WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for tonight’s special musical episode of The CW drama Katy Keene, entitled Kiss of the Spider Woman. The album features the songs from the seventh episode of the show (originally written for the stage musical by John Kander & Fred Ebb) performed by cast members including Lucy Hale, Ashleigh Murray, Jonny Beauchamp, Julia Chan, Nathan Lee Graham, Daphne Rubin Vega and Candace Maxwell. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 20 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released the songs from the first season of the show weekly as digital EPs and singles. Katy Keene is developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Michael Grassi based on the Archie Comics characters and also stars Katherine LaNasa, Lucien Laviscount, Zane Holtz and Camille Hyde. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Katy Keene’ Special Musical Episode ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Katy Keene, Soundtrack, The CW
Soundtrack Album for Freeform’s ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ to Be Released
Posted: March 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brandon Roberts, Freeform, Motherland: Fort Salem, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Freeform original series Motherland: Fort Salem. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed by Brandon Roberts (The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, TURN: Washington’s Spies, Underwater, The Twilight Zone, Unbroken: Path to Redemption). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Motherland: Fort Salem is created by Eliot Laurence and starring Taylor Hickson, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, Ashley Nicole Williams, Lyne Renee and Jessica Sutton. The drama follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Banker’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, George Nolfi, H. Scott Salinas, score, Soundtrack, The Banker
Decca Classics will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Banker. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 20 and will be available to stream/download here. The Banker is directed by George Nolfi and stars Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long. The movie tells the true story of revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racially oppressive establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stuffed’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Lovett, Erin Derham, score, Soundtrack, Stuffed
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Stuffed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Lovett (The Signal, The Ritual, Synchronicity, The Wind, Black Rock, Don Peyote). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Stuffed is directed by Erin Derham and explores the surprising world of taxidermy, where sculptors must also be scientists. The movie follows a group of passionate experts – from a studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion, to fine artists in the Netherlands – as they push creative boundaries while revealing the importance of preserving nature. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Karpman Scoring Eleanor Coppola’s ‘Love is Love is Love’
Posted: March 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eleanor Coppola, Laura Karpman, Love is Love is Love, Pray Away
Composer Laura Karpman (Underground, Step, Set It Up, Taken, Black Nativity) is reteaming with director Eleanor Coppola on the upcoming romantic comedy drama Love is Love is Love. The film stars Maya Kazan, Joanne Whalley, Chris Messina, Kathy Baker, Marshall Bell, Cybill Shepherd, Rita Wilson, Rosanna Arquette, Polly Draper, Alyson Reed, Valarie Pettiford, Elea Oberon and Nancy Carlin. The movie tells three different stories, including a tale of a married couple that finds an unconventional way to transcend long distance through technology, another couple that tries to reignite their honeymoon-phase heat through a spontaneous sailing trip and a third about a disparate group brought through tragic loss for a memorial meal. Coppola also co-wrote the screenplay with Karen Leigh Hopkins (Stepmom, Because I Said So). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Capital in the Twenty-First Century, JB Dunckel, Justin Pemberton, score, Soundtrack
Prototype Recording has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Capital in the Twenty-First Century. The album features the film’s original music composed by AIR’s JB Dunckel (K.O., The Summer of Sangaile, Cyprien). The soundtrack is now available digitally. Visit Amazon Music to stream/download the soundtrack. Capital in the Twenty-First Century is directed by Justin Pemberton and explores wealth and power and shines a light on today’s growing inequality. The movie is based on the international bestseller by French economist Thomas Piketty and features interviews with Piketty himself, as well as economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr Scoring Hulu’s ‘The Great’
Posted: March 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Nathan Barr, The Great, Tony McNamara
Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is composing the original music for the upcoming Hulu original series The Great. The show is created by Tony McNamara (The Favourite) and stars Elle Fanning in the title role, as well as Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow. The comedy drama follows the unlikely rise and spectacular reign of feminist trailblazer Catherine the Great, the longest running female leader in Russian history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Apparition’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apparition, Ben Worley, score, Soundtrack, Waymon Boone
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Apparition. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Worley. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 10, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Apparition is directed by Waymon Boone and stars Annalisa Cochrane, Mena Suvari and Kevin Pollak. The movie follows a group of young people who, guided by an app that connects living with the dead, find themselves at an abandoned castle and a place with a horrific history tied to each of them. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, The Newton Brothers, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus) are scoring the upcoming AMC original series The Walking Dead: World Beyond. The show is created by Scott M. Gimple (who served as the showrunner of Seasons 4 through 8 of the original The Walking Dead) & Matt Negrete and stars Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond. The drama centers on a heroic group of teens who, sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world, receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to save their father – and possibly the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood’ Score Released
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Mollin, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Harry Manfredini
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1988 horror sequel Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, Susan Blu, Terry Kiser and Kane Hodder. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Manfredini (House, Wishmaster, Swamp Thing) who composed the music for all the previous movies in the franchise and Fred Mollin (Fast Company, Screwballs II) who also scored Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is set to come out this May (click here to pre-order). Read the rest of this entry »
