Torin Borrowdale (Locke & Key, Searching, Five Days at Memorial, Run, Spring, The Toll) has been tapped to score the upcoming Disney+ original movie Descendants: The Rise of Red. The film is directed by Jennifer Phang (Advantageous) and stars Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Rita Ora, Brandy, Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Joshua Colley, Morgan Dudley, Peder Lindell, Jeremy Swift, Grace Narducci, Paolo Montalban, China Anne McClain, Leonardo Nam and Melanie Paxson. The fantasy musical follows Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts, and Chloe, Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter, who must join forces and travel back in time to undo a traumatic event that set Red’s mother down her villainous path. Read the rest of this entry »
Torin Borrowdale Scoring Disney+’s ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’
Posted: April 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Descendants, Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney Channel, Jennifer Phang, Torin Borrowdale
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New ‘Navy Seals’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lewis Teague, Navy Seals, score, Soundtrack, Sylvester Levay
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 action movie Navy Seals directed by Lewis Teague and starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Cyril O’Reilly and Dennis Haysbert. The album features the original music from the Orion Pictures production composed and conducted by Sylvester Levay (Hot Shots!, Airwolf, Mannequin, Cobra, Stone Cold). The soundtrack includes the same content as Intrada Records’ 2010 premiere release for its main score presentation, resequenced into chronological order and with a re-creation of the end titles and also features additional bonus mono cues. The CD is limited to 1,000 copies and will be available to order later today on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Earlybird’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Earlybird, Martin Kazsubowski, score, Scott Cary, Soundtrack
Gain Castle has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Earlybird. The album features the film’s original music composed by Scott Cary. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Earlybird is written and directed by Martin Kazsubowski and stars Josh Koopman, Julie Pope, Meredith Johnston, Mark Fearon, Amanda Platt and Chloe Skoczen. The movie follows a hopeless independent theater owner who faces skyrocketing rent bumps and decides to take a “screw it all” approach to the end of his dream career by scheduling off-the-wall productions. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Oliver Nelson’s ‘Death of a Gunfighter’ & ‘Skullduggery’ Scores Announced
Posted: April 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Death of a Gunfighter, Gordon Douglas, Oliver Nelson, score, Skullduggery, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1969 western Death of a Gunfighter directed by Robert Totten & Don Siegel and starring Richard Widmark and Lena Horne. The album, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection , features the film’s original music composed by Oliver Nelson (Zig Zag, Ironside, Night Gallery, The Six Million Dollar Man). Also included is (premiere release of) the composer’s score for the 1970 adventure drama Skullduggery directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark. The CD is limited to 1,500 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘La Fièvre’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Julien Grunberg, La Fièvre, Paul-Marie Barbier, score, Soundtrack, Ziad Doueiri
Roze’n’Barb has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series La Fièvre. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Paul-Marie Barbier & Julien Grunberg (Restless, Medellin, Ibiza, Fantasies). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Poison) after the jump. La Fièvre is created by Eric Benzekri, directed by Ziad Doueiri and stars Nina Meurisse, Ana Girardot and Benjamin Biolayn. The 6-part drama follows a woman who leads a crisis management firm and comes across a massive scandal involving a black soccer player who beat the team’s white coach that gets exploited by a far-right politician. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Nightbreed’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clive Barker, Danny Elfman, Nightbreed, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 fantasy horror movie Nightbreed written and directed by Clive Barker and starring Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Charles Haid, David Cronenberg, Hugh Quarshie and Doug Bradley. The 2-CD set features the expanded and complete original score from the film composed by Academy Award nominee Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music on the first disc, as well as the content of the original 1990 soundtrack album (released by MCA Records) and a suite of alternates on the second disc. The album is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Time Bomb Y2K’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Becker, HBO, Marley McDonald, Nathan Micay, score, Soundtrack, Time Bomb Y2K
LUCKYME® Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Time Bomb Y2K. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Micay (Industry, Reality, Sexy Beast, The Last Bus). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Stone Age Survival) below. Time Bomb Y2K is directed by Brian Becker & Marley McDonald, executive produced by Penny Lane and centers on the 1999 Doomsday computer glitch that could cause machines to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900 . The movie is crafted entirely through archival footage and looks back at this millennial milestone by examining the power and vulnerabilities of technology. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Someone Like You’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Someone Like You, Soundtrack, Tyler Michael Smith, Tyler Russell
Tyler Michael Smith (The World We Make, 90 Minutes in Heaven, Kirk Cameron: Connect, Washington’s Armor) will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Someone Like You. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, April 2. Visit Amazonn or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to Smith’s first track (Still Worth It) below. Someone Like You is co-written and directed by Tyler Russell (who also serves as the project’s music supervisor) and stars Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, Lynn Collins, Bart Johnson, Robyn Lively and Scott Reeves. The movie is based on Karen Kingsbury’s bestselling novel of the same title and tells the story of a young architect grieving the tragic loss of his best friend who launches an impossible search for her secret twin sister, twins separated as embryos. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bobcat Moretti’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bobcat Moretti, Ilan Rubin, Rob Margolies, score, Soundtrack
Ilan Rubin (Monsters of California) has released a soundtrack album for the sports drama Bobcat Moretti. The album features the original music written by the composer, singer/songwriter and Nine Inch Nails drummer and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the a track from Rubin’s score (The Drive Home (Bobby’s Theme)) after the jump. Bobcat Moretti is co-written and directed by Rob Margolies and stars Tim Realbuto, Vivica A. Fox, Taryn Manning, Sally Kirkland, Matt Peters and Louis Mustillo. The movie follows an obese MS patient looking for a new start from a life filled with loss and sorrow as he transforms himself at the gym where his father once boxed. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘This Town’ to Be Released
Posted: April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Dan Carey, ESKA, Kae Tempest, Soundtrack, Steven Knight, This Town
Polydor Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama This Town. The album features the songs from the show, including new covers created for the end credits of each episode by artists such as Celeste, Ray Laurél, Gregory Porter, Sekou and Olivia Dean. Also included are five songs performed by F**k The Factory – the band at the heart of series – created by Dan Carey, in collaboration with ESKA and Kae Tempest. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Self Esteem’s cover of Jimmy Cliff’s You Can Get It If You Really Want) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. This Town is created by Steven Knight and stars Michelle Dockery, Nicholas Pinnock, David Dawson, Levi Brown, Ben Rose, Eve Austin and Jordan Bolger. Read the rest of this entry »
