Max Richter (The Leftovers, Ad Astra, Hostiles, Mary Queen of Scots, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Spaceman) and Jon Opstad (Black Mirror: White Bear & White Christmas, Bodies, The Woman in White, Safe House, We Hunt Together) have composed the original music for the new FX limited series The Veil. The show is created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Locke, Eastern Promises) and stars Elisabeth Moss, Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah and Josh Charles. The 6-part spy thriller centers on the relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. Read the rest of this entry »
FX’s ‘The Veil’ to Feature Music by Max Richter & Jon Opstad
Posted: April 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Jon Opstad, Max Richter, Steven Knight, The Veil
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Remastered ‘Uncommon Valor’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, score, Soundtrack, Ted Kotcheff, Uncommon Valor
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1983 action/war drama Uncommon Valor directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Randall “Tex” Cobb, Reb Brown, Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack, Harold Sylvester and Tim Thomerson. The album features the remastered (and slightly expanded) original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, The Land Before Time, A Beautiful Mind, The Mask of Zorro, Apollo 13, Field of Dreams), including around 10 minutes of alternate takes. The CD is limited to 1,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘See You in Another Life’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Abel Hernández, Disney Plus, Hulu, Nos vemos en otra vida, Olivier Arson, score, See You in Another Life, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Disney+/Hulu limited series See You in Another Life (Nos vemos en otra vida). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Olivier Arson (The Candidate, The Beasts, Madre, Riot Police, Piggy, The Zone) & Abel Hernández. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ first track (1993-2014) below. See You in Another Life is created by Jorge & Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo and stars Roberto Gutiérrez, Quim Ávila and Pol López as Emilio Trashorras. The 6-part crime drama adaptation of the book by Manuel Jabois based on the interview he conducted with Gabriel Montoya Vidal (“Baby”) about his link to the biggest jihadist attack committed on European soil on March 11, 2004. Read the rest of this entry »
BEKA’s Original Song ‘Forever’ from Apple TV+’s ‘Trying’ Season 4 Released
Posted: April 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, BEKA, Trying
LAB Records has released the first song from the fourth season of the Apple TV+ original series Trying. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Forever co-written (with Tobie Tripp) and performed by BEKA. Also listen to the full track after the jump. A soundtrack album featuring more songs by BEKA from Season 4 is expected to be released in a couple of weeks. Trying is created by Andy Wolton and stars Esther Smith, Rafe Spall, Scarlett Rayner, Sian Brooke, Darren Boyd and Cooper Turner. The new season takes place six years after events of Season 3 and follows Nikki & Jason who are now experienced adopters who have built a lovely little nuclear family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Auction’ (‘Le Tableau Volé’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexei Aigui, Auction, Le tableau volé, Pascal Bonitzer, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a soundtrack album for the French drama Auction (Le tableau volé). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexei Aigui (I Am Not Your Negro, The Truth, The Young Karl Marx, Wild Field, Exterminate All the Brutes, Silver Dollar Road). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 26 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A CD version, which also includes Aigui’s scores from Je pense à vous, Le Grand Alibi and Cherchez Hortense, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Auction is written and directed by Pascal Bonitzer and stars Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi, Arcadi Radeff, Louise Chevillotte, Laurence Côte and Matthieu Lucci. The movie follows a modern art appraiser who works for an auction house whose routine is unexpectedly disrupted by the discovery of a long-lost work by Egon Schiele. Read the rest of this entry »
Brittany Howard’s Original Song ‘Fire Inside’ from Netflix’s ‘Thelma the Unicorn’ Released
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brittany Howard, Jared Hess, Lynn Wang, Netflix, Thelma the Unicorn
Island Records has released the first song from the Netflix original animated film Thelma the Unicorn. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Fire Inside written by Theo Katzman & Louis Cato, produced by Mike Elizondo and performed by Brittany Howard who also stars in the title role. The movie’s composer John Powell provided the orchestral arrangement. Listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released on May 17. Thelma the Unicorn is directed by Jared Hess & Lynn Wang and also features the voices of Will Forte and Jemaine Clement. Read the rest of this entry »
Chanda Dancy Scoring Zoë Kravitz’s ‘Blink Twice’
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blink Twice, Chanda Dancy, Zoë Kravitz
Chanda Dancy (Devotion, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated, Aftershock) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller Blink Twice. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Zoë Kravitz and stars Naomie Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Christian Slater, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis. The movie follows a young and clever cocktail waitress who skillfully maneuvers her way into a tech billionaire’s inner circle and ultimately an intimate gathering on his private island, where strange things start to happen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Wamester, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two, Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the DC animated movie Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Cabin Fever, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, The Night Crew, Justice Society: World War II). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 23 by Gardener Recordings (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Check out the composer’s opening titles track below. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Part One this past January. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two is directed by Jeff Wamester and stars Jensen Ackles (as Batman/Bruce Wayne), Darren Criss (as Superman & Earth-2 Superman), Meg Donnelly (as Supergirl & Harbinger) and Stana Katic (as Wonder Woman & Superwoman). The Warner Bros. Animation production based on DC’s comic book limited series of the same title by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez is the second of three parts and marks the beginning of the end to the Tomorrowverse story. Read the rest of this entry »
Academy Announces Updates Rules in Original Score Category
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved rules and campaign regulations for the 97th Academy Awards, including two changes in the Original Score category. The new rules state that “three composers will be allowed to receive individual statuettes if, in rare circumstances, they all contributed fully to the score. Previously, three composers were required to submit as a group. The rules now clarify the definition of a group as a recognized band. The shortlist will increase from 15 to 20 titles”. Visit Oscars.org for the full list of rules and regulations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brigands: The Quest for Gold’ (‘Briganti’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brigands: The Quest for Gold, Briganti, Michele Braga, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original series Brigands: The Quest for Gold (Briganti). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Michele Braga (Dogman, Rose Island, Freaks Out, Strangeness, Shadows, Blessed Madness). Also included is the song Brigante se more performed by Raiz. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to Braga’s score title track and the song after the jump. Brigands: The Quest for Gold is created by GRAMS and stars Michela De Rossi, Ivana Lotito, Matilda Lutz, Marlon Joubert, Pietro Micci, Orlando Cinque and Leon Faun. The period drama is set in the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, and follows a woman who escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt. Read the rest of this entry »
