Joaquin Garcia (The Distant Barking of Dogs, While We Watched, Fighting Demons with Dragons, Reunited) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Child of Dust. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s opening credits and title tracks below. Child of Dust is directed by Weronika Mliczewska, produced by Bao Nguyen and centers on one of the thousands of unwanted and marginalized children abandoned by American soldiers after the Vietnam War who – at age 55 – fulfills his lifelong dream of finding his father, but is also forced to face profound questions about his identity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Child of Dust’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Child of Dust, Joaquin Garcia, score, Soundtrack, Weronika Mliczewska
Apple TV+’s ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ to Feature Original Songs by Jeff Morrow & Ben Folds
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Ben Folds, Jeff Morrow, Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
Apple TV+ announced today that composer Jeff Morrow (Snow White, A Christmas Story Christmas, Science Fair, George Carlin’s American Dream, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure) and singer, songwriter, composer and New York Times bestselling author Ben Folds have written the original songs for the streamer’s upcoming animated musical special Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. The 40-minute special is directed by Erik Wiese, written by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz & Cornelius Uliano and follows Charlie Brown who is determined to make his final year at Summer Camp special, when Snoopy and Woodstock discover a treasure map that takes them on a wild adventure nearby. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring HBO’s ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Muschietti, Benjamin Wallfisch, HBO, It, It: Welcome to Derry
Benjamin Wallfisch (Alien: Romulus, Twisters, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, Annabelle Creation) has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO original series IT: Welcome to Derry. The show is developed by Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, Locke & Key) and Jason Fuchs (Argylle, Ice Age: Continental Drift) based on Stephen King’s It novel and stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Stephen Rider, James Remar, Rudy Mancuso, Madeleine Stowe and Bill Skarsgård. The drama is set in the world of King’s IT universe and expands the vision established by Muschietti in the features IT and IT Chapter Two. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seven Days’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ali N. Askin, Ali Samadi Ahadi, score, Seven Days, Soundtrack
Yatak Records has released a soundtrack album for the German/Iranian drama Seven Days. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ali N. Askin (Tehran Taboo, Barbarians, Moonbound, Leroy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s Family Themes below. Seven Days is written by Mohammad Rasoulof, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi and stars Vishka Asayesh, Majid Bakhtiari, Tanaz Molaei, Melika Foroutan and Sam Vafa. The movie follows an imprisoned human rights activist who is granted a rare medical leave, which offers her the chance to escape Iran but at the expense of her battle for equality and democracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Raül Refree to Score Los Javis’ ‘La Bola Negra’
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: La Bola Negra, Los Javis, Raül Refree
Music producer and composer Raül Refree (One Year, One Night, Between Two Waters) is attached to score the upcoming Spanish drama La Bola Negra (The Black Ball). The film is directed by Los Javis (aka Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) (Holy Camp!) will star Penelope Cruz, Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González and Lola Dueñas. The movie is inspired by an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca and tells the interconnected stories of three men across three different eras whose lives are intimately bound by sexuality and desire, pain and legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Words of War’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Strong, Ólafur Arnalds, score, Snorri Hallgrímsson, Soundtrack, Words of War
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Words of War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Snorri Hallgrímsson (Chalk the Line, Chasing the Present, Innocence) and produced by Ólafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Surface, Moonhaven, Electric Dreams). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to ‘s title track after the jump. Words of War is directed by James Strong and stars Maxine Peak, Ciarán Hinds, Jason Isaacs, Ian Hart, Ellie Bamber, Sophie Simnett, Harry Lawtey and Ben Miles. The movie is based on the life of journalist Anna Politkovskaya whose crusade to be an independent voice of truth inside Putin’s Russia put her life in jeopardy. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman Scoring Chris Miller’s ‘Smurfs’
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Miller, Henry Jackman, Smurfs
Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, Kong: Skull Island, Big Hero 6, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) is scoring the upcoming animated feature Smurfs. The film is directed by Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) and features the voices of Rihanna (who is also contributing original songs to the movie), James Corden, Nick Offerman, Daniel Levy, JP Karliak, Amy Sedaris, Sandra Oh, Kurt Russell, Natasha Lyonne, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Nick Kroll, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Xolo Maridueña, Billie Lourd, Marshmello and John Goodman. The movie follows Smurfette as she leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save Papa Smurf when he is mysteriously taken by evil wizards. Read the rest of this entry »
Halsey’s & Amy Lee’s Original Song ‘Hand That Feeds’ from ‘Ballerina’ Released
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amy Lee, Ballerina, Halsey, Len Wiseman
Columbia Records has released the original song Hand That Feeds from the action thriller Ballerina. The track co-written (with Jordan Fish, Griff Clawson & Michael Pollack) and performed by Halsey & Evanescence’s Amy Lee is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Tyler Bates’ & Joel J Richard’s original score from the movie will be released by Lakeshore Records. Ballerina is directed by Len Wiseman and stars Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McShane, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus and Keanu Reeves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eran Riklis, Reading Lolita in Tehran, score, Soundtrack, Yonatan Riklis
D-Music has released a soundtrack album for the Israeli/Italian drama Reading Lolita in Tehran. The album features the film’s original score composed by Yonatan Riklis (A Borrowed Identity, Spider in the Web, Shelter). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. Reading Lolita in Tehran is directed by Eran Riklis and stars Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir and Mina Kavani. The movie is based on the book by Azar Nafisi and follows a former professor at Tehran University who secretly gathers seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Scoring Scoring Rebecca Zlotowski’s ‘A Private Life’
Posted: May 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Private Life, Rebecca Zlotowski, Rob, Robin Coudert, Vie privée
Rob (aka) (aka Robin Coudert) (Revenge, Maniac, Gretel & Hansel, Never Let Go, Horns, Amityville: The Awakening, Troy: Fall of a City) has composed the original score for the upcoming French psychological thriller A Private Life (Vie privée ). The film is directed by Rebecca Zlotowski (An Easy Girl) and stars Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Mathieu Amalric and Luana Bajrami. The movie follows a renowned psychiatrist who mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered. Read the rest of this entry »
