Equity Distribution & Zorg Limited have released a score album for the Netflix animated feature Fearless. The album features the film’s original score composed by Anne-Kathrin Dern (The Jade Pendant, The Legend of the War Horse, Sprite Sisters, Help, I Shrunk My Parents). Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Rescue Dawn, The Time Machine) serves as the project’s score producer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. Zorg Limited has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, as well as couple of tracks from Dern’s score. Fearless is directed by Cory Edwards and features the voices of Yara Shahidi, Miles Robbins, Miguel J. Pimentel and Gabrielle Union. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fearless’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Kathrin Dern, Cory Edwards, Fearless, Klaus Badelt, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Harwood, All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5, PBS, score, Soundtrack
All3Media & Playground Television have released a soundtrack album for the Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece series All Creatures Great and Small. The album features selections of the original music from the reboot of the classic BBC drama composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. All Creatures Great and Small is written by Ben Vanstone, directed by Brian Percival and stars Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse as Tristan Farnon and Rachel Shenton. The drama is based on James Herriot’s iconic collection of stories about a group of farmers and townsfolk who lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Rojas to Score Hulu’s Animated Marvel Series ‘M.O.D.O.K.’
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Rojas, Hulu, Jordan Blum, M.O.D.O.K., Marvel, Pattton Oswalt
Daniel Rojas (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts) has been tapped to score Marvel’s upcoming Hulu stop-motion animated series M.O.D.O.K. The show is developed by Pattton Oswalt & Jordan Blum (American Dad) based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and features the voices of Oswalt himself, Aimee Garcia, Melissa Fumero, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ben Schwartz, Beck Bennett, Jon Daly and Sam Richardson. The animated comedy follows the title character, an egomaniacal Super Villain with a really big head and a really little body, as he struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded Soundtrack Album for Steven Spielberg’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Announced
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, War of the Worlds
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s 2005 feature War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto and Tim Robbins. The 2-CD set features the remastered and expanded score from the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures production composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Jaws), including the film’s complete score on the first disc and a remastered version of the original 2005 soundtrack album, as well as 15 minutes of extras on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Pie, American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules, Mike Elliott, Netflix, Soundtrack, Tatiana DeMaria, Tim Jones
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the teen comedy American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules. The album features the original songs from the film by Tatiana DeMaria, as well as tracks by Kali J, Bri Holland & The DeeKompressors, SJae and others. Also includes is a score suite by the movie’s composer Tim Jones (Chuck, Human Target, Beast of Burden, Office Uprising). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules is directed by Mike Elliott and stars Madison Pettis, Lizze Broadway, Natasha Behnam, Piper Curda, Darren Barnet, Zachary Gordon, Camaron Engels, Christian Valderrama, Barry Bostwick, Sara Rue, Ed Quinn and Danny Trejo. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘This Day’ by Usher feat. Kiana Ledé from Netflix’s ‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David E. Talbert, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Kiana Ledé, Netflix, Usher
Atlantic Records has released the original song This Day from the Netflix original film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. The song, which is performed by Usher feat. Kiana Ledé, is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon and other digital music stores. Also listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album, which also features original songs by John Legend, Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan & others, will be released on November 13. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is directed by David E. Talbert and stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Hugh Bonneville and Madalen Mills. Read the rest of this entry »
’12 Hour Shift’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 12 Hour Shift, Brea Grant, Matt Glass, score, Soundtrack
Burning Witches Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy 12 Hour Shift. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matt Glass (You Cannot Kill David Arquette) who also serves as a producer and the director of photography on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. A vinyl edition is available to order on the label’s official website. 12 Hour Shift is written and directed by Brea Grant and stars Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Kit Williamson and David Arquette. The movie is set in 1998 and follows a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin, and a group of black market organ-trading criminals who – over the course of one 12-hour shift at an Arkansas hospital – start a heist that could lead to their collective demise. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong Scoring ‘Soulmates’ Episode ‘Watershed’
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Craig Armstrong, Soulmates
Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually, The Bone Collector) has composed the original music for the first episode of the new AMC anthology series Soulmates created by Will Bridges (Black Mirror: USS Callister & Shut Up and Dance) & Brett Goldstein. Episode 1, entitled Watershed, is directed by Rob Savage and stars Sarah Snook, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Dolly Wells and Darren Boyd. The show is set 15 years into the future, when science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is. Bridges & Goldstein also wrote the episode and are executive producing the project with Jolyon Symonds (The Escapist) for Fearless Minds, a Banijay Group company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tove’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Matti Bye, score, Soundtrack, Tove, Zaida Bergroth
Rotor Records has released a soundtrack album for the Finnish biographical drama Tove. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matti Bye (Everlasting Moments, Young Wallander, The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, A Serious Game,) The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Tove is directed by Zaida Bergroth and stars Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney and Joanna Haartti. The movie centers on famed artist, author and Moomins creator Tove Jansson and focuses on the period between the mid-40s and mid-50s, when she created the Moomins and embarked on a passionate affair with a female theatre director. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 4, 2020)
Posted: October 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Amazon, AMC, Black Box, Brandon Roberts, Charm City Kings, Cobra, Dan Jones, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, Devils, Flesh and Blood, Fox, HBO Max, Hubie Halloween, Jamison Hollister, John Paesano, Keegan DeWitt, Netflix, neXt, PBS, Quibi, Rob Lane, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Sean Callery, Showtime, Steven Price, Tamar-Kali, The CW, The Expecting, The Good Lord Bird, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Lie, The Newton Brothers, The Walking Dead: World Beyond
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: World Beyond created by Scott M. Gimple & Matt Negrete and starring Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond. The show’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Detachment, Life of Crime, Oculus). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about The Walking Dead spin-off, which will air every Sunday night on AMC.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Cobra created by Ben Richards and stars Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, Richard Dormer, David Haig, Marsha Thomason and Lucy Cohu. Rob Lane (Merlin, A Discovery of Witches, John Adams, The Damned United, Atlantis) is composing the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the drama’s first season. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on Sky One, is making its U.S. debut on PBS and has already been renewed for a second season. Read the rest of this entry »