Daniel Rojas is the composer of the DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. The show is created by Radford Sechrist, developed for television by Bill Wolkoff and features the voices of Karen Fukuhara, Deon Cole, Coy Stewart, Sydney Mikayla and Dee Bradley Baker, as well as guest stars including Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, Lea Delaria, Joan Jett, John Hodgman and GZA. The animated adventure series follows a sheltered girl who gets a crash course in survival when a mutant attack sends her to the surface, far from the safety of her underground home. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Togo’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: December 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Togo. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 20 and will be available to stream/download here. Togo is directed by Ericson Core and stars Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Gaston, Thorbjorn Harr, Michael McElhatton and Jamie McShane. The movie is set in 1925 during the Nome Serum Run, when dog sleds transported diphtheria serum over nearly 700 miles to save Nome, Alaska, from an epidemic, and centers on the unlikely friendship between sled dog Togo and his driver. Read the rest of this entry »

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC/Netflix series Dracula. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies) & Michael Price (Unforgotten, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Another Me) who previously co-scored all episodes of BBC’s Sherlock. Among the musicians featured on the composers’ score are cello soloists Tim Gill (London Sinfonietta Principal), Caroline Dale (Truly, Madly, Deeply, Hilary and Jackie) and electric cello from Peter Gregson, as well as classical soprano Grace Davidson and jazz singer Sumudu Jayatilak. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 10, 2020 (click here to order) and physically on January 31. The (spoiler-heavy) track list will be revealed after the show premieres in early January. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Clemency’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: December 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the indie drama Clemency. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kathryn Bostic (Dear White People, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Middle of Nowhere). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Clemency is written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu and stars Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Price, Richard Schiff and DaniElle Brooks. The movie revolves around a prison warden as she prepares to execute another inmate and must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Read the rest of this entry »

Christopher Benstead has made his feature film scoring debut on the new action comedy The Gentlemen. The film is is written and directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant. The movie follows American expat who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cuck’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: December 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Cuck. The album features the film’s original music composed by Room8. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Cuck is co-written and directed by Rob Lambert and stars Zachary Ray Sherman, Sally Kirkland, Timothy V Murphy and Monique Parent. The movie follows a man – living with his mother in a run-down section of Van Nuys, California – as he he binges on alt-right vlogs and creates his own video channel on the downfall of “real America” with dangerous consequences. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records has released the first song from the new Netflix original series Soundtrack. Available now is the original song Houston, We Have a Problem written by Sam Hollander and Josh Edmondson and performed by Pacific Electric. Visit Amazon to stream/download the track. More songs are expected to be released soon. Soundtrack is created by Joshua Safran and stars Paul James, Callie Hernandez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jahmil French, Jenna Dewan, Campbell Scott, Madeleine Stowe, Megan Ferguson and Evan Whitten. The show scored by Andrew McMahon, Zac Clark, James Levine and Morgan Kibby centers on two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

The Null Corporation has released the third soundtrack album for the HBO original series Watchmen. The album features the original music from the final episodes of the show’s first season composed by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social NetworkGone GirlThe Girl with the Dragon TattooWaves). The Volume 3 soundtrack is now available to stream/download on iTunes/Apple Music and a vinyl edition will be available to order here. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composers’s score over the last two months. Watchmen is developed by Damon Lindelof based on Alan Moore’s graphic novel and stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Andrew Howard, Tom Mison and Frances Fisher. Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, AlohaManhattanDawson City: Frozen Time) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Charm City Kings. The film is directed by Angel Manuel Soto and stars Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Teyonah Parris, Donielle Tremaine Hansley and Kezii Curtis. The movie is based on the documentary 12 O’Clock Boys and follows a young who boy as he joins the Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. Sherman Payne, Chris Boyd & Kirk Sullivan and Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney+ original Star Wars series The Mandalorian. The album features the original music from the seventh episode of the show composer by Academy Award winner Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, CreedVenomCommunityFruitvale Station). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released soundtracks for the series’ first six chapters over the last couple of weeks. The Mandalorian is written and executive produced by Jon Favreau and stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte. Read the rest of this entry »