Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the new Amazon originals series Hanna. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Free Fire), The Insects, Simon Ashdow and Yann McCullough. Also included is Karen O’s original song Anti-Lullaby and her cover of The Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hanna is developed by David Farr based Joe Wright’s 2011 feature of the same title and stars Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman and Esme Creed-Miles. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Abels Scoring Stefon Bristol’s ‘See You Yesterday’
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Abels, Netflix, See You Yesterday, Stefon Bristol
Michael Abels (Get Out) is the composer of the upcoming crime drama See You Yesterday. The film is directed by Stefon Bristol and stars Eden-Duncan Smith, Danté Crichlow, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Johnathan Nieves, Marsha S. Blake, Wavvy Jonez, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Ron Bobb. The movie follows two Brooklyn teenage science prodigies who build make-shift time machines to one of their brothers from being wrongfully killed by a police officer. Bristol also co-wrote the screenplay with Fredrica Bailey based on their 2017 short of the same title. Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Beyond the Sky’ to Be Released
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beyond the Sky, Don Davis, Fulvio Sestito, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Beyond the Sky. The album features the film’s original music composed by Don Davis (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Jurassic Park 3, Bound). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Beyond the Sky is co-written and directed by Fulvio Sestito and starring Ryan Carnes, Jordan Hinson, Peter Stormare, Dee Wallace, Martin Sensmeier and Don Stark. The movie follows a documentary filmmaker and his crew trying to expose the lies of alien abductees, when they meet a young woman whose secret leads them to uncover a disturbing truth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Missing Link’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Chris Butler, LAIKA, Missing Link, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for LAIKA’s animated feature Missing Link. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, No Country for Old Men). Also included is the original end titles song Do-Dilly-Do (A Friend Like You) written and performed by The Walkmen’s Walter Martin. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 12, 2019 and is now available for pre-order here. A CD and vinyl version is also in the works. Check back on this page for the pre-order link. Missing Link is written and directed by Chris Butler and features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, David Walliams, Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The White Crow’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilan Eshkeri, Lisa Batiashvili, Ralph Fiennes, The White Crow
Deutsche Grammophon will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama The White Crow. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, Still Alice, Kick-Ass, Johnny English Reborn) and featuring violin solos by Lisa Batiashvili. Also included are ballet compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Krein & Ludwig Minkus, most of which have been newly arranged for the project by Eshkeri. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 22 and will be available to download here. The White Crow is directed by Ralph Fiennes who also stars in the movie alongside Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, as well as ballet-world enfant terrible Sergei Polunin, Chulpan Khamatova, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz and Louis Hofmann. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Step Up: High Water’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Step Up: High Water, Stephanie Ecomonou, YouTube Premium
Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack album for the YouTube Premium original series Step Up: High Water. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s second seasons by artists including Ne-Yo, Terrence Green, Nash Overstreet & Sidnie Tipton, Todrick Hall, Andrew Hawk, Naya Rivera & others. Also included is a suite from the original score of the new season composed by Stephanie Ecomonou. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack feat. songs from the first season of the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck Scoring Lesley Chilcott’s ‘Watson’
Posted: March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Lesley Chilcott, Watson
Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has recently composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Watson. The film is directed by Lesley Chilcott (CodeGirl) and centers on Captain Paul Watson who has dedicated his life to fighting for one thing: to end the slaughter of the ocean’s wildlife and the destruction of its ecosystems. Chilcott is also producing the project with Louise Runge (28 Hotel Rooms, Anything) and Wolfgang Knöpfler (The Ivory Game, Sea of Shadows). Read the rest of this entry »
Sony Classical to Release Soundtrack Album for Neil Marshall’s ‘Hellboy’
Posted: March 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hellboy, Neil Marshall, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Neil Marshall’s new film adaptation of Hellboy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominee Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). The soundtrack is set to be released on April 5. A physical version is now available to order as an import on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Hellboy is directed by Marshall and stars David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim and Penelope Mitchell. The movie based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola 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 »
‘UglyDolls’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack, UglyDolls
Atlantic Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated musical UglyDolls. The album features the original songs from the movie written by Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Ride Along) & Glenn Slater (Tangled, Galavant) and performed by Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Bebe Rexha, Blake Shelton, Why Don’t We, Petatonic, Anitta and Pitbull. The soundtrack will be released on April 26. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. UglyDolls is directed by Kelly Asbury and also features the voices of Wanda Sykes, Emma Roberts, Wang Leehom and Gabriel Iglesias. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Heathers the Musical’ Episode from ‘Riverdale’ to Be Released
Posted: March 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Riverdale, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for Heather the Musical from the new musical episode of The CW’s Riverdale, entitled Big Fun. The album features the songs from the episode originally written by Laurence O’Keefe & Kevin Murphy for the Off-Broadway musical of the same title performed by cast members KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Camila Mendes, Ashleigh Murray, Casey Cott, Vanessa Morgan, Bernadette Beck, Zoé de Grand’Maison, Charles Melton, Jordan Connor and Drew Ray Tanner . The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 21 and will be available to download here. The label has previously released a soundtrack for last year’s first musical episodes of the series, Carrie the Musical. Read the rest of this entry »
