Composer John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Office Space, Dante’s Peak, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Gods and Generals, Legion, Thirteen Ghosts) is reuniting with writer/director/producer Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek) on the upcoming Netflix original series The Waterfront. The show is created by Williamson and stars Holt McCallany, Melissa Benoist, Jake Weary, Maria Bello, Humberly González, Rafael L. Silva, Danielle Campbell and Brady Hepner. The drama follows a prominent North Carolina fishing family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat. Read the rest of this entry »
John Frizzell Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Waterfront’
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Frizzell, Kevin Williamson, Netflix, The Waterfront
Michael Giacchino’s ‘The Batman Suite’ (Lounge Version) Released
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Giacchino
Mutant has released the second track from the second volume of the album Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Doctor Strange). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is The Batman Suite, a lounge version of the composer’s music from Matt Reeves’ 2022 feature starring Robert Pattinson in the title role. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released a first track (Marvel Studios Fanfare) last month and will release the full second volume this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Big Mouth’ Volume 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Big Mouth, Mark Rivers, Netflix, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Big Mouth. The album features a selection of the original songs from the show’s final seasons written by composer Mark Rivers and performed by the animated comedy’s voice cast, including Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Billy Porter, John Mulaney, Zazie Beetz, Ayo Edebiri, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Patrick Page, Skyla l’Lece, Crissy Guerrero, Larry Owens & others. Super Songs of Big Mouth – Volume 3 is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. BMG has previously released the first volume featuring the songs from the early seasons back in 2019, while Netflix Music has released the second volume in 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
Sion Trefor Scoring BBC’s ‘Death Valley’
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, BritBox, Death Valley, Sion Trefor
Sion Trefor (Say Nothing, Toxic Town) is the composer of the new BBC comedy drama Death Valley. The show is written and created by Paul Doolan (Trollied) and stars Timothy Spall, Gwyneth Keyworth, Alexandria Riley, Steffan Rhodri, Melanie Walters, Remy Beasley, Mike Bubbins and Rithvik Andugula. The 6-part series is set in Wales and follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric a retired actor and star of hit fictional TV detective show Caesar and a disarming Welsh detective sergeant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fear Street, Fear Street: Prom Queen, Matt Palmer, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Fear Street: Prom Queen. The album features the movie’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Daredevil: Born Again, Five Nights at Freddy’s, X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, The Forever Purge, The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composers’ score after the jump. Fear Street: Prom Queen is directed by Matt Palmer and stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Ella Rubin, Chris Klein, Ariana Greenblatt, David Iacono, Lili Taylor and Katherine Waterston. The fourth feature based on R.L. Stine’s horror book series takes place during 1988 prom season at Shadyside High and follows a gutsy outsider who puts herself in the running just as the other contending girls start mysteriously disappearing. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Stapleton’s Song ‘Bad As I Used to Be’ from ‘F1’ Released
Posted: May 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Stapleton, F1, Joseph Kosinski
Atlantic Records has released the fourth track from the soundtrack for the sports action drama F1. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Bad As I Used to Be written, produced (with Dave Cobb) and performed by Chris Stapleton. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released three first songs (Lose My Mind by Don Toliver feat. Doja Cat, Messy by Rosé & No Room for a Saint by Dom Dolla feat. Nathan Nicholson) over the last couple weeks and will release the full F1 The Album on June 27 (click here for the album details). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Rodeo’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Russo, Jon Avnet, score, Soundtrack, The Last Rodeo
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Last Rodeo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, Zero Day, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind, Legion, The Night Of). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles suite below. The Last Rodeo is co-written and directed by Jon Avnet and stars Neal McDonough, Derek Presley, Mykelti Williamson, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Jones, as well as professional bull riding champion Daylon Swearingen. The movie revolves around a retired rodeo legend as he enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition as the oldest contestant ever in order to save his grandson while he reconciles old wounds with his estranged daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Maggie Kang’s & Chris Appelhans’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Posted: May 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Appelhans, KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, Marcelo Zarvos, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Equalizer 3, May December, Wonder, Good American Family, The Affair, Emancipation, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original animated film KPop Demon Hunters. The movie is directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans (Wish Dragon) and features the voices of Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Joel Kim Booster, Kim Yunjin, Liza Koshy, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong and Lee Byung-hun. The Sony Pictures Animation production tells the story of three Kpop superstars who use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat as they face their biggest enemy yet – an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fountain of Youth’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Chris Benstead, Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie, score
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action adventure Fountain of Youth. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Wrath of Man, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre). Also included is a cover version of Cher’s Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down by Jacye & Benstead. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listento the song and a track from Benstead’s score below. Fountain of Youth is directed by Guy Ritchie and stars John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Stanley Tucci, Carmen Ejogo and Laz Alonso. The movie follows two estranged siblings who must use their knowledge of history to follow clues when they team up on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. Read the rest of this entry »
