Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original series Red Queen (Reina Roja). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Victor Reyes (The Night Manager, Buried, Red Lights, Grand Piano, Perfect Strangers, Down a Dark Hall). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main titles and end credits tracks below. Red Queen is written by Amaya Muruzábal & Salvador Perpiñá based on the first book in Juan Gómez-Jurado’s hit trilogy and stars Vicky Luengo, Hovik Keuchkerian, Andrea Trepat, Nacho Fresneda, Celia Freijeiro, Karmele Larrinaga and Vicenta N’Dongo. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Queen’ (‘Reina Roja’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Red Queen, Reine Roja, score, Soundtrack, Victor Reyes
Samara Joy’s Original Song ‘Why I’m Here’ from John Ridley’s ‘Shirley’ Released
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Ridley, Netflix, PJ Morton, Samara Joy, Shirley
Verve Records has released the original song Why I’m Here from the Netflix original film Shirley. The track is co-written (with PJ Morton) and performed by Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Samara Joy and is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Tamar-kali’s original score from the movie will be released next month. Shirley is written and directed by John Ridley and stars Regina King (in the title role of politician Shirley Chisholm), Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, André Holland, Christina Jackson, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Michael Cherrie. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Queens’ to Be Released
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Morgan Kibby, National Geographic, Queens, score, Soundtrack
The details of the full soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Queens have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (The Watcher, Mothering Sunday, The Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Wilderness, Tales of the Walking Dead). Also included is Alewya’s main title song Umi, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Queens is narrated by Angela Bassett and leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead. Read the rest of this entry »
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ to Feature ‘…Baby One More Time’ Cover by Tenacious D
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dreamworks Animation, John Spiker, Kung Fu Panda 4, Tenacious D
Tenacious D (Jack Black & Kyle Gass) have recorded a new version of the Britney Spears hit song …Baby One More Time for DreamWorks Animation’s sequel Kung Fu Panda 4. The track (originally written by Max Martin) is produced by John Spiker (who co-wrote Black’s original song Peaches from last year’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and features an orchestral arrangement by the film’s composers Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro and Òscar Senén. The song is featured during the movie’s end titles sequence and will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which will be released next week by Back Lot Music. Read the rest of this entry »
Adem Ilhan Scoring Thea Sharrock’s Netflix Film ‘The Beautiful Game’
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adem Ilhan, Netflix, The Beautiful Game, Thea Sharrock
Adem Ilhan (Avenue 5, In the Loop, The Ones Below, Cheaters, The Ghost of Peter Sellers) has provided the original score for the upcoming British Netflix original film The Beautiful Game. The movie is directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You, Wicked Little Letters) and stars Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Susan Wokoma, Callum Scott Howells, Sheyi Cole, Kit Young, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Robin Nazari, Cristina Rodlo, Aoi Okuyama, Tadashi Watanabe, Kazuhiro Muroyama and Valeria Golino. The sports drama follows a team of English homeless footballers who travel from London to Rome to compete in a global annual football tournament – The Homeless World Cup. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tokyo Vice’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Max, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, Tokyo Vice
Fifth Season Music & Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Max original series Tokyo Vice. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award nominees Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The White Tiger, The Gift, Boy Erased, Enemy, The Staircase, The Devil All the Time, Tulsa King). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. A first album featuring Bensi’s & Jurriaans’ music from Season 1 was released back in 2022. Tokyo Vice is created by J.T. Rogers and stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Show Kasamatsu, Miki Maya and Yōsuke Kubozuka. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & James Everingham (feat. Shashwat Sachdev) to Compose Title Theme & Score for BBC’s ‘Virdee’
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Bleeding Fingers Music, Hans Zimmer, James Everingham, Shashwat Sachdev, Virdee
BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar) & James Everingham (Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff) feat. Shashwat Sachdev (Uri: The Surgical Strike, Selection Day) will compose the title theme and original score for the upcoming BBC series Virdee for Bleeding Fingers Music. Trainees from Screen Academy Bradford will also be joining Bleeding Fingers to get a hands-on experience of composing for screen and to assist with the composing of the series score. The show is created by AA Dhand based on his own novels and stars Staz Nair, Aysha Kala, Nina Singh, Kulvinder Ghir, Vikash Bhai and Sudha Bhuchar. The 6-part crime thriller directed by Mark Tonderai (Spell, House at the End of the Street) follows a cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying a Muslim who must hunt down a serial killer targeting the Asian community. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Iwájú’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Iwájú, Ré Olunuga, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disney+ original animated event series Iwájú. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ré Olunuga (Rise, Girl, Coming from Insanity, Up North). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Iwájú written by Olufikayo Ziki Adeola & Halima Hudson and features the voice talent of Simisola Gbadamosi, Dayo Okeniyi, Femi Branch, Siji Soetan and Weruche Opia. The Walt Disney Animation Studios and Kugali production is set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria and tells the coming-of-age story follows a young girl from the wealthy island, and her best friend, a self-taught tech expert, as they discover the secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds. . Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inshallah a Boy’ Soundtrack EP to Be Released
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amjad Al Rasheed, Andrew Lancaster, Inshallah a Boy, Jerry Lane, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack EP for the Jordanian drama Inshallah a Boy. The 4-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Andrew Lancaster (The Turning, The Hunter, I Am You) & Jerry Lane (Theeb). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Inshallah a Boy is directed by Amjad Al Rasheed and stars Mouna Hawa, Seleena Rababah, Yumna Marwan, Hitham Omari and Salwa Nakkara. The movie centers on a widow who pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Life & Beth’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Life & Beth, Ray Angry, score, Soundtrack, Timo Elliston
Fifth Season Music & Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Life After Beth. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Ray Angry (Descendant, Inside Amy Schumer) and Timo Elliston (Abstract: The Art of Design, Expecting Amy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released an album featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2022. Life & Beth is created by Amy Schumer and stars Schumer herself, Michael Cera, Susannah Flood and Violet Young. Read the rest of this entry »
