Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 23, 2020)

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The only movie premiering in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror thriller The Empty Man written and directed by David Prior and starring James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Stephen Root, Robert Aramayo, Ron Canada, Joel Courtney and Sasha Frolova. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Sinister, The Shipping News, The Hurricane, Ghost Rider) and Lustmord (First Reformed). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Opening in select theaters is the sci-fi thriller Synchronic directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead and starring Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan and Katie Aselton. Jimmy LaValle (aka The Album Leaf) (The Endless, Spring, The F**k-It List) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. The movie, which follows two New Orleans paramedics as they stumble upon a bizarre plot involving a series of drug-related deaths, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed by Well Go USA Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Cartoon Network’s ‘Steven Universe Future’ Released

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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WaterTower Music has released the full soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network limited series Steven Universe Future. The album features the songs from the animated show performed by series creator Rebecca Sugar, cast members including Zach Callison, Estelle, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno Hall, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Paz, Lisa Hannigan, Kate Micucci & others, as well the original score composed by Aivi & Surasshu (aka Aivi Tran & Steven “Surasshu” Velema). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, Apple Music and other digital music services. The label has previously released multiple albums featuring the songs and score from the original Steven Universe series, as well as last year’s Steven Universe: The Movie. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Artist’s Wife’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Artist’s Wife. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Grace (In a Valley of Violence, Certain Women, The House of the Devil, Cold in July, Night Moves, Hap and Leonard). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The Artist’s Wife is co-written and directed by Tom Dolby and stars Lena Olin, Bruce Dern, Juliet Rylance and Avan Jogia. The movie centers on the journey of a woman as she comes to terms with the onset of dementia in her famous artist husband and tries to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and grandson from a previous marriage. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Upside-Down Magic’ Score Album Released

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records has released a score album for the Disney Channel original movie Upside-Down Magic. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Ted Lasso, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released the Everything’s Magic cover featured in the movie. Upside-Down Magic is directed by Joe Nussbaum and stars Izabela Rose, Siena Agudong, Vicki Lewis, Elie Samouhi, Kyle Howard, Alison Fernandez and Max Torina. The family fantasy adventure follows a 13-year-old girl who discovers that she can flux into animals, and her best friend, and who can manipulate flames. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Once Upon a Snowman’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records has released the original music from the new Disney+ animated short Once Upon a Snowman. The film’s full score composed Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, The Muppets, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jeff Morrow (Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Science Fair, Ibiza, Trolls Holiday) is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon and other digital music stores. Once Upon a Snowman is directed by Trent Correy & Dan Abraham and stars Josh Gad who reprises his role as Olaf from the Frozen franchise and follows the character’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle. Read the rest of this entry »

Paul Oakenfold & Michael J. McEvoy Scoring Showtime’s ‘Citizen Bio’

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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DJ, record producer & composer Paul Oakenfold and Michael J. McEvoy (Me and Orson Welles, Finding Your Feet, Forget Me Not) have teamed up to score the new Showtime documentary Citizen Bio. The film is directed by Trish Dolman (Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, Hector and the Search for Happiness) and centers on the nascent biohacking movement and the unconventional scientists and researchers developing alternative medicines to prolong human life and eradicate incurable viruses and diseases. The movie follows the stories of four American biohackers and their relationships with Aaron Traywick, a self-proclaimed biohacker whose life took a tragic turn when he was mysteriously found dead at a meditation spa at the age of 28. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Human Voice’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: October 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Quartet Records has released a soundtrack EP for Pedro Almodóvar’s short The Human Voice. The digital EP features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner, Volver, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Skin I Live In, Pain and Glory). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services.  The Human Voice written and directed by Almodóvar is based original stage play by Jean Cocteau and stars Tilda Swinton as a desperate woman who waits for the phone call of the lover who has just abandoned her. Read the rest of this entry »

Laura Pausini’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘Io sì (Seen)’ from ‘The Life Ahead’ Released

Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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WM Italy has released the original song Io sì (Seen) from the drama The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé). The track is written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Laura Pausini. A digital EP featuring five different versions of the song is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the full song after the jump. A vinyl edition will be coming out next year and is available to order on Amazon. The Life Ahead is directed by Edoardo Ponti and stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora and Babak Karimi. The movie is set in seaside Italy and tells the story of a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business who takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Grand Army’ to Be Released

Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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BMG will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Grand Army. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Girls of the Sun, The Short History of the Long Road, Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Grand Army is created by Katie Cappiello based on her own stage play Slut: The Play and stars Odessa A’zion, Amalia Yoo, Amir Bageria, Jayson Jackson, and Odley Jean. The drama revolves around five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn as they take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed. Read the rest of this entry »

‘537 Votes’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: October 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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BRob Makes Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary 537 Votes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian “B-Rob” Robertson (Screwball, Dawg Fight, The Tanning of America). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. 537 Votes is directed by Billy Corben and chronicles the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election. The movie executive produced by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Talladega Nights) & Todd Schulman examines the events in the battleground state of Florida leading up to and after election day in November 2000, when a voter recount resulted in George W. Bush winning the presidency by a razor-thin margin. Read the rest of this entry »

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