Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 6, 2019)

Posted: September 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror movie IT: Chapter Two directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone and Andy Bean. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Annabelle Creation). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Opening in Los Angeles before expanding to more markets over the next couple of weeks is the indie drama Ms. Purple written and directed by Justin Chon and starring Tiffany Chu and Teddy Lee. Roger Suen who has previously scored Chon’s first feature Gook has composed the film’s original music. Notefornote Entertainment has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Oscilloscope Laboratories release. Read the rest of this entry »

Kasi Lemmons’ ‘Harriet’ to Feature Original Song ‘Stand Up’ by Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo has recorded an original song for the biographical drama Harriet. The song, entitled Stand Up, is co-written by Erivo who also stars in the movie’s title role & Joshuah Brian Campbell and is produced by Will Wells & Gabe Fox-Peck. The track will be featured in the film directed by Kasi Lemmons and also starring Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr. and Joe Alwyn. Terence Blanchard has composed the original score for the drama, which tells the story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom through the network of safehouses known as the Underground Railroad. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Freaks’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: September 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Freaks. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tim Wynn (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, MECH-X4, XCOM 2, Warhawk). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio clips. Freaks is written and directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein and stars Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew and Lexy Kolker. The movie centers on a girl who discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Mr. Robot’ Volume 6 Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the USA original series Mr. Robot. The album features more music from the show’s third season composed by Mac Quayle (American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, Pose) who received an Emmy Award for his music from the series in 2016. The Volume 6 soundtrack will be released digitally on September 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released five soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the first three seasons of the show. Mr. Robot created by Sam Esmail and starring Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin will return for its fourth and final season on October 6 on USA. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Last Photograph’ Soundtrack Released

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Nowever Records has released a soundtrack album for the British drama The Last Photograph. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodlawn, Nancy, Photograph). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The Last Photograph is directed by Danny Huston who also stars in the movie, alongside Johan Hauer-King, Stacy Martin, Sarita Choudhury, Vincent Regan, Michelle Ryan and Jaime Winstone. The drama is based on Simon Astaire’s novel of the same title and follows a middle-aged man as he searches for a stolen photograph of his son, which was taken shortly before he was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The film is being released in select U.S. theaters and on VOD this weekend by Freestyle Digital Media. Read the rest of this entry »

Enis Rotthoff Scoring Jason Lei Howden’s ‘Guns Akimbo’

Posted: September 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Enis Rotthoff (Look Who’s Back, Wetlands, Four Against the Bank, Godless Youth) has composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Guns Akimbo. The film is written and directed by Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy and Rhys Darby. The movie centers on a nerdy video game developer as he becomes the next contestant in an illegal live-streamed death match. Joe Neurauter & Felipe Marino (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) and Tom Hern (The Dark Horse) are producing the German/New Zealand co-production. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Strange But True’ Soundtrack Released

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Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Strange But True. The album features the film’s original music composed by Neil Athale (Wasteland, Golden Years, In a Day, Gloves Off). The soundtrack is now available to download and stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon Music. Strange But True is directed by Rowan Athale and stars Amy Ryan, Nick Robinson, Margaret Qualley, Blythe Danner, Brian Cox, Greg Kinnear and Connor Jessup. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by John Searles and centers on a woman who, five years after the tragic death of her boyfriend, arrives on the doorstep of his family to tell them she is pregnant with his child.  Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘A Million Little Pieces’ to Be Released

Posted: September 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Republic Records will release a soundtrack album for the A Million Little Pieces. The album features the songs from the movie, including the original song Always There by Greta Van Fleet, as well as tracks by R.E.M., The Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, Loretta Lynn & others. Also included is a suite from the movie’s original score composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 6 and will be available to download here. A Million Little Pieces is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, Nowhere Boy)  and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Odessa Young, Dash Mihok and David Dastmalchian. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Night Hunter’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Night Hunter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Lu (In Pursuit of Silence) and produced by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 6 and will be available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Night Hunter is directed by David Raymond and stars Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Minka Kelly, Brendan Fletcher and Mpho Koaho. The movie follows an American police force that traps an online predator, only to realize the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything anticipated. Read the rest of this entry »

Craig Armstrong Scoring Gregor Jordan’s ‘Dirt Music’

Posted: September 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually) has recently scored the upcoming British/Australian drama Dirt Music. The film is directed by Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly, The Informers) and stars Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund, David Wenham, Julia Sarah Stone and Aaron Pedersen. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Tim Winton is set against the landscape of Western Australia and tells an impassioned tale of love and grief. Jack Thorne (Wonder, The Aeronauts) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

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