Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the 1995 thriller Hackers directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Renoly Santiago, Laurence Mason, Matthew Lillard, Jesse Bradford, Lorraine Bracco and Fisher Stevens. The album, which is being released in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the film, features electronic music tracks from the original soundtrack album by artists such as Underworld, Orbital, Prodigy, among others. Also included are nine previously unreleased score tracks by composer Simon Boswell (Shallow Grave, Lord of Illusions, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), as well as two pieces by Guy Pratt. The 2-CD set will be released on April 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hackers’ 25th Anniversary Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hackers, Iain Softley, score, Simon Boswell, Soundtrack
Atli Örvarsson Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Defending Jacob’
Posted: March 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Atli Orvarsson, Defending Jacob, Mark Bomback, Morten Tyldum
Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle) is scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original limited series Defending Jacob. The show is created by Mark Bomback (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Wolverine, Unstoppable) and stars Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel and Sakina Jaffrey. The 8-part thriller is based on the 2012 New York Times best-selling novel of the same title by William Landay revolves around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town, and follows an assistant district attorney who finds himself torn between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Promising Young Woman’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Willis, Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman, Soundtrack
Capitol Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama Promising Young Woman. The album features two original songs by CYN (one of which is already available, check out the music video after the jump), new songs by DeathbyRomy and FLETCHER, previouslu unreleased tracks by Muna and Blessus, as well as new covers recorded for the film, including Carmen DeLeon’s interpretation of He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) by The Crystals, DeathbyRomy’s take on The Weather Girls’ It’s Raining Men and Donna Missal’s version of Cigarettes After Sex’s Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby. Also included are tracks by Charli XCX, Paris Hilton, Sky Ferreira, Juice Newton and film’s composer Anthony Willis’ version of Britney Spears’ Toxic. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 3, 2020 and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is set to come out on April 17 and is available to order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Hit-Boy Scoring Prentice Penny’s Netflix Movie ‘Uncorked’
Posted: March 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hit-Boy, Netflix, Prentice Penny, Uncorked
Grammy Award-winning rapper, record producer and singer/songwriter Hit-Boy has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film Uncorked. The movie is written and directed by Prentice Penny (Insecure) and stars Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Niecy Nash, Matt McGorry, Sasha Compere, Gil Ozeri, Kelly Jenrette, Bernard David Jones and Meera Rohit Kumbhani. The drama centers on a young man who feels torn between his dream of becoming a master sommelier and his father’s expectations that he’ll take over the family barbecue business. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dazzled’ (‘Les éblouis’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Perez Del Mar, Les éblouis, Sarah Suco, score, Soundtrack, The Dazzled
Velvet Cream has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Dazzled (Les éblouis). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Perez del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, My Son, Zarafa). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio clips. The Dazzled is co-written and directed by Sarah Suco and stars Camille Cottin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Éric Caravaca, Laurence Roy and Céleste Brunnquell. The movie follows a girl who tries to save her brothers and sisters from a sectarian religious community. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 8, 2020)
Posted: March 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Amazon, Anne Nikitin, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Disney Plus, Fox, Matthew Herbert, National Geographic, Netflix, Rob Simonsen, Spectrum, Spenser Confidential, Stargirl, Steve Jablonsky, Temple, The Pale Horse
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 9, is the British thriller Temple developed by Mark O’Rowe based on the Norwegian series Valkyrien and starring Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, The Cave, Life in a Day, Gloria Bell). SATV Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the first season. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK on Sky last year and is making its U.S. debut on Charter Communication’s Spectrum.
Also premiering tomorrow is the docu-series Cosmos: Possible Worlds presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and written, directed and executive produced by Ann Druyan & Brannon Braga. Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger) who previously scored 2014’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has composed the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which will premiere on National Geographic and will also air on Fox this summer, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kangaroo Chronicles’ (‘Die Känguru-Chroniken’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dani Levy, Die Känguru-Chroniken, Niki Reiser, score, Soundtrack, The Kangaroo Chronicles
Staatsakt Rec. GmbH has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy The Kangaroo Chronicles (Die Känguru-Chroniken). The album features the film’s original music composed by Niki Reiser (Beyond Silence, Nowhere in Africa, Labyrinth of Lies, The White Massai, Summer Storm). Also included are the songs from the movie by Arbeitsgruppe Zukunft, David Hasselhoff, Meute’s version of Deadmau5’s Gula & more. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio clips. The Kangaroo Chronicles is directed by Dani Levy and stars Dimitrij Schaad, Rosalie Thomass, Adnan Maral, Tim Seyfi, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Bettina Lamprecht, Henry Hübchen, Oskar Strohecker, Volker Zack and Paulus Manker. Read the rest of this entry »
Grace VanderWaal’s Original Song ‘Today and Tomorrow’ from Disney+’s ‘Stargirl’ Released
Posted: March 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Grace VanderWaal, Julia Hart, Stargirl
Columbia Records has released the original song Today and Tomorrow from the Disney+ original movie Stargirl. The track is written and performed by Grace VanderWaal (who made her acting debut on the movie) and is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. The song will also be featured on the film’s official soundtrack album (which also includes the movie’s original score by Rob Simonsen), which will be released on March 13 by Walt Disney Records. Listen to the full track after the jump. Stargirl is directed by Julia Hart and also stars Graham Verchere, Giancarlo Esposito, Karan Brar, Darby Stanchfield and Maximiliano Hernandez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Troop Zero’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bert & Bertie, Rob Lord, score, Soundtrack, Troop Zero
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Troop Zero. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Lord (Slipstream). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Troop Zero is directed by Bert & Bertie and stars Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Mckenna Grace, Mike Epps, Jim Gaffigan, Charlie Shotwell, Edi Patterson and Bella Higginbotham. The movie is set in rural 1977 Georgia and centers on a misfit girl who dreams of life in outer space and is being offered to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 6, 2020)
Posted: March 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adrian Younge, Alex Heffes, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Craig Armstrong, David Hirschfelder, Escape from Pretoria, First Cow, George Fenton, Go Back to China, H. Scott Salinas, Hope Gap, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Nathan Halpern, Onward, Rob Simonsen, Run This Town, Sorry We Missed You, Swallow, The Banker, The Burnt Orange Heresy, The Way Back, Timo Chen, William Tyler
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Onward directed by Dan Scanlon and starring Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. The film’s original score is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, Storks). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as an original song co-written and performed by Brandi Carlile. Check out our previous previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Pixar Animation Studios production.
Also opening wide is the drama The Way Back directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar and Glynn Turman. Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Nerve, Foxcatcher, The Upside, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
