Opening nationwide is the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World directed by Dean DeBlois and starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, Craig Ferguson and F. Murray Abraham. The film’s original music is composed by John Powell (The Bourne IdentityShrekSolo: A Star Wars StoryHappy Feet). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the faith-based drama Run the Race directed by Chris Dowling and starring Tanner Stine, Kristoffer Polaha, Evan Hofer, Kelsey Reinhardt, Mario Van Peebles, Mykelti Williamson and Frances Fisher. Paul Mills (I Can Only Imagine, War Room, October Baby, Woodlawn) has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie is being released by Roadside Attractions. Visit the official movie website for more information.  Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Wonder Park. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Baby Driver, Attack the Block). The soundtrack will be released on March 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Wonder Park is written and produced by Josh Applebaum & Andre Nemec by features the voices of Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, John Oliver, Mila Kunis, Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong, Norbert Leo Butz, Brianna Denski and Ken Hudson Campbell. Read the rest of this entry »

Mötley Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie The Dirt. The album features a number of Mötley Crüe classics, as well as four new songs, including the single The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly, which is already available to download here. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on March 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Dirt is directed by Jeff Tremaine and stars Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Colson Baker, Tony Cavalero, Pete Davidson, Machine Gun Kelly, Rebekah Graf, Leven Rambin and David Costabile. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Victoria’ Season 2 & 3 Soundtrack Released

Posted: February 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Dubois Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ITV/PBS original series Victoria. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second and third season composed by Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Harry Brown, Collateral, City of Tiny Lights). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring Barrett’s & Martin Phipps’ score from the drama’s first season. Victoria is created by Daisy Goodwin and stars Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Rufus Sewell, Alex Jennings and Peter Bowles.  Read the rest of this entry »

‘Wild Rose’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: February 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Universal-Island Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama Wild Rose. The album features the songs from the movie performed by lead actress Jessie Buckley who stars in the title role of Rose-Lynn Harlan. The soundtrack will be released on April 12, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Country Girl) is now already available to download here. Wild Rose is directed by Tom Harper and stars Buckley, alongside Sophie Okonedo and Julie Walters. The movie follows a convicted criminal, single mother and would-be country singer who dreams of leaving her dreary, workaday Glasgow life for the bright lights of Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original movie Paris Is Us (Paris est à nous). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Charles Bastion and French DJ/electronic music producer Laurent Garnier. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Paris Is Us is co-written and directed by Elisabeth Vogler and stars Noémie Schmidt, Grégoire Isvarine and Marie Mottet. The movie follows a young woman who finds herself caught in a dizzying spiral of dreams, memories and what-ifs amid a turbulent romance and rising tensions in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande will release the first official soundtrack album for the 2017 romantic comedy Home Again. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, Elf, The Greatest Showman). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 22 and will be available to download on Amazon. Home Again is written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, produced by Nancy Meyers and stars Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen and Lake Bell. Read the rest of this entry »

Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) has recently recorded his music for the upcoming National Geographic docu-series Hostile Planet. The show is executive produced by Academy Award-winning cinematographer and director Guillermo Navarro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and draws attention to the most extraordinary accounts of animals that have adapted to the cruelest evolutionary curveballs. Each episode of the 6-parter hosted by Bear Grylls looks at animals surviving at the extremes of different environments, in mountains, oceans, grasslands, jungles, deserts, and polar regions. Read the rest of this entry »

Rebecca Ferguson has recorded an original song for the animated feature Funan. The track, entitled Running, will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon. Listen to the full song after the jump. A full soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score composed by Thibaut Kientz-Agyeman, will be released next month by Milan Records. Funan is directed by Denis Do and features the voices of Bérénice Bejo and Louis Garrel. The movie centers on a young woman living in the chaos of 1975 Cambodia, amid the arrival of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Deacon Scoring ‘Well Groomed’

Posted: February 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Dan Deacon has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Well Groomed. The film is directed by Rebecca Stern and takes place in the world of competitive creative dog grooming. The movie follows four champion groomers and their dogs through a year in the life on the technicolor competition circuit, exploring their creative process. Stern is also producing the project with Justin Levy and Matthew C. Mills. Deacon’s previous film scoring credits include Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt and the documentary Rat FilmRead the rest of this entry »