Walt Disney Records has the first track from the soundtrack for the fifth season of the Disney Channel original animated series Phineas and Ferb. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Summer Is Starting Right Now written by the show’s creators Jeff “Swampy” Marsh & Dan Povenmire, as well as Jon Colton Barry, Kim Roberson, Martin Olson, Oscar Lemus & Sunny Karnan and performed by voice cast members Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Alyson Stoner, Maulik Pancholy & Bobby Gaylor. Also check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring thirteen songs from the new season will be released on June 6. Phineas and Ferb also stars David Errigo Jr., Caroline Rhea and Dee Bradley Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Summer Is Starting Right Now’ from ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Season 5 Released
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Phineas and Ferb, Soundtrack
‘Safe House’ (‘Før mørket’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eirik Svensson, Før mørket, Lisa Nordström, Safe House, score
Villa Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the Norwegian drama Safe House (Før mørket). The album features the film’s original score composed by Lisa Nordström (Children of the Enemy, The Good Driver). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 23 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services. Safe House is directed by Eirik Svensson and stars Kristine Kujath Torp, Bibi Tanga, Alexander Karim, Tracy Gotoas and Alma Pöysti. The movie is based on the true events that unfolded during 15 tense hours at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Bangui on Christmas Eve, 2013 and revolves around Norwegian field worker who was stationed at the hospital when civil war erupted. Read the rest of this entry »
Cameron Moody Scoring Hulu’s ‘Washington Black’
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cameron Moody, Hulu, Washington Black
Cameron Moody has made his narrative television scoring debut on the upcoming Hulu limited series Washington Black. The show is developed by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds based on Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name and stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Sterling K. Brown, Rupert Graves, Edward Bluemel, Iola Evans, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Eddie Karanja and Tom Ellis. The 9-part drama follow the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington “Wash” Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple TV+’s ‘Chief of War’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer & James Everingham
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Chief of War, Hans Zimmer, James Everingham
Hans Zimmer (Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dune, Interstellar) has composed the main title theme for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Chief of War. The composer has also teamed up with James Everingham (Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff) (for Bleeding Fingers Music) to score the show created by Jason Momoa & Thomas Pa‘a Sibbett (Braven, he Last Manhunt) and starring Momoa himself, Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis, Kaina Makua, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Moses Goods, Brandon Finn, Siua Ikale‘o, James Udom, Mainei Kinimaka, Te Kohe Tuhaka and Benjamin Hoetjes. The 9-part historical drama based on true events is set amidst the backdrop of the islands of Hawai‘i and follows warrior Ka‘iana as he tries to unify the islands before Western colonization in the late 18th century. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Path’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jawhar Basti, Les enfants rouges, Lotfi Achour, Red Path, score, Soundtrack, Venceslas Catz
Almaphonic has released a soundtrack album for the drama Red Path (Les enfants rouges). The album features the film’s original music composed by Venceslas Catz & Jawhar Basti. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Red Path is co-written and directed by Lotfi Achour and stars Ali Hleli, Yassine Samouni and Wided Dabebi. The movie is set in Tunisia’s Mghila Mountains and follows a 13-year-old girl who witnesses the tragic death of his cousin at the hands of jihadist terrorists and – forced to return home with the cousin’s severed head as a warning to their community – embarks on a psychological journey to cope with the profound trauma and loss. Read the rest of this entry »
Guillaume Roussel Scoring Cédric Jimenez’s ‘Dog 51’
Posted: May 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cedric Jimenez, Chien 51, Dog 51, Guillaume Roussel
Composer Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, 3 Days to Kill, The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan & Milady, The Spy, Marie Antoinette, Happy!) is reteaming with director Cédric Jimenez on the upcoming French dystopian thriller Dog 51 (Chien 51). The film starring Gilles Lellouche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Romain Duris & Artus is set in a near future, in which Paris is segregated into three zones which separate the social classes controlled by a predictive AI hat has revolutionized the police system. The movie follows an elite agent and a disillusioned cop who are forced to team up to lead the investigation when the AI’s creator is assassinated. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Juliet & Romeo’ Score Album Released
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evan Bogart, Juliet & Romeo, Justin Gray, score, Soundtrack, Timothy Scott Bogart
Lakeshore Records has released a second soundtrack album for the musical romantic drama Juliet & Romeo. The album features the film’s original score composed by Justin Gray & Evan Bogart (Spinning Gold). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the original songs from the movie written by Bogart & Gray earlier this month. Juliet & Romeo is written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart and stars Clara Rugaard, Jamie Ward, Rebel Wilson, Dan Fogler, Jason Isaacs, Derek Jacobi, Ledisi, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Tayla Parx, Martina Ortiz Luis and Rupert Graves. . Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Mazurek Scoring Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kelly Reichardt, Rob Mazurek, The Mastermind
Composer and multi-media artist Rob Mazurek has provided the original score for the upcoming crime drama The Mastermind. The film is written and directed by Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Wendy and Lucy) and stars Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffmann, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb and Cole Doman. The movie is set in a sedate corner of Massachusetts around 1970 and follows an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief whose life unravels when his first big heist goes haywire. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Tooth Fairy Tale’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Tooth Fairy Tale, Aldo Shllaku, Michael Johnson, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature A Tooth Fairy Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aldo Shllaku (The Comeback Trail, The Price We Pay, The Doorman, Kill ‘Em All, The Hill Where Lionesses Roar, Vanquish, Downrange, The Poison Rose). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. A Tooth Fairy Tale is directed by Michael Johnson and features the voices of Booboo Stewart, Larkin Bell, Fran Drescher, Vivica Fox and Jon Lovitz. he movie tells the story of a rebellious teenage tooth fairy, a cuddly troll and a brilliant goblin scientist who unite to save their magical world from a menacing spider army. Read the rest of this entry »
Rihanna’s Original Song ‘Friend of Mine’ from ‘Smurfs’ Released
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Miller, Rihanna, Smurfs
Roc Nation Records has released the second song from the upcoming animated feature Smurfs. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Friend of Mine co-written (with Elijah Noll, Elkan, Jason “Tenroc” Cornet, Jonathan Bellion, Lee Stashenko & Pete Nappi) performed by Rihanna who also stars in the film as Smurfette. A CD version is available to order on Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. The label has previously released a first track (Higher Love by Desi Trill feat. DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania & Subhi) from the soundtrack for the Paramount Animation production in February and will release a full soundtrack album on June 13. Smurfs is directed by Chris Miller and also stars James Corden, Nick Offerman, Kurt Russell, Daniel Levy, JP Karliak, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Sedaris, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Maya Erskine, Alex Winter, Xolo Maridueña, Billie Lourd and John Goodman. Read the rest of this entry »
