Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere release of two early scores composed by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Far from Heaven, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Animal House, Stripes) as part of The Golden Age of Science Fiction – Vol. 3. The album features the composer’s music from the 1953 sci-fi horror movie Robot Monster directed by Phil Tucker and starring George Nader, Claudia Barrett & George Barrows and the 1953 sci-fi feature Cat-Women of the Moon directed by Arthur Hilton and starring Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory & Marie Windsor. Also included is the original score from David MacDonald’s 1954 sci-fi film Devil Girl from Mars starring Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court & Peter Reynolds composed by Edwin Astley (The Saint, Danger Man). Visit the label’s official website to order the limited edition CD and for more information about the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Elmer Bernstein’s ‘Robot Monster’ & ‘Cat-Women of the Moon’ Scores Announced
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Devil Girl from Mars, Elmer Bernstein, Morton Stevens, Robot Monster, score, Soundtrack
‘ARK: The Animated Series’ (Vol. 1) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ARK: The Animated Series, Gareth Coker, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack albums for the Paramount+ original series ARK: The Animated Series. The albums feature the show’s original music composed by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Halo Infinite, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown). The Volume 1 album will be released digitally next Friday, March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. ARK: The Animated Series is based on the Coker-scored hit adventure video game ARK: Survival Evolved and features the voices of Michelle Yeoh, Russell Crowe, Gerard Butler, Jeffrey Wright, David Tennant, Elliot Page, Madeleine Madden and Vin Diesel. The Lost Continent Entertainment and Lex + Otis production follows a 21st century paleontologist who finds herself resurrected on a primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts and must learn to survive with new allies from throughout time, while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman & Jon Ehrlich Scoring Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Jon Ehrlich, Rachel Portman, We Were the Lucky Ones
Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go, One Day) has teamed up with Jon Ehrlich (House, Parenthood, The Resident, Life, Invasion, About a Boy) to score the new Hulu limited series We Were the Lucky Ones. Portman has also contributed the main title theme to the show developed by Erica Lipez (Julia) based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same title and starring Joey King, Logan Lerman, Hadas Yaron, Amit Rahav, Henry-Lloyd Hughes, Sam Woolf, Moran Rosenblatt, Michael Aloni, Eva Feiler, Lior Ashkenazi and Robin Weigert. The 8-part drama tells the true story of a Jewish family who is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who Killed Sara?’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ¿Quién Mató a Sara?, David Murillo R., Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Who Killed Sara?
Netflix Music has released the first soundtrack album for the Mexican Netflix original series Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién Mató a Sara?). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Murillo R. (Blast Beat, Leguizamo Does America). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Who Killed Sara? is created by José Ignacio Valenzuela and stars Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda, Eugenio Siller, Alejandro Nones, Claudia Ramírez, Ximena Lamadrid, Juan Carlos Remolina and Jean Reno. The mystery thriller follows a man who – after spending 18 years in prison – takes his revenge on the family who framed him for the murder of his sister. Read the rest of this entry »
Keaton Henson Scoring ITV’s ‘Passenger’
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ITV, ITVX, Keaton Henson, Passenger
Singer/songwriter and composer Keaton Henson (Supernova, Anne Boleyn, Something Better to Come) has provided the original score for the new ITV drama Passenger. The show is created by actor Andrew Buchan and stars Wunmi Mosaku, David Threlfall, Rowan Robinson, Jo Hartley, Arian Nik, Barry Sloane, Natalie Gavin, Jack James Ryan and Nico Mirralegro. The 6-part series set in the fictional small Northern town of Chadder Vale and follows a former Met Police Detective as she investigates a series of strange and inexplicable crimes that have the townsfolk spinning on an axis. Read the rest of this entry »
‘John Williams: Reimagined’ Album to Be Released
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams
Warner Classics will release John Williams: Reimagined, a new album featuring music by the Academy Award-winning composer arranged for chamber trio of flute, cello, and piano. The 2-CD set is produced by Robert Townson and the music is performed by flutist Sara Andon, cellist Cécilia Tsan, and pianist Simone Pedroni. The album covers Williams’ career from his early Emmy Award-winning score for the 1970 television film Jane Eyre to the main theme of 2022’s The Fabelmans, and includes such titles as Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hook, The Accidental Tourist, The Witches of Eastwick, Dracula, The Sugarland Express, The Patriot and War Horse. A first track (Over the Moon from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) has just been released today and is now available to stream/download now on all major digital music services and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariane Louis-Seize, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Pilou, score, Soundtrack, Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the French-Canadian comedy drama Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pilou (aka Pierre-Philippe Côté) (Not Okay, Ravenous, An Eye for Beauty). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is co-written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize and stars Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante, Noémie O’Farrell, Sophie Cadieux, Marie Brassard, Marc Beaupré and Patrick Hivon. The movie revolves around a young Montreal bloodsucker who can only feed on people for whom she feels sympathy. Read the rest of this entry »
Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Sugar’
Posted: March 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Apple TV +, Sugar
Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Luke Cage, Run This Town, Boogie, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) are the composers of the new Apple TV+ original series Sugar. The show is created by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell) and stars Colin Farrell, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Anna Gunn, James Cromwell, Nate Corddry, Dennis Boutsikaris, Sydney Chandler and Alex Hernandez. The detective drama follows an American private investigator as he tries to determine what happened to the beloved granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer who mysteriously disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Frybread Face and Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Luther, Frybread Face and Me, Netflix, Ryan Beveridge, score, Soundtrack
Pigeon Man Records has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age drama Frybread Face and Me. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ryan Beveridge (Dirty, Bees Make Honey, Mr. Robinson, Search Engine, Back in the Game). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to a track (Truck Ride and Beautiful Vistas) from the composer’s score below . Frybread Face and Me is written and directed by Billy Luther and stars Kier Tallman, Charley Hogan, Kahara Hodges, Martin Sensmeier and Sarah Natani. The movie executive produced by Taika Waititi follows two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds as they bond during a summer on Arizona ranch of their grandmother, learning more about their family’s past and themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Javier Navarrete’s ‘Sound of Freedom’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Monteverde, Javier Navarrete, score, Sound of Freedom, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Sound of Freedom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, Antlers, The Devil’s Backbone, Byzantium, Greta, Inkheart). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 22. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also check out the composer’s title track below. Available separately as a digital single is Justin Jesso’s title song from the movie. Sound of Freedom is co-written and directed by Alejandro Monteverde and stars Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp, Mira Sorvino, José Zúñiga, Kurt Fuller, Javier Godino and Eduardo Verástegui. The movie is based on the true story of Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard’s effort to rescue kidnapped children in Columbia. Read the rest of this entry »
