Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie The Highwaymen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Wall-E). The soundtrack will be release digitally and physically within the next weeks. Visit Amazon to download the album. The Highwaymen is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann and William Sadler. The movie is based on real events and follows two steely former Texas Rangers who are tasked with tracking and killing infamous criminals Bonnie and Clyde. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Highwaymen’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Lee Hancock, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Highwaymen, Thomas Newman
Soundtrack Album for ‘Stan & Ollie’ to Be Released
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon S. Baird, Rolfe Kent, score, Soundtrack, Stan & Ollie
eOne Music will release a soundtrack album for the biographical comedy drama Stan & Ollie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Election, Up in the Air, Wedding Crashers, Legally Blonde, About Schmidt). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stan & Ollie is directed by Jon S. Baird and stars Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Nina Arianda and Shirely Henderson. The movie follows Laurel & Hardy, one of the world’s great comedy teams, as they set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mustang’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jed Kurzel, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, score, Soundtrack, The Mustang
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Mustang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders, The Babadook). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 15 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Mustang is co-written and directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Connie Britton, Bruce Dern, Jason Mitchell, Gideon Adlon and Josh Stewart. The movie follows a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past and is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Teen Spirit’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marius de Vries, Max Minghella, Soundtrack, Teen Spirit
Interscope Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama Teen Spirit. The album features the cover songs featured in the film performed by lead actress Elle Fanning, as well as the new song Wildflower written by Carly Rae Jepsen & Jack Antonoff. Also included are tracks by No Doubt,Grimes and Major Lazer feat. MØ & DJ Snake. A first track (Fanning’s cover of Robyn’s Dancing On My Own) is already available as a digital single and can be downloaded here. The full soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 5. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Teen Spirit is written and directed by Max Minghella and stars Fanning, alongside Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric and Agnieszka Grochowska. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jordan Peele, Michael Abels, score, Soundtrack, Us
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for Jordan Peele’s second feature Us. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Abels who previously scored the filmmaker’s Get Out. Also included are songs by Luniz, Janelle Monáe and Minnie Riperton. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 15 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Us is written and directed by Peele and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon and Noelle Sheldon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sweetheart’ (‘Mon Bébé’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lisa Azuelos, Mon Bébé, score, Soundtrack, Sweetheart, Yael Naim
Tôt Ou Tard has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Sweetheart (Mon Bébé). The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Yael Naim who made her feature film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sweetheart is written and directed by Lisa Azuelos (LOL, Dalida) and stars Sandrine Kiberlain, Thaïs Alessandrin, Victor Belmondo, Mickael Lumière and Camille Claris. The movie follows a single mom as she gets ready to say goodbye to her college age daughter and tries to capture every last moment on camera. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’
Posted: March 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Dumbo, score, Soundtrack, Tim Burton
The track list of the soundtrack album for Tim Burton’s live-action adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo has been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Men in Black, Avengers: Age of Ultron). Also included is are new versions of the song Baby Mine (originally written by Frank Churchill & Ned Washington for the 1941 animated classic) performed by actress Sharon Rooney in the film and by Arcade Fire for the end credits sequence (already available to download here). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 (click here to download) and physically on April 5 by Walt Disney Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Johnson to Reteam with Rian Johnson on ‘Knives Out’
Posted: March 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Knives Out, Nathan Johnson, Rian Johnson
Composer Nathan Johnson is reteaming with director Rian Johnson on the upcoming crime drama Knives Out. The film starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Ana de Armas, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer is being described as a modern murder mystery. No plot details have been announced yet. The director also wrote the screenplay and is producing the project with Ram Bergman (Papillon, Self/less). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captive State’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captive State, Rob Simonsen, Rupert Wyatt, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Captive State have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Nerve, The Upside, Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, March 15 by Sony Classical and will be available to download on Amazon. Click here to order the CD version. Captive State is directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and stars John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker and Vera Farmiga. The movie is set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force and explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin to Score Andy De Emmony’s ‘Four Kids and It’
Posted: March 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy De Emmony, Anne Nikitin, Four Kids and It
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic) has signed on to score the upcoming British family fantasy adventure Four Kids and It. The film is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West, Love Bite) and stars Matthew Goode, Russell Brand, Paula Patton, Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie Malleson-Allen, Billy Jenkins, Ellie-Mae Siame, as well as Michael Caine as the voice of It. The movie is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book of the same title and follows four kids who are horrified to learn that their beach vacation is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings and accidentally stumble upon a magical creature who can grant them one wish a day. Read the rest of this entry »
