Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack album for the shark thriller 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. The album features the film’s original music composed by tomandandy (The Strangers, Resident Evil: Retribution, The Mothman Prophecies, The Rules of Attraction) who have previously scored the original 2017 47 Meters Down movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 16, 2019 and will be available to download here. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju, Sistine Stallone, Davi Santos, Khylin Rhambo, Brec Bassinger, John Corbett and Nia Long. Read the rest of this entry »
’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 47 Meters Down, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, Johannes Roberts, score, Soundtrack, tomandandy
BAFTA ‘Original Music’ Category to Be Renamed ‘Original Score’
Posted: August 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today published the rules and timeline for the EE British Academy Film Awards, following its annual review of all categories. Among the changes, it was announced that the Original Music category will be renamed Original Score, “underlining a focus on composer and score, and acknowledging the integral part they play in contributing to the narrative, atmosphere and emotional landscape of the film”. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Killerman’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heiko Maile, Julian Demarre, Killerman, Malik Bader, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Killerman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Julian DeMarre (Cash Only) & Heiko Maile (The Wave, We Are the Night). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 30, 2019 and will be available to download here. Killerman is written and directed by Malik Bader and stars Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero, Mike Moh, Suraj Sharma, Zlatko Buric, Nickola Shreli and Julia Vasi. The movie centers on a New York City money launderer who desperately searches for answers after waking up with no memory, millions in stolen cash and drugs, and an insane crew of dirty cops violently hunting him down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Caitlin Yeo, Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Kriv Stenders, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the Australian war drama Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan. The album features the film’s original music composed by Caitlin Yeo (The Rocket, The Butterfly Tree). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Danger Close is directed by Kriv Stenders and stars Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Hayes, Alexander England, Daniel Webber, Aaron Glenane, Nicholas Hamilton and Myles Pollard. The drama, which tells the story of the most celebrated victorious battle for the Australian army during the Vietnam war, will be released in Australian theaters this coming Thursday, August 8 and will be distributed in the U.S. by Saban Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Light of My Life’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Casey Affleck, Daniel Hart, Light of My Life, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for Casey Affleck’s second feature directorial effort Light of My Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, A Ghost Story, The Exorcist, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 16 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Light of My Life is written and directed by Affleck who also stars in the movie alongside Anna Pniowsky, Tom Bower and Elisabeth Moss. The drama follows a father and his young daughter as they become trapped in the woods in a post-pandemic world. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers to Score Netflix’s ‘Raising Dion’
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kris Bowers, Netflix, Raising Dion
Kris Bowers has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original series Raising Dion. The show developed by Carol Barbee (UnREAL) based on the comic book created by Dennis Liu and stars Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Michael B. Jordan, Jason Ritter and Jazmyn Simon. The drama centers on a single mom who must hide her young son’s superpowers to protect him from exploitation while investigating their origins and her husband’s death. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sea of Shadows’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: H. Scott Salinas, National Geographic, Richard Ladkani, score, Sea of Shadows, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Sea of Shadows. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Cartel Land, Warrior). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sea of Shadows is directed by Richard Ladkani and follows a group of dedicated scientists, high-tech activists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents who, along with the Mexican Navy, attempt to rescue the most endangered and elusive whale on Earth while battling vicious Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes Scoring Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Laundromat’
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Holmes, Ordinary Love, Steven Soderbergh, The Laundromat
Composer David Holmes is reuniting with director Steven Soderbergh on the upcoming Netflix original movie The Laundromat. The film stars Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone, Alex Pettyfer, David Schwimmer, Will Forte, Robert Patrick and Jeffrey Wright. The movie tells the story of the corrupt and secret world of financial crime that was exposed by the infamous Panama Papers leak. Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, The Informant!) wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with Lawrence Grey (Lights Out), Gregory Jacobs (Edge of Tomorrow) and Michael Sugar (Spotlight). Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Ghost Story’ & ‘The Tenant’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghost Story, Philippe Sarde, score, Soundtrack, The Tenant
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 horror thriller Ghost Story directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson and Alice Krige. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Universal Pictures production composed by Philippe Sarde (Tess, Quest for Fire, Lord of the Flies, The Bear), including almost 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. To order the CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Epix’s ‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’ Released
Posted: August 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Epix, Perpetual Grace LTD, Soundtrack, Steven Conrad, The Jones Sisters
Fat Possum Records has released a soundtrack album for the Epix original series Perpetual Grace, LTD. The album features the original songs from the show performed by The Jones Sisters (aka series creator Steven Conrad, Bobby Bare Jr, Jim Becker & Brad Jones), including the theme song Comet, which has previously been released as a digital single. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Perpetual Grace, LTD is created by Conrad & Bruce Terris and stars Ben Kingsley, Jimmi Simpson, Jackie Weaver, Luis Guzman, Damon Herriman, Chris Conrad, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O’Quinn and Hana Mae Lee. Read the rest of this entry »