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 »
’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
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 »
Soundtrack Album for Adult Swim’s ‘Primal’ Released
Posted: October 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adult Swim, Genndy Tartakovsky, Joanne Higginbottom, Primal, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Bates
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the Adult Swim animated series Primal. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, John Wick, The Punisher, Hobbs & Shaw, Watchmen) & Joanne Higginbottom (Samurai Jack, The Public). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Primal is created by Genndy Tartakovsky and centers on a caveman at the dawn of evolution and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction who become the only hope of survival in a violent, primordial world. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from HBO’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ Released
Posted: October 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Luca Guadagnino, Soundtrack, We Are Who We Are
Milan Records has released a second soundtrack album for the HBO/Sky limited series We Are Who We Are. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists including Prince, Radiohead, David Bowie, Aaron Carter, Klaus Nomi, Arto Lindsay, Anna Oxa, Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, Kip Hanrahan and Blood Orange (aka Devonté Hynes). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Hynes’ original score from the drama. We Are Who We Are is written and directed by Luca Guadagnino and stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Chloë Sevigny, Spence Moore II, Kid Cudi, Alice Braga, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Francesca Scorsese, Faith Alabi, Ben Taylor, Tom Mercier, Corey Knight and Sebastiano Pigazzi. Read the rest of this entry »
Cinco Paul to Compose Music for Apple TV+ Musical Series
Posted: October 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Cinco Paul
Cinco Paul is composing the original music for an upcoming untitled Apple TV+ musical series created by Paul himself & Ken Daurio (Despicable Me series, The Secret Life of Pets) and starring Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski and Ann Harada. The show follows a couple who embarks on a backpacking trip in order to reinvigorate their relationship, when they discover the magical town of Schmigadoon, in which everyone acts as if they are in a studio musical from the 1940s. Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, The Addams Family) is directing the comedy. Paul also serves as the project’s showrunner. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2020)
Posted: October 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2067, A Call to Spy, Andrew Orkin, Elliot Goldenthal, Jim Williams, Joseph Trapanese, Kenneth Lampl, Kirsten Axelholm, Lillie Rebecca McDonough, On the Rocks, Once Upon a River, Phoenix, Possessor, Save Yourselves!, Spontaneous, The 40-Year Old Version, The Forty-Year Old Version, The Glorias, Zac Rae
Opening in limited release this weekend is the sci-fi thriller Possessor written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg and starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film’s original music is composed by Jim Williams (Raw, Beast, Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England). Lakeshore Records 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 Neon release.
Opening in select theaters before premiering on Apple TV+ on October 23 is the comedy On the Rocks written and directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. The French indie pop band Phoenix (Lost in Translation, Somewhere) has composed the film’s original music. Glassnote Entertainment has released a first song by the band as a digital single this summer. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed theatrically by A24. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Babyteeth’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: October 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Brown, Babyteeth, score, Shannon Murphy, Soundtrack
LilliPilli IP has released a soundtrack album for the Australian comedy drama Babyteeth. The 4-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Amanda Brown (Son of a Lion, Look Both Ways). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Babyteeth is directed by Shannon Muphy and stars Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis and Ben Mendelsohn. The movie revolves around a family that juggles first love, suburban malaise, and heavy pharmaceuticals. Read the rest of this entry »
Jamison Hollister Scoring Showtime’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’
Posted: October 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ethan Hawke, Jamison Hollister, Showtime, The Good Lord Bird
Jamison Hollister is the composer of the new Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird. The show is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same title by James McBride and stars Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Jack Alcott and Mo Brings Plenty, as well as guest stars Daveed Diggs, David Morse, Steve Zahn, Maya Hawke, Wyatt Russell and Orlando Jones. The 7-part drama is told from the point of view of a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of controversial abolitionist John Brown’s motley family of soldiers during Bleeding Kansas and eventually finds himself participating in the famous 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry. Read the rest of this entry »
