Deutsche Grammophon has announced the concert album John Williams in Tokyo. The album features the the live recordings (performed by the Saito Kinen Orchestra) of the Hollywood legend’s 2023 concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, where he reunited with conductor Seiji Ozawa. Among the titles features on the release are Superman, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back & The Last Jedi, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone & Chamber of Secrets, Schindler’s List and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The record will be released digitally on May 3, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Superman March) is already available to stream/download now. Also check out the music video of the performance after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams in Tokyo Concert Album Announced
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams
Leon Vynehall Scoring ITV’s ‘Breathtaking’
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breathtaking, ITV, Leon Vynehall
British electronic music artist and house producer Leon Vynehall has made his television scoring debut on the new ITV drama Breathtaking. The show is written by Rachel Clarke, Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty) and Prasanna Puwanarajah based on Clarke’s personal memoir and stars Joanne Froggatt, Bhav Joshi, Donna Banya, Stephanie Street, Joseph Charles, Thom Petty and Naomi Denny. The 3-part series takes place during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, weeks before the UK’s first national lockdown, and follows an acute medicine consultant and her team as they struggle with the first wave of patients and are forced to make difficult healthcare decisions as her colleagues begin to be infected with the virus. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gassed Up’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gassed Up, George Amponsah, Soundtrack
Globe has released a soundtrack album for the British crime thriller Gassed Up. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Benzz, Digga D, Mae Muller (who also stars in the movie), Aitch, Joy Anonymous, Nino SLG & others. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Gassed Up is directed by George Amponsah and stars Stephen Odubola, Taz Skylar, Craige Middleburg, Harry Pinero, Yung Filly and Ms Banks. The movie follows a 20-year-old man who is trying to support his younger sister and help his struggling mother who – together with his friends – gets drawn into the web of an Albanian crime family and must choose between loyalty to his friends and family, and the draw of a thrilling lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »
Cian Ciarán Scoring BBC’s ‘The Way’
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Cian Ciarán, The Way
Cian Ciarán (of the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Way. The show is created by actor Michael Sheen, James Graham (Quiz, Sherwood), Adam Curtis (The Power of Nightmares, The Living Dead), developed by Bethan Jones (Sherlock, Les Miserables) and stars Steffan Rhodri, Mali Harries, Sophie Melville, Callum Scott Howell, Sheen himself, Maja Laskowska, Luke Evans, Tom Cullen, Mark Lewis Jones, Danny Sapani, Paul Rhys, Aneurin Barnard, Erin Richards, Catherine Ayers, Patrick Baladi, Jonathan Nefydd, Georgia Tennant, Matthew Aubrey and Teilo James Le Masurier. The 3-part series revolves around a family caught up in a civil uprising which begins in their small industrial town who are forced to escape the country they’ve always called home and the certainties of their old lives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts, George Fenton, Roger Michell, score, Showtime, Soundtrack
Shogun Music has released a soundtrack album for the British documentary Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Hitch, Gandhi, Ever After). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s closing titles track after the jump. Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts marks the final movie of director Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) and chronicles the great monarch’s life, honoring her playful and joyous spirit while also diving into many of the biggest political, social and personal issues that she dealt with in her reign. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicolas Becker & Quentin Sirjacq to Score Luis Felipe Fernández-Salvador’s ‘Lions of the Sea’
Posted: February 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Felipe Fernández-Salvador, Lions of the Sea, Nicolas Becker, Quentin Sirjacq
Nicolas Becker (Sound of Metal, A Prayer Before Dawn, Earwig, Memory House)& Quentin Sirjacq (Brother, Made in China, I Feel Better) are set to score the upcoming documentary Lions of the Sea. The film directed by Luis Felipe Fernández-Salvador y Campodonico (A Son of Man) is set in the Galapagos Islands and centers on a young sea lion who struggles to fend for himself in the face of food scarcity after losing his mother while fleeing from a group of fishermen and sets out to find a new sanctuary. Becker also serves as the project’s sound designer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘True Detective: Night Country’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, score, Soundtrack, True Detective, True Detective: Night Country, Vince Pope
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series True Detective: Night Country. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Vince Pope (Black Mirror: Be Right Back, No Offence, Resistance, Mr Bates vs. the Post Office, You & Me, Misfits, Wolfe). Tanya Tagaq is the featured vocalist on the score and also contributed music to the drama. Also included are songs performed by Monica Martin and John Hawkes. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to two tracks from the score below. True Detective: Night Country is created by Issa López and stars Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Hawkes, Isabella Star Lablanc, Christopher Eccleston, Aka Niviâna, Anna Lambe and Joel D. Montgrand. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson Wins BAFTA Award for ‘Oppenheimer’ Score
Posted: February 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in the Original Score category at today’s 2024 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He previously won the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award and is also up for an Academy Award for his score for the biographical thriller. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the category were Robbie Robertson (Killers of the Flower Moon), Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things), Anthony Willis (Saltburn) and Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 18, 2024)
Posted: February 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Andrew Lockington, Apple TV +, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben Salisbury, Constellation, Mark Isham, Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend, Netflix, Poacher, Suvi-Eeva Äikäs, Takeshi Furukawa
Premiering on Wednesday, February 21, is the Apple TV+ original series Constellation created by Peter Harness and starring Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, Julian Looman, William Catlett, Barbara Sukowa, Rosie Coleman and Davina Coleman. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, Archive 81, Luce) and Suvi-Eeva Äikäs (Matriarch, Baghead, Hanna). A soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score will be announced soon. Click here for more information about the psychological thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ documentary series Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend executive produced by Tim Pastore, Patrick Milling Smith, Matt Renner,Brian Carmody, Jenna Millman and Juan Camilo Cruz. Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, The Accountant, A River Runs Through It, Miracle, Warrior, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Black Daliah, The Cooler) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the SMUGGLER Entertainment production, which will also be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton & Metro Boomin Win Annie Award for ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Posted: February 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Daniel Pemberton & Metro Boomin were honored with their first Annie Award in Feature category for their music from Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse at tonight’s 51st Annie Awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Pemberton composed the movie’s score, while Metro Boomin served as the executive producer of the film’s soundtrack, which was released by Republic Records. Pemberton’s score was released by Sony Classical. The other contenders in the category were Thomas Newman for Elemental, Kazuma Jinnouchi & RADWIMPS for Suzume, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Joe Hisaishi for The Boy and the Heron. Read the rest of this entry »
