Fox Music will release a score album for the faith-based drama Breakthrough. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Affair). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, Mercury Nashville will release a separate soundtrack featuring songs from and inspired by the movie. Breakthrough is directed by Roxann Dawson and stars Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Sam Trammell, Marcel Ruiz and Dennis Haysbert. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Breakthrough’ Score Album Details
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breakthrough, Marcelo Zarvos, Roxann Dawson, score, Soundtrack
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Halt and Catch Fire, Paul Haslinger, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the AMC original series Halt and Catch Fire. The album features more music written for the show by composer Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Fear the Walking Dead, Crank, The Three Musketeers, Death Race) who scored all four seasons of the drama. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next Friday, April 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music from the first two seasons, as well as a separate album featuring songs from the show. Halt and Catch Fire is created by Chris Cantwell & Chris Rogers and stars Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Toby Huss, Kerry Bishé, and David Wilson Barnes. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paul Lynch’s ‘Prom Night’ Announced
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carl Zittrer, Paul Lynch, Paul Zaza, Prom Night, score, Soundtrack
Perseverance Records has announced the first official soundtrack CD release for the 1980 cult classic Prom Night directed by Paul Lynch and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Eddie Benton, Michael Tough, Robert A. Silverman and Pita Oliver. The album features the film’s complete original score composed by Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza (Porky’s, My Bloody Valentine, A Christmas Story, Murder by Decree), as well as the original disco songs from the film. Also included are six unreleased disco songs and score not used in the final production. The soundtrack will be released on May 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Prom Night is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch to Return for Andy Muschietti’s ‘It: Chapter Two’
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Muschietti, Benjamin Wallfisch, It, It: Chapter Two, score, Soundtrack
Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) is reteaming with director Andy Muschietti on the upcoming horror thriller It: Chapter Two. The film stars James McAvoy as Bill, Jessica Chastain as Beverly, Bill Hader as Richie, Jay Ryan as Ben, James Ransone as Eddie, as well as Andy Bean as Stanely Uris, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise. The movie follows the Losers’ Club as they must return to Derry, Maine, 27 years after the events from the previous movie to fight evil forces the circus unleashes on the town. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wind’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Lovett, Emma Tammi, score, Soundtrack, The Wind
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Wind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Lovett (The Signal, The Ritual, Black Rock, Synchronicity). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Wind is directed by Emma Tammi and stars Caitlin Gerard, Julie Goldani Telles, Ashley Zuckerman, Miles Anderson and Dylan McTee. The movie written by Teresa Sutherland follows a woman who moves to the American frontier to settle it with her husband, when an evil presence soon makes itself known and infects her with paranoia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Burial of Kojo’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blitz the Ambassador, score, Soundtrack, The Burial of Kojo
A soundtrack album has been released for the drama The Burial of Kojo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Blitz the Ambassador (aka Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule) who also directed the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is also in the works. The Burial of Kojo is written and directed by Bazawule and chronicles the tale of two brothers through a gifted girl who travels beautiful lands that exist between life and death. The drama is being released select theaters today by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing and will also be available to stream on Netflix on March 31. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Neil Marshall’s ‘Hellboy’
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hellboy, Neil Marshall, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Neil Marshall’s new film adaptation of Hellboy have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). Also included is Unprotected Innocence’s Spanish version of the Scorpions’ Rock Me Like a Hurricane. The soundtrack will be released on April 5 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is now available to order as an import on Amazon. Hellboy is directed by Neil Marshall and stars David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim and Penelope Mitchell. The movie is based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola and follows the title character as he is caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Chaperone’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Michael Engler, score, Soundtrack, The Chaperone
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Chaperone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said). Also included are tracks by The Sundown Stompers, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, The Hot Pennies, Adam Nielsen & others. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, March 29 and will be available to purchase here (digital version) and here (CD version). The Chaperone is directed by Michael Engler, written by Julian Fellowes and stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, Campbell Scott, Andrew Burnap, Victoria Hill, Miranda Otto, Robert Fairchild, Matt McGrath and Blythe Danner. The movie is based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel and centers on a woman whose life is changed forever when she chaperones a young and soon to be famous Louise Brooks to New York in the early 1920s. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, ASCAP Vanguard Award, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Michael Giacchino, Pinar Toprak
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has announced today that Michael Giacchino will be honored at this year’s 34th ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which takes place on May 15 in Beverly Hills. The Academy Award-, Emmy Award- and Grammy Award-winning composer whose credits include Up, The Incredibles, Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doctor Strange, among dozens of other titles, will receive the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shazam!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, David F. Sandberg, score, Shazam, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the comic book movie Shazam!. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Hellboy, Annabelle Creation, Lights Out). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, April 5, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on May 10 and is available to order here. Listen to Wallfisch’s Shazam! Theme (first track on the album) after the jump. Shazam! is directed by David F. Sandberg and stars Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans. Read the rest of this entry »