Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Our Living World. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City, Stargirl, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Slumberland, Shotgun Wedding, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Life Blood) below. Our Living World is narrated by Cate Blanchett and explores the intelligence, resourcefulness and interconnectedness of life on our planet. The 4-parter produced and directed by Laura Coates, Kirstine Davidson, James Shelton & Peter Lown showcases the extraordinary creatures and ecosystems that work together to sustain Earth’s existence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Our Living World’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Our Living World, Pinar Toprak, score, Soundtrack
‘Vera and the Pleasure of Others’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Federico Actis, Romina Tamburello, score, Soundtrack, Vera y el placer de los otros
Pablo Crespo (Sadourni’s Butterflies, Una chica invisible) has released a soundtrack album for the Argentinian comedy drama Vera and the Pleasure of Others (Vera y el placer de los otros). The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Crespo’s title track below. Vera and the Pleasure of Others is directed by Romina Tamburello & Federico Actis and stars Luciana Grasso and Inés Estevez. The movie follows a 17-year old girl who divides her days between volleyball, school and renting out an empty flat to teenagers looking for a place to have sex while she discovers her own sexual desires as she listens to other people’s pleasure. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All You Need Is Death’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All You Need Is Death, Ian Lynch, Paul Duane, score, Soundtrack
Invada Records will release a soundtrack album for the Irish folk horror feature All You Need Is Death. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ian Lynch (of the Irish folk music group Lankum). Also included is the song Old God Rising written by Lynch and performed by Malthusian. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 11 and is will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first score track (Hung by Wire) and the song below. All You Need Is Death is written and directed by Paul Duane and stars Simone Collins, Olwen Fouéré and Gary Whelan. The movie follows a a young couple who records and collects folk songs in rural Ireland and find themselves in an uneasy alliance with a music professor to discover an ancient song, a song that may end up unlocking some dark truth from the past. Read the rest of this entry »
Pharrell Williams to Return as Songwriter for ‘Despicable Me 4’
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chris Renaud, Despicable Me 4, Illumination Entertainment, Pharrell Williams
Universal Pictures confirmed today at this year’s Cinema-Con in Las Vegas that Pharrell Williams is returning to write original songs for the animated sequel Despicable Me 4. The singer/songwriter has previously contributed songs for the first three installments in the series. As previously reported, Heitor Pereira is composing the score for the movie directed by Chris Renaud and starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Renaud himself, Chloe Fineman, Steve Coogan, Dana Gaier and Madison Polan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wes Is Dying’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Koda, Parker Seaman, score, Soundtrack, VAAAL, Wes Is Dying
Zombi Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Wes Is Dying. The album features the film’s original music composed by VAAAL (A Wounded Fawn) & Koda. Visit Apple Music/iTunes or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composers’ first track (Nostalgia) below. Wes Is Dying is co-written and directed by Parker Seaman and stars Devin Das, Seaman himself, Wes Schlagenhauf, Aparna Nancherla, D’Arcy Carden and Mark Duplass. The movie follows two filmmakers who – after finding out their best friend is dying – realize they can use this opportunity to make an award-winning documentary that will finally help them make it big in Hollywood. Read the rest of this entry »
Nitin Sawhney Scoring Disneynature’s ‘Tiger’
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Disneynature, Mark Linfield, Nitin Sawhney, Tiger
Nitin Sawhney (The Namesake, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Breathe, Lila Says, Traitors, A Girl from Mogadishu) has composed the original music for the new Disneynature documentary Tiger. The film is directed by Mark Linfield (Penguins, Monkey Kingdom), co-directed by Vanessa Berlowitz (Elephant, Queens) & Rob Sullivan and lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal. The movie narrated by Priyanka Chopra Jonas follows Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tree on a Hill’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC Wales, John Hardy Music, Pren ar y Bryn, score, Soundtrack, Tree on a Hill
John Hardy Music (Hidden, A Dark Place, Steel Country, Hinterland, Hegus) has released a soundtrack album for the BBC Wales original comedy drama Tree on a Hill (Pren ar y Bryn). The album features selections of the composer collective’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the title theme (Cavalcade of Chaos) after the jump. Tree on a Hill is created by Ed Thomas and stars Rhodri Meilir, Nia Roberts, Richard Harrington, Richard Lynch, Hannah Daniel, Suzanne Packer, Rhodri Evan, William Thomas, Steffan Cennydd and Jacob Ifan. The 6-parter is set in the Welsh hinterland and revolves around an ordinary couple who find themselves at the center of a mystery and on the wrong side of the law. Read the rest of this entry »
Sebastián Lelio’s ‘The Wave’ to Feature Music by Matthew Herbert, Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno, Javiera Parra & Others
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: La Ola, Matthew Herbert, Sebastian Lelio, The Wave
Matthew Herbert (The Beast Must Die, The Responder,The Cave, Port Authority, Temple) has teamed up with seventeen female Chilean musicians, including Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno & Javiera Parra to create the original composition for the upcoming musical drama The Wave (La Ola). The film is directed by Sebastián Lelio and stars Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés. The movie is inspired by the wave of “feminist May” mass protests that swept Chile in the spring of 2018 and follows a music student who gets involved in the growing movement on her university campus and revisits her own experiences of mistreatment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Meet the Leroys’ (‘Nous, les Leroy’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Rault, Florent Bernard, Nous les Leroy, score, Soundtrack, Theo Bernard
Nolita Cinema has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Meet the Leroys (Nous, les Leroy). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexis Rault (The Swallows of Kabul, Being 17, Ladies, Memories, Golden Years) and Theo Bernard. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Bernard’s title track after the jump. Available separately as a digital single is the original song L’histoire est belle co-written by Bernard and performed by Maxence. Meet the Leroys is written and directed by Florent Bernard and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, José Garcia, Lily Aubry and Hadrien Heaulmé. The movie follows a man facing divorce after years of neglecting his family facing divorce as he tries to rekindle his wife’s affections by taking her and their teens on a road trip down memory lane. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have recently completed their score for the upcoming sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck. The film is written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jacob Tremblay. The movie is based on the novella of the same title by Stephen King and examines the existence of the title character in reverse, beginning with his death at age 39 from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a haunted house. Read the rest of this entry »
