Ram Khatabakhsh (The Hunger Games Exhibition, Portals, Transformers Autobots) has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Alphas. The film is directed by Steven Quale (Into the Storm, Final Destination 5, Aliens of the Deep) and stars Sam Worthington as an environmentalist who is tasked with finding a natural solution to the shark problem after the local Great White population spirals out of control and must convince the owner of a killer whale sanctuary to unleash the orca that nearly killed her when she was attacked by the star of her own show. Frank Hannah (The Cooler) wrote the screenplay based on an original story by himself and Christopher Tuffin (Peppermint). Read the rest of this entry »
Ram Khatabakhsh to Score Steven Quale’s ‘Alphas’
Posted: May 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alphas, Ram Khatabakhsh, Steven Quale
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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘ZeroZeroZero’ Released
Posted: May 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Mogwai, score, Soundtrack, ZeroZeroZero
Mogwai (The Returned, Kin, Before the Blood) have released their score for the Sky Atlantic and Amazon original series ZeroZeroZero. The album is now available on Bandcamp for one week exclusively on a pay-what-you-can basis with half of proceeds going to Help Musicians and NHS charities. The album will be available to stream/download on Amazon later this month. ZeroZeroZero is created by Stefano Sollima, Leonardo Fasoli & Mauricio Katz based on the novel of the same title by Roberto Saviano and stars Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabriel Byrne. The crime drama traces the global cocaine trade by following one shipment on its journey around the world. The series premiered earlier this year in the U.S. Spain and Latin America on Amazon Prime and on Sky Atlantic in several European markets. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Das Boot’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Das Boot, Hulu, Matthias Weber, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Bavaria Sonor Mediathek has released a soundtrack album for the Sky sequel series Das Boot. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Matthias Weber (The Dark Valley, My Best Enemy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first season. Season 2 of Das Boot is directed by Matthias Glasner & Rick Ostermann and stars Vicky Krieps, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Vincent Kartheiser, Fleur Geffrier, Thierry Frémont, Rainer Bock, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda, Stefan Konarske, Leon Lukas Blaschke and Pit Bukowski who reprise their roles from the first season. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Brilliant Friend’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Max Richter, My Brilliant Friend, score, Soundtrack
The details of the new soundtrack album for the HBO original series My Brilliant Friend have been revealed. The album features selections of the music from the second season of the show composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Ad Astra, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Taboo). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 by Deutsche Grammophon and will be availabl to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1. My Brilliant Friend based on the bestselling books by Elena Ferrante is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. The series’ second season aired in Italy earlier this year on RAI and currently premieres in the U.S. every Monday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Devs’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: April 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Garland, Ben Salisbury, Devs, Geoff Barrow, Hulu, score, Soundtrack, The Insects
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX on Hulu original series Devs. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) and The Insects (Hanna). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 and will be available to stream/download here. CD and vinyl editions are also in the works. Devs is created by Alex Garland and stars Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. The sci-fi thriller follows a young software engineer who investigates the secret development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mystery Men’ Score Album Announced
Posted: April 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kinka Usher, Mystery Men, score, Shirley Walker, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere score album release for the 1999 superhero action comedy Mystery Men directed by Kinka Usher and starring Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Wes Studi and Tom Waits. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Proof, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin), as well as additional music by Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Batman: The Animated Series). The 2-CD set, which is part of the label’s Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection, is now available to order on La-La Land’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sanctuary’ (‘Santuario’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, Álvaro Longoria, Amazon, Fernando Velazquez, Sanctuary, Santuario, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Sanctuary (Santuario). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, Mama, Crimson Peak, Devil, The Orphanage) and Alfred Tapscott (Hasta que la boda nos separe). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips. Sanctuary is directed by Álvaro Longoria and tells the story of a campaign to preserve the Antarctic Ocean by Greenpeace. The movie is produced by and features Spanish actors and brothers Carlos Bardem and Oscar winner Javier Bardem who currently act as Antarctic ambassadors, to preserve the Southern Ocean and are using the tools at their disposal to achieve mass awareness and support for this initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘A Week Away’ to Feature Original Songs by Adam Watts and Original Score by Benjamin Backus
Posted: April 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Week Away, Adam Watts, Benjamin Backus, Netflix, Roman White
Netflix announced today that the upcoming faith-based musical A Week Away will feature three original songs written by Adam Watts (High School Musical series). Watts also serves as the music producer of the movie, which also features reimagined songs from some of the biggest hits in Contemporary Christian Music history. Benjamin Backus is composing the project’s score. The film is directed by Roman White and stars Bailee Madison, Kevin Quinn, Sherri Shepherd, David Koechner, Jahbril Cook, Kat Conner Sterling and Iain Tucker. The drama follows a troubled teen who has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yinz’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeremy Michael Cohen, Ronen Landa, score, Soundtrack, Yinz
Lux/Eon Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Yinz. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ronen Landa (The Pact, Eloise, 1BR, Cavemen, At the Devil’s Door, A Rising Tide). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2020 and will be available to stream/download here. Yinz is written and directed by Jeremy Michael Cohen and stars Samuel H. Levine, Hailey Hansard and Teo Rapp-Olsson. The movie revolves around the aftermath of a prank gone awry that tests the bond of three high school best friends as an illicit relationship with an older woman is revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Eddy’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Glen Ballard, Jack Thorne, Netflix, Randy Kerber, Soundtrack, The Eddy
Arista Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix limited series The Eddy. The album features the original songs from the show written by Academy Award nominees Glen Ballard (The Polar Express) and Randy Kerber (The Color Purple) and performed by the drama’s cast. The soundtrack will be released on May 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (digital version) and here (CD version). The Eddy is created by Jack Thorne and stars André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Amandla Stenberg, Leila Bekhti and Tahar Rahim. The musical drama executive produced by Damien Chazelle (who also directed the first two episodes) centers on the owner of a Paris jazz club as he gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
