Polydor Records will release a new soundtrack album for Emerald Fennell’s comedic thriller Saltburn. The album features the songs from the movie, including Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor, Tomcraft’s Loneliness, Mason’s & Princess Superstar’s Perfect (Exceeder), Arcade Fire’s No Cars Go, Bloc Party’s This Modern Love, among other tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28 and physically in the following weeks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Milan Records has previously released a separate album featuring Anthony Willis’ BAFTA-nominated original score last November. Saltburn is written and directed by Fennell and stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Rosamund Pike, Archie Madekwe, Richard E. Grant and Carey Mulligan. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Saltburn’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emerald Fennell, Saltburn, Soundtrack
‘Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Knappenberger, John Dragonetti, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by John Dragonetti (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, All About Nina, Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists) who previously scored 2021’s Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 12 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s main title track track (Only the Beginning) below. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is directed by Brian Knappenberger and traces the history of the Cold War, beginning with the development of the atomic bomb and the dramatic proliferation of nuclear weapons in the decades after, past the collapse of the Soviet Union to the rise of Vladimir Putin and into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel Scoring Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dev Patel, Jed Kurzel, Monkey Man
Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Macbeth, The Oxford Murders, Overlord, The Mustang, Assassin’s Creed) has composed a new score for the upcoming action thriller Monkey Man. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor Dev Patel and stars Patel himself, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte, Sikandar Kher and Makarand Deshpande. The movie revolves around a man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Mansell, Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass, score, Soundrack
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan, Peacemaker, Noah, Rebecca, Smokin’ Aces, Moon, The Wrestler, Stoker). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Louville) below. Love Lies Bleeding is co-written and directed by Rose Glass and stars Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Dave Franco and Anna Baryshnikov. The movie centers on the relationship between a reclusive gym manager and an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Alexis Spraic’s ‘The World According to Allee Willis’
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexis Spraic, Mark Mothersbaugh, The World According to Allee Willis
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Croods: A New Age, 21/22 Jump Street) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The World According to Allee Willis. The film is directed by Alexis Spraic (Shadow Billionaire) and centers songwriter/artist Allee Willis (known for co-writing such hits as Earth, Wind & Fire’s September, Pet Shop Boys’ & Dusty Springfield’s What Have I Done to Deserve This?, the Friends theme song I’ll Be There for You and the stage musical adaptation of The Color Purple) and focuses on her struggle with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 'Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, Baby Brown, Disney Plus, Hulu, Philip Sheppard, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+/Hulu original documentary series Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story. The album features the show’s original music composed by Philip Sheppard (I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Detroit: Become Human, Love, Marilyn, Bobby Fischer Against the World, The Tillman Story) and Baby Brown. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Sheppard’s title track below. Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story is developed and produced by showrunner Simon Hammerson, directed by Daryl Goodrich, hosted by Keanu Reeves and tells the story of how, in 2009, competing in the most expensive and technologically advanced racing series on Earth, the impossible happened, when an understaffed and underfinanced team won the World Championship. Read the rest of this entry »
Jane’s Addiction’s Eric Avery Scoring Nadia Conners’ ‘The Uninvited’
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Avery, Nadia Conners, The Uninvited
Eric Avery, bassist and co-founder of the rock band Jane’s Addiction, is reuniting with director Nadia Conners on the upcoming comedy drama The Uninvited. The film is written and directed by Conners and stars Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Rufus Sewell, Pedro Pascal, Eva De Dominici, Michael Panes, Roland Rubio, Kate Comer and Annie Kurzen. The movie follows a couple throwing a party at their Hollywood Hills home that gets interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a stranger who claims residence there. provoking a comedy of errors, deep reckonings and a reordering of life. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from 96th Academy Awards
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. All five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning What Was I Made For from Barbie by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, as well as the Oscar-nominated I’m Just Ken from Barbie by Ryan Gosling, The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot by Becky G, It Never Went Away from American Symphony by Jon Batiste and Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon by Scott George and the Osage Singers after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrea & Matteo Bocelli’s and Hans Zimmer’s ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ Cover from Academy Awards Ceremony Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Academy Awards, Andrea Bocelli, Hans Zimmer, Matteo Bocelli
Decca Records has released the cover version of the hit song Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) from the In Memoriam segment of last night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony. The new version of the song (originally written by Francesco Sartori & Lucio Quarantotto) is produced and arranged by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight) and performed by Andrea Bocelli with Matteo Bocelli. The track is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song and check out the live performance at the Oscars after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson Wins Academy Award for ‘Oppenheimer’ Score
Posted: March 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Barbie, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson was honored with his second Academy Award for his score for Christopher Nolan’s drama Oppenheimer at tonight’s 96th Oscar ceremony. He previously won his first Oscar for his music from Marvel’s Black Panther in 2019 and was also nominated last year for the song Lift Me Up from its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things) Laura Karpman (American Fiction), John Williams (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) and Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon). Read the rest of this entry »
