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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 5, 2019)

Posted: July 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Bobby Krlic, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, Michael Brook, Michael Giacchino, Midsommar, My Days of Mercy, Nick Laird-Clowes, Phil, Rolfe Kent, Spider-Man: Far from Home

Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Already playing in theaters since this past Tuesday is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far from Home directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film’s original music composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Lost, The Incredibles, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the horror movie Midsommar written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgran, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia and Will Poulter. Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Triple 9, Seven Seconds, Shooter) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Apollo: Missions to the Moon’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: July 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Apollo: Missions to the Moon, Bleeding Fingers Music, Hans Zimmer, James Everingham, Russell Emanuel, score, Soundtrack

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the National Geographic documentary Apollo: Missions to the Moon. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Everingham for Bleeding Fingers Music and produced by Hans Zimmer & Russell Emanuel. The soundtrack is being released digitally and physically today. Click here to download the album and visit Amazon to order the CD version. Apollo: Missions to the Moon is directed by Tom Jennings (Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes, Diana: In Her Own Words) and recounts the United States’ remarkable journey to land on the Moon before 1970. The movie covers the Apollo Space Program with raw media, eschewing narration for footage and audio of the program, including samples of never-before-audio pulled from over 800 hours of recordings and Apollo black box recordings. Read the rest of this entry »

‘I Love You, Now Die’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Posted: July 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Erin Lee Carr, HBO, I Love You Now Die, Ian Hultquist, score, Soundtrack

Little Twig Records has announced a soundtrack album for the HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, A-X-L, Animals, My Blind Brother, The Gospel According to André). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 12, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. I Love You, Now Die is directed by Erin Lee Carr who previously collaborated with Hultquist on numerous projects, including Thought Crimes: the Case of the Cannibal Cop, Mommy Dead & Dearest, and this year’s At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (co-scored by Drum & Lace). Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cities of Last Things’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: July 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Cities of Last Things, Rob, score, Soundtrack, Wi Ding Ho

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Cities of Last Things. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob (Maniac, Horns, Troy: Fall of a City, Revenge, Plantarium). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Cities of Last Thing is directed by Ho Wi Ding and stars Jack Kao, Li Hong-Chi, Louise Grinber, Ding Ning, Stone, Huang Lu, Liu Rui-Chi, Hsin Yin, Liu Juei-Chi and Shin Yin. The movie, which unfolds in reverse chronology, follows a man with a complicated pastas he takes revenge on the individuals who wronged him decades ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Luc Besson’s ‘Anna’ to Be Released

Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Anna, Eric Serra, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack

EuropaCorp will release the official soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s action thriller Anna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Serra (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, GoldenEye, La Femme Nikita, Lucy, The Big Blue). Also included is Beauty Freak’s song My Beauty. The soundtrack will be released overseas digitally next Wednesday, July 10 and physically a few days later. A domestic release is set for July 19 (click here to download the album). Anna is written and directed by Besson and stars Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy and Helen Mirren. The thriller is now playing in U.S. theaters and will open in other markets over the next few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: CBS All Access, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery

Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the CBS All Access original series Star Trek: Discovery. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, The Act, Mile 22, Counterpart). Also included are three tracks from Russo’s score for Short Treks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is also in the works. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the series’ first season. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Fighting with My Family’ Score Album to Be Released

Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Fighting with My Family, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Merchant, Vik Sharma

Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the comedy drama Fighting with My Family. The album features the film’s original music composed by Vik Sharma (Hello Ladies) who collaborated with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on his score. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 5 and will be available to download here. Universal-Island Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, as well as selections of Sharma’s score. Fighting with My Family is written and directed by Stephen Merchant and stars Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »

‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ to Feature Original Song by Kylie Minogue & The Vaccines

Posted: July 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Kyle Minogue, The Vaccines

Kylie Minogue and the English indie rock band The Vaccines have collaborated on an original song for Aardman’s upcoming animated feature A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. The song, entitled Lazy, is also featured in the film’s latest trailer, which can be checked out after the jump. The movie directed by Will Becher & Richard Phelan follows Shaun and his flock after discovering a little alien with amazing powers who is stranded at the Mossy Bottom Farm, as they try and protect her from a sinister organization and attempt to send her home before an alien invasion. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Avengement’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Avengement, Jesse V. Johnson, score, Sean Murray, Soundtrack

A soundtrack album will be released for the action thriller Avengement. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Murray (Accident Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Deep Blue Sea 2). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Avengement is directed by Jesse V. Johnson and stars Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Nick Moran, Thomas Turgoose, Kierston Wareing and Louis Mandylor. The movie follows a lowly criminal who – while released on furlough from prison – evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Samurai Marathon’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Posted: July 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Bernard Rose, Philip Glass, Samurai Marathon, Soundtrack

Orange Mountain Music will release a soundtrack album for the period action movie Samurai Marathon. The album features the film’s music composed by Academy Award nominee Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman, The Illusionist). The soundtrack is comprised of short excerpts of the composer’s music from Mishima, The Fog of War & Naqoyqatsi , movements from Symphonies 2, 3 and 8, Violin Concerto No. 1, as well as the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha. The pieces were newly recorded for the project with the City of Prague Philharmonic under the baton of Richard Hein. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19. A CD version is set to be released on August 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »