Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, A Quiet Place, Scream, World War Z, Ford v. Ferrari) & Miles Hankins (The Night Before, Being Serena, Long Shot, Len & Company, No Exit) have teamed up to score the upcoming Peacock limited series Apples Never Fall. The show is developed by Melanie Marnich (A Murder at the End of the World) based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Liane Moriarty and stars Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Essie Randles, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Georgia Flood, Dylan Thuraisingham and Jeanine Serralles. The 7-part drama follows two former tennis coaches who have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start spending more time with their four adult children, when a wounded young woman knocks on their door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami & Miles Hankins Scoring Peacock’s ‘Apples Never Fall’
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apples Never Fall, Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins, Peacock
‘Bad Hombres’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Hombres, John Stalberg Jr., Nima Fakhrara, score, Soundtrack
Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Bad Hombres. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (Becky, Lou, Detroit: Become Human, The Signal, The Pyramid, Alone, The Girl in the Photographs). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track after the jump. Bad Hombres is directed by John Stalberg Jr. and stars Diego Tinoco, Hemky Madera, Tyrese Gibson, Luke Hemsworth, Nick Cassavates, Paul Johansson and Thomas Jane. The movie follows an undocumented immigrant desperate to provide for his family who is hired alongside a day-laborer to work for a brute who is also a psychopathic criminal and finds himself entangled in the aftermath of a botched drug deal. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat & Alex Heffes Scoring HBO’s ‘The Regime’
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Alexandre Desplat, HBO, Stephen Frears, The Regime
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) & Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Touching the Void, Queen of Katwe, State of Play) have composed the original music for the new HBO limited series The Regime. The show is created by Will Tracy (Succession, The Menu) and stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Guillaume Gallienne, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant. The 6-part political satire directed by Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity) & Jessica Hobbs (The Split) follows an authoritarian chancellor who has grown increasingly paranoid and unstable when she turns to a volatile soldier as an unlikely confidant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vigil’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Afterhere, BBC, Berenice Scott, Glenn Gregory, Peacock, score, Soundtrack, Vigil
Addict London has released a new soundtrack album for the BBC drama Vigil. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Afterhere (aka Berenice Scott & Glenn Gregory) (Liar, The Suspect, Under the Wire). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composers’ end titles track below. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring Scott’s & Gregory’s score from Season 1 back in 2021. Vigil is created by Tom Edge and stars Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Dougray Scott, Romola Garai, Anders Hayward, Chris Jenks, Shannon Hayes and Orla Russell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ordinary Angels’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Gunn, Ordinary Angels, Pancho Burgos-Goizueta, score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Ordinary Angels. The album features the film’s original score composed by Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Anonymous Killers, The Unbreakable Boy, People You May Know, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, Wheels). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 27 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Michelle) below. Ordinary Angels is directed by Jon Gunn and stars Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones,Drew Powell, Emily Mitchell, Amy Acker and Skywalker Hughes. The movie is based on a true story and follows a struggling hairdresser in Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vestidas de Azul’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Álex de Lucas, Max, Raúl Santos, score, Soundtrack, Vestidas de Azul
Atresmúsica has released two soundtrack albums for the Spanish TV series Vestidas de Azul. The albums feature the show’s original music composed by Álex de Lucas & Raúl Santos (Cardo). Both soundtracks are now available to stream/download on all major digital music services. Click here to check out the track list of the Parte 1 album and click here for the details of the Parte 2 soundtrack. Also check out the composers’ main title theme below. Vestidas de Azul is created by Los Javis (aka Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi) based on the book of the same title by Valerie Vegas and stars Lola Rodriguez, Paca La Pirana, Alex Saint, Goya Toledo, Juani Ruiz, Angeles Ortega, Desiree Vogue, Susana Abaitua, Elena Irureta, Estrella Xtravaganza, Luis Callejo, Mercedes Sampietro and Anabel Alonso. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 25, 2024)
Posted: February 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Apple TV +, Atticus Ross, Bryan Winslow, Code 8: Part II, Disney Plus, FX, Hulu, Iwájú, Leopold Ross, Matthew Janszen, Megamind Rules!, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, Netflix, Nick Chuba, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, Peacock, Ré Olunuga, Ryan Taubert, Sam Ewing, Shogun, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Premiering today is the AMC limited series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live created by Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira & Andrew Lincoln and starring Lincoln, Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh, Terry O’Quinn, Matthew August Jeffers, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Andrew Bachelor and Craig Tate. The show’s original score is composed by Sam Ewing (Last Seen Alive, The Shed, Beautiful Disaster/Wedding, Victor Crawley) who previously co-scored the final seasons of the original The Walking Dead series and produced by Bear McCreary. Check out our previous article for more information about the 6-parter, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+
Premiering on Tuesday, February 27, is the FX limited series Shōgun developed by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks based James Clavell’s book and starring Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Hiroto Kanai and Shinnosuke Abe. Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul), Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Book of Eli) & Nick Chuba (Dr. Death, The Girl from Plainville) have composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the historical drama, which will air on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Abyss’ (‘Avgrunden’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avrgunden, Lasse Enersen, Netflix, Richard Holm, score, Soundtrack, The Abyss
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish disaster drama The Abyss (Avrgunden). The album features the film’s original score composed by Lasse Enersen (Tom of Finland, There’s Something in the Barn, Legend of the Ancient Sword, Cold Courage, The Misfits, The Unknown Soldier). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music platforms. Also check out the composer’s title track below. As previously reported, Molly Hammar has contributed the original song Deep Down, which is available separately as a digital single. The Abyss is co-written and directed by Richard Holm and stars Tuva Novotny, Peter Franzén, Kardo Razzazi, Angela Kovacs, Felicia Maxime Truedsson and Tintin Poggats Sarri. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Megamind Rules!’ Theme Song Released
Posted: February 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Lambert, Alex Seaver, Megamind Rules!, Peacock
Back Lot Music has released the theme song from DreamWorks Animation’s new TV series Megamind Rules! The extended version of the song written and produced by Alex Seaver (aka Mako) and performed by Adam Lambert and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Megamind Rules! is developed by Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simons based on the 2010 Megamind movie and stars Keith Ferguson, Laura Post, Josh Brener, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Emily Tunon, Chris Sullivan, Talon Warburton, Scott Adsit, Tony Hale, Jeanine Mason and Lambert himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 23, 2024)
Posted: February 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Geringas, Andrea Farri, Bring Him to Me, Carter Burwell, Cold Meat, Cyril Morin, Drive-Away Dolls, Drugstore June, Frederik Wiedmann, Io capitano, Josh Atchley, Max Richter, Mondo Boys, Ordinary Angels, Pancho Burgos-Goizueta, Parallel, Red Right Hand, Spaceman
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls co-written and directed by Ethan Coen and starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Joey Slotnick and Pedro Pascal. The film’s original music is composed by Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin, Carol, Fargo, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Asie Payton, The Liverbirds, Le Tigre, Shannon Shaw & others today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
Also opening wide is the drama Ordinary Angels directed by Jon Gunn and starring Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Drew Powell, Drew Powell, Amy Acker, Skywalker Hughes and Emily Mitchel. Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Anonymous Killers, People You May Know, Wheels, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness) has composed the film’s original score. Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next week. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Lionsgate release. Read the rest of this entry »
