La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1971 James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean and Bruce Cabot. The 55th Anniversary Edition album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed, arranged and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Body Heat), including previously unreleased music, as well as alternate tracks and additional source cues. Also included is Shirley Bassey’s title song written by Barry and lyricist Don Black. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 5,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Pino Donaggio Scoring Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’
Posted: March 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pino Donaggio
Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Body Double, Dressed to Kill, The Howling, Blow Out, Seed of Chucky) has recently scored the upcoming thriller Her Private Hell. The film is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon) and stars Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Diego Calva, Kristine Froseth, Shioli Kutsuna, Aoi Yamada and Hidetoshi Nishijima. No plot details have been announced yet for the movie, which was shot and takes place in Tokyo. Refn also co-wrote the screenplay with Esti Giordani and is also producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘If It’s Tuesday, It’s Murder’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Federico Jusid, Hulu, If It's Tuesday It's Murder, score, Si es martes es asesinato, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Spanish Disney+/Hulu original series If It’s Tuesday, It’s Murder (Si es martes, es asesinato). The 4-track EP features selections of the show’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The English, The Night Manager, A Thousand Blows, The Secret in Their Eyes, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Penguin Lessons, Misconduct, The Head). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title tracks below. If It’s Tuesday, It’s Murdre is created by Carlos Vila and stars Álex García, Inma Cuesta, Pedro Casablanc, Ana Wagener and Biel Montoro. The murder mystery follows an eclectic group of Spanish tourists on a planned trip, a once-grand hotel crumbling into ruins, when a handful of dark secrets converge during a week-long holiday in Lisbon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jacob Schwarz, Jonathan Keith, score, Soundtrack, Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the historical action epic Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Keith (Jane and Emma, Green Lake). The soundtrack will be released on April 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also listen to a preview of the score after the jump. Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror is directed by Jacob Schwarz and stars Christian Mortensen, Mahesh Jadu and Yulduz Rajabova. The movie takes place after the Mongol Empire plunged Central Asia into chaos in the 14th century and tells the story of Timur Barlas, a battle-scarred ruler who brought order to a fractured land. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spilt Milk’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Durnin, score, Scott Twynholm, Soundtrack, Spilt Milk
Carrel Records has released a soundtrack album for the Irish coming-of-age drama Spilt Milk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Scott Twynholm (The Secret of Me, Ride the Wave, Bill Douglas – My Best Friend, Make It to Munich). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Spilt Milk is directed by Brian Durnin and stars Cillian Sullivan, Naoise Kelly, Danielle Galligan, Laurence O’Fuarain, Pom Boyd and Lewis Brophy. The movie tells the story of an 11-year old boy who dreams of becoming a great detective like his TV hero Kojak and sets up his own private-investigation enterprise with his best friend to embark on a quest to find his friend’s older brother. Read the rest of this entry »
Cal Brunker’s ‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’ to Feature Score by Pinar Toprak and Song by Backstreet Boys
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Backstreet Boys, Cal Brunker, PAW Patrol, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, Pinar Toprak
Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City, Stargirl, Shotgun Wedding, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Loney Planet, Family Switch, Slumberland) is returning to score the upcoming animated sequel Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie. The Backstreet Boys have contributed a new song (entitled Bottle Up) to the film, which is directed by Cal Brunker (Escape from Planet Earth) and features the voices of Carter Young, Mckenna Grace, Terry Crews, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Hudson, Ron Pardo, Hayden Chemberlen, Jameela Jamil, Fortune Feimster, Rain Janjua, Paris Hilton, Bill Nye, Henry Bolan, Lucien Duncan-Reid, Nylan Parthipan, William Desrosiers and Snoop Dogg. The movie follows the title characters as they crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs, where they meet a pup who has been stranded on the island for years and has become an expert in all things dino-related. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Me and My Sister’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Leclère, Les sœurs fâchées, Me and My Sister, Philippe Sarde, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2004 French comedy drama Me and My Sister (Les Sœurs fâchées) written and directed by Alexandra Leclère and starring Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Frot, Brigitte Catillon, François Berléand, Michel Vuillermoz, Christiane Millet, Rose Thiéry, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Bruno Chiche and Aurore Auteuil. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award Award nominee Philippe Sarde (The Tenant, Tess, Lord of the Flies, Ghost Story, Quest for Fire, Pirates, Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, Barocco). 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 after the jump. Universal Music has previously released the original 2004 soundtrack, which features the score, as well as the song Rue de Jollières performed by Huppert & Frot on CD. Read the rest of this entry »
David Shire’s Unused ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Lowell Rich, David Shire, George Roy Hill, Kramer vs. Kramer, Robert Benton, score, Soundtrack, The Defection of Simas Kudirka, The World According to Garp
Caldera Records has announced the premiere release of the unused score from the 1979 legal drama Kramer vs. Kramer written and directed by Robert Benton and starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Jane Alexander. The CD features music written for the Academy Award-winning film by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Return to Oz, All the President’s Men, Zodiac, Short Circuit). Also included is the composer’s Emmy Award-nominated score from the 1978 television movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka written by Bruce Feldman, directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Alan Arkin, as well as twenty minutes of his music from the 1982 comedy drama The World According to Garp directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robin Williams. Read the rest of this entry »
Fernando Velazquez Scoring Renny Harlin’s ‘Deep Water’
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deep Water, Fernando Velazquez, Renny Harlin
Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, Hercules, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Devil) has composed the original music for the upcoming shark thriller Deep Water. The film is directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and stars Aaron Eckhart, Angus Sampson, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Barrett and Molly Belle Wright. The movie follows a group of international passengers en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai who are forced to make an emergency landing and soon discover they’re not alone and they must survive the shark infested waters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whatever It Takes’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ceux qui comptent, Fred Avril, Jean-Baptiste Leonetti, Pierre Lottin, score, Soundtrack, Whatever It Takes
Milan Records has released a soundtrack EP for the French comedy drama Whatever It Takes (Ceux qui comptent). The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Just the Three of Us, Mars Express, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man) and lead actor Pierre Lottin. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the score below. Whatever It Takes is written and directed by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti and also stars Sandrine Kiberlain, Louise Labèque, Alexis Rosenstiehl and Alma Ngoc. The movie follows a stubborn single man in his thirties who has shut himself off from the world, when hen he meets and forms an unlikely relationship with a mother of three kids. Read the rest of this entry »
