Grammy Award-winning musician Jack White, best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the rock band The White Stripes and as a member of the Raconteur and the Dead Weather, will serve as the music director of the upcoming action thriller Motor City. The film is directed by Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry) and will star Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber. The movie follows a convicted Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend who was framed by a local gangster and – upon release from prison – unleashes a maelstrom of vengeance on those who wronged him as he attempts to win his girl back. Read the rest of this entry »
Jack White to Serve as Music Director on Potsy Ponciroli ‘s ‘Motor City’
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jack White, Motor City, Potsy Ponciroli
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‘Woman in the Maze’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Kallis, Mitesh Patel, score, Soundtrack, Woman in the Maze
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Woman in the Maze. The album features the film’s original music composed by George Kallis (Cliffs of Freedom, After We Fell, The Last Warrior, The Black Prince, See You on Venus, First Love). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Woman in the Maze is directed by Mitesh Patel and stars Meredith VanCuyk, Joey Heyworth, Sean Dillingham, George Nelson,Missy Jane, Brenda Jean Foley and Cortney Davis. The movie follows a young woman who rents a cursed house in America’s largest ghost town, Jerome, Arizona, forcing her to solve the mystery to find a way out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Town’ Score Album Released
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Kormac, score, Soundtrack, This Town
Globe has released a new soundtrack album for the BBC drama This Town. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Kormac (The Diplomat, Professionals, Red Election, Tarrac). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Jeannie’s Demo) below. Polydor Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the series last month. This Town is created by Steven Knight and stars Michelle Dockery, Nicholas Pinnock, Levi Brown, David Dawson, Ben Rose, Eve Austin and Jordan Bolger. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Maxton Hall’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Maxton Hall, Maxton Hall - Die Welt zwischen uns, score, Songs in Cinema, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the German Prime Video original series Maxton Hall (Maxton Hall – Die Welt zwischen uns). The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Songs in Cinema (Victoria Hillestad & Julian Erhard). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audios samples. Also listen to the first two songs and first score track on the album below. Maxton Hall is created by Daphne Ferraro and stars Damian Hardung, Harriet Herbig-Matten, Sonja Weißer, Clelia Sarto, Fedja Van Huêt, Runa Greiner, Martin Neuhaus, Andrea Guo, Julia-Maria Köhler and Justus Riesner. The drama is based on Mona Kasten’s bestseller Save Me and follows a quick-witted scholarship student who unwittingly witnesses a secret at the titular private school and an arrogant millionaire heir who is determined to silence her. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Batman: Caped Crusader, Frederik Wiedmann
Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Star Trek: Picard, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Occupation: Rainfall, Doom: Annihilation, Big Nate) has recently been scoring the upcoming Prime Video animated series Batman: Caped Crusader. The show, which is is being described as a reimagining of the Batman mythology, is set in Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear and follows the title character whose one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’ to Feature Music by Serj Tankian & Vincent Pedulla
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, Joe Berlinger, Netflix, Serj Tankian, Vincent Pedulla
Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian and Vincent Pedulla have composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original documentary series Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial. The show is directed by Joe Berlinger (Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Paradise Lost trilogy) and examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis’ rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials. The 6-parter explores the shocking rise and fall of Hitler and his enablers who were fueled through propaganda, censorship and a campaign of antisemitism through the framing of the trials and eyewitness testimony of American journalist William L. Shirer. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Mvula to Make Feature Film Scoring Debut on Alex Mark’s ‘The Queen of Fashion’
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Mark, Laura Mvula, The Queen of Fashion
British singer/songwriter Laura Mvula is set to make her feature film scoring debut on the upcoming biographical drama The Queen of Fashion. The film is directed by Alex Mark and will star Andrea Riseborough, Emilia Clarke, Richard E. Grant, Fionn O’Shea and Hayley Atwell. The movie details the ups and downs of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures such as Alexander McQueen, Sophie Dahl & Philip Treacy, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Read the rest of this entry »
Natalie Holt & Jack Halama Scoring Hulu’s & Disney+’s ‘Rivals’
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Hulu, Jack Halama, Natalie Holt, Rivals
Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Journey’s End, Knightfall, Herself, Fever Dream, Beecham House, Press) has teamed up with Jack Halama (Traces, Who Is Erin Carter?, Kindred, Rogue, Too Close) to score the upcoming British Hulu/Disney+ original series Rivals. The show is based on the novel of the same title by Dame Jilly Cooper and star Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson and David Tennant. The 8-part drama is set against the backdrop of the drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England and explores the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: Tales of the Empire. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels, Doom Patrol, Narcos: Mexico). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 10 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released Kiner’s score from 2022’s first installment, Tales of the Jedi. Star Wars: Tales of the Empire is created by Dave Filoni and features the voices of Diana Lee Inosanto, Meredith Salenger, Rya Kihlstedt, Lars Mikkelsen, Wing T. Chao, Jason Isaacs and Matthew Wood. Read the rest of this entry »
Transviolet’s ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Theme Song ‘Secret’ Released
Posted: May 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Max, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, Transviolet
WaterTower Music has released the theme song from the Max original series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the cover version of The Pierces’ Secret (originally written by Allison & Catherine Pierce) performed by Transviolet. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Pretty Little Liars: Summer School is created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Lindsay Calhoon Bring and stars Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Alex Aiono, Elias Kacavas and Jordan Gonzalez. Read the rest of this entry »
