A24 Music has released the tribute album (Everyone’s Getting Involved) for the 1984 concert movie Stop Making Sense directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Talking Heads (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz & Jerry Harrison). The album features covers of the Talking Heads songs from the film performed by Miley Cyrus, The National, The Linda Lindas, Blondshell, El Mato, Paramore, Teezo Touchdown, DJ Tunez,Jean Dawson, The Cavemen., BADBADNOTGOOD, Toro y Moi, Kevin Abstract, girl in red, Lorde and Chicano Batman. The tribute album is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services. A CD and vinyl edition will be released this summer and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to Miley Cyrus’ rendition of Psycho Killer and The National’s cover of Heaven after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stop Making Sense’ Tribute Album Released
Posted: May 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Demme, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 17, 2024)
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Babes, Back to Black, IF, James Everingham, Jay Lifton, John Powell, Justin Burnett, Michael Giacchino, Nick Cave, Oscar Senen, Ryan Miller, Stewart Mitchell, The Blue Angels, The Strangers: Chapter 1, Thelma the Unicorn, Warren Ellis
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the family fantasy adventure IF written and directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Krasinski himself, Steve Carell, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Louis Gossett Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Incredibles). Milan Records/Sony Classical have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Back to Black directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Juliet Cowan, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Hell or High Water, The Road, Blonde, The Proposition) have composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last month when the movie opened in the UK (click here for the full album details). Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs by Amy Winehouse & others (click here for the full details and for more information about the film). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Exorcist III’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barry DeVorzon, score, Soundtrack, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, William Peter Blatty
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 supernatural horror sequel The Exorcist III written and directed by William Peter Blatty and starring George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson and Brad Dourif. The album features the original score from the third installment in the horror franchise composed by Barry DeVorzon (The Warriors, S.W.A.T., V: The Final Battle, Night of the Creeps, Tattoo, Bless the Beasts & Children). The soundtrack is now available to order as a vinyl edition on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Silverado’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Broughton, Lawrence Kasdan, score, Silverado, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a digital version of the (expanded) soundtrack album for the 1985 western Silverado co-written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, Kevin Costner, John Cleese, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt and Jeff Goldblum. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Bruce Broughton (Tombstone, Rescuers Down Under, The Miracle on 42nd Street, Young Sherlock Holmes, Lost in Space, Homeward Bound) who received an Academy Award nomination for his music. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez Scoring David Schurmann’s ‘My Penguin Friend’
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schurmann, Fernando Velazquez, My Penguin Friend
Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, The Orphanage, Devil) has been tapped to score the upcoming family adventure drama My Penguin Friend. The film is directed by David Schurmann (Little Secret, Desaparecidos) and stars Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza. The movie is based on a true story and centers on the friendship between a fisherman and lonely father who has turned away from the world in the wake of tragedy and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family . Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Casagrandes Movie’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Treviño, Miguel Puga, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Casagrandes Movie
Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated film The Casagrandes Movie. The album features the original score from the Nickelodeon Animation Studios production composed by Marcelo Treviño (The Last Kids on Earth). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Casagrandes Movie is directed by Miguel Puga and features the voices of Izabella Alvarez, Sumalee Montano, Paulina Chávez, Angélica Aragón, Sonia Manzano, Kate del Castillo, Carlos PenaVega, Alex Cazares, Carlos Alazraqui, Leah Mei Gold, Rubén Garfias and Alexa PenaVega. The animated comedy based on Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes animated series follows 12-year-old Ronnie Anne as he accidentally frees a demigod trapped in a mountain on a birthday trip to Mexico, and needs her family’s help to set things right. Read the rest of this entry »
Kristian Eidnes Andersen Scoring Guy Maddin’s ‘Rumours’
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin, Kristian Eidnes Andersen, Rumours
Kristian Eidnes Andersen (Antichrist, Vivarium, Ida, The Playlist, The Man Who Saved the World, Nobel, Petra) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Rumours. The film is directed by Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) with longtime collaborators Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson, and stars Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Charles Dance, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Takehiro Hira, Rolando Ravello and Zlatko Burić. The movie follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies attending their annual G7 summit as they get lost in the woods at night while attempting to draft their provisional statement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Asunta Case’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Foulkes, El caso Asunta, Federico Jusid, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Asunta Case
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Netflix limited series The Asunta Case (El caso Asunta). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, The English, A Gentleman in Moscow, Misconduct, Watership Down, The Head, Life Itself) & Adrián Foulkes (Cross the Lines, Zorras). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also check out the composers’ title track below. The Asunta Case is created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Jon de la Cuesta & David Orea and stars Candela Peña, Tristán Ulloa, María León, Javier Gutiérrez, Carlos Blanco, Ricardo de Barreiro, Raúl Arévalo and Iris Wu. The 6-part thriller is inspired by true events and follows two parents who report that their 12-year-old daughter is missing, when the investigation soon turns against them. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple TV+’s ‘The Big Cigar’ to Feature Original Score by Robert Glasper
Posted: May 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Robert Glasper, The Big Cigar
Robert Glasper (The Photograph, Miles Ahead, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Bel-Air) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ limited series The Big Cigar. The show is based on the magazine article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman (Argo) and stars André Holland, Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, Marc Menchaca, P.J. Byrne, Moses Ingram, Olli Haaskivi, Rebecca Dalton, Jordane Christie and Glynn Turman. The 6-part drama tells the true story of Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton who escaped from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of movie producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan – involving a fake film production – that goes wrong every way it possibly can. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Idea of You’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: May 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Michael Showalter, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, The Idea of You
Arista Records will release a new soundtrack album for the romantic comedy drama The Idea of You. The album features the film’s original score composed by Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole, Looking for Alaska, Queenpins, Runaways). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 17 and will be available to stream/download on on Amazon and any other major services. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie co-written by the project’s executive music producer Savan Kotecha, as well as a score suite by Khosla, in two different versions earlier this month. Listen the composer’s suite after the jump and click here for the project’s music team credits. The Idea of You is directed by Michael Showalter and stars Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Reid Scott, Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Jaiden Anthony, Viktor White and Raymond Cham. Read the rest of this entry »
