22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the Belgian/French animated feature Yakari – A Spectacular Journey (Yakari- La grande aventure). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Poyet. The soundtrack is being released overseas today and will be coming out worldwide in a few weeks. Visit Amazon to stream/download the album. Yakari directed by Xavier Giacometti & Toby Genkel (Little Bird’s Big Adventure, All Creatures Big And Small) is based on the best-selling Belgian-French comic-book series created by Derib & Job and follows Yakari on his first solo trek (with the help of his totem animal, an eagle) in pursuit of Little Thunder, a wild mustang said to be untameable. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yakari – A Spectacular Journey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Poyet, score, Soundtrack, Toby Genkel, Xavier Giacometti, Yakari - A Spectacular Journey, Yakari - La grande aventure
Erick Schroder Scoring Todd Randall’s ‘Brother’s Keeper’
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brother's Keeper, Erick Schroder, Todd Randall
Erick Schroder (Astro, American Christmas, No Man’s Land) is currently scoring the upcoming sports drama Brother’s Keeper. The film is directed by Todd Randall and stars Milo Gibson, Laurence Fishburne and Glenn Morshower, as well as Bucky Covington who is also contributing original songs to the drama. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Al Pickett and Chad Mitchell and tells the true story of West Texas’ ’09 Abilene High School football team – underdogs who rally against the odds to form a family and win their state championship. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ to Feature Music by Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Laura Karpman, Lovecraft Country, Misha Green, Raphael Saadiq
Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate) & Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Black Nativity) are the composers of the new HBO original series Lovecraft Country. The show is developed by Misha Green based on Matt Ruff ‘s novel of the same title and stars Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams, as well as recurring guests Courtney B. Vance, Jamie Chung, Jamie Neumann, Jordan Patrick Smith and Tony Goldwyn. The horror drama follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys with his childhood friend and his uncle on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Greenleaf’ Season 5 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Greenleaf, OWN, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The 3-track EP features the songs What a Mighty God We Serve performed by Deborah Joy Winans, If I Can Help Somebody by Winans, Lamman Rucker, Desiree Ross & Merle Dandridge, as well as Goin’ Up Yonder by Tramaine Hawkins from the show’s fifth and final season. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Listen to all three songs after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring the songs from Season 3 and RCA Inspiration/Malaco Records have released two soundtrack albums featuring the music from Season 1 & 2. Greenleaf is created by Craig Wright and also stars Keith David, Lynn Whitfield, Kim Hawthorne, Tye White and Lovie Simone. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Ramin Bahrani’s ‘The White Tiger’
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Netflix, Ramin Bahrani, Saunder Jurriaans, The White Tiger
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) have been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original film The White Tiger. The movie is written and directed by Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes, At Any Price) and stars Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The drama is based on Arvind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel by the same title and follows the extraordinary journey of a self-made man from tea-shop worker in a village to successful entrepreneur in a big city. Mukul Deora is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kat and the Band’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: E.E. Hegerty, Kat and the Band, Some Velvet Morning, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the British indie comedy Kat and the Band. The album features the songs from the movie by the indie band Some Velvet Morning, as well as Karina Ramage, Stephanie Fraser, Wayne Fullwood and Nina Humphreys. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and Apple Music. Kat and the Band is directed by E.E. Hegarty and stars Ella Hunt, Katherine Kelly, Rufus Hound and Dougie Poynter. The movie centers on a clever, music-obsessed schoolgirl who creates her ultimate side-hustle: managing a struggling band, led by skeptical man, while balancing the average teenage pressures of friendship, school and family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘G-LOC’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: G-Loc, Max Sweiry, score, Soundtrack, Tom Paton
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi adventure G-LOC. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Sweiry (Black Ops, Black Site, Dark Beacon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. G-LOC is written and directed by Tom Paton and stars Stephen Moyer, Casper Van Dien, John Rhys-Davies, Tala Gouveia, Toby Osmond and Shayne Ward. The movie follows a runaway escaping to a hostile planet must who battle a savage female warrior to survive. The film is being released on VOD, Digital and DVD today by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
First Soundtrack Album for TBS/Adult Swim’s ‘Final Space’ to Be Released
Posted: August 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adult Swim, Andrew Goodwin, Final Space, Jake Sidwell, score, Shelby Merry, Soundtrack, TBS
WaterTower Music will release the first soundtrack album for the TBS/Adult Swim animated series Final Space. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Shelby Merry, Jake Sidwell and Andrew Goodwin. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Final Space is created by Olan Rogers and features the voices of Rogers himself, Fred Armisen, Tom Kenny, David Tennant, Tika Sumpter, Steven Yeun, Coty Galloway, Caleb McLaughlin, Ron Perlman, John DiMaggio, Gina Torres, Shannon Purser, Keith David, Andy Richter, Conan O’Brien, Ashly Burch, Claudia Black, Ron Funches and Jane Lynch. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rising Phoenix’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Rising Phoenix, score, Soundtrack
1812 Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary Rising Phoenix. The album features the film’s original score composed by Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey, Ocean’s 8). Also included is the original title song by Pemberton feat. Toni Hickman, Georgetragic and Keith Jones (to be released as a digital single on August 20). The full soundtrack will be released digitally on August 26, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Rising Phoenix is directed by Ian Bonhote & Peter Ettedgui (McQueen) and tells the extraordinary 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 »
Jeff Russo to Score Amazon’s ‘Utopia’
Posted: August 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Gillian Flynn, Jeff Russo, Utopia
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy) has been hired to score the upcoming Amazon original series Utopia. The show is developed by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) based on Dennis Kelly’s Channel 4 series and stars Sasha Lane, Rainn Wilson, Dan Byrd, Javon Walton, Cory Michael Smith, Ashleigh LaThrop, Desmin Borges, Jessica Rothe, Farrah Mackenzie, Christopher Denham, Jeanine Serralle and John Cusack. Flynn and Kelly are also executive producing the Amazon Studios and Jessica Rhoades. follows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Read the rest of this entry »