22D Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Queen’s Corgi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, A Wrinkle in Time, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 21 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Queen’s Corgi is directed by Ben Stassen & Vincent Kesteloot and features the voices of Jack Whitehall, Julie Walters, Ray Winstone, Sheridan Smith, Matt Lucas and Tom Courtenay. The movie follows the adventure of Rex, the British monarch’s most beloved dog, who loses track of his mistress and stumbles across a fight club with dogs of all kinds confronting each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘The Queen’s Corgi’ to Be Released
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Stassen, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, The Queen's Corgi
‘Annabelle Comes Home’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Annabelle, Annabelle Comes Home, Joseph Bishara, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror sequel Annabelle Comes Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, The Prodigy, Dark Skies) who previously scored the original 2014 Annabelle movie. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, June 21 and will be available to download on Amazon. Annabelle Comes Home is directed Gary Dauberman (who scripted the previous two Annabelle movies) and stars McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The James Wan-produced movie follows the daughter of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warre (from The Conjuring franchise) who is targeted alongside her two teen babysitters by the demonic doll after they bring it home into their artifact room. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Shirley & Ludwig Goransson to Score Kitao Sakurai’s ‘Bad Trip’
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Trip, Joseph Shirley, Ludwig Göransson
Joseph Shirley & Ludwig Goransson have been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Bad Trip. The film is directed by Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show) and stars Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish. The movie follows two best friends who go on a cross-country road trip full of inventive pranks, pulling its real-life audience into the mayhem. Andre co-wrote the screenplay with Sakurai and Dan Curry and is also producing the project with Jeff Tremaine (Jackass: The Movie, Bad Grandpa), Dave Bernad (Brad’s Status, Superstore) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Watts, Marvel, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, Spider-Man: Far from Home
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far from Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) who previously scored Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and Doctor Strange. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The CD version will be available for pre-order here within the next few days. Spider-Man: Far from Home is directed by Jon Watts and stars Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, JB Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Starr, Marisa Tomei and Jake Gyllenhaal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Tuba to Cuba’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Tuba to Cuba, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Soundtrack
Sub Pop Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary A Tuba to Cuba. The album features the music from the film performed by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Tuba to Cuba is directed by T.G. Herrington & Danny Clinch and follows New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Trolls Word Tour’ to Feature Original Score by Theodore Shapiro
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Theodore Shapiro, Trolls, Trolls Word Tour, Trolls World Tour
Theodore Shapiro (Ghostbusters, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Marley & Me) has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Trolls World Tour. The film is directed by Walt Dohrn (who co-directed the original 2016 Trolls movie) and stars Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, as well as Rachel Bloom, Ozzy Osbourne, James Corden, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Ron Funches and Kunal Nayyar. The movie follows Poppy and Branch as they discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Read the rest of this entry »
Branford Marsalis to Score George C. Wolfe’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix
Netflix has announced today that Branford Marsalis is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film is directed by George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues) and stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts. The film is based on the award-winning play by August Wilson (Fences) and centers on Ma Rainey, the “Queen of the Blues,” as she makes a record in a studio in Chicago, 1927, when tensions boil between her, her white agent and producer, and bandmates. 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
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 »
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 »