Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror movie Dark Light. The album features the film’s original score composed by Holly Amber Church (Ruin Me, The Toybox, Rites of Spring, The Devil’s Dolls). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dark Light is written and directed by Padraig Reynolds and stars Jessica Madsen, Opal Littleton, Ed Brody and Kristina Clifford. The movie follows a mother who – implicated in her daughter’s disappearance – searches for answers when she returns to an old family home that may have an unwanted visitor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dark Light’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dark Light, Holly Amber Church, Padraig Reynolds, score, Soundtrack
Leo Birenberg Scoring Disney+ Movie ‘Secret Society of Second-Born Royals’
Posted: June 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Mastro, Disney Plus, Leo Birenberg, Secret Society of Second Born Royals
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Son of Zorn, Red Penguins, Impractical Jokers: The Movie) has composed the original music for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Secret Society of Second-Born Royals. The film is directed by Anna Mastro (Walter) and stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Niles Fitch, Isabella Blake Thomas, Olivia Deeble, Noah Lomax, Faly Rakotohavana, Ashley Liao, Greg Bryk, Elodie Yung and Skylar Astin. The movie follows a teenage royal rebel second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria as she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of similar extraordinary second-born royals charged with keeping the world safe. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Insecure’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Insecure, Raphael Saadiq, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Insecure. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s fourth season by artists such as Yung Baby Tate, Jucee Froot, Cautios Clay, St. Panther, Raphael Saadiq, Poe Leos, Rico Nasty, Jidenna, Iman Omari, TeaMarrr & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. RCA Records has previously released three soundtrack albums featuring songs from the first three seasons of the comedy. Insecure is created by Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore and stars Rae herself, Yvonne Orji, Lisa Joyce, Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales and Y’lan Noel. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina Scoring Netflix’s ‘Desperados’
Posted: June 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Desperados, LP, Mateo Messina, Netflix
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Barely Lethal, Tall Girl, The Wrong Missy) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film Desperados. The movie is directed by LP and stars Nasim Pedrad, Anna Camp, Sarah Burns, Robbie Amell and Heather Graham. The comedy revolves around a panicked young woman and her two best friends as they fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. Ellen Rapoport wrote the screenplay. Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Tully) is producing the project for MXN Entertainment, alongside John Finemore (Buffaloed, ARQ) for Lost City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You Should Have Left’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Koepp, Geoff Zanelli, score, Soundtrack, You Should Have Left
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller You Should Have Left. The album features the film’s original music composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Secret Window). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Thursday, June 18 and will be available to stream/download here. A first track from the album can be checked out after the jump. You Should Have Left is written and directed by David Koepp and stars Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex and Geoff Bell. The movie follows a couple who, along with their six-year-old daughter, are seeking a restful vacation on an isolated edge of the world only to discover that secrets demand a reckoning…and travel with you. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’
Posted: June 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Perry Mason, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Red Tails) is the composer of the new HBO original series Perry Mason. The show is developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones based on characters from Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels and stars Matthew Rhys, John Lithgow, Juliet Rylance, Tatiana Maslany, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Stephen Root, Gayle Rankin, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcón, Jefferson Mays, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, Eric Lange and Robert Patrick. The drama is set in 1932 Los Angeles and centers on a low-rent private investigator who is living check-to-check and is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wonderland, the Girl from the Shore’ (‘Romance’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Éric Demarsan, Hervé Hadmar, Romance, score, Soundtrack, Wonderland the Girl from the Shore
Music Box Records has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series Wonderland, the Girl from the Shore (Romance). The album features the show’s original music composed by Éric Demarsan (Le Circle Rouge, Army of Shadows, The Stone Council). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon. A limited edition CD version is available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and learn more about the release. Romance is written and directed by Hervé Hadmar and stars Pierre Deladonchamps, Olga Kurylenko, Pierre Perrier, Barbara Schulz, Simon Abkarian and Anne-Sophie Soldaini. The drama tells the story of a mysterious woman and a man who travels from Paris to Biarritz, and finds himself lost during the summer of 1960. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Blackburn’s Song ‘Would You Come Home’ from ‘Roswell, New Mexico’ Released
Posted: June 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Roswell New Mexico, Tyler Blackburn
WaterTower Music has released the original song Would You Come Home from the CW drama Roswell, New Mexico. The track, which is featured in tonight’s season 2 finale, is written by Carina Adly MacKenzie, David Charles Snyder & Leslie Powell and performed by Tyler Blackburn who performs the song on screen in the episode. The song will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available to stream/download here. Roswell, New Mexico is developed by Carina Adly MacKenzie based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz and stars Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons, Blackburn himself, Lily Cowles, Michael Vlamis, Michael Trevino, Trevor St. John, Amber Midthunder and Heather Hemmens. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Bruce McDonald’s ‘Dreamland’ to Be Released
Posted: June 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce McDonald, Dreamland, Jonathan Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Dreamland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Goldsmith (Away from Her, Take This Waltz, Casino Jack, Stories We Tell, Burn Your Maps). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dreamland is directed by Bruce McDonald and stars Stephen McHattie, Henry Rollins, Juliette Lewis, Lisa Houle and Tómas Lemarquis. The movie revolves around a grotesque gang boss who hires a stone cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend. Read the rest of this entry »
BMI Announces Winners of 36th Annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: June 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards
Today, BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) announced its 36th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards celebrating the top-performing composers in film, TV and visual media of the previous year. Among the honorees, which were revealed across BMI’s social media and digital platforms, are Hildur Guðnadóttir who received two BMI awards for her work on Todd Phillips’ Joker, for which she previously won an Academy Award, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and GRAMMY Award. Icelandic composer Atli Örvarsson received the most awards this year with a total of five crystals for his work on NBC’s Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and Chicago Fire, as well as the CBS crime dramas FBI and FBI Most Wanted. Three composers were honored with three awards: Brian Tyler for Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I. and Yellowstone, Mac Quayle for 9-1-1 , 9-1-1: Lone Star and American Horror Story, and Tyler Bates for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Netflix’s The Punisher. Read the rest of this entry »