Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Ari Aster’s horror movie Midsommar. The album features the film’s original score composed by Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Triple 9, Seven Seconds, Shooter). The soundtrack will be released on July 5, 2019. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to download the album. Midsommar is written and directed by Aster (Hereditary) and stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgran, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia and Will Poulter. The movie centers on a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart who go a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Midsommar’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ari Aster, Bobby Krlic, Midsommar, score, Soundtrack, The Haxan Cloak
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Nima Fakhrara Scoring Matt Eskandari’s ‘Trauma Center’
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matt Eskandari, Nima Fakhrara, Trauma Center
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Detroit: Become Human, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Crypto) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming dramatic thriller Trauma Center. The film is directed by Matt Eskandari (Victim, Game of Assassins) and stars Bruce Willis, Nicky Whelan, Steve Guttenberg and Catherine Davis. The movie follows a veteran policeman assigned to protect a former paramedic in the hospital who must fight to stay alive when the two corrupt cops she witnessed in a deadly crossfire come to hunt her down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chasing the Dragon, Chasing The Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch, Day Tai, score, Soundtrack
WM China has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese action drama Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Day Tai (Project Gutenberg, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Chasing The Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch is directed by Wong Jing & Jason Kwan and stars Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Lam Ka Tung, Sabrina Qiu and Simon Yam. The movie is based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s and centers on the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong’s elite. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann to Score Disney+’s ‘High School Musical: The Musical’ Series
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Gabriel Mann, High School Musical, High School Musical: The Musical
Gabriel Mann is composing the original score for the upcoming Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical. The show is developed by Tim Federle (Ferdinand) based on Disney Channel’s High School Musical movies and stars Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Kate Reinders, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Dara Renee, Julia Lester, Frankie Rodriguez, Larry Saperstein and Mark St. Cyr. The series picks up nearly 15 years after the original movie aired and follows a group of students as they count down to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of High School Musical. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Heckler’s ‘Burden’ to Feature Original Song by Chris Stapleton
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Heckler, Burden, Chris Stapleton
101 Studios has announced today that Chris Stapleton has contributed an original song for the drama Burden. The track, entitled Burden, will be featured in the movie written and directed by Andrew Heckler and starring Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Crystal Fox and Usher. The film tells the story of an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon – and walked away from all of it with the help of a new love and an unlikely ally. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Reitzell to Score Natalie Erika James’ ‘Relic’
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Reitzell, Natalie Erika James, Relic
Brian Reitzell (Hannibal, Friday Night Lights, 30 Days of Night, Stranger Than Fiction, Beginners) has been hired to score the upcoming horror drama Relic. The film is directed by Natalie Erika James and stars Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote. The movie centers on three women – a daughter, mother and grandmother – who are haunted by a manifestation of aged dementia that takes over their family home. James also co-wrote the screenplay with Christian White. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Daughter of the Wolf’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daughter of the Wolf, David Hackl, Jeff Toyne, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller Daughter of the Wolf. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Toyne (Rogue, Dirty Girl, 9/11, You Me Her, Life on the Line, Hit the Road). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Daughter of the Wolf is directed by David Hackl and stars Gina Carano, Brendan Fehr, Richard Dreyfuss, Anton Gillis-Adelman and Sydelle Noel. The movie revolves around a military specialist who returns from the Middle East following the death of her father – only to find that her son has been kidnapped. Read the rest of this entry »
Santigold to Compose Music for Dee Rees’ ‘The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies’
Posted: June 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dee Rees, Santigold, The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies
Deadline is reporting that singer/songwriter Santigold is set to compose the music for the upcoming musical fantasy The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies. The film is directed by Dee Rees (Mudbound, Pariah, Bessie) and centers on “a young musician who catapults herself from the anonymity of her hometown of Same Ol’, Same Ol’ to the bright lights and plastic sights of the fabled It City, in search of stardom”. Rees is also writing the screenplay and Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy, Elvis & Nixon) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stray’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Sill, score, Soundtrack, Stray, Trevor Doherty
1/X has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Stray. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trevor Doherty. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Stray is directed by Joe Sill and stars Christine Woods, Karen Fukuhara and Miyavi. The movie follows an orphaned teenager who teams up with the detective investigating her mother’s murder and soon discovers a supernatural force threatening the city. The thriller was released in select theaters and on VOD this past March by Screen Media Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s ‘The Current War’
Posted: June 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, The Current War
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) have composed a new score for the drama The Current War. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfayden and Tom Holland. The movie is set in the late 1880s and centers on power titans Thomas Edison’s and George Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Read the rest of this entry »
