La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1999 James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough directed by Michael Apted and starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards and Robert Carlyle. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the movie composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Stargate, Sherlock, Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies), including over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music, plus alternate cues. Also included is the title song performed by Garbage and a demo version of the track performed by Arnold himself. Visit the label’s official Facebook page for the full details of the album, which is limited to 5000 copies and will be available to order next week.  Read the rest of this entry »

Republic Records has released the second soundtrack EP for the comedy drama Blindspotting. The Miles EP features nine songs performed by the film’s stars Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released The Collin EP this past summer when the movie opened in theaters. Blindspotting is directed by Carlos López Estrada and stars Diggs & Casal (who also wrote the screenplay), alongside Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Wayne Knight. Read the rest of this entry »

Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the French family adventure Mia and the White Lion (Mia et le lion blanc). The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, A Bag of Marbles, Belle & Sebastian, 1,000 Times Good Night, The Source). Also included is a Kids United’s version of the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The soundtrack is set to be released on December 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mia and the White Lion is directed by Gilles de Maistre and stars Daniah De Villiers, Mélanie Laurent, Langley Kirkwood and Ryan Mac Lennan. The movie follows a young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub. Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Howe is composing the original score for the upcoming animated feature Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. The film written and directed by Richard Starzak is the sequel to 2015’s Shaun the Sheep Movie (scored by Ilan Eshkeri) and features the voices of Justin Fletcher and John Sparkes. Paul Kewley is producing the project for Aardman Animations and Nick Park & Peter Lord (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) are among the executive producers. Howe (Professor Marston and the Women Women, Charming) has previously co-scored Aardman’s Early Man with Harry Gregson-Williams. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Tumbbad’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: November 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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A soundtrack album has been released for the Indian fantasy horror drama Tumbbad. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s CreedHitmanBorderlandsMetal Hurlant Chronicles). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Tumbbad is directed by Rai Anil Barve & Adesh Prasad and stars Sohum Shah, Deepak Damle, Harish Khanna, Anita Date, Mohd Samad, Jyoti Malshe and Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar. The movie tells the story of a man and his son as they encounter a legendary demon while searching for hidden treasure in 19th-century India. Read the rest of this entry »

The composer duo of tomandandy (47 Meters Down, The Strangers, The Mothman Prophecies) is reteaming with director John R. Leonetti (Annabelle, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation) on the upcoming horror thriller The Silence. The film starring Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, Kiernan Shipka and John Corbett. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Tim Lebbon and revolves around a family struggling to survive in a world terrorized by a deadly, primeval species who have bred for decades in the pitch darkness of a vast underground cave system, hunting only with their acute hearing. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Amanda’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: November 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Nord-Ouest Films has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Amanda. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, The Possession, Ouija, Big Love, The Seagull). Also included is Jarvis Cocker’s original song Elvis Has Left the Building. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Amanda is co-written and directed by Mikhaël Hers and star Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, Stacy Martin, Ophélia Kolb, Marianne Basler, Jonathan Cohen and Greta Scacchi. The movie follows a young man who finds himself in charge of his seven-year old niece after his sister is brutally killed. Read the rest of this entry »

Randy Edelman (The Last of the Mohicans, While You Were Sleeping, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, xXx) has signed on to score the upcoming action drama Backdraft II. The film is directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego (Apollo 18, Open Grave) and stars William Baldwin who will reprise his role from Ron Howard’s 1991 original movie (scored by Hans Zimmer), alongside Joe Anderson, Alisha Bailey, Ross O’Hennessy, Sal Longbardo and Sia Alipour. Donald Sutherland is also rumored to make an appearance. Read the rest of this entry »

Globe has released a soundtrack album for the British crime comedy Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back). The album features the film’s original score composed by Guy Garvey, Peter Jobson and Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers). Also included are songs by Isaac Gracie and YUNGBLUD. The soundtrack is now also available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) is written and directed by Tom Edmunds and stars Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Marion Bailey, Aneurin Barnard and Freya Mavor. The movie follows a young man who – after his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life – outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. Read the rest of this entry »

Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original series Another Life. The show is created by Aaron Martin (Slasher, Saving Hope) and stars Katee Sackhoff, Selma Blair, Justin Chatwin, Tyler Hoechlin, Samuel Anderson, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow, Blu Hunt, A. J. Rivera, Alexander Eling, Alex Ozerov, Jake Abel, JayR Tinaco, Jessica Camacho, Barbara Williams and Lina Renna. The sci-fi drama revolves around an astronaut and her young crew who face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact. Read the rest of this entry »