River House Artists and Columbia Nashville have released the original song Let’s Just Be Friends from the animated sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2. The track, which is written by Jonathan Singleton & Jessi Alexander and performed by Luke Combs, is now available to download on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. The Angry Birds Movie 2 is directed by Thurop Van Orman and features the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Danny McBride, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage, Leslie Jones, Zach Woods, Bill Hader, Dove Cameron, Rachel Bloom Lil Rel Howery, Awkwafina, Beck Bennett, Sterling K. Brown, Nicki Minaj, Eugenio Derbez and Brooklynn Prince. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for Asif Kapadia’s feature documentary Diego Maradona. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War, McFarland, USA, Snitch, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) who has previously scored the filmmaker’s Senna and Amy. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Diego Maradona centers on the career of the celebrated football player who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s. The documentary premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been released in several markets over the last couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Interscope Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. The album features a selection of songs from the show’s third season, including new tracks by 5 Seconds of Summer, YUNGBLUD, Lauv feat. Anne-Marie, The Decemberist, Charli XCX, Daya & others. A first song Another Summer Night Without You by Alexander 23 is already available to download. Also included is a track by the drama’s composer Eskmo (Billions). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums for each previous season featuring the songs and score from Season 1 & 2. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records has released the official soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Descendants 3. The album features the songs from the third installment in the Descendants series performed by cast members Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, Cameron Boyce, Sarah Jefferey, Jadah Marie, Anna Cathcart, Dylan Playfair, China Anne McClain and Thomas Doherty. Also included is score suite written by the movie’s composer David Lawrence (American Pie, High School Musical). The soundtrack is now available digitally and physically on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »

Back Lot Music will release a score album for the action movie Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, 300, The Punisher, Watchmen). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 2 and will be available to download here. As previously reported, the label has already released a separate soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Hobbs & Shaw directed by David Leitch and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby and Helen Mirren is opening in theaters nationwide this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the drama Brian Banks. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Bruce Almighty). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 2 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Brian Banks is directed by Tom Shadyac and stars Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, Sherri Shepherd and Melanie Liburd. The movie tells the true story of the titular All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Read the rest of this entry »

Barrington Pheloung (1954 – 2019)

Posted: August 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Barrington Pheloung has passed away at age 65 at his home in Australia. The composer has scored numerous movies, TV shows and TV movies over a three-decade spanning career. Among his feature credits are Anand Tucker’s 1998 drama Hilary and Jackie and 2005’s Shopgirl, as well as Anthony Minghella’s 1990 film Truly Madly Deeply and Sharon Maguire’s 2008 thriller Incendiary. His television credits include such shows as Endeavour, which he has been scoring for the past seven years, Inspector Lewis and Inspector Morse. Read the rest of this entry »

WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Kitchen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bryce Dessner (The Revenant, The Two Popes). Also included is The Highwomen’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 2 and will be available to download here. The Kitchen is written and directed by Andrea Berloff and stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common and Bill Camp. The movie is based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment created by Ollie Masters & Ming Doyle and follows three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI and decide to take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands. Read the rest of this entry »

Nathan Barr (True BloodThe AmericansThe House with a Clock in Its WallsHostelCabin Fever) is currently scoring the upcoming thriller The Hunt. The film is directed by Craig Zobel (ComplianceZ for Zachariah) and stars Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, Ike Barinholtz and Amy Madigan. The movie follows a bunch of elites who gather for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport.  Damon Lindelof (LostPrometheus, The Leftovers) and Nick Cuse wrote the screenplay.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kathryn Bostic (Dear White PeopleClemencyMiddle of Nowhere). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 2 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is directed by directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and centers on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in select theaters last month by Magnolia Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »