Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Intruder. The album features the film’s original music composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Christopher Robin, Disturbia, Hitman, Into the West). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 3 and will be available to download here. The Intruder is directed by Deon Taylor and stars Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Joseph Sikora and Dennis Quaid. The movie follows a young couple who move into their dream house in the county, unaware the previous owner who has his eyes on the house and the young woman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Intruder’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deon Taylor, Geoff Zanelli, score, Soundtrack, The Intruder
Mario Grigorov Scoring Ken Sanzel’s ‘Kill Chain’
Posted: May 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ken Sanzel, Kill Chain, Mario Grigorov, Spides, Syfy
Mario Grigorov has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller Kill Chain. The film is directed by Ken Sanzel (Blue Bloods, Numb3rs) and stars Nicolas Cage, Ryan Kwanten, Anabelle Acosta, Enrico Colantoni and Alimi Ballard. The movie revolves around three strangers whose lives are inevitably entangled in a conflict none of them are prepared for. Gary Preisler (Gold Diggers, Casualties) is producing the Millennium Media and CineTel Films production with Lisa Hansen & Paul Hertzberg (I Spit On Your Grave). Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Live-Action ‘Aladdin’
Posted: May 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, Guy Ritchie, Justin Paul, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) has composed the original score for the film, which also features the songs from the 1992 animated classic written by Menken and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, as well as new songs written by Menken and featuring lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land). The soundtrack will be released on May 22 (digitally) and May 24 (physically) (pushed back from the original listed release date of May 10) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Karpman Scoring Spectrum Originals’ ‘L.A.’s Finest’
Posted: May 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: L.A.'s Finest, Laura Karpman, Spectrum Originals
Laura Karpman (Underground, Step, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Taken mini-series, Black Nativity) is the composer of the new Spectrum Originals series L.A.’s Finest, the first show of Charter Communications’ new premium content initiative. The drama is set in the universe of the Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay Bad Boys franchise and stars Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Zack Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson. The show follows Syd Burnett (from Bad Boys II) as she has become an LAPD detective and, paired with a new partner, is forced to confront how her unapologetic lifestyle may be masking a greater personal secret. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocketman’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dexter Fletcher, Elton John, Rocketman, Soundtrack
Interscope Records will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Rocketman. The album features the classic Elton John songs from the movie performed by lead actor Targon Egerton who stars as the singer/songwriter, as well as other cast members. Also included is the original song (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again written by John & Bernie Taupin and performed by John & Egerton. The soundtrack will be released on May 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (digital version) Check out the music video for a track, Rocket Man, after the jump. Rocketman is directed by Dexter Fletcher and also stars Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Gemma Jones and Bryce Dallas Howard. The musical drama will be released in theaters nationwide on May 31 by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery Scoring National Geographic’s ‘The Hot Zone’
Posted: May 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: National Geographic, Sean Callery, The Hot Zone
Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Jessica Jones) has composed the original music for the new National Geographic original limited series The Hot Zone. The show is developed by James V. Hart (Hook, Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Jeff Vintar (I, Robot), Kelly Sounders & Brian Peterson (Smallville) and stars Julianna Margulies, Noah Emmerich, Liam Cunningham, Topher Grace, Paul James, Nick Searcy, Robert Wisdom and Robert Sean Leonard. The parter is based on the bestselling novel by Richard Preston and tells the true story about the origins of Ebola, a highly infectious virus from the central African rainforest and its arrival on US soil in 1989. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sky Atlantic/Amazon Series ‘Tin Star’ Announced
Posted: April 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Corker, Amazon, score, Sky Atlantic, Soundtrack, Tin Star
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Sky Atlantic and Amazon original series Tin Star. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adrian Corker (The Village, Waiting for You). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 17 and will be available to download here. Tin Star is created by Rowan Joffe and stars Tim Roth, Genevieve O’Reilly, Abigail Lawrie, Oliver Coopersmith and Christina Hendricks. The drama centers on a former Metropolitan Police detective who is relocating to the Canadian Rockies with his family to escape a violent past. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Bishara Scoring Malik Vitthal’s ‘Body Cam’
Posted: April 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Body Cam, Joseph Bishara, Malik Vitthal, score, Soundtrack
Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle) has recently scored the upcoming horror thriller Body Cam. The film is directed by Malik Vitthal (Imperial Dreams) and stars Mary J. Blige, Nat Wolff, Theo Rossi, Anika Noni Rose and David Zayas. The movie follows several LAPD officers involved with covering up a murder by getting rid of their body cam video footage who find themselves haunted by an evil spirit. Nicholas McCarthy (The Prodigy, The Pact) and John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) wrote screenplay based on earlier version penned by Richmond Riedel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘El Chicano’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: El Chicano, Mitch Lee, score, Soundtrack
Locash Records has released a soundtrack album for the superhero thriller El Chicano. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mitch Lee. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. El Chicano is directed by Ben Hernandez Bray and stars Raúl Castillo, Aimee Garcia, Jose Pablo Cantillo, David Castañeda, Marco Rodríguez, Sal Lopez, Marlene Forte, Kate del Castillo and George Lopez. The movie co-written by Joe Carnahan and produced by Frank Grillo follows an L.A.P.D. detective who is assigned a case investigating a vicious cartel and uncovers links to his brother’s supposed suicide and resurrects the masked street legend El Chicano. Read the rest of this entry »
Celica Westbrook’s ‘Welcome to Amphibia’ from Disney Channel’s ‘Amphibia’ Released
Posted: April 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amphibia, Celica Westbrook, Disney Channel
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Welcome to Amphibia from the Disney Channel animated series Amphibia. The track, which is performed by Celica Westbrook, is now available to download on Amazon. Check out the official music video after the jump. Amphibia is created by Matt Braly (Gravity Falls) and stars Brenda Song and Justin Felbinger. The show follows a 13-year old girl who – after stealing a mysterious music box – is magically transported to the world of Amphibia, a wild marshland full of talking frog-people. Read the rest of this entry »