Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Fool (Le dindon). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ludovic Bource (The Artist, OSS 117: Lost in Rio & Cairo & Nest of Spies, Clear History, On the Other Side of the Tracks). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Fool is directed by Jalil Lespert and stars Dany Boon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Ahmed Sylla, Laure Calamy and Camille Lellouche. The movie follows a married man who tries to seduce the wife of his good friend, unaware that she has plans of her own to punish her cheating husband. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fool’ (‘Le dindon’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jalil Lespert, Le dindon, Ludovic Bource, score, Soundtrack, The Fool
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Original Song ‘Memorized’ from NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ Released
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Stadnik, NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith, This Is Us
Hollywood Records has released the original song Memorized from the Season 4 premiere of the NBC drama This Is Us. The track is co-written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and performed by Blake Stadnik. The song, which is featured in the ending sequence of the episode Strangers, is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon Music. Listen to the full track after the jump. The fourth season of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz premiered last night and will air every Tuesday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score Chris & Nick Riedell’s ‘A Nice Girl Like You’
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Nice Girl Like You, Aaron Zigman, Chris Riedell, Gossamer Folds, Nick Riedell
Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, The Proposal, Sex and the City: The Movie, Bridge to Terabithia) has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy A Nice Girl Like You. The film is directed by Chris & Nick Riedell (Camp Takota) and stars Lucy Hale, Jackie Cruz, Leonidas Gulaptis, Skye P. Marshall, Stephen Friedrich, Adhir Kalyan and Mindy Cohn. The movie follows a violinist who is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend and – in an effort to prove him wrong – creates a rather wild to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from ‘Empire’ Season 6 Released
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Empire, Fox, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released the first songs from the sixth season of the Fox hit drama Empire. Available now are the songs featured in the season premiere (What Is Love), including Do It Right performed by Serayah, Yazz, Mario & Katlyn Simone, Heaven performed by Kiandra Richardson, What The DJ Spins (Hakeem version) written and produced by Terrence Howard & performed by Yazz and Too Good performed by Diamond White. The 4-track EP is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music. Over the next couple of months, the label will release two songs each week ahead of every episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Manser - Die Stimme des Regenwaldes, Gabriel Yared, Niklaus Hilber, Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Swiss drama Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient, Cold Mountain, 1408, Judy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser is directed by Niklaus Hilber and stars Sven Schelke as Swiss explorer and environmentalist Bruno Manser who disappeared without trace in 2000. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Nicolas Pesce’s ‘The Grudge’ Reboot
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nicolas Pesce, The Grudge, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus, Detachment) have taken over scoring duties on the upcoming supernatural thriller reboot of The Grudge. The film is written and directed by Nicolas Pesce (Piercing) and stars Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, Demián Bichir, Jacki Weaver, Betty Gilpin and Lin Shaye. The movie based on the 2002 Japanese feature Ju-on: The Grudge and the 2004 U.S. remake (scored by Christopher Young) revolves around a house that is haunted by a vengeful ghost that curses those who enter it…with a violent death. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Child’s Play 2’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Child's Play, Child's Play 2, Graeme Revell, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 horror sequel Child’s Play 2 directed by John Lafia and starring Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter and Christine Elise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graeme Revell (The Crow, Tomb Raider, Dead Calm, Daredevil, The Siege, Pitch Black). Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Memoirs of an Invisible Man) conducted and orchestrated the score. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, marks the sixth title in the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection. The soundtrack will be available to order at 12:00 PST on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Howard the Duck’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard the Duck, John Barry, King Rat, score, Soundtrack, Sylvester Levay, Thomas Dolby
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 sci-fi adventure comedy Howard the Duck directed by Willard Huyck and starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones and Tim Robbins. The 3-CD set features the expanded original music from the Lucasfilm production composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves). Also included is additional music by Sylvester Levay (Hot Shots!, Cobra), as well as the movie’s original songs produced by Thomas Dolby. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Joker’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, score, Soundtrack, Todd Phillips
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the thriller Joker. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Hildur Gudnadottir (Chernobyl, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene, Strong Island). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally this Friday, September 27. Click here to download/stream the album. A CD-R version is available to order here. A vinyl edition is set to come out on December 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Joker is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais and Shea Whigham. Read the rest of this entry »
‘While at War’ (‘Mientras dure la guerra’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Amenábar, Mientras Dure La Guerra, score, Soundtrack, While at War
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Argentine war drama While at War (Mientras dure la guerra). The album features the film’s original music composed by director Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, The Sea Inside). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version is also in the works. While at War is co-written and directed by Amenábar and stars Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego, Tito Valverde, Luis Bermejo and Nathalie Poza. The movie set in the first months of the Spanish Civil War and tracks the country’s slide into nearly four decades of fascism under dictator Francisco Franco. Read the rest of this entry »
