Sabia has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama This Is My Mother (La vie de ma mère). The album features the film’s original music composed by Dom La Nena. Also included is the song Me lo dijo una flor written by La Nena and performed by lead actress Agnès Jaoui (listen to the track after the jump). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. This Is My Mother is co-written and directed by Julien Carpentier and also stars William Lebghil, Salif Cissé and Alison Wheeler. The movie follows a successful 33-year-old florist whose life is turned upside down when his biopolar mother who recently escaped from a clinic and whom he hasn’t seen for two years, reappears. Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Is My Mother’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dom La Nena, Julien Carpentier, La vie de ma mère, score, Soundtrack, This Is My Mother
David Michael Frank’s ‘A Will of Their Own’ & ‘About Sarah’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Will of Their Own, About Sarah, CBS, David Michael Frank, NBC, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of two scores composed by David Michael Frank (Above the Law, Code of Silence, Poison Ivy, Extreme Justice, The Mole). The album includes the composer’s music from the 1998 NBC mini-series A Will of Their Own directed by Karen Arthur and starring Lea Thompson, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway & Thomas Gibson, as well as his score for the 1998 CBS television movie About Sarah co-written directed by Susan Rohrer and starring Kellie Martin, Mary Steenburgen & Diane Baker. The David Michael Frank Collection – Volume 3 is now available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. The soundtrack will also be available to stream on all major digital services in a couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hot Wheels Let’s Race’ Theme Song Released
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hot Wheels Let's Race, Netflix, Patrick Stump
Arts Music has released the theme song from the new Netflix original animated series Hot Wheels Let’s Race. The track is written by the show’s composer Patrick Stump (of Fall Out Boy) (Gnome Alone, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Merry Little Batman, Black Friday) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Hot Wheels Let’s Race is the developed by Rob David, Melanie Shannon & Jordan Gershowitz and follows six young hopefuls at the Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage Racing Camp as they learn the skills they need to become the next generation of amazing racers. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers to Score Chris Sanders’ ‘The Wild Robot’
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Sanders, Dreamworks Animation, Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Kris Bowers (King Richard, Green Book, Secret Invasion, Haunted Mansion, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Color Purple, Dear White People) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature The Wild Robot. The film is written and directed by Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, The Croods) and features the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Mark Hamill and Ving Rhames. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Peter Brown follows the journey of a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seize Them!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Curtis Vowell, Rael Jones, score, Seize Them!, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Seize Them! The album features the film’s original score composed by Rael Jones (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Harlots, Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Role Play, Kids in Love, The Salisbury Poisonings). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 3, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Seize Them! is directed by Curtis Vowell and stars Aimee Lou Wood, Lolly Adefope, Nicola Coughlan, John Macmillan, Paul Kaye, Jessica Hynes and Nick Frost. The movie follows an egotistical yet lonely monarch who – after her reign is toppled – is now a fugitive with a hefty bounty on her head and embarks on a quest to regain the throne as her new friends and wild adventures make her question the kind of Queen she wants to be. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid Scoring Showtime’s ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gentleman in Moscow, Federico Jusid, Showtime
Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, The English, Watership Down, Misconduct, The Head, Life Itself, Loving Pablo) is the composer of the upcoming Showtime limited series A Gentleman in Moscow. The show is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Amor Towles and stars Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alexa Goodall, Fehinti Balogun, Johnny Harris, Leah Harvey, Paul Ready, Lyès Salem, John Heffernan, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Anastasia Hille, Dee Ahluwalisa, Daniel Cerqueira, Billie Gadsdon, Leah Balmforth and Beau Gadsdon. The 8-part drama follows Count Alexander Rostov who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boléro’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Fontaine, Boléro - Le mystère Ravel, Soundtrack
Warner Classics has released a soundtrack album for the French biographical drama Boléro (Boléro – Le mystère Ravel). The album features the music from the film written by Maurice Ravel, as well as pieces by Frédéric Chopin and Alexandre Tharaud. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Bolero is co-written and directed by Anne Fontaine and stars Raphael Personnaz, Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, Jeanne Balibar and Vincent Perez. The movie, which is set in the roaring 1920s, follows Russian choreographer/dancer Ida Rubinstein as she selects Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet and the explores the birth of the renowned titular composition. Read the rest of this entry »
Jérôme Rebotier to Score Matthieu Delaporte’s & Alexandre de La Patellière’s ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre de La Patellière, Jérôme Rebotier, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Matthieu Delaporte, The Count of Monte Cristo
Jérôme Rebotier (The Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite, Sahara, About Joan, The Best Is Yet to Come, What’s in a Name?) has been hired to score the upcoming French action adventure The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo). The film is written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de La Patellière (who recently wrote the screenplay for last year’s French language 2-part adaptation of The Three Musketeers) and stars Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte and Anamaria Vartolomei. The movie based on the classic novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantès who – after spending fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If for a crime he didn’t commit – manages a daring escape and assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to exact his revenge on the three men who betrayed him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stuck Together’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 8 Rue de l’Humanité, Alexandre Lecluyse, Dany Boon, Netflix, score, Soundrack, Stuck Together
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s French original film Stuck Together (8 Rue de l’Humanité). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Alexandre Lecluyse (Life for Real, Debout les femmes!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s overture and title tracks below. Stuck Together is co-written and directed by Dany Boon and stars Boon himself, François Damiens, Yvan Attal, Laurence Arné, Alison Wheeler, Tom Leeb, Liliane Rovère,Jorge Calvo and Milo Machado-Graner. The comedy is set in Paris as the city goes into lockdown during the pandemic and follows a group of quirky residents of an apartment building as they must adjust to a new life. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Album for ‘Goliath Awaits’ Announced
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: George Duning, Goliath Awaits, Kevin Connor, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1981 miniseries Goliath Awaits directed by Kevin Connor, written by Hugh Benson, Richard M. Bluel & Pat Fielder and starring Mark Harmon, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert, Robert Forster, John Carradine, Alex Cord, Frank Gorshin and Jean Marsh. The album features the original music from the 2-part sci-fi adventure thriller composed by George Duning (3:10 to Yuma, Picnic, Cowboy, The Devil at 4 O’Clock, The World of Suzie Wong). The soundtrack is now available to order as a CD-R version on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
