Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Pixar Animation Studios’ feature Elio. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, The Whale, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Foxcatcher, The Way Back, It Ends with Us, The Age of Adaline, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits and listen to the composer’s Elio Suite below. Elio is directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina and features the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett and Shirley Henderson. The movie follows a space fanatic with a huge alien obsession who is mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader and must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elio’ Soundrack Album Details
Posted: June 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Molina, Domee Shi, Elio, Madeline Sharafian, Pixar, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
‘Ange’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ange, Delphine Mantoulet, Soundtrack, Tony Gatlif
Princes Production has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Ange. The album features the film’s original music written by director Tony Gatlif, singer/songwriter and lead actor Arthur H, as well as Delphine Mantoulet (Korkoro, Geronimo, Indignados), among other artists. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to several tracks from the albumbelow. Ange is co-written and directed by Gatlif and also stars Suzanne Aubert, Maria de Medeiros, Mathieu Amalric and Christine Citt. The movie tells the story of a 60-year old-musician who decides to track down and reconnect with an old friend and – together with he daughter of his former lover who joins him on his journey – rediscovers the path to joy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Desire: The Carl Craig Story’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carl Craig, Desire: The Carl Craig Story, Jean-Cosme Delaloye, Soundtrack
Planet E Communications will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Desire: The Carl Craig Story. The album features music by the film’s subject, techno producer, DJ & record label creator Carl Craig, and includes tracks across his many monikers (69, Psyche/BFC, Innerzone Orchestra). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD and vinyl edition will be coming out next month and is available for pre-order here (vinyl edition) and here (CD version) Two first tracks are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Desire: The Carl Craig Story is directed by Jean-Cosme Delaloye and follows Craig’s journey from Detroit’s middle-class roots to global stardom, set against the city’s decline and recovery, and explores his work at the intersection of music, art, and culture, from his collaborations with Bottega Veneta to his Party/After-Party installation, acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts and exhibited at MOCA Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kite Man: Hell Yeah!’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Max, Michael Gatt, score, Soundtrack
Michael Gatt (DC Super Hero Girls, Batman: The Long Halloween, Braid, Justice League: Warworld, The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, Blood Drive) has released two soundtrack albums for the (HBO) Max original animated series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! The albums feature the original songs, as well as selections of the original score from the Harley Quinn spin-off’s first season written by the composer. Visit Amazon (or most other major digital music services) to stream/download the score album and click here for the song album. Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is developed by Dean Lorey, Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker and features the voices of Matt Oberg, Stephanie Hsu, James Adomian, Jonathan Banks, Janelle James, Michael Imperioli, Natasia Demetriou, Lance Reddick, Keith David, Rory Scovel and Judith Light. The Warner Bros. Animation productionfollows the Kite Man & Golden Glider who level up their relationship by purchasing Noonan’s , Gotham’s seediest dive bar. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Akiva Schaffer’s ‘The Naked Gun’
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Akiva Schaffer, Lorne Balfe, The Naked Gun
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Black Adam, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Top Gun: Maverick) has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action comedy The Naked Gun. The reboot of the 1988 classic (scored by Ira Newborn) is directed by Akiva Schaffer (Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) and stars Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, CCH Pounder, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, Eddie Yu and Danny Huston. The film follows Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. as he follows in the footsteps of his father. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dark Sea’ (‘Mare Nero’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dark Sea, Mare Nero, Roberta Torre, score, Shigeru Umebayashi, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2006 Italian drama Dark Sea (Mare Nero) directed by Roberta Torre and starring Luigi Lo Cascio, Anna Mouglalis, Maurizio Donadoni and Massimo Popolizio. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers, In the Mood for Love, The Grandmaster, 2046,Curse of the Golden Flowers). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. The label is also releasing a CD version, which also includes Umeyashi’s score from Torre’s In the Mirror (check out the cover art below). Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Carter Burwell
Composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, True Grit, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Blind Side, Twilight, Being John Malkovich) has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Board of Governors. He joins Lesley Barber and Richard Gibbs who will be the other two governors of the music branch in the next term. It will mark Burwell’s first term serving on the music branch board. The Academy’s 19 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms, followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms for a lifetime maximum of 12 years. The Board of Governors sets the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health, and assures the fulfillment of its mission. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pan Tadeusz’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrzej Wajda, Pan Tadeusz, score, Soundtrack, Wojciech Kilar
ELA has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1999 Polish/French drama Pan Tadeusz co-written and directed by Andrzej Wajda and starring Bogusław Linda, Alicja Bachleda ,Grażyna Szapołowska, Michał Żebrowski, Marek Kondrat and and Andrzej Seweryn. The album features the film’s original score composed by Wojciech Kilar (Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, The Pianist, The Ninth Gate, The Portrait of a Lady, The Death and the Maiden). Also included is the song Soplicowo performed by Grzegorz Turnau and Stanislaw Soyka. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list (in French). Also listen to two score tracks after the jump. Pomaton has previously released the original 1999 soundtrack album on CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow, Netflix, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Hotel Mumbai, Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, The Amateur, The Old Guard, One Life) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming Netflix original film A House of Dynamite. The movie is directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Point Break) and stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Moses Ingram and Jason Clarke. The political thriller takes place after a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States and centers on the a race that begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rodrigue in Love’ (‘Avignon’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avignon, Elisa Erka, Johann Dionnet, Rodrigue in Love, score, Sébastien Torregrossa, Soundtrack
Nolita and 6&7 have released a soundtrack album for the French romantic comedy Rodrigue in Love (Avignon). The album features the film’s original score composed by Sébastien Torregrossa, as well as two songs performed by Elisa Erka who also stars in the movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a song and a score track below. Rodrigue in Love is written and directed by Johann Dionnet (based on his short of the same title) and also stars Baptiste Lecaplain, Alison Wheeler and Lyes Salem. The movie follows a struggling actor who pretends to be the lead in an Avignon Theatre Festival production to win over an actress. Read the rest of this entry »
