River Run Films will release a soundtrack album for  the coming-of-age drama Once Upon a River. The album features the film’s original score composed by Death Cab For Cutie’s Zac Rae. Also included are songs by Rodney Crowell, JD Souther, Will Oldham, Bridget St. John, Fran Farley & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 2, 2020 and physically (on CD and vinyl) on October 23 is available for pre-order here. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack in all formats. Once Upon a River is written and directed by Haroula Rose and stars Kenadi DelaCerna, John Ashton, Tatanka Means, Lindsay Pulsipher, Ajuawak Kapashesit, Kenn E. Head, Coburn Goss, Dominic Bogart and Sam Straley. Read the rest of this entry »

David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Haywire) and Gerry Diver have teamed up to co-score the upcoming British comedy thriller Pixie. The film is directed by Barnaby Thompson (St. Trinian’s, An Ideal Husband, Easy Virtue) and stars Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney and Alec Baldwin. The movie follows a woman who seeks to avenge her mother’s death by masterminding a heist, but soon finds herself on the run across the Irish countryside with two young men who are being chased by two deadly gangster priests. Preston Thompson (Kids in Love) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Productions Casablance has released a soundtrack album for the French Canadian TV series Happily Married (C’est comme ça que je t’aime). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Patrick Lavoie (Everything Is Fine, Henri Henri, N.O.I.R., Blue Moon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full track list. Happily Married is written by François Létourneau, directed by Jean-François Rivard and stars Létourneau himself, alongside Patrice Robitaille, Marilyn Castonguay, Karine Gonthier-Hydman and Sophie Desmarais. Read the rest of this entry »

Nainita Desai (For SamaEnemy WithinTelling Lies, Fierce Queens, The Reason I Jump) has recently scored the new Netflix original documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door. The film is directed by Jenny Popplewell and examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed. The movie is told entirely through archival footage that includes social media posts, law enforcement recordings, text messages and never-before-seen home videos. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced a new 4-CD soundtrack set for Kevin Reynolds’ 1991 adventure movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Warner Bros. Pictures/Morgan Creek production composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Die HardLethal WeaponX-Men, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Band of Brothers), including almost half an hour of previously unreleased music. The first two discs include the composer’s expanded score, the third disc features alternate takes and additional music and the fourth disc includes the assembly of the original 1991 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »

Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Krisha, Blow the Man Down, Little Woods, Mickey and the Bear) is the composer of the new Showtime documentary Kingdom of Silence. The film is directed by Rick Rowley (Dirty Wars) and examines the complex relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and how the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi amplified entanglements between the two countries. Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) is executive producing the Jigsaw production with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower, Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief), Stacey Offman (The Innocence Files, Dirty Money), Richard Perello (Super Troopers, Beerfest) and Vinnie Malhotra (Outcry, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men). Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series We Are Who We Are. The album features 12 tracks from the show’s original score composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Palo Alto, Mainstream). Also included are four previously released instrumental tracks from composers Julius Eastman and John Adams. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 2, 2020 and will be available to stream/download here. We Are Who We Are is written and directed by Luca Guadagnino and stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga,  Spence Moore II, Kid Cudi, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Faith Alabi, Francesca Scorsese, Ben Taylor, Corey Knight, Tom Mercier and Sebastiano Pigazzi. Read the rest of this entry »

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, The Crown, Genius, Home) has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Silent Night. The film is written and directed by Camille Griffin and stars Keira Knightley, Roman Griffin Davis, Matthew Goode, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Davida McKenzie. The movie revolves around an extended family who come together for a Christmas dinner. Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Kingsman series, Layer Cake) is producing the project for Marv Films, alongside Trudie Styler (Moon, Filth) and Celine Rattray (The Kids Are Alright, Bernie) for Maven Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

I dischi dell’Espleta has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama Thou Shalt Not Hate (Non Odiare). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi (We Can Do That, Love and Bullets, Song of Napoli, Game Therapy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. Thou Shalt Not Hate is co-written and directed by Mauro Mancini and stars Alessandro Gassman, Sara Serraiocco and Luka Zunic. The movie follows a renowned surgeon of Jewish origin who finds himself assisting a victim of a hit and run accident. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green RoomHold the DarkBlue Ruin, Black Christmas, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) have composed the original score for the new Netflix original film Vampires vs. the Bronx. The movie is directed by Oz Rodriguez and stars Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Method Man, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, The Kid Mero, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson and Zoe Saldana.The horror comedy centers on three gutsy kids from a rapidly gentrifying Bronx neighborhood as they stumble upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved community. Read the rest of this entry »