The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today the nominees for the 2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Chosen by the ASCAP composer community, the winners will be announced as part of the 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards on May 9 in Los Angeles. Check out the nominations in the categories of Film Score of the Year, Television Score of the Year, Television Theme of the Year, Documentary Score of the Year and Video Game Score of the Year below. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: February 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards
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‘Red Right Hand’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms, Mondo Boys, Red Right Hand, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Red Right Hand. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mondo Boys (She Dies Tomorrow, Fatman, Phoenix Forgotten,The Girlfriend Experience, Silk Road). Also included is the song Fallen Stars by Stephen Warwick. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composers’ title track and the song below. Red Right Hand is directed by Ian Nelms & Eshom Nelms and stars Orlando Bloom, Scott Hae, Garret Dillahunt, Chapel Oaks, Andie MacDowell, Mo McRae and Brian Geraghty. The movie follows a man trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of his recently orphaned niece in an Appalachian town, when the sadistic kingpin who runs the town forces him back into her services and he gets drawn into a nightmare that blurs the lines between good and evil. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Men’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Oelhoffen, Les derniers hommes, score, Soundtrack, Superpoze, The Last Men
Combien Mille Records & Grand Musique Management have released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian historical drama The Last Men (Les derniers hommes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Superpoze (Close Enemies, The Astronaut, Little Ones, La Source). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track (La marche) after the jump. The Last Men is co-written and directed by David Oelhoffen and stars Guido Caprino, Andrzej Chyra, Nuno Lopes, Yann Goven, Axel Granberger, Felix Meyer, Teng, Antonio Lopez, Arnaud Churin, Wim Willaert, Aurélien Caeyman, Francesco Casisa, Maxence Perrin and Guillaume Verdier. Read the rest of this entry »
Aska Matsumiya Scoring The Roku Channel’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ TV Series
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aska Matsumiya, The Roku Channel, The Spiderwick Chronicles
Aska Matsumiya (Bruised, After Yang, Betty, Skate Kitchen, Phoenix Rising, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades) has recently scored the upcoming Roku Channel original series The Spiderwick Chronicles. The show is based on the bestselling novels by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black (which have previously been adapted into a feature film scored by James Horner) and stars Joy Bryant, Christian Slater, Noah Cottrell, Mychala Lee, Lyon Daniels and Jack Dylan Grazer. The fantasy adventure follows the coming-of-age story of the Grace Family as they move from New York to Michigan and into their family’s ancestral home, where they uncover mysteries hidden inside their great grandfather’s estate and discover a secret, fantastical world around them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Shop for Killers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Shop for Killers, Disney Plus, Hulu, Primary, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Disney+/Hulu original series A Shop for Killers. The album features the show’s original music composed by hip hop/music producer Primary (aka Choi Dong-hoon). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out Primary’s title track below. A Shop for Killers is created by Lee Kwon & Ji Ho Jin based on the novel The Killer’s Shopping Mall by Kang Ji-young and stars starring Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun. The action drama follows a young man who lost his parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall as he faces a new truth after his uncle’s sudden death. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Abels Scoring Disney+’s ‘The Acolyte’
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Michael Abels, Star Wars, The Acolyte
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking) has been tapped to score Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ original series The Acolyte. The show is created by Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Charlie Barnett and Carrie-Anne Moss. The drama is set in the final days of the High Republic era and tells the story of a former Padawan who reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Femme’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Janota Bzowski, Femme, Ng Choon Ping, Sam H. Freeman, score, Soundtrack
Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud, Out of Darkness, The Marsh King’s Daughter, Here Before, Black Mirror: Loch Henry) has released a soundtrack album for the British thriller Femme. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Sauna Reprise & Follow the Pitbull) after the jump. Femme is written and directed by Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping and stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George Mackay, John McCrea and Asha Reid. The movie follows a man whose life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for (Brian) ‘Eno’ Documentary Announced
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Eno, Eno, Gary Hustwit, Soundtrack
Universal Music will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary Eno. The album features music by the film’s subject Brian Eno (The Lovely Bones, Dune, Top Boy, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), including work from early solo outings, collaborations with artists such as David Bryne, Cluster, John Cale, Fred again, his 2022 appearance at the Acropolis in Athens with brother Roger & more. Also included are three previously unreleased recordings. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD and vinyl edition will be coming out on July 12 (click here to pre-order) A first track (Lighthouse #429) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Eno directed by Gary Hustwit centers on the visionary musician and artist, known for producing David Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, among others, pioneering the genre of ambient music; releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums and reveals his creative processes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On the Pulse’ (‘Vivants’) Soundtrack Single Released
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alix Delaporte, Evgueni Galperine, On the Pulse, Sacha Galperine, score, Soundtrack, VIvants
L’R Du Tresor has released a soundtrack for the French/Belgian drama On the Pulse (Vivants). The 2-track single features the film’s original score composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Loveless, Radioactive, Happening, Scenes from a Marriage, Wizard of Lies, The Family). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. On the Pulse is co-written and directed by Alix Delaporte and stars Alice Isaaz, Roschdy Zem, Vincent Elbaz, Pierre Lottin, Pascale Arbillot and Jean-Charles Clichet. The movie follows an aspiring cameraperson with no formal training who joins the team of a prestigious reporting show and quickly finds her footing in the fast-paced and intense newsroom. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Live-Action Series to Be Released
Posted: February 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Takeshi Furukawa
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Avatar: The Last Airbender have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Takeshi Furukawa (Mythic Quest, Planet of Lana, The Last Guardian). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 22 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s main title and end credits tracks below. Avatar: The Last Airbender is developed by Albert Kim based on the Nickelodeon’s animated series of the same name and stars Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ken Leung and Daniel Dae Kim. The fantasy adventure tells the story of a young boy known as the Avatar must who master the four elemental powers to save a world at war – and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him. Read the rest of this entry »
