Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Hunter Killer directed by Donovan Marsh and starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens. The film’s original music is composed by Trevor Morris (ImmortalsOlympus Has Fallen, London Has FallenVikingsThe Borgias). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate/Summit release.

Also opening wide is the action comedy Johnny English Strikes Again directed by David Kerr and starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson and Jake Lacy. Howard Goodall (Mr. Bean TV series, BeanMr. Bean’s Holiday) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous news article for the full album and for more information about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Bigger’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Bigger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Appaloosa, Pollock, Ugly Betty, Carnivale). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 2 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bigger is directed by George Gallo and stars Tyler Hoechlin, Julianne Hough, Calum Von Moger, Colton Haynes, Kevin Durand, Aneurin Barnard, Victoria Justice, DJ Qualls and Robert Forster. The movie tells the story of bodybuilding pioneer brothers Joe and Ben Weider, who against all odds, battled poverty and anti-Semitism to create the fitness industry as we know it. Read the rest of this entry »

Cho Young Wuk (aka Yeong-wook Jo) & The Soundtrackings have composed the original music for the new BBC/AMC mini-series The Little Drummer Girl. The show is directed by Chan-woon Park (Stoker) and stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, Charles Dance, Simona Brown and Max Irons. The 6-parter thriller based on John le Carré’s best-selling novel of the same name is set in the late 1970s and follows a fiery actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets a mysterious man while on holiday in Greece. Read the rest of this entry »

Virgin EMI Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Been So Long. The album features the songs from the film written by Ché Walker & Arthur Darvill and performed by cast members Michaela Coel, Arinzé Kene, Ronke Adekoluejo, George MacKay, Luke Norris and Joseph Dempsie. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Christopher Nicholas Bangs. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Been So Long is directed by Tinge Krishnan and revolves around a single mother in London’s Camden Town who hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. Read the rest of this entry »

BMG has released a soundtrack album for the German TV series Deutschland 86. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Golden Globe nominee Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, The International, One Hour Photo, Berlin Station). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Deutschland 86 is created by Anna Winger & Jörg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte and Alexander Beyer. The drama is the sequel to 2015’s Deutschland 83 (which Heil also scored) and follows Martin Rauch – Long banished to AFRICA for his sins in 1983 – as he is called back into the field. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Hunter Killer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Trevor Morris (Immortals, Olympus/London Has Fallen, Vikings, The Borgias, The Tudors). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 26 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Hunter Killer is directed by Donovan Marsh and stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens. The movie follows an American submarine captain who is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. Read the rest of this entry »

Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical adventure drama Alpha. The album features the film’s original music composedly Michael Stearns (SamsaraOne Eight Seven) & Joseph S DeBeasi (American Sniper). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 26 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Alpha is directed by Albert Hughes and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jóhannes Haukur Johannesson. The movie, which centers on a young man’s friendship with a wolf, opened in theaters nationwide by Sony Pictures this past summer and will be released on VOD on October 30 and will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on November 13. Read the rest of this entry »

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have composed the score for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Bird Box. The film is directed by Susanne Bier (After the Wedding, In a Better World) and stars Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Colson Baker, BD Wong, Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich. The movie based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Josh Malerman follows a mother, and two children navigate a hostile, even demonic landscape after an apocalyptic event.  Read the rest of this entry »

‘Widows’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The full details of the soundtrack album for Steve McQueen’s heist thriller Widows have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dunkirk) who previously collaborated with the director on 12 Years a Slave. Also included is the original song The Big Unknown by Sade and tracks by Nina Simone and The Cool Kids. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 16, 2018 and physically on November 30 by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Widows starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coom, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert Duvall & Liam Neeson will be released in theaters nationwide on November 16 by 20th Century Fox. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release the first soundtrack album for the British historical drama series The Last Kingdom. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen, The White Princess, Jamestown) and Eivør. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 9, 2018 (click here to pre-order). A CD version coming out on November 23 and will be available to pre-order as an import on Amazon within the next couple of days. The Last Kingdom is based on The Saxon Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell and stars Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Simon Kunz and Joseph Millson. Read the rest of this entry »