Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Harriet. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Inside Man, The 25th Hour, Red Tails). Also included is Cynthia Erivo’s original song Stand Up, which is already available as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this Friday, November 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Harriet is directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr. and Joe Alwyn. The movie tells the story of renowned abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom through the network of safehouses known as the Underground Railroad. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harriet’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harriet, Kasi Lemmons, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
Soundtrack Album for Lasse Hallstrom’s ‘The Hypnotist’ to Be Released
Posted: October 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lasse Hallstrom, Oscar Fogelström, score, Soundtrack, The Hypnotist
Lakeshore Records will release the first-ever soundtrack album for Lasse Hallstrom’s 2012 Swedish crime thriller The Hypnotist (Hypnotisören). The album features the film’s original music composed by Oscar Fogelström (Aurora). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Hypnotist is directed by Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, A Dog’s Purpose) and stars Tobias Zilliacus, Mikael Persbrandt and Lena Olin. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Lars Kepler and follows a detective who pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Uncut Gems’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Lopatin, Oneohtrix Point Never, score, Soundtrack, Uncut Gems
Warp Records has announced a soundtrack album for Josh and Benny Safdie’s crime thriller Uncut Gems. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) (The Bling Ring, Partisan) who has previously scored the Safdie Brothers’ last feature Good Time. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on December 13. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Uncut Gems is written and directed by Josh & Benny Safdie and stars Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel and Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch. The movie centers on a charismatic New York City jeweler who must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Volare’ (‘Tutto il mio folle amore’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claudio Santamaria, Gabriele Salvatores, Mauro Pagani, score, Soundtrack, Tutto il mio folle amore, Volare
BMG Italy has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama Volare (Tutto il mio folle amore). The album features the film’s original score composed by Mauro Pagani (Nirvana, Deadly Code, Puerto Escondido) and the songs from the performed by lead actor Claudio Santamaria. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full track list. Volare is directed by Gabriele Salvatores and stars Santamaria, alongside Valeria Golino, Diego Abatantuono and Giulio Pranno. The movie follows a father who has never met his son and works up the courage to meet him, discovering that he isn’t anything like he had imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Joe Begos’ ‘Bliss’ to Be Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bliss, Joe Begos, score, Soundtrack, Steve Moore
Relapse Records will release a soundtrack album for Joe Begos’ horror movie Bliss. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steve Moore (The Guest, Mayhem, Don’t Knock Twice, Cub) who previously scored the director’s The Mind’s Eye. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bliss is written and directed by Begos and stars Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield, Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper and George Wendt. The movie follows a brilliant painter as she turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Bill Condon’s ‘Marley’ to Feature Original Songs by Stephen Schwartz
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bill Condon, Marley, Stephen Schwartz
THR is reporting that Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) has composed the original music for a new musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Walt Disney Pictures. The movie, entitled Marley, will be directed by Bill Condon (Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Dreamgirls, Mr. Holmes), and is told through the eyes of Jacob Marley, the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge. Condon also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Pusher II’ & ‘Pusher III’ Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nicolas Winding Refn, Peter Kyed, Peter Peter, Pusher, Pusher II, Pusher III, score, Soundtrack
Escho has announced the world premiere soundtrack releases for Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime thrillers Pusher II and Pusher III, the second and third parts in the Pusher trilogy written and directed by the filmmaker. The albums feature the films’ original music composed by Peter Peter and Peter Kyed. Both soundtracks are now available digitally and on vinyl. Click here to stream/download the Pusher II soundtrack and click here for the Pusher III album. Vinyl editions are also available to order on Amazon (Pusher II and Pusher III). Pusher II starring Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester & Zlatko Burić opened in theaters in 2004 and Pusher III starring Burić, Marinela Dekić, Slavko Labović and Ilyas Agac was released in 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Morning Show’
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Carter Burwell, The Morning Show
Carter Burwell (Fargo, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Carol, Twilight, True Grit) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series The Morning Show. The show is created by Jay Carson (The Front Runner) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The drama follows the free fall of an early morning newscast in the wake of a scandal, and its struggle to survive in an era when news arrives in the palm of your hand. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Stupid Dog’ (‘Mon chien Stupide’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Mehldau, Mon chien Stupide, My Stupid Dog, score, Soundtrack, Yves Attal
My Melody has released a soundtrack album for Yves Attal’s French comedy My Stupid Dog (Mon chien Stupide). The album features the film’s original music composed by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau who has previously scored Attal’s ..And They Lived Happily Ever After and My Wife Is an Actress. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. My Stupid Dog is co-written and directed by Attal who also stars in the movie alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pascale Arbillot. The movie is based on the novel by John Fante and follows a bitter has-been novelist who is forced to reckon with his failings when an enormous dog takes up residence in the family home. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2019)
Posted: October 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Lazar, American Son, Apple TV +, Bear McCreary, Craig Wedren, Dickinson, Drum & Lace, For All Mankind, HBO, Holiday in the Wild, Ian Hultquist, Jeff Russo, Lisbeth Scott, Mrs. Fletcher, Netflix, See
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Mrs. Fletcher created by Tom Perrotta and starring Kathryn Hahn, Jackson White, Owen Teague, Katie Kershaw, Domenick Lombardozzi, Cameron Boyce, Jen Richards and Casey Wilson. The show’s original music is composed by Craig Wedren (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, The School of Rock). Check out our previous article to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Premiering on Friday, November 1, is the Netflix original movie American Son directed by Kenny Leon and starring Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee. Lisbeth Scott (Caroline and Jackie, Tumble Leaf) has composed the film’s original music. The drama, which is based on Christopher Demos-Brown’s play about an interracial couple whose 19-year-old son may have died at the hands of police, premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
