Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Full Swing. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Jeff Garber (Virgin River, Nancy Drew, The Company You Keep, No Sleep ‘Til Christmas). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to several tracks from the composer’s score below. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring H. Scott Salinas’ score from Season 1 last year. Full Swing is executive produced by Vox Media Studios’ Chad Mumm & Mark W. Olsen & Box to Box Films’ Paul Martin, James Gay-Rees & Warren Smith and follows a diverse group of professional golfers – both returning favorites and new faces – on and off the course across a relentless season of competition on the PGA TOUR. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Full Swing’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Full Swing, Jeff Garber, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 1, 2024)
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dontae Winslow, Dune: Part Two, Hans Zimmer, Outlaw Posse, Problemista, Robert Ouyang Rusli
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Christopher Walken, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux and Javier Bardem. The film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar, The Last Samurai). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Opening in Los Angeles and New York today before expanding to more markets in the coming weeks is the comedy Problemista written and directed by Julio Torres and starring Torres himself, Tilda Swinton, Greta Lee, RZA, James Scully, Isabella Rossellini and Catalina Saavedra. Robert Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Test Pattern, Bruiser) has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on March 15. Check out our soundtrack announcement from last summer (when the movie was originally set to be released) for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
Lykke Li’s ‘Ring of Fire’ Cover from Netflix Film ‘Damsel’ Released
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damsel, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Lykke Li, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the cover version of Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire from the Netflix original film Damsel. The track is produced (with Andrew Sarlo) and performed by Lykke Li is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring David Fleming’s original score from the movie will be coming out next week. Damsel is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright,Shohreh Aghdashloo, Nick Robinson, Brooke Carter and Ray Winstone, . Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Harold Faltermeyer’s ‘Top Gun’ Score Announced
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harold Faltermeyer, score, Soundtrack, Tony Scott, Top Gun
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 action classic Top Gun directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt. The 2-CD set features the world premiere release of the film’s original score composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, The Running Man, Thief of Hearts, Cop Out, Tango & Cash) on the first disc, and the songs from the movie, including Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone and Berlin’s Academy Award-winning Take My Breath Away, on the second disc. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Columbia Records has previously released the original 1986 soundtrack album and an expanded version in 1999 featuring the songs and two tracks from Faltermeyer’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Predators’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, Nimrod Antal, Predators, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 2010 sci-fi horror movie Predators directed by Nimrod Antal and starring Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins and Laurence Fishburne. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Elf, Hocus Pocus, Bruce Almighty). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. La-La Land Records has previously released a CD version when the movie opened in theaters in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Burnett Scoring Renny Harlin’s ‘The Strangers’ Trilogy
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Justin Burnett, Renny Harlin, The Strangers, The Strangers: Chapter 1, The Strangers: Chapter 2, The Strangers: Chapter 3
Justin Burnett (9-1-1: Lone Star, Java Heat, Unit 13) is the composer of the upcoming horror trilogy The Strangers. The feature films series based on Bryan Bertino’s 2008 movie of the same title is directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and stars Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Rachel Shenton, Gabriel Basso, Richard Brake, Ema Horvath and Ella Bruccoleri. The first installment follows a young couple who are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin in an eerie small town after their car breaks down, when they they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EP for Netflix’s ‘Furies’ Released
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Furies, Guillaume Roussel, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack EP for the French Netflix original series Furies. The 6-track EP features selections of the show’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, 3 Days to Kill, Expend4bles, Lift, The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan & Milday, The Spy, Happy!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s main title track below. Furies is created by Jean-Yves Arnaud & Yoann Legave and stars Lina El Arabi, Marina Foïs, Mathieu Kassovitz, Steve Tientcheu, Jeremy Nadeau and Sandor Funtek. The crime drama follows a young woman seeking to avenge her father’s death who becomes entangled in the web of the Fury, peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Queen’ (‘Reina Roja’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Red Queen, Reine Roja, score, Soundtrack, Victor Reyes
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original series Red Queen (Reina Roja). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Victor Reyes (The Night Manager, Buried, Red Lights, Grand Piano, Perfect Strangers, Down a Dark Hall). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main titles and end credits tracks below. Red Queen is written by Amaya Muruzábal & Salvador Perpiñá based on the first book in Juan Gómez-Jurado’s hit trilogy and stars Vicky Luengo, Hovik Keuchkerian, Andrea Trepat, Nacho Fresneda, Celia Freijeiro, Karmele Larrinaga and Vicenta N’Dongo. Read the rest of this entry »
Samara Joy’s Original Song ‘Why I’m Here’ from John Ridley’s ‘Shirley’ Released
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Ridley, Netflix, PJ Morton, Samara Joy, Shirley
Verve Records has released the original song Why I’m Here from the Netflix original film Shirley. The track is co-written (with PJ Morton) and performed by Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Samara Joy and is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Tamar-kali’s original score from the movie will be released next month. Shirley is written and directed by John Ridley and stars Regina King (in the title role of politician Shirley Chisholm), Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, André Holland, Christina Jackson, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Michael Cherrie. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Queens’ to Be Released
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Morgan Kibby, National Geographic, Queens, score, Soundtrack
The details of the full soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Queens have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (The Watcher, Mothering Sunday, The Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Wilderness, Tales of the Walking Dead). Also included is Alewya’s main title song Umi, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Queens is narrated by Angela Bassett and leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead. Read the rest of this entry »