Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Noelle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clyde Lawrence (The Rewrite, Landline) and Cody Fitzgerald (Hard Sell). Also included are the Christmas songs from the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon Music. Noelle is written and directed by Marc Lawrence and stars Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Billy Eichner, Ron Funches, Julie Hagerty and Shirley MacLaine. The holiday comedy centers on Santa’s daughter who is forced to take over the family business when her father decides to retire and brother ends up getting cold feet prior to his first big Christmas Eve flight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Noelle’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clyde Lawrence, Cody Fitzgerald, Disney, Marc Lawrence, Noelle, score, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Album for Netflix Documentary ‘American Factory’ to Be Released
Posted: November 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Factory, Chad Cannon, Julia Reichert, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Steven Bognar
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary American Factory. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chad Cannon (Paper Lanters, Devil’s Tree: Rooted Evil, Chalk It Up). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. American Factory directed by Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert and produced by Barack Obama & Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions and centers on a Chinese company reopens a shuttered factory in Ohio, but a culture clash threatens to shatter an American dream. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lady and the Tramp’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Bean, Disney, Joseph Trapanese, Lady and the Tramp, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Lady and the Tramp. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, The Raid). Also included are the songs from the movie performed by the film’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 12 and will be available to stream/download here. Lady and the Tramp is directed by Charlie Bean and stars Justin Theroux, Tessa Thompson, Kiersey Clemons, Thomas Mann, Janelle Monáe, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ken Jeong, F. Murray Abraham and Sam Elliott. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano to Score Michael Almereyda’s ‘Tesla’
Posted: November 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Paesano, Michael Almereyda, Tesla
John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, The Defenders, The Star) has been hired to score the upcoming biographical drama Tesla. The film is written and directed by Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime, Experimenter) and stars Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan and Jim Gaffigan. The movie chronicles the life and times of famed inventor Nikola Tesla, including his creation of the AC motor and his fierce rivalry with Thomas Edison. Uri Singer & Isen Robbins (Blue Caprice) are producing the project for Passage Pictures, alongside Christa Campbell (Criminal, Leatherface) & Lati Grobman (Righteous Kill, Intruders) for Campbell Grobman Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Darkness Visible’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Darkness Visible, Nainita Desai, Neil Biswas, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Darkness Visible. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (Enemy Within, For Sama, Telling Lies). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio samples. Darkness Visible is co-written and directed by Neil Biswas and stars Jaz Deol, Sayani Gupta, Neil Bhoopalam, Salóme R. Gunnarsdóttir and Seema Biswas. The movie follows a London-raised man as he returns to his home in India to discover his mother has died in mysterious circumstances. and uncovers a series of similar past murders. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 10, 2019)
Posted: November 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Back to Life, Clyde Lawrence, Cody Fitzgerald, Disney, Dollface, Dublin Murders, Forky Asks a Question, Gabriel Mann, Hauschka, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Hulu, Jake Monaco, Jonathan Sadoff, Joseph Trapanese, Lady and the Tramp, Ludwig Göransson, Noelle, Showtime, Solomon Grey, Starz, The Mandalorian, Volker Bertelmann
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British comedy Back to Life created by Laura Solon & Daisy Haggard and starring Haggard herself, Geraldine James, Richard Durden, Adeel Akhtar, Jamie Michie, Souad Faress and Jo Martin. The show’s original music is composed by Solomon Grey (The Last Post, The Casual Vacancy). A soundtrack album featuring the score was released earlier this year when the series premiered in the UK on BBC (click here for the full album details). The comedy is making its U.S. debut on Showtime.
Also premiering stateside tonight is the crime series Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series and starring Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Jonny Holden, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has composed the show’s original music. The drama is premiering in the U.S. on Starz following its debut in the UK on BBC One last month. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni Scoring ABC’s ‘United We Fall’ & ‘Same Time, Next Christmas’
Posted: November 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Jeff Cardoni, Paradise Cove, Same Time Next Christmas, United We Fall
Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy United We Fall. The show is created by Julius Sharpe (Making History) and stars Will Sasso, Bill Ryan, Christina Vidal, Jane Curtin as Sandy Ryan and Ella Grace Helton. The series follows the trials and tribulations of the parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day to day as a functioning family. Sharpe is also executive producing the Sony Pictures, Exhibit A Film and ABC Studios production with Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Baywatch) and Julia Gunn. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Announced
Posted: November 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Disney, Gabriel Mann, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has announced a full soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The album features the songs from the first season of the show, including new versions of fan favorites, including some medleys, some acoustic and some instrumental numbers, as well as new songs. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 10, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release a new single every Wednesday after the new episodes air. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is developed by Tim Federle based on Disney Channel’s High School Musical movies and stars Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Kate Reinders, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Dara Renee, Julia Lester, Frankie Rodriguez, Larry Saperstein and Mark St. Cyr. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 8, 2019)
Posted: November 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 16 Bars, Alex Somers, Alfonso Gonzalez Aguilar, Caitlin Yeo, Danger Close, Doctor Sleep, Guillaume Roussel, Harald Kloser, Honey Boy, Jocelyn Pook, Klaus, Last Christmas, Marriage Story, Midway, Nathan Wang, Playing with Fire, Primal, Randy Newman, The Kingmaker, The Newton Brothers, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Wander
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the supernatural thriller Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken and Emily Alyn Lind. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Life of Crime). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the World War II drama Midway directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Darren Criss, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson. Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day: Resurgence). Music.Film Recordings/Varese Sarabande have released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’s score. Visit our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from ‘Lost’ Concert Album Released
Posted: November 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Lost, Michael Giacchino
Hollywood Records has released the first track from the concert album for the ABC drama Lost. Parting Words (written for the first part of the show’s Season 1 finale) composed and conducted by Michael Giacchino (Up, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek) and performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is now available as a digital single on Amazon. The full We Have to Go Back: The Lost Concert album will be released on November 15 by Mondo on vinyl. A digital release is also expected. Giacchino’s music from all six seasons of Lost was released on multiple albums between 2005 and 2010 by Varese Sarabande. Read the rest of this entry »
