EuropaCorp will release the official soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s action thriller Anna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Serra (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, GoldenEye, La Femme Nikita, Lucy, The Big Blue). Also included is Beauty Freak’s song My Beauty. The soundtrack will be released overseas digitally next Wednesday, July 10 and physically a few days later. A domestic release is set for July 19 (click here to download the album). Anna is written and directed by Besson and stars Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy and Helen Mirren. The thriller is now playing in U.S. theaters and will open in other markets over the next few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Luc Besson’s ‘Anna’ to Be Released
Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna, Eric Serra, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS All Access, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the CBS All Access original series Star Trek: Discovery. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, The Act, Mile 22, Counterpart). Also included are three tracks from Russo’s score for Short Treks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is also in the works. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the series’ first season. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fighting with My Family’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fighting with My Family, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Merchant, Vik Sharma
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the comedy drama Fighting with My Family. The album features the film’s original music composed by Vik Sharma (Hello Ladies) who collaborated with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on his score. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 5 and will be available to download here. Universal-Island Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, as well as selections of Sharma’s score. Fighting with My Family is written and directed by Stephen Merchant and stars Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ to Feature Original Song by Kylie Minogue & The Vaccines
Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Kyle Minogue, The Vaccines
Kylie Minogue and the English indie rock band The Vaccines have collaborated on an original song for Aardman’s upcoming animated feature A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. The song, entitled Lazy, is also featured in the film’s latest trailer, which can be checked out after the jump. The movie directed by Will Becher & Richard Phelan follows Shaun and his flock after discovering a little alien with amazing powers who is stranded at the Mossy Bottom Farm, as they try and protect her from a sinister organization and attempt to send her home before an alien invasion. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Avengement’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avengement, Jesse V. Johnson, score, Sean Murray, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the action thriller Avengement. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Murray (Accident Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Deep Blue Sea 2). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Avengement is directed by Jesse V. Johnson and stars Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Nick Moran, Thomas Turgoose, Kierston Wareing and Louis Mandylor. The movie follows a lowly criminal who – while released on furlough from prison – evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Samurai Marathon’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Rose, Philip Glass, Samurai Marathon, Soundtrack
Orange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for the period action movie Samurai Marathon. The album features the film’s music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman, The Illusionist). The soundtrack is comprised of short excerpts of the composer’s music from Mishima, The Fog of War & Naqoyqatsi , movements from Symphonies 2, 3 and 8, Violin Concerto No. 1, as well as the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha. The pieces were newly recorded for the project with the City of Prague Philharmonic under the baton of Richard Hein. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19. A CD version is set to be released on August 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann to Score Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Old Guard’
Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Hauschka, Netflix, The Old Guard, Volker Bertelmann
Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) have signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original movie The Old Guard. The film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, Beyond the Lights) and stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Marwan Kenzari, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling and Veronica Ngo. The action fantasy movie is based on the comic book series of the same title created by author Greg Rucka (who also wrote the screenplay) and illustrator Leandro Fernández and tells the story of a small covert group of immortal mercenaries who must fight to keep their team together when they discover the existence of a new immortal and their extraordinary abilities are exposed. Read the rest of this entry »
Aloe Blacc’s Song ‘Getting Started’ from ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Released
Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aloe Blacc, Hobbs & Shaw, J.I.D.
Back Lot Music has released the new song Getting Started that will be featured in the upcoming Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw. The track is written by Kyle Williams and performed by Aloe Blacc feat. J.I.D. The song, which was selected to appear in the film during NBC’s songwriting competition series Songland, is now available to download on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Hobbs & Shaw directed by David Leitch and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby and Helen Mirren will be released in theaters nationwide on August 2 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley to Score Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’
Posted: July 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Kaufman, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Jay Wadley, Netflix
Jay Wadley has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things. The film is written and directed by Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa, Synecdoche, New York) and stars Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette and David Thewlis. The drama is based on Iain Reid’s best-selling novel of the same title and follows a man as he is going on a road trip to meet his parents on their secluded farm with his girlfriend and is thinking of terminating their relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer to Reteam with Cary Fukunaga on ‘Bond 25’
Posted: July 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bond 25, Cary Fukunaga, Dan Romer
Indiewire is reporting that composer Dan Romer is set to retam with director Dan Fukunaga (True Detective, Jane Eyre) on the next, currently untitled James Bond movie. Daniel Craig returns in the title role and is joined by Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright and Ana de Armas. The film follows Bond as he has left active service, when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
