Premiering today is the AMC limited series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live created by Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira & Andrew Lincoln and starring Lincoln, Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh, Terry O’Quinn, Matthew August Jeffers, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Andrew Bachelor and Craig Tate. The show’s original score is composed by Sam Ewing (Last Seen AliveThe ShedBeautiful Disaster/WeddingVictor Crawley) who previously co-scored the final seasons of the original The Walking Dead series and produced by Bear McCreary. Check out our previous article for more information about the 6-parter, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+

Premiering on Tuesday, February 27, is the FX limited series Shōgun developed by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks based James Clavell’s book and starring Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Hiroto Kanai and Shinnosuke Abe. Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul), Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Book of Eli) & Nick Chuba (Dr. Death, The Girl from Plainville) have composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the historical drama, which will air on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish disaster drama The Abyss (Avrgunden). The album features the film’s original score composed by Lasse Enersen (Tom of FinlandThere’s Something in the BarnLegend of the Ancient Sword, Cold CourageThe MisfitsThe Unknown Soldier). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music platforms. Also check out the composer’s title track below. As previously reported, Molly Hammar has contributed the original song Deep Down, which is available separately as a digital single. The Abyss is co-written and directed by Richard Holm and stars Tuva Novotny, Peter Franzén, Kardo Razzazi, Angela Kovacs, Felicia Maxime Truedsson and Tintin Poggats Sarri. Read the rest of this entry »

Back Lot Music has released the theme song from DreamWorks Animation’s new TV series Megamind Rules! The extended version of the song written and produced by Alex Seaver (aka Mako) and performed by Adam Lambert and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Megamind Rules! is developed by Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simons based on the 2010 Megamind movie and stars Keith Ferguson, Laura Post, Josh Brener, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Emily Tunon, Chris Sullivan, Talon Warburton, Scott Adsit, Tony Hale, Jeanine Mason and Lambert himself. Read the rest of this entry »

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls co-written and directed by Ethan Coen and starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Joey Slotnick and Pedro Pascal. The film’s original music is composed by Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin, Carol, Fargo, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriTwilight). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Asie Payton, The Liverbirds, Le Tigre, Shannon Shaw & others today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.

Also opening wide is the drama Ordinary Angels directed by Jon Gunn and starring Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Drew Powell, Drew Powell, Amy Acker, Skywalker Hughes and Emily Mitchel. Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Anonymous Killers, People You May KnowWheelsGod’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness) has composed the film’s original score. Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next week. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Lionsgate release. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media has released a new soundtrack album for the 1991 animated feature Rock-a-Doodle directed by Don Bluth and starring Glen Campbell, Eddie Deezen, Ellen Greene, Sandy Duncan, Phil Harris, Charles Nelson Reilly, Toby Scott Ganger and Christopher Plummer. The album features the premiere release of the full original score from the film composed and conducted by Robert Folk (Police AcademyAce Ventura: When Nature Calls, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, Nothing to LoseIn the Army Now). Also included are the movie’s original songs written by T.J. Kuenster. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version will be released in the coming weeks by Quartet Records. Listen to Folk’s main titles track below. Read the rest of this entry »

Decca Records & Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Spaceman. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Max Richter (The LeftoversAd Astra, Mary Queen of Scots, HostilesWaltz with Bashir, Taboo, Miss Sloane). Also included is the original song Don’t Go Away by Richter feat. Sparks (already out now as a digital single now). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, March 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Spaceman is directed by Johan Renck and stars Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini and Lena Olin. The sci-fi drama follows a lonely astronaut six months into a solo mission as he confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship. Read the rest of this entry »

Decca Records has released the original song Dare to Be from the biographical drama Cabrini. The track written by the film’s composer Gene Back (Shortcomings, Cowboys, Holler) and performed by Andrea Bocelli & Virginia Bocelli and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Cabrini is directed by Alejandro Monteverde and stars Cristiana Dell’Anna who plays the lead role of the Patron Saint of Immigrants, Francesca Cabrini, as well as David Morse as Archbishop Corrigan and John Lithgow as Mayor Gould. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2019 animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World directed by Dean DeBlois and starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, Kit Harrington and F. Murray Abraham. The album features the expanded original score from the third installment in DreamWorks Animation’s hit franchise composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet, Shrek, Migration, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Bolt, X-Men: The First Class, Don’t Worry Darling). The Deluxe Edition soundtrack is now available to order as a 2-CD set on the label’s official website and will also be released digitally on April 26 by Back Lot Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). The labels have previously released deluxe editions for the the 2010 original film and its 2014 sequel. Read the rest of this entry »

Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Land of Bad. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brandon Roberts (Thanksgiving, Chaos Walking, Underwater, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, Motherland: Fort Salem, On a Wing and a Prayer, The Twilight Zone). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Land of Bad is directed by William Eubank and stars Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle and Milo Ventimiglia. The movie is set in the South Philippines and follows an Air Force drone pilot reaper who has to support a special ops team as they try to shift a mission gone wrong into a rescue operation. Read the rest of this entry »

Nick Chuba (Dr. DeathThe Girl from Plainville, Operation Varsity Blues, Appendage) has provided the original score for the upcoming Jordanian drama The Strangers’ Case. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Brandt Andersen (Mothers’ Day, Journey to Bethlehem) and stars Yasmine Al Massri, Yahya Mahayni, Omar Sy, Ziad Bakri, Jason Beghe, Constantine Markoulakis, Ayman Samman and Massa Daoud. The movie is set during the Syrian civil war and follows the chain reaction of events involving five five families spanning four continents after tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo. Read the rest of this entry »