A soundtrack album has been released for the documentary Drug$. The album features the film’s original music composed by Asaf Sagiv (Last Summer, Who Shot the Sheriff). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Drug$ is directed by Jonathan Marshall Thompson and explores the mystery of modern medicine’s skyrocketing price tag in the U.S. and how it affects people struggling to stay alive. The movie narrated by J.K. Simmons features interviews with academics, patients, advocates and political leaders, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elijah Cummings. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Drug$’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Asaf Sagiv, Drug$, score, Soundtrack
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Songs from National Geographic’s ‘Valley of the Boom’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: National Geographic, Soundtrack, Valley of the Boom
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack EP featuring a selection of songs from the new National Geographic original series Valley of the Boom. The 5-track EP includes tracks by Blondfire, Justine Bennett, Theron “Neff-U” Feemster, L.B.C, Langston Theard & Colton Fisher. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, the label has also released a full soundtrack album featuring the show’s score by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein. Valley of the Boom is created by Matthew Carnahan and stars Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, Dakota Shapiro, John Karna and Oliver Cooper. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 11, 2019)
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Dog's Way Home, Against the Clock, Ashes in the Snow, Bruno Coulais, Hauschka, Jose "Pepe" Ojeda, Mark Kilian, Michael Andrews, Mychael Danna, Perfect Strangers, Replicas, Rob Simonsen, Tall Tales, The Upside, Victor Reyes, Volker Bertelmann
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide:
Opening in most theaters is the family drama A Dog’s Way Home directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Wes Studi, Alexandra Shipp, Jonah Hauer-King and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, On the Basis of Sex). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the 
comedy drama The Upside directed by Neil Burger and starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works and will be announced soon. The movie, which follows a recently paroled ex-convict who strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a paralyzed billionaire, is being released by STX Entertainment. Visit the official movie website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score James Mangold’s ‘Ford v. Ferrari’
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ford v. Ferrari, James Mangold, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami revealed in a recent interview with Next Best Picture that he is currently scoring the upcoming biographical drama Ford v. Ferrari. The film is directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Girl, Interrupted, Cop Land) and stars Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Paul Sparks and Jack McMullen. The movie follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building a new automobile with the potential to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France. Read the rest of this entry »
Theme Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Kim Possible’ Movie Released
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Kim Possible, Sadie Stanley
Walt Disney Records has released the theme song Call Me, Beep Me! from the upcoming Disney Channel live-action movie Kim Possible performed by the film’s lead actress Sadie Stanley. The track is an updated version of the theme song from the animated TV series of the same title, which was performed by Christina Milian. The song, which was originally written by Andrew Gabriel & Cory Lerios, is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Listen to the full track after the jump. Kim Possible is directed by Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky and also stars Sean Giambrone, Alyson Hannigan, Todd Stashwick, Taylor Ortega, Connie Ray, Ciara Wilson, Erika Tham and Issac Ryan Brown. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Go’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Go, Ferry Corsten, score, Soundtrack
Stillpoint has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Don’t Go. The album features the film’s original music composed by DJ/record producer Ferry Corsten who made his film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Don’t Go is directed by David Gleeson and stars Stephen Dorff, Melissa George and Simon Delaney. The movie follows a couple whose whose young daughter has just died. After relocating to open a seaside hotel on the west coast of Ireland, the father begins to have vivid dreams about his little girl which he becomes convinced holds the key to bringing her back to life. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ to Feature Original Score by Oli Julian & Original Songs by Ezra Furman
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ezra Furman, Netflix, Oli Julian, Sex Education
Oli Julian (Catastrophe, Cuckoo, Plebs) has composed the original score for the first season of the new Netflix original series Sex Education. The show also features original songs by singer/songwriter Ezra Furman. The comedy drama is created by Laurie Nunn and stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells and Kedar Williams-Stirling. The series centers on a socially awkward high school virgin who lives with his sex therapist mother and teams up with a rebel girl to form a school sex-therapy clinic. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Glass’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, score, Soundtrack, West Dylan Thordson
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass. The album features the film’s original music composed by West Dylan Thordson (Split, Joy, 3 Generations) who incorporated some of James Newton Howard’s themes from 2000’s Unbreakable into his score. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Glass is written and directed by Shyamalan and stars James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. Read the rest of this entry »
Unreleased Music from Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ to Be Released
Posted: January 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ., Luca Guadagnino, score, Soundtrack, Suspiria, Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke has announced a new limited edition vinyl featuring unreleased material from his score to Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria. The EP features seven previously unreleased tracks from the composer’s score performed by The London Contemporary Orchestra and choir. Click here to order the soundtrack. The original soundtrack album for the movie, which also features Yorke’s song Suspirium, which has been shortlisted in the Original Song category for this year’s Academy Awards, has been released back in October. Suspiria stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Lutz Ebersdorf and Chloe Grace Moretz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Come Back from the Moon’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Thierry Cheung, Don't Come Back from the Moon, Johnny Jewel, score, Soundtrack
Italians Do It Better will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Don’t Come Back from the Moon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johnny Jewel (Bronson, Lost River, Those Who Kill), as well as tracks by his bands Chromatics, Glass Candy and Symmetry. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 11 and will be available to download on Amazon. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Don’t Come Back from the Moon is co-written and directed by Bruce Thierry Cheung and stars James Franco, Rashida Jones, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Alyssa Elle Steinacker, Robert Scott Crane, Cheyenne Haynes, Hale Lytle, Zackary Arthur and Jeremiah Noe. Read the rest of this entry »
