The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin have been revealed. The album features all the songs from the movie, including new versions of the classic songs from the 1992 animated feature composed by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, as well as new songs by Menken featuring lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman). Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Menken. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 22 (click here to download) and physically this Friday, May 24 (visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Aladdin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, Guy Ritchie, Howard Ashman, Justin Paul, score, Soundtrack, Tim Rice
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Eric Serra to Score ‘Heart of Oak’
Posted: May 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Serra, Heart of Oak, Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux
Eric Serra (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, GoldenEye, La Femme Nikita, Lucy, The Big Blue) is set to compose the score for the upcoming documentary Heart of Oak. The film is directed by Laurent Charbonnier (Animals in Love) & Michel Seydoux (The Dance of Reality, The Sense of Wonder) and will explore the power and longevity of oak trees. The movie is produced by Winds and Camera One. Gaumont is set to release the documentary in French theaters in late 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Iron Orchard’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Duncan Thum, score, Soundtrack, The Iron Orchard, Ty Roberts
A soundtrack album has been released for the period drama The Iron Orchard. The album features the film’s original music composed by Duncan Thum (Chef’s Table, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On, The Wedding Invitation). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Iron Orchard is co-written and directed by Ty Roberts and stars Lane Garrison, Ali Cobrin, Austin Nichols and Lew Temple. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Tom Pendleton and tells the story of an unsophisticated and unskilled young man thrust into the brutal West Texas oilfields in the late 1930s, who ultimately becomes a formidable wildcatter. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Elise Duran’s ‘Can You Keep a Secret?’
Posted: May 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Can You Keep a Secret?, Elise Duran, Jeff Cardoni
Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) is scoring the upcoming romantic comedy Can You Keep a Secret? The film is directed by Elise Duran and stars Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin. The movie is based on Sophie Kinsella’s New York Times bestseller of the same title and centers on a woman who spills her secrets to a handsome stranger sitting next to her on a turbulent plane ride and who turns out to be the young and elusive CEO at her workplace. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Riverdale’ Season 3 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Riverdale, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the CW drama Riverdale. The album features a selection of songs from the show’s third season performed by cast members including Camila Mendes, Ashleigh Murray, KJ App, Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch, Vanessa Morgan and Gina Gershon. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released multiple soundtrack albums featuring the songs and score from the first two seasons, as well as the musical episodes from Season 2 & 3. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Cinemax’s ‘Warrior’ Released
Posted: May 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cinemax, H. Scott Salinas, Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack, Warrior
Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Cinemax original series Warrior. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Reza Safinia (Filly Brown, The Trust) & H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown) who previously co-scored the movie Birth of the Dragon. Also included are hip hop tracks by Dwagie, Ozi, SmashRegz, RA & others. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released Safinia’s & Salinas’ main titles theme as a digital single last month. Warrior is created by Jonathan Tropper, produced by Justin Lin (who also directed the first episode) and stars Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Kieran Bew, Dean Jagger, Joanna Vanderham, Tom Weston-Jones, Joe Taslim, Langley Kirkwood, Hoon Lee, Christian McKay and Perry Yung. Read the rest of this entry »
Harvey Mason Jr. to Compose Music for Jeremy Zag’s ‘Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening’
Posted: May 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harvey Mason Jr., Jeremy Zag, Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening
Variety is reporting that Grammy Award winner Harvey Mason Jr. is composing the music for the upcoming animated musical feature Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening. The film directed by Jeremy Zag is based on his Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir TV series (which aired in the U.S. on Nickelodeon) and follows two Parisian teens who transform into the Ladybug and Cat Noir superheroes. Zag is also producing the Zag Company and The Awakening production with Aton Soumache (The Little Prince, Playmobil: The Movie, Upside Down). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Game of Thrones. The album features selections of the show’s eight and final season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Westworld, A Wrinkle in Time, Clash of the Titans) who received his first Emmy Award for his work on the drama last year. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A 2-CD version is set to be released on July 19 and is available for pre-order here. Game of Thrones is created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss based on the novels by George R. R. Martin and stars Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 19, 2019)
Posted: May 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alta Mar, Bear McCreary, Blood & Treasure, CBS, Federico Jusid, Fil Eisler, Hauschka, High Seas, Kyle Newmaster, Netflix, Paul Haslinger, Rim of the World, SundanceTV, The Name of the Rose, The Perfection, Volker Bertelmann, What If
Premiering on Tuesday, May 21, is the new CBS drama Blood & Treasure created by Matt Federman & Stephen Scaia and starring Matt Barr, Sofia Pernas, Michael James Shaw, Katia Winter, Oded Fehr, Alicia Coppola, James Callis and Mark Gagliardi. The show’s original music is composed by Kyle Newmaster (The Myth of the American Sleepover, Where Hope Grows, Something Wicked). Check out our previous article to learn more about the action adventure drama, which will air Tuesday nights on CBS.
Premiering on Thursday, May 23, is the limited series The Name of the Rose directed by Giacomo Battiato and starring John Turturro, Michael Emerson, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Sebastian Koch, Richard Sammel, James Cosmo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Greta Scarano. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has composed the show’s original music. Click here and also visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which premiered internationally earlier this year and is making its U.S. debut on SundanceTV. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ask for Jane’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ask for Jane, Daisy Coole, Rachel Carey, score, Soundtrack, Tom Nettleship
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama Ask for Jane. The album features the film’s original music composed by Two Twenty Two (aka Tom Nettleship & Daisy Coole). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Ask for Jane is co-written and directed by Rachel Carey and stars Cait Cortelyou, Cody Horn, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Sophie von Haselberg, Alison Wright and Chloe Levine. The movie is based on a true story and follows a group of determined Midwestern women who begin providing safe but illegal abortions in the 1960s. Read the rest of this entry »
