1812 Recordings has released the original title song from the Netflix original documentary Rising Phoenix. The track, which is written and performed by the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton, Toni Hickman, Georgetragic & Keith Jones and produced by Pemberton, is now available to stream/download as a digital single, which also features an instrumental version of Rising Phoenix. Check out the official music video after the jump and visit Amazon or other any digital music service to purchase the track. As previously reported, the label will release a full soundtrack album featuring the song and Pemberton’s score on August 26. Rising Phoenix is directed by Ian Bonhote & Peter Ettedgui and tells the story of the Paralympic Games and its evolution from the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song from Netflix’s ‘Rising Phoenix’ Released
Posted: August 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Georgetragic, Keith Jones, Netflix, Rising Phoenix, Toni Hickman
‘Summerland’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hauschka, Jessica Swale, score, Soundtrack, Summerland, Volker Bertelmann
Needlewood Records has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Summerland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Patrick Melrose, Adrift, A Christmas Carol, The Art of Racing in the Rain). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Summerland is written and directed by Jessica Swale and stars Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Siân Phillips, Dixie Egerickx, Penelope Wilton and Tom Courtenay. The movie is set during World War II and centers on an Englishwoman who opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s & Starz’s ‘Dublin Murders’ Released
Posted: August 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Dublin Murders, Hauschka, Sarah Phelps, Soundtrack, Starz, Volker Bertelmann
Needlewood Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC and Starz crime drama Dublin Murders. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Academy Award nominee Volker Bertelmann (Lion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, Patrick Melrose, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Gunpowder). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad book series and stars Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Jonny Holden, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. The crime drama follows a smart-suited detective who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Working Man’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Gonzalez, Robert Jury, score, Soundtrack, Working Man
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama Working Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Gonzalez (Odd Brodsky, Fight to the Finish, Class Act). The soundtrack is now available to download/stream on Apple Music/iTunes and Spotify. Working Man is written and directed by Robert Jury and stars Peter Gerety, Billy Brown and Talia Shire. The movie follows a career employee of the last factory in a small Rust Belt town who – against the advice of his wife – forms a friendship with his neighbor in order to revive the defunct factory. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Radioflash’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben McPherson, Radioflash, Ramin Kousha, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the survival thriller Radioflash. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Kousha (5th Passenger, Sun Children, Sharknado, The Warden). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Wednesday, August 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and other digital music stores. Radioflash is co-written and directed by Ben McPherson and stars Brighton Sharbino, Dominic Monaghan and Will Patton. The movie takes place in the aftermath of an apocalyptic power outage and revolves around a young woman who encounters the horrors awaiting her in the darkness as she tries to reunite her family and fight for survival. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore Scoring Kornél Mundruczó’s ‘Pieces of a Woman’
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Shore, Kornél Mundruczó, Pieces of a Woman
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Hobbit, Ed Wood, Spotlight) is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Pieces of a Woman. The film is directed by Kornél Mundruczó (Jupiter’s Moon, White God) and stars Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Jimmie Fails, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger and Benny Safdie. The movie follows a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably during a home birth at the hands of a flustered midwife who faces charges of criminal negligence.Kata Wéber wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Emeli Sandé’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘I’ll Get There (The Other Side)’ from Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’ Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diane Warren, Emeli Sandé, Emperor, Mark Amin
EMI Records has released the original song I’ll Get There (The Other Side) from the historical drama Emperor. The track written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Emeli Sandé is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Check out the official music video after the jump. Emperor is directed by Mark Amin and stars Dayo Okeniyi, Naturi Naughton, Mykelti Williamson, Kat Graham, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern. The movie (scored by Javier Navarrete) is inspired by the true story of Shields “Emperor” Green, a slave who makes a daring escape to freedom, meets Frederick Douglass, and decides to fight alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Read the rest of this entry »
Phoenix Scoring Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, On the Rocks, Phoenix, Sofia Coppola
Phoenix is reteaming with director Sofia Coppola on the upcoming comedy On the Rocks. The French indie pop band has contributed songs and the original score to the film written and directed by Coppola and starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. They also serve as music supervisors on the movie, which follows a young New York mother and writer who – faced with sudden doubts about her marriage – teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband. The band’s original song Identical is featured in the trailer (embedded below) and is also being released as a digital single today (visit Amazon to stream/download the track). Read the rest of this entry »
‘AK-47’ (‘Kalashnikov’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: AK-47, Kalashnikov, Konstantin Buslov, score, Sergei Stern, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Russian biographical drama AK-47 (Kalashnikov). The album features the film’s original music composed by Sergei Stern (The Farm, Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. AK-47 is directed by Konstantin Buslov and stars Yuri Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov and Eldar Kalimulin. The movie tells the story of inventor and designer of small arms, Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, the self-taught man who invented the legendary AK-47 weapon at the age of 28. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Glendyn Ivin’s ‘Penguin Bloom’
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Glendyn Ivin, Marcelo Zarvos, Penguin Bloom
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Affair, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd) has recently scored the upcoming Australian drama Penguin Bloom. The film is directed by Glendyn Ivin (The Cry, Safe Harbour) and stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver. The movie is based on Bradley Trevor Greive’s & Cameron Bloom’s bestseller of the same name and tells the true story of Sam Bloom, whose recovery from a tragic accident is helped when she and her family meet an unusual visitor. Shaun Grant (The Snowtown Murders, The True History of the Kelly Gang) and Harry Cripps (The Dry) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
