Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the French crime thriller The Kingdom (Le Royaume). The album features the film’s original score composed by Audrey Ismaël (The Path of Excellence, Consent, Germinal, Gloria, Chacun pour tous). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Kingdom is co-written and directed by Julien Colonna and stars Ghjuvanna Benedetti and Saveriu Santucci. The movie is set over one sweltering summer on the French island of Corsica and follows a teenager who reconnects with her father, a local mob boss in hiding, and – together – go on the run from both mobsters and the police, forging an close-knit bond that will ultimately force the daughter to choose between joining or escaping her father’s legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Julien Colonna’s ‘The Kingdom’ Released
Posted: November 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Audrey Ismaël, Julien Colonna, Le Royaume, score, Soundtrack, The Kingdom
Rupert Parkes (Photek) Scoring Martin Campbell’s ‘Dirty Angels’
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dirty Angels, Martin Campbell, Photek, Rupert Parkes
Composer Rupert Parkes (aka Photek) (How to Get Away with Murder, Station 19, Gang Related, Life in a Year, Mosul) is reteaming with director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) on the upcoming action thriller Dirty Angels. The film starring Eva Green, Maria Bakalova, Ruby Rose & Jojo T. Gibbs follows an American soldier who joins an all-women commando unit to liberate a group of schoolgirls that have been taken hostage in Afghanistan by posing as members of a relief organization. Alissa Sullivan Haggis and Jonas McCord (Malice, The Body) wrote the screenplay based on a story by McCord & Campbell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Beast Inside’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jim Towns, Randy Edelman, score, Soundtrack, The Beast Inside
Tribeca Tunes will release a soundtrack album for the paranormal horror feature The Beast Inside. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Randy Edelman (Dragonheart, Ghostbusters II, The Last of the Mohicans, xXx, Gettysburg, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Kindergarten Cop, While You Were Sleeping). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Beast Inside is written and directed by Jim Towns and stars Vernon Wells, Laurene Landon, Sadie Katz (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Victoria De Mare, John Pasquale and Anthony W. Preston. The movie follows a mother who thinks she is possessed by a demon and – when no one believes her – performs a self exorcism before the demon kills her and moves on to her young son. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix Documentary ‘Daughters’ to Be Released
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angela Patton, Daughters, Kelsey Lu, Natalie Rae, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary Daughters. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kelsey Lu (Earth Mama). Also included are three tracks by Miink. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Lu’s first track (Our Mirrors) below. Daughters is directed by filmmaker Natalie Rae and social change advocate Angela Patton and follows four young girls as they prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C. jail. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tulsa King’ Score Album Released
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Paramount+, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, Tulsa King
Lakeshore Records has released the first score album for the Paramount+ original series Tulsa King. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first two seasons composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Speak No Evil, The Staircase, Boy Erased, Presumed Innocent, The Gift, Enemy, Tokyo Vice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released an EP featuring Garrett Hedlund’s songs from Seasons 1 & 2 last month, while MTV Entertainment Studios has released Bensi’s & Jurriaans’ opening titles theme from the drama in 2022. Tulsa King is created by Taylor Sheridan and stars Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Hedlund, Vincent Piazza, Annabella Sciorra, Max Casella, Neal McDonough, Tatiana Zappardino, Domenick Lombardozzi, Andrea Savage, Frank Grillo and Dana Delany. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran Scoring Michael Morris’ ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Dustin O'Halloran, Michael Morris, Peacock
Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, The Old Guard, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent, A Spy Among Friends) has been tapped to score the upcoming romantic comedy Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The film is directed by Michael Morris (To Leslie, Better Call Saul) and stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Leo Woodall, Isla Fisher, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones. The fourth installment in the Bridget Jones series follows the title character who is now a single mother and trying to forge a new path toward life and love, when she goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & The CW’s ‘Joan’ Released
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Harry Escott, ITV, Joan, score, Soundtrack, The CW
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the ITV/CW drama Joan. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Roadkill, Hard Candy, The English Game, Welcome to the Punch, The Face of an Angel, The Wedding Guest). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Kelly) below. Joan is created by Anna Symon and stars Sophie Turner, Frank Dillane, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Kirsty J. Curtis and Laura Aikman. The 6-parter is set in 1980s London and tells the story of notorious jewel thief Joan Harrington’s rise from petty offender to highly talented diamond thief and criminal mastermind. Read the rest of this entry »
‘An Ordinary Case’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Ordinary Case, Daniel Auteuil, Gaspar Claus, Le fil, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records has released a digital single featuring the music from the French legal drama An Ordinary Case (Le fil). The 2-track single features the film’s original score composed by Gaspar Claus (Makala, Burning Ghost). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. An Ordinary Case is co-written and directed by Daniel Auteuil and stars Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Alice Belaïdi, Gaëtan Roussel and Isabelle Candelier. The movie follows a disillusioned lawyer defending a man accused of murdering his wife who remains steadfast in his presumption of innocence even as all signs point to the accused’s guilt. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Maurice Jarre’s ‘Resurrection’ Score Announced
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Petrie, Maurice Jarre, Resurrection, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1980 supernatural drama Resurrection directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Pamela Payton-Wright, Clifford David, Jeffrey DeMunn and Eva Le Gallienne. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost, Doctor Zhivago, Gorillas in the Mist, No Way Out, Witness, Jacob’s Ladder). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ TV Series to Be Released
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Halo, Paramount+, score, Sean Callery, Soundtrack
Microsoft Corporation will release the first soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series Halo. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award winner Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Jessica Jones, Inhumans, La Femme Nikita, Accused, Bones). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Kwan Theme below. Halo is developed by Kyle Killen & Steven Kane based on the iconic Xbox franchise and stars Pablo Schreiber, Jen Taylor, Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Olive Gray, Yerin Ha, Bentley Kalu and Kate Kennedy. Read the rest of this entry »