The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2020 World Soundtrack Awards in all categories , including Film Composer of the Year, TV Composer of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the 20th anniversary edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, which will be be an online edition, live-streamed from Kinepolis Ghent on October 24, 2020. Among the previously announced guests at the ceremony are Alexandre Desplat, record holder of the World Soundtrack Film Composer of the Year Award, Gabriel Yared, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement, and Michael Abels, Discovery of the Year 2019. Read the rest of this entry »
2020 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
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Soundtrack Album for Dennis Hopper’s ‘The Last Movie’ Released
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dennis Hopper, John Buck Wilkin, Kris Kristofferson, Soundtrack, The Last Movie
Earth Recordings has released the first-ever soundtrack album for Dennis Hopper’s 1971 drama The Last Movie directed and edited by Hopper, written by Stewart Stern and starring Peter Fonda, Dean Stockwell, Stella Garcia, Don Gordon,, Julie Adams, Sylvia Miles, Samuel Fuller, Russ Tamblyn, Tomas Milian, Toni Basil, Severn Darden, Henry Jaglom, Rod Cameron and Michelle Phillips. The album features the world premiere release of the Me and Bobby McGee performance by Kris Kristofferson (who also appears in the film), the country-folk songs from John Buck Wilkin, as well as the Peruvian folk & dance music from the movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also visit Amazon to order the vinyl edition. Read the rest of this entry »
Oli Julian Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Duchess’
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Katherine Ryan, Netflix, Oli Julian, The Duchess
Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Episodes, Plebs) is the composer of the new Netflix original series The Duchess. The show is created by Katherine Ryan and stars Ryan herself, Rory Keenan, Katy Byrne, Steen Raskopolous, Michelle de Swarte and Sophie Fletcher. The comedy follows a disruptive single mom living in London as she is trying to juggle her career, her tween daughter, her relationship with her boyfriend – and pondering getting pregnant with her ex. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Shudder’s ‘Z’ to Be Released
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Christensen, Brittany Allen, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, Z
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror movie Z. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brittany Allen (What Keeps You Alive). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Z is co-written and directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) and stars Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson, Sara Canning and Stephen McHattie. The movie centers on a couple who is shaken to the core when their eight-year-old son begins hanging out with a creepy and ominous imaginary friend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rent-A-Pal’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jimmy Weber, Jon Stevenson, Rent-A-Pal, score, Soundtrack
Pretty People Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Rent-A-Pal. The album features the film’s original music composed and arranged by Jimmy Weber (Eat). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Rent-A-Pal is written and directed by Jon Stevenson and stars Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Amy Rutledge and Kathleen Brady. The movie revolves around a lonely man who becomes manically devoted to a manipulative “friend” whose VHS dating service tapes seem to be speaking directly to him. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Aki Omoshaybi’s ‘REAL’ Released
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aki Omoshaybi, Luis Almau, REAL, score, Soundtrack
Nowever Records has released a soundtrack album for the British indie drama REAL. The album features the film’s original music composed by Luis Almau (The Flip Side, The Man with Four Legs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download in all major digital music stores, including Amazon. REAL is written, directed and produced by Aki Omoshaybi and stars himself, alongside Pippa Bennett-Warner, Amy Manson and Karen Bryson. Two movie centers on twenty-somethings as they navigate their past struggles and growing feelings. Read the rest of this entry »
Nina Humphreys’ ‘Kat and the Band’ Score Released
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: E.E. Hegarty, Kat and the Band, Nina Humphreys, score, Soundtrack
A new soundtrack EP has been released for the British coming-of-age comedy Kat and the Band. The 4-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Nina Humphreys (Warrior Queen, The Lakes, Sword of Honour, All the Small Things). Visit Amazon or any other major digital store to stream or download the soundtrack. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by Some Velvet Morning was released last month. Kat and the Band directed by E.E. Hegarty and starring Ella Hunt, Katherine Kelly, Rufus Hound and Dougie Poynter is now available on VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gordy Haab, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge. The album features the original music from the show composed by Gordy Haab (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars: Battlefront, Halo Wars 2). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge is created by Steve Blank & Scott Bromley, hosted by Ahmed Best and features a group of young contestants as they face tests of ability in the core Jedi principles of strength, knowledge, and bravery while facing obstacles in an attempt to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.
Matthew Heineman’s ‘The Boy from Medellín’ to Feature Original Music by H. Scott Salinas & Sky Rompiendo
Posted: September 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: H. Scott Salinas, Matthew Heineman, Sky Rompiendo, The Boy from Medellín
Composer H. Scott Salinas (The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Banker, Warrior, Sea of Shadows) and songwriter/record producer Sky Rompiendo have contributed the original music to the upcoming documentary The Boy from Medellín. The film is directed by Matthew Heineman and follows Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin as he prepares for his 2019 homecoming concert amid intense political turmoil. Heineman is also producing the project with Juan Camilo Cruz, Myles Estey and Joedan Okun. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘Unpregnant’ to Be Released
Posted: September 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO Max, Rachel Goldenberg, Soundtrack, Unpregnant
Warner Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original film Unpregnant. The album features the songs from the movie. including KIRBY’s new track I Love Me Too, as well as songs by Deap Vally, The Regrettes, Greta Van Fleet, KIRBY, Malia Civetz, Amy Allen, Maren Morris, Maggie Rogers, Fefe Dobson and Gary Clark Jr. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 11 and will be available to stream/download here. Unpregnant is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and stars Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Sugar Lyn Beard, Ramona Young, Breckin Meyer, Mary McCormack, Betty Who and Giancarlo Esposito. Read the rest of this entry »
