Columbia Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Western Stars. The album features each of the live performances from the movie performed by Bruce Springsteen. The soundtrack, which is produced by Springsteen & Ron Aniello, will be released on October 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order here. Western Stars co-directed by Springsteen and Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Springsteen on Broadway) is a cinematic film version of his latest album of the same name and follows the singer/songwriter as he performs his critically acclaimed latest album and muses on life, rock, and the American dream. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Western Stars’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Springsteen, Soundtrack, Western Stars
Andrew Sherman Scoring Fox’s ‘Bless the Harts’
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Sherman, Bless the Harts, Emily Spivey, Fox
Andrew Sherman is the composer of the new Fox animated comedy Bless the Harts. He is composing the original score and also wrote the theme for the show created by Emily Spivey (Up All Night, Wine Country) and starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz. The series follows a Southern family that is always broke, and forever struggling to make ends meet. Spivey is also executive producing the FOX Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television production with Wiig, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The LEGO Movie), Seth Cohen (Son of Zorn) and Andy Bobrow (The Last Man on Earth). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Marooned’ to Be Released
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amie Doherty, Andrew Erekson, Marooned, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack EP for the new DreamWorks Animation short Marooned. The track EP features the film’s original music composed by Amie Doherty (Undone, Battle at Big Rock, Here and Now). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, September 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Marooned is directed by Andrew Erekson, produced by Jeff Hermann and tells the story of a robot named C-0R13 who – stranded on an abandoned lunar outpost – longs to return to Earth and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz & Philip White Scoring ‘Jexi’
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Jexi, Jon Lucas, Philip White, Scott Moore
Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, The Boys, Sausage Party) & Philip White (Nobody’s Fool, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween) have composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Jexi. The film is written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (21 & Over, screenwriters of The Hangover) and stars Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Pena, Justin Hartley and Rose Byrne as the voice of Jexi. The movie follows a man whose new cellphone turns into a technological nightmare when the artificial intelligence program becomes obsessed with him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fool’ (‘Le dindon’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jalil Lespert, Le dindon, Ludovic Bource, score, Soundtrack, The Fool
Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Fool (Le dindon). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ludovic Bource (The Artist, OSS 117: Lost in Rio & Cairo & Nest of Spies, Clear History, On the Other Side of the Tracks). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Fool is directed by Jalil Lespert and stars Dany Boon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Ahmed Sylla, Laure Calamy and Camille Lellouche. The movie follows a married man who tries to seduce the wife of his good friend, unaware that she has plans of her own to punish her cheating husband. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Memorized’ from NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ Released
Posted: September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Stadnik, NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith, This Is Us
Hollywood Records has released the original song Memorized from the Season 4 premiere of the NBC drama This Is Us. The track is co-written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and performed by Blake Stadnik. The song, which is featured in the ending sequence of the episode Strangers, is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon Music. Listen to the full track after the jump. The fourth season of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz premiered last night and will air every Tuesday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score Chris & Nick Riedell’s ‘A Nice Girl Like You’
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Nice Girl Like You, Aaron Zigman, Chris Riedell, Gossamer Folds, Nick Riedell
Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, The Proposal, Sex and the City: The Movie, Bridge to Terabithia) has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy A Nice Girl Like You. The film is directed by Chris & Nick Riedell (Camp Takota) and stars Lucy Hale, Jackie Cruz, Leonidas Gulaptis, Skye P. Marshall, Stephen Friedrich, Adhir Kalyan and Mindy Cohn. The movie follows a violinist who is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend and – in an effort to prove him wrong – creates a rather wild to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from ‘Empire’ Season 6 Released
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Empire, Fox, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released the first songs from the sixth season of the Fox hit drama Empire. Available now are the songs featured in the season premiere (What Is Love), including Do It Right performed by Serayah, Yazz, Mario & Katlyn Simone, Heaven performed by Kiandra Richardson, What The DJ Spins (Hakeem version) written and produced by Terrence Howard & performed by Yazz and Too Good performed by Diamond White. The 4-track EP is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music. Over the next couple of months, the label will release two songs each week ahead of every episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Manser - Die Stimme des Regenwaldes, Gabriel Yared, Niklaus Hilber, Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Swiss drama Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient, Cold Mountain, 1408, Judy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser is directed by Niklaus Hilber and stars Sven Schelke as Swiss explorer and environmentalist Bruno Manser who disappeared without trace in 2000. Read the rest of this entry »
