Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Peacock limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Scott Bomar (Dolemite Is My Name, Black Snake Moan, Hustle & Flow, Mississippi Grind, Here Comes Rusty). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track below. The label has previously released Bomar’s main title theme as a digital single last month. Fight Night is created by Shaye Ogbonna and stars Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson and Don Cheadle. The 8-parter tells the infamous story of how an armed robbery at Muhammad Ali’s after-party after his 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Peacock, score, Scott Bomar, Soundtrack
Terrace Martin Scoring Rob Edwards’ ‘Sneaks’
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mustards, Rob Edwards, Sneaks, Terrace Martin
Rapper, music producer and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin is making his feature scoring debut on the upcoming animated movie Sneaks. The film is directed by Rob Edwards (screenwriter of The Princess and the Frog & Treasure Planet) and features the voices of Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Laurence Fishburne, Chloe Bailey, Mustard, Macy Gray, Roddy Ricch, Ella Mai,Swae Lee, Quavo and Chris Paul. The animated comedy follows a pair of one-of-a-kind, collector sneakers who get stolen by ‘the Collector’ and – in their attempt to escape – get separated in the middle of New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beyond Goodbye’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aska Matsumiya, Beyond Goodbye, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original series Beyond Goodbye. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Aska Matsumiya (After Yang, Bruised, Skate Kitchen, Betty, I’m Your Woman, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Selah and the Spades). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Forbidden Love) from the composer’s score after the jump. Beyond Goodbye is written by Yoshikazu Okada, directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki and stars Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Toma Ikuta, Eita Okuno, Yuri Nakamura, Ayumi Ito, Kanji Furutachi and Yoshiko Miyazaki. The romance drama follows a woman who – after losing the love of her life in an accident on the day he proposed to her – feels an inexplicable connection to a stranger who, by a twist of fate, received his heart and memories. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabella Summers to Score Ben Gregor’s ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Gregor, Isabella Summers, The Magic Faraway Tree
Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, KAOS, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Offer, Lisa Frankenstein, Physical) is set to score the upcoming British family fantasy adventure The Magic Faraway Tree. The film is directed by Ben Gregor (All Stars) and stars Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jennifer Saunders, Jessica Gunning, Delilah Bennett-Cardy, Phoenix Laroche, Billie Gadsdon and Rebecca Ferguson.The movie is based on the Faraway Tree series of children’s novels by Enid Blyton and tells the story of a modern family relocating to the English countryside, where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric inhabitants and are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mixed by Erry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michele Braga, Mixed by Erry, Netflix, score, Soundrack, Sydney Sibilia
Warner Music Italy has released a soundtrack album for the Italian comedy Mixed by Erry. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michele Braga (Dogman, Rose Island, Briganti: The Quest for Gold, Freaks Out, Shadows, Strangeness, Blessed Madness). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Netflix Music has previously released a digital single featuring two songs by SJae from the movie last year. Mixed by Erry is directed by Sydney Sibilia and stars Luigi D’Oriano, Giuseppe Arena, Emanuele Palumbo, Francesco Di Leva, Cristiana Dell’anna, Adriano Pantaleo, Chiara Celotto, Greta Esposito and Fabrizio Gifuni. Read the rest of this entry »
West Dylan Thordson & Kat Vokes Scoring Matty Brown’s ‘The Sand Castle’
Posted: November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kat Vokes, Matty Brown, The Sand Castle, West Dylan Thordson
West Dylan Thordson (Split, Glass, Unsolved Mysteries, Foxcatcher, Joy) has teamed up with Kat Vokes to score the upcoming Netflix original film The Sand Castle. The movie is directed by Matty Brown and stars Nadine Labaki, Zain & Reman Al Rafeea and Ziad Bakri. The thriller revolves around an Arabic family of four who get stuck on a seemingly idyllic island, where they begin to uncover dark secrets that they struggle to keep from their youngest. Brown also co-wrote the screenplay with Yassmina Karajah and Hend Fakhroo. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Penguin’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Mick Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, The Batman, The Penguin
WaterTower Music has released the full soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Penguin. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mick Giacchino (The Muppets Mayhem, Extinct, Zootopia+, That Dirty Black Bag, Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow). Also included are two songs performed by Shayna Steele. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. The label has previously released Giacchino’s main theme as a digital single in September. The Penguin is developed by Lauren LeFranc and stars Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Scott Cohen, James Madio, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Theo Rossi and Carmen Ejogo. The 8-parter is set after the events of Matt Reeves’ 2022 feature The Batman and follows ruthlessly ambitious gangster Oz Cobb who – following the death of Carmine Falcone – sees an opportunity to fill the power vacuum and make his own mark in Gotham’s criminal underworld. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 10, 2024)
Posted: November 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Amazon, Ari Posner, Cross, FX, Hot Frosty, Netflix, Peacock, Say Nothing, Sion Trefer, The Day of the Jackal, Volker Bertelmann
Premiering on Wednesday, November 13, is the Netflix original film Hot Frosty directed by Jerry Ciccoritti and starring Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon Greer, Sherry Miller, Lauren Holly,Chrishell Stause, Dan Lett, Matthew Stefiuk, Heleene Lohan Cameron, Bobby Daniels, Sarah Desouza-Coelho, Allan Royal, Joe Lo Truglio and Craig Robinson. The movie’s original music is composed by Ari Posner ( Anne with an “E”, Flashpoint, Carter, The End of Sex, Johnny Test, Northern Rescue). Click here to learn more about the romantic fantasy comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Thursday, November 14, is the Prime Video original series Cross created by Ben Watkins based on James Patterson’s Alex Cross books and starring Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford and Ryan Eggold. Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Luke Cage, Sugar, Run This Town, Boogie, Reasonable Doubt, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the 8-thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
Celeste’s Opening Titles Song ‘This Is Who I Am from ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Released
Posted: November 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Celeste, Peacock, Sky, The Day of the Jackal
Polydor Records has released the original opening titles song This Is Who I Am from the Peacock/Sky original series The Day of the Jackal. The track written and performed by Celeste (and produced by Beach Noise) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video and the opening titles sequence after the jump. The Day of the Jackal is is developed by Ronan Bennett based on the novel of the same title by Frederick Forsyth and stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Richard Dormer, Úrsula Corberó, Lia Williams, Charles Dance, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill and Florisa Kamara. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Debbie Wiseman, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Wolf Hall, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC/PBS Masterpiece series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed and conducted by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Dickensian, Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Vampire Killers, Father Brown, Haunted, Flood) and performed by The Locrian Ensemble of London. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD) on December 13. The label has previously released an album featuring Wiseman’s score from the original 2015 Wolf Hall series. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is adapted for television by Peter Straughan and stars Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips, Harriet Walter, Lilit Lesser, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Timothy Spall, Harry Melling, Alex Jennings and Charlie Rowe. The 6-parter directed by Peter Kosminsky is based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy and tells the continuing story, post the execution of Anne Boleyn, of Thomas Cromwell and his complex relationship with Henry VIII. Read the rest of this entry »
