Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 16, 2020)

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller Honest Thief co-written and directed by Mark Williams and starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Warrior, Once Upon a Time). Music.Film Recordings & Varese Sarabande have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article details and for more information about the Open Road Films release.

Also opening wide is the romantic drama 2 Hearts directed by Lance Hool and starring Jacob Elordi, Adan Canto, Tiera Skovbye, Kari Matchett, Tahmoh Penikett, and Radha Mitchell. James Jandrisch (Dangerous Lies, Houdini & Doyle) has composed the film’s original score and We Are The West have provided the songs. Transition Music and Entertainment Studios Music Grou have released a soundtrack album featuring both songs and score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Freestyle Releasing. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Twiceborn’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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IRH Press has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Twiceborn. The album features the film’s original score composed by Yuichi Mizusawa (Immortal Hero, Laws of the Universe, The Real Exorcist). Also included are the songs from the movie by lead actor Hiroaki Tanaka, Sayaka Okawa, Tokma, Hisaaki Takeuchi & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Twiceborn is directed by Hiroshi Akabane and also stars Yoshiko Sengen, Nao Hasegawa, Shiro Namiki, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Miyoko Yoshimoto, Yoshimi Ashikawa and Tamotsu Ishibashi. The movie is based a true story and follows a successful businessman who relinquishes everything to pursue his true calling: the happiness of humankind. Read the rest of this entry »

Nathan Micay Scoring HBO’s & BBC’s ‘Industry’

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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EDM producer Nathan Micay has made his television scoring debut on the new HBO original series Industry. The show is created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay and stars Myha’la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Nabhaan Rizwan, David Jonsson, Conor MacNeill and Ken Leung. The drama revolves around an ambitious group of graduates as they compete for a limited number of permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co., a leading bank in London, while being thrown head-first into the exhilarating world of international finance. Down & Kay are also executive producing the project with Jane Tranter (Succession, The Night Of), Lachlan MacKinnon (A Discovery of Witches), Ryan Rasmussen (His Dark Materials) and David P. Davis. Read the rest of this entry »

‘I Am Greta’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Oona Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the documentary I Am Greta. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rebekka Karijord (Pray, Obey, Kill) & Jon Ekstrand (Morbius, Life, Easy Money, Child 44). The soundtrack is now available in several European territories and will be released in the U.S. on November 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. I Am Greta is directed by Nathan Grossman and documents Greta Thunberg’s meteoric one-year rise from high-school climate strike organizer to inspiration for a global movement. The movie is told through never-before-seen footage, starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament. Read the rest of this entry »

Mary J. Blige’s Original Song ‘See What You’ve Done’ from ‘Belly of the Beast’ Released

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Def Jam Recordings/Universal Music Group have released the original song See What You’ve Done  from the documentary Belly of the Beast. The song is performed by Academy Award nominee Mary J. Blige who also co-wrote the track with record producer songwriting duo Nova Wav and DJ Camper. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the song and also listen to the full track after the jump. Belly of the Beast is directed and produced by Erika Cohn and tells the story of a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer who discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system and take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Topic’s ‘Release’ Announced

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Blue Bonsai Music has released a soundtrack album for the Topic original series Release. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, Lady and the Tramp, Project Power, Only the Brave) and Clark Rhee. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Release is co-created and written by Joe Penna (Arctic) & Ryan Morrison and stars Kota Eberhardt, Noah Averbach-Katz, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark Borkouwski, Matthew Lawler and Lana McKissack. The 6-part short series reveals a series of interconnected portraits from the first several months of a fictional pandemic as it strikes the quiet outskirts of an American city. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Four Kids and It’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Posted: October 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British family fantasy adventure Four Kids and It. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse, Lost Girls, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Four Kids and It is directed by Andy De Emmony and stars Paula Patton, Matthew Goode, Michael Caine, Russell Brand, Teddie Malleson-Allen, Ashley Aufderheide, Billy Jenkins and Ellie-Mae Siame. The movie is based on the best selling children’s book of the same title by Jacqueline Wilson and follows four kids who discover a magical creature that grants their wishes-but they face danger when each wish ends right at sunset. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Shithouse’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Eastwood Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age comedy drama Shithouse. The album features the songs from the movie by 0fret, including Walk All Over Me feat. actress Abby Quinn, as well as (Sandy) Alex G & Waxahatchee, Girlpool, John Dufilho, Cure For Paranoia and Nick Das. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. A CD and vinyl edition is available to order here. Shithouse is written and directed by Cooper Raiff and stars Raiff himself, alongside Olivia Welch, Dylan Gelula, Logan Miller and Amy Landecker. The movie follows a lonely college freshman who has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole “college thing” figured out, but everything changes one night when he takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse – a legendary party fraternity. Read the rest of this entry »

Behind the Scenes of Kenneth Lampl’s & Kirsten Axelholm’s Score for ‘2067’

Posted: October 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews
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RLJE Films & Milan Records have published a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the music for the sci-fi thriller 2067 starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten. Kenneth Lampl (Frontera, Dark, The One) and Kirsten Axelholm (The Furies) have teamed up to compose the score for the film. Check out the video featurette, which includes interviews with Lampl and writer/director Seth Larney, footage from the recording sessions and a performance of the score’s main theme by Lampl, after the jump. Milan Records has released the official soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Details for Disney+ Movie ‘Clouds’ Revealed

Posted: October 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Clouds have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film performed by lead actors Fin Argus & Sabrina Carpenter, A Firm Handshake, renforshort, as well as OneRepublic’s original track Wild Life (already available as a digital single here). Also included is a score suite composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Avengers: Age of Ultron). The Interscope Records release will be available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music services tomorrow, October 16. Clouds is directed by Justin Baldoni and also stars Neve Campbell, Madison Iseman, Tom Everett Scott, Lil Rel Howery, Dylan Everett, Endicott Douglas and Summer H. Howell. Read the rest of this entry »

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