Heitor Pereira (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Smurfs, The Angry Bird Movie, Paw Patrol: The Movie, Smallfoot) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming animated sequel Despicable Me 4. The film is directed by Chris Renaud (The Secret Life of Pets, The Lorax) and features the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Pierre Coffin, Sofia Vergara, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, Chris Renaud, Steve Coogan, Dana Gaier and Madison Polan. The animated comedy follows Gru & Lucy and their girls as they welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Despicable Me 4’
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Despicable Me, Despicable Me 4, Heitor Pereira, Illumination Entertainment
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‘Free Money’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eduardo Aram, Free Money, Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko, score, Soundtrack
Mega Gram Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Free Money. The album features the film’s original score composed by Eduardo Aram (Self/Less, El Chapo, Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis, The Devil Next Door, Cocaine Godmother). Visit Apple Music/iTunes or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composer’s end credits track below. Free Money is directed by Sam Soko & Lauren DeFilippo and chronicles the consequences, both intended and unintended, when everyone in a Kenyan village is offered a universal basic income by a U.S. organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Somers Scoring Hulu’s ‘Under the Bridge’
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Hulu, Under the Bridge
Alex Somers (Honey Boy, Captain Fantastic, Causeway, Together, Together, Fresh, Aloha, Charm City Kings, Dawson City: Frozen Time) is scoring the upcoming Hulu limited series Under the Bridge. The show is developed by Quinn Shephard (Not Okay, Blame) based on the best-selling true-crime book of the same title by Rebecca Godfrey and stars Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Izzy G., Javon “Wanna” Walton, Aiyana Goodfellow, Ezra Faroque Khan and Archie Panjabi. The 8-part drama tells the 1997 true story of a fourteen-year old teenager who went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Get Your Irish Up’ from NBC’s ‘Extended Family’ Released
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Extended Family, Liam O'Malley, NBC
Lionsgate Records has released the original Irish “drinking song” Get Your Irish Up from the NBC comedy Extended Family. The track, which was featured in last week’s St. Patrick Day-themed episode The Consequences of Being Irish is written by Liam O’Malley and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Extended Family is created by Mike O’Malley and stars Jon Cryer, Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, Sofia Capanna and Finn Sweeney. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Scott Bell, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, score, Soundtrack, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Dark House Music will release a soundtrack album for British slasher sequel Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Scott Bell (Psycho Storm Chasers, Home Sweet HomeWitness Infection, See You Next Christmas). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The composer has previously released his music from the original music early last year. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and stars Scott Chambers, Ryan Oliva, Tallulah Evans, Lewis Santer, Eddy MacKenzie, Marcus Massey and Simon Callow. The movie follows the title character, Piglet, Owl & Tigger as they find their home and their lives endangered after Christopher Robin revealed their existence and decide to take the fight to the Robin’s home town of Ashdown. Read the rest of this entry »
Kormac Scoring BBC’s ‘This Town’
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Kormac, Steven Knight, This Town
Kormac (The Diplomat, Professionals, Tarrac, Red Election) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama This Town. The show is created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Eastern Promises) and stars Michelle Dockery, Nicholas Pinnock, Levi Brown, David Dawson, Ben Rose, Jordan Bolger and Eve Austin. The 6-part series directed by Paul Whittington tells the story of an extended family and a group of young people who are drawn into an explosive music scene in the Midlands in the early 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Call My Agent – Italia’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Call My Agent - Italia, Fabio Amurri, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Octopus Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Italian Sky original series Call My Agent – Italia. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Fabio Amurri (Within Sand, Baphomet). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen the composer’s title track after the jump. Call My Agent – Italia is written by Lisa Nur Sultan based on the French series of the same title created by Fanny Herrero, directed by Luca Ribuoli and stars Michele Di Mauro, Sara Drago, Maurizio Lastrico and Marzia Ubaldi. The Sky Studios and Palomar production follows a group of agents as they try to keep their demanding clients in work and under control. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2024)
Posted: March 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gentleman in Moscow, Ari Balouzian, David Schweitzer, Disney Plus, Federico Jusid, FX, HBO, Hulu, Johan Söderqvist, Jon Ehrlich, Netflix, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, Paramount+, Rachel Portman, Renegade Nell, Ronja the Robber's Daughter, Showtime, Spermworld, The Truth vs. Alex Jones, The Wages of Fear, We Were the Lucky Ones
Premiering on Tuesday, March 26, is the HBO original documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones directed by Dan Reed and executive produced by Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller. The film’s original music is composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, Our Great National Parks, The Afterparty, Sanditon, Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, The Reluctant Traveler). The movie, which tells the story of how families whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook took on conspiracy giant Alex Jones in two courtroom trials, holding Jones and InfoWars to account for the myths they started spreading hours after the atrocity, premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Thursday, March 28, is the Swedish Netflix original series Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter) written by Hans Rosenfeldt based on Astrid Lindgren’s fantasy tale and starring Kerstin Linden, Jack Bergenholtz-Henriksson, Krista Kosonen, Christopher Wagelin, Maria Nohra, Sverrir Gudnason, Pernilla August, Johan Ulveson and Vera Vitali. Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, Madame Web, Anatomy of a Scandal, Battlefield V, After the Wedding, In a Better World) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the fantasy adventure, which will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who Were We Running From?’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Can Saka, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Who Were We Running From?
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Turkish Netflix limited series Who Were We Running From?. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç (Butterflies, Limonata, Draupadi Unleashed) & Can Saka (Yakamoz S-245, Overnight Republic). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main theme below. Who Were We Running From? is developed by Ertan Kurtulan based on the novel of the same title by Perihan Mağden and stars Melisa Sözen, Eylül Tumbar, Başak Daşman, Musa Uzunlar, Birand Tunca, Alper Çankaya and Hakan Emre Ünal. The 7-part crime thriller revolves around a mother who is hiding a mysterious past and lives like a nameless fugitive with her daughter as they make hotels their home and see everyone else as a threat. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, Craig Safan, Richard T. Heffron, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1986 television movie Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Martin Sheen, Roxanne Hart and Cicely Tyson. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Safan (The Last Starfighter, Stand and Deliver, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Cheers, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins). The soundtrack is now available to order as a CD-R on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. The album is also expected to be available to stream/download on all major digital music services in a couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
