Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Spaceship Earth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Owen Pallett (Her, The Box, Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Spaceship Earth is directed by Matt Wolf and tells the story of a group of countercultural visionaries who built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2 in 1991. The movie follows the countercultural collective over half of a century, as they conducted experiments around the globe leading up to Biosphere 2. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spaceship Earth’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Matt Wolf, Owen Pallett, score, Soundtrack, Spaceship Earth
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Simone Istwa’s ‘Bird on a Wire’ Cover from Hulu’s ‘The Great’ Released
Posted: May 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Simone Istwa, The Great
Lakeshore Records has released the cover version of Leonard Cohen’s Bird on a Wire from the fifth episode of the Hulu original series The Great. The track is performed by Simone Istwa and produced by Zachary Dawes. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon can also be checked out after the jump. The song will also be featured on the show’s full soundtrack album, which will be released digitally tomorrow (click here for the full album details). The Great is created by Tony McNamara and stars Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Sebastian de Souza and Belinda Bromilow. Read the rest of this entry »
Nainita Desai Scoring BBC’s ‘Unprecedented: Theatre from a State of Isolation’
Posted: May 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Nainita Desai, Unprecedented: Theatre from a State of Isolation
Nainita Desai (For Sama, Fierce Queens, Enemy Within, Darkness Visible, Untamed Romania) has composed the original music for the new BBC series Unprecedented: Theatre from a State of Isolation. The show features more than 10 new plays, which were written in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and rehearsed/filmed using digital conferencing technology. Among the participating actors are Gemma Arterton, James Norton, Lennie James, Julian Barratt, Rory Kinnear, Meera Syal and Alison Steadman. The plays will respond to how our understanding and experiences of community, education, work, relationships, family, culture, climate and capitalism are evolving on an unprecedented scale. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: May 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ella van der Woude, Ena Sendijarevic, score, Soundtrack, Take Me Somewhere Nice
Pupkin Film Music has released a soundtrack EP for the Dutch drama Take Me Somewhere Nice. The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Ella van der Woude (Instinct, Out of Love, Stranger in Paradise). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Take Me Somewhere Nice is written and directed by Ena Sendijarevic and stars Sara Luna Zorić, Lazar Dragojević, Ernad Prnjavorac, Sanja Burić and Jasna Đuričić. The movie revolves around a Bosnian-Dutch girl as she explores her country of origin. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken to Compose Music for Skydance Animation’s ‘Spellbound’
Posted: May 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Chris Montan, Glenn Slater, Skydance Animation, Spellbound, Vicky Jenson
Skydance Animation has announced today that Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted) will be composing the score for the upcoming animated feature Spellbound. He will also be writing original songs with lyricist and frequent collaborated Glenn Slater (Tangled). Former President of Walt Disney Music Chris Montan will serve as executive music producer. The film directed Vicky Jenson (Shrek, Shark Tale) is set in a world of magic where a young girl must break the spell that has split her kingdom in two. Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin (Mulan) and Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Katy Keene’ Season 1 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Katy Keene, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music has released the first full soundtrack album for the CW comedy drama Katy Keene. The album features the songs from the show’s first season performed by cast members including Ashleigh Murray, Lucy Hale, Jonny Beauchamp, Julia Chan, Camille Hyde, Azriel Crews, Emily Rafala and Bernadette Peters. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released several EPs and singles featuring from each Season 1 episode, as well as a full album featuring the music from the Kiss of the Spider Woman musical episode. Katy Keene is developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Michael Grassi and follows the lives and loves of fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene, singer/songwriter Josie McCoy, performer Jorge Lopez/Ginger, and “It Girl” Pepper Smith as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle Scoring Netflix’s ‘Ratched’
Posted: May 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mac Quayle, Netflix, Ratched, Ryan Murphy
Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Crime Story, Feud: Bette and Joan) has recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Ratched. The show is created by Evan Romansky based on Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and stars Sarah Paulson in the title role of Nurse Ratched, alongside Finn Wittrock, Jon Jon Briones, Judy Davis, Harriet Harris, Cynthia Nixon, Charlie Carver, Corey Stoll, Hunter Parrish, Amanda Plummer and Sharon Stone. The drama tracks Ratched’s journey and evolution from an average nurse to full-fledged monster. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Succession’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack, Succession
The details of the new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Succession have been announced. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Battle of the Sexes, Free State of Jones). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 22 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download here. The final tracks of the album are already available to stream/download now. Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album featuring Britell’s music from Season 1 last year. Succession is created by Jesse Armstrong, executive produced by Adam McKay & Will Ferrell and stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Hiam Abbass, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Natalie Gold, Peter Friedman, Alan Ruck and Rob Yang. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Feedback’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Feedback, Pedro C. Alonso, score, Sergio Moure, Soundtrack
Karonte/Nuba Records have released a soundtrack album for the thriller Feedback. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sergio Moure de Oteyza (Extinction, The Body, Kidnapped, Thesis on a Homicide). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Feedback is directed by Pedro C. Alonso and stars Eddie Marsan, Paul Anderson, Richard Brake and Ivana Baquero. The movie revolves around the star host of a successful late night radio show whose whole life takes a turn one night when two armed men burst into the studio and take him and his entire show hostage. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell’s & Kendall Roy’s ‘L to the OG’ from HBO’s ‘Succession’ Season 2 Released
Posted: May 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Britell, Succession
WaterTower Music has released the rap song L to the OG from the second season episode Dundee of the HBO original series Succession. The track is written by the show’s composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes, Vice) with Adam McKay & Will Tracy and performed by Jeremy Strong’s character Kendall Roy. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single, which also includes and instrumental version, on Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Britell’s score from the second season will be announced soon. The composer’s music from from the first season and his Emmy Award-winning theme has been released last summer by Milan Records. Read the rest of this entry »
