis, score, Soundtrack, The Witches
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy comedy The Witches. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Marvel’s The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available to stream/download here. The Witches is directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, Jahzir Kadeen Bruno and Kristin Chenoweth. The movie based on Roald Dahl’s novel of the same title and tells the story of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis, where they encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Vampire’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joann Sfar, Little Vampire, Olivier Daviaud, Petit vampire, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Little Vampire (Petit vampire). The album features the film’s original music composed by Olivier Daviaud (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, The Rabbi’s Cat, Footnotes, Claire Darling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Little Vampire is directed by Joann Sfar and features the voices of Camille Cottin, Alex Lutz and Jean-Paul Rouve. The movie is based on Sfar’s best-selling graphic novel Little Vampire Goes to School and follows the title character who lives in a house full of amiable but aged ghouls and monsters. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Timothy Woodward Jr.’s ‘The Call’ Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Samuel Joseph Smythe, score, Soundtrack, The Call, Timothy Woodward Jr.
A soundtrack album has been released for the horror thriller The Call. The album features the film’s original music composed by Samuel Joseph Smythe (Gangster Land, The Final Wish, Traded, The Outsider, Silencer). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Call is directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. and stars Lin Shaye, Tobin Bell, Chester Rushing, Erin Sanders and Judd Lormand. The Voltage Pictures production written by Patrick Stibbs and produced by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination) is set in the fall of 1987 and revolves around a group of small-town friends who must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Read the rest of this entry »
Erran Baron Cohen Scoring ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Borat, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Erran Baron Cohen, Jason Woliner
Erran Baron Cohen has composed the original score for the new comedy Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.The film is directed by Jason Woliner (Eaglehearts) and stars Sacha Baron Cohen who is reprising his role of the fictional Kazakh television journalist named title character from the 2006 hit movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Monica Levinson (Captain Fantastic, Trumbo) and Anthony Hines (Who Is America?) are producing the project. Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, Star Trek: Prodigy) has provided additional music and Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek) serves as score consultant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dragon Rider’ (‘Drachenreiter’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drachenreiter, Dragon Rider, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Maria Schneider, Tomer Eshed
Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Dragon Rider (Drachenreiter). The album features the film’s original score composed by Stefan Maria Schneider (Coconut, the Little Dragon, Capt’n Sharky). Also included are the songs from the movie and Side by Side by Reema and Wings by Nick Santos. The soundtrack is now available as a digital album in German music stores and will be coming out in other markets on November 20. Visit Amazon to stream/download the album. Dragon Rider is directed by Tomer Eshed and features the voices of Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Felicity Jones, Freddie Highmore, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nonso Anozie and Patrick Stewart. The fantasy adventure is based on Cornelia Funke’s bestselling novel of the same name and follows a young silver dragon, a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy as they search in the Himalayas for the Rim of Heaven, which can offer sanctuary for the dragon’s kin. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Europe’s ‘Beartown’ (‘Björnstad’) Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beartown, Björnstad, HBO Europe, Johan Testad, score, Soundtrack
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Europe original series Beartown (Björnstad). The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Johan Testad (The Sandhamn Murders, Drifters, Inkognito). Also included are two songs by myie and Lasse Nystromz Orkester. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Beartown is created by Anders Weidemann, Antonia Pyk & Linn Gottfridsson based on the bestselling novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove) and stars Ulf Stenberg and Aliette Opheim. The Swedish 5-part drama directed by Peter Grönlund is set in a small, hockey-obsessed town in the Swedish wilderness whose community is torn apart by a violent act. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Poly’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Neveux, Nicolas Vanier, Poly, score, Soundtrack
Bonne Pioche Music has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure Poly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Neveux (A Stork’s Journey, SamSam, The Insult, The Attack, Zombillennium, Spirou & Fantasio’s Big Adventures). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Poly is directed by Nicolas Vanier and stars François Cluzet, Julie Gayet, Patrick Timsit and Elisa de Lambert. The movie is set in the south of France and centers on the relationship between a girl and a Shetland pony. Read the rest of this entry »
Guy Farley to Score Tim Lewiston’s ‘There’s Always Hope’
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guy Farley, There’s Always Hope, Tim Lewiston
Guy Farley (Anthropoid, Cashback, Secret Sharer, That Good Night) is set to score the upcoming British drama There’s Always Hope. The film is written and directed by Tim Lewiston and stars Colm Meaney, Kate Ashfield, Hannah Chinn and Brenda Meaney. The movie follows a successful author who has been so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus that he has let his marriage fall apart and decides to drive to the family villa in Portugal where their young daughter and her half-sister try to help sort things out. Read the rest of this entry »
