Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the teen comedy Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Fitzpatrick (The Larry Sanders Show, The Players Club, Nuns on the Run). Also included are songs by American Authors, Iggy Azalea, Miss Amani, MJ Ultra and Chandelle. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack is directed by Robert Adetuyi and stars Vivica A. Fox, Cristine Prosperi, Jordan Rodrigues, Sophie Vavasseur and Gia Ré. Read the rest of this entry »

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Leap! directed by Éric Summer & Éric Warin and starring Elle Fanning, Nat Wolff, Maddie Ziegler, Mel Brooks, Kate McKinnon & Carly Rae Jepsen. The film’s original score is composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlThe Time Machine, The Recruit). Gaumont has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as original songs by Christopher Braide. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the biographical drama Birth of the Dragon directed by George Nolfi and starring Phillip Ng, Yu Xia, Jin Xing, Qu JingJing, Ron Yuan and Billy Magnussen. H. Scott Salinas (Cartel LandThe Ivory Game) and Reza Safinia (Filly BrownThe Trust) have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

ABC Australia will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Ali’s Wedding. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nigel Westlake (Babe, Babe: Pig in the CityMiss PotterPaper Planes) and performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released on September 1, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ali’s Wedding is directed by Jeffrey Walker and stars Osamah Sami, Helana Sawires, Don Hany, Rodney Afif, Robert Rabiah, Majid Shokor, Rahel Romahn, Frances Duca, Ryan Corr and Maha Wilson. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie psychological thriller Buster’s Mal Heart. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mister Squinter. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Buster’s Mal Heart is written and directed by Sarah Adina Smith and stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls and Kate Lyn Sheil. The movie follows a mountain man who squats in empty vacation homes while on the run from the authorities. Read the rest of this entry »

The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouja: Origin of EvilLife of Crime) have been hired to score the second season of the BBC America original series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. The show is developed by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) and stars Samuel Barnett, Elijah Wood, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete, Mpho Koaho, Fiona Dourif, Michael Eklund, Osric Chau and Dustin Milligan. The comedic thriller is based on Douglas Adams’ novel of the same title and follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd, as they wend their way through one big, seemingly insane mystery. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Ingrid Goes West’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: August 25, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Ingrid Goes West. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Can, Islands, Stacy Lattisaw, Shura, Tenor Saw, Soul Swingers,  Jimmy Wakely, Animotion, K-Ci & JoJo and Bobby Oroza. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes. Ingrid Goes West is co-written and directed by Matt Spicer and stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell and Billy Magnussen. The movie follows a young woman who becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life.  Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the crime comedy 68 Kill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Ghost Stories) & James Griffiths. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. 68 Kill is written and directed by Trent Haaga and stars Matthew Gray Gubler, AnnaLynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson and James Moses Black. Read the rest of this entry »

Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album for Danny Strong’s drama Rebel in the Rye. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Colossal, Outlander). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 8, 2017 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Rebel in the Rye is written and directed by Strong and stars Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Zoey Deutch, Hope Davis and Victor Garber. The movie centers on the life and mind of reclusive author J.D. Salinger and goes from the bloody front lines of World War II to his early rejections and the PTSD-fueled writer’s block that led to his iconic novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Records will release the original song Stand Up for Something from the upcoming drama Marshall. The track is written by Diane Warren and Common and is performed by Andra Day feat. Common. The song will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available download on Amazon. Warren has previously written numerous songs for movies and received Academy Award nominations for such hit songs as Because You Loved Me from Up Close & PersonalI Don’t Want to Miss a Thing from ArmageddonHow Do I Live from Con Air and Til it Happens to You from The Hunting Ground, among others. Common received an Academy Award for the song Glory from Ava DuVernay’s SelmaRead the rest of this entry »

‘It’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: August 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s It. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Annabelle: CreationHidden Figures, Blade Runner 2049A Cure for Wellness). The soundtrack will be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on September 8, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl version is set to be released on October 27 and is available for pre-order here. Check out two tracks after the jump. It is directed by Andrés Muschietti and stars Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton and Bill Skarsgård.  Read the rest of this entry »