Curb Records will release a soundtrack album for the faith-based biographical drama Unsung Hero. The album features songs from and inspired by the film by Christian pop duo for KING & Country, including reimagined versions of Christian music, several new songs and collaborations with artists such as Amy Grant, Rebecca St. James, Michael W. Smith, Stryper, Lee Brice and Hillary Scott. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl on April 26 and is now available for pre-order (in all three formats) on Amazon. Unsung Hero is written and directed by Richard Ramsey & Joel Smallbone and starring Smallbone himself, Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Lucas Black, Candace Cameron Bure, Terry O’Quinn and Hillary Scott. The movie tells the story of David Smallbone who – after his successful music company collapses – moves his family from Australia to the States and sets out to rebuild their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unsung Hero’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: for KING & Country, Joel Smallbone, Richard Ramsey, Soundtrack, Unsung Hero
Jerskin Fendrix Scoring Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Kinds of Kindness’
Posted: March 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jerskin Fendrix, Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos
Composer Jerskin Fendrix is reteaming with director Yorgos Lanthimos on the upcoming sci-fi anthology movie Kinds of Kindness. The film is co-written (with Efthimis Filippou) and directed by Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) and stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Hunter Schafer and Mamoudou Athie. No plot details have been revealed yet. Lanthimos is also producing the project with Ed Guiney (Room, Disobedience), Andrew Lowe (Normal People, The Wonder) and Kasia Malipan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Down Low’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Crystal, Down Low, Rightor Doyle, score, Soundtrack
Paper Drum Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Down Low. The album features the film’s original score composed by Adam Akio Crystal (Bonding, The Dawn Wall, Those People, The Institute, Almost Sunrise). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s “opening” track below. Down Low is directed by Rightor Doyle and stars Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Simon Rex, Audra McDonald and Judith Light. The movie follows a repressed divorcé who hires a spirited and boundary-free sex worker to give him an erotic massage who becomes determined to deliver a crash course to his client in unapologetic queer life. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Return for Adil & Bilall’s ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’
Posted: March 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bad Boys, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Bilall Fallah, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) is returning to score the upcoming action comedy sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die. The film is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Dane, Paola Nuñez, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Tasha Smith, Melanie Liburd, Tiffany Haddish and Joe Pantoliano. The fourth installment in the action franchise follows Miami’s finest who are now on the run. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wreck’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, score, Soundtrack, Steve Lynch, Wreck
Steve Lynch (Obituary, Let Us Prey, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Boys from Hell) has released a new soundtrack album for the BBC series Wreck. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Welcome to Exodum) after the jump. Lynch has previously released a soundtrack featuring his music from Season 1 back in 2022. Wreck is created by Ryan J. Brown and stars Oscar Kennedy, Thaddea Graham, Jodie Tyack, Anthony Rickman, Amber Grappy, Peter Claffey, Miya Ocego, Warren James Dunning, Alice Nokes, James Phoon, Ali Hardman, Rory O’Neill and Harriet Webb. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Despicable Me 4’
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Despicable Me, Despicable Me 4, Heitor Pereira, Illumination Entertainment
Heitor Pereira (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Smurfs, The Angry Bird Movie, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Smallfoot) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming animated sequel Despicable Me 4. The film is directed by Chris Renaud (The Secret Life of Pets, The Lorax) and features the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Pierre Coffin, Sofia Vergara, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, Chris Renaud, Steve Coogan, Dana Gaier and Madison Polan. The animated comedy follows Gru & Lucy and their girls as they welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Free Money’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eduardo Aram, Free Money, Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko, score, Soundtrack
Mega Gram Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Free Money. The album features the film’s original score composed by Eduardo Aram (Self/Less, El Chapo, Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis, The Devil Next Door, Cocaine Godmother). Visit Apple Music/iTunes or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composer’s end credits track below. Free Money is directed by Sam Soko & Lauren DeFilippo and chronicles the consequences, both intended and unintended, when everyone in a Kenyan village is offered a universal basic income by a U.S. organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Somers Scoring Hulu’s ‘Under the Bridge’
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Hulu, Under the Bridge
Alex Somers (Honey Boy, Captain Fantastic, Causeway, Together, Together, Fresh, Aloha, Charm City Kings, Dawson City: Frozen Time) is scoring the upcoming Hulu limited series Under the Bridge. The show is developed by Quinn Shephard (Not Okay, Blame) based on the best-selling true-crime book of the same title by Rebecca Godfrey and stars Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Izzy G., Javon “Wanna” Walton, Aiyana Goodfellow, Ezra Faroque Khan and Archie Panjabi. The 8-part drama tells the 1997 true story of a fourteen-year old teenager who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Get Your Irish Up’ from NBC’s ‘Extended Family’ Released
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Extended Family, Liam O'Malley, NBC
Lionsgate Records has released the original Irish “drinking song” Get Your Irish Up from the NBC comedy Extended Family. The track, which was featured in last week’s St. Patrick Day-themed episode The Consequences of Being Irish is written by Liam O’Malley and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Extended Family is created by Mike O’Malley and stars Jon Cryer, Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, Sofia Capanna and Finn Sweeney. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Scott Bell, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, score, Soundtrack, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Dark House Music will release a soundtrack album for British slasher sequel Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Scott Bell (Psycho Storm Chasers, Home Sweet HomeWitness Infection, See You Next Christmas). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The composer has previously released his music from the original music early last year. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and stars Scott Chambers, Ryan Oliva, Tallulah Evans, Lewis Santer, Eddy MacKenzie, Marcus Massey and Simon Callow. The movie follows the title character, Piglet, Owl & Tigger as they find their home and their lives endangered after Christopher Robin revealed their existence and decide to take the fight to the Robin’s home town of Ashdown. Read the rest of this entry »
