Composer Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, A Simple Favor, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, Marley & Me, Spy) is reuniting with director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Austin Powers) on the upcoming comedy The Roses. The film is a reimagining of Danny DeVito’s 1989 classic The War of the Roses (scored by David Newman), based on the novel by Warren Adler, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Sunita Mani, Belinda Bromilow, Ncuti Gatwa, Zoë Chao, Jamie Demetriou and Kate McKinnon. The movie follows a married couple who fell madly in love when they first met, but whose marriage slowly unravels under the pressure of modern family dynamics. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro Scoring Jay Roach’s ‘The Roses’
Posted: June 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jay Roach, The Roses, Theodore Shapiro
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‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Jakwob, score, Soundtrack, What It Feels Like for a Girl
Boom Ting Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama What It Feels Like for a Girl. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jakwob (aka James Jacob) (How to Have Sex, My Fault: London). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first two tracks below. What It Feels Like for a Girl is created by Paris Lees inspired by his memoir of the same name and stars Ellis Howard, Laura Haddock, Laquarn Lewis, Adam Ali, Hannah Jones, Calam Lynch, Alex Thomas-Smith, Jake Dunn, Dickie Beau, Hannah Walters and Michael Socha. The series set in the early 2000s revolves around a teenager stuck in a small working-class town that hasn’t been the same since the coal mine shut down in the 80s as he escapes to Nottingham’s underworld. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Materialists’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Celine Song, Daniel Pemberton, Materialists, score, Soundtrack
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Materialists. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Enola Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Bad Guys, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Birds of Prey). Also included is the original song My Baby (Got Nothing At All) by Japanese Breakfast (already out now as a digital single), as well as Baby Rose’s covers of the love songs I’ll Be Your Mirror and That’s All. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Pemberton’s title track and both covers below. Materialists is written and directed by Celine Song and stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Dasha Nekrasova, Zoë Winters, Martin Ireland, Louisa Jacobson, Emmy Wheeler, Eddie Cahill and John Magaro. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Graduation Trip: Mallorca’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Clara Aguilar, Graduation Trip: Mallorca, score, Soundtrack, Viaje de fin de curso: Mallorca
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original movie Graduation Trip: Mallorca (Viaje de fin de curso: Mallorca). The album features the film’s original score composed by electronic music artist Clara Aguilar (aka CLARAGUILAR) (Creatura, Suro). Also included is the song TequiFresa by Naddia. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first score track and the song below. Graduation Trip: Mallorca is directed by Paco Caballero and stars Yolanda Ramos, Berta Castañé, Claudia Roset, Sara Vidorreta, Nadia Vilaplana, Martí Cordero, Diego Garisa and Aiden Botía. The comedy is set in 2021 and follows a group of high school students and their two students who – after spending a year in lockdown – on a end-of-year trip to Mallorca to make up for lost time, when a new COVID outbreak ruins their plans and forces them to stay locked in their hotel rooms. Read the rest of this entry »
Japanese Breakfast’s Original Song ‘My Baby (Got Nothing At All)’ from Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’ Released
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Celine Song, Japanese Breakfast, Materialists
A24 Music has released the original song My Baby (Got Nothing At All) from Celine Song’s romantic comedy Materialists. The track is written by Michelle Zauner and performed by Japanese Breakfast and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Materialists is written and directed by Song and stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Ireland, Emmy Wheeler, Eddie Cahill, Louisa Jacobson and John Magaro. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Luck’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, John Debney, Luck, Peggy Holmes, score, Skydance Animation, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the Skydance Animation’s 2022 feature Luck directed by Peggy Holmes and starring Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Fonda, Lil Rel Howery, John Ratzenberger, Flula Borg Colin O’Donoghue and Adelynn Spoon. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove, Hocus Pocus, Bruce Almighty), including over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release and listen to audio samples. Milan Records has previously released the original 2022 digital soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Andy Serkis’ ‘Animal Farm’
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Serkis, Animal Farm, Heitor Pereira
Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Smallfoot, The Smurfs, Paw Patrol: The Movie) has recently scored the animated feature Animal Farm. The film is directed by Andy Serkis (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle) and features the voices of Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Iman Vellani, Jim Parsons, Steve Buscemi, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Kathleen Turner and Serkis himself. The movie based on George Orwell’s novella of the same title follows a group of farm animals who rebel against their neglectful human owners and take over the farm, only to face new challenges under the rule of a cunning pig. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, Gordy Haab, score, Soundtrack, Wuershan
Gordy Haab (Star Wars: Jedi Survivor/Fallen Order, Star Wars: Battlefront, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Halo Wars 2) has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese fantasy drama Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Hangzhou Yuyinniaoniao Culture Media Co. has previously released Haab’s score for 2023’s first part of the Feng Sheng Trilogy, Kingdom of Storms. Creation of the Gods II is directed by Wuershan and stars Bo Huang, Kris Phillips, Shi Yu, Naernax, Nashi, Muchi Chen, Narana Erdyneeva, and Xuejian Li. Read the rest of this entry »
Cornel Wilczek & Thomas Rouch Scoring HBO’s ‘Surviving Ohio State’
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cornel Wilczek, Eva Orner, HBO, Surviving Ohio State, Thomas Rouch
Cornel Wilczek (Talk to Me, Apple Cider Vinegar, Bring Her Back, Clickbait, These Final Hours, Glitch, Nowhere Boys) & Thomas Rouch (Riptide, Fires, Avarice, With Intent) have teamed up to score the new HBO original documentary Surviving Ohio State. The film is directed by Eva Orner and tells the story of the male victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, a sports medicine physician and serial sex abuser employed by The Ohio State University from 1978 to 1998. The movie examines the culture that allowed the abuse to continue unchecked for nearly two decades, as well as the survivors’ present-day fight to hold the school accountable. Read the rest of this entry »
‘That Summer in Paris’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Le rendez-vous de l'été, Saint DX, score, Soundtrack, That Summer In Paris, Valentine Cadic
Because Music & Cracki Records have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama That Summer in Paris (Le rendez-vous de l’été). The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Saint DX who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the musician’s first and final track below. That Summer in Paris is directed by Valentine Cadic and stars Blandine Madec, India Hair, Arcadi Radeff, Lou Deleuze, Matthias Jacquin and Béryl Gastaldello. The movie is set during last summer’s Olympic Games in Paris and follows a 30-year-old woman from Normandy who heads to the French capital to watch the games and reunite with her half-sister, but gets swept up in the city’s chaotic and intense rhythm. Read the rest of this entry »
