Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Seize Them! The album features the film’s original score composed by Rael Jones (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Harlots, Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Role Play, Kids in Love, The Salisbury Poisonings). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 3, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Seize Them! is directed by Curtis Vowell and stars Aimee Lou Wood, Lolly Adefope, Nicola Coughlan, John Macmillan, Paul Kaye, Jessica Hynes and Nick Frost. The movie follows an egotistical yet lonely monarch who – after her reign is toppled – is now a fugitive with a hefty bounty on her head and embarks on a quest to regain the throne as her new friends and wild adventures make her question the kind of Queen she wants to be. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seize Them!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Curtis Vowell, Rael Jones, score, Seize Them!, Soundtrack
Federico Jusid Scoring Showtime’s ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gentleman in Moscow, Federico Jusid, Showtime
Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, The English, Watership Down, Misconduct, The Head, Life Itself, Loving Pablo) is the composer of the upcoming Showtime limited series A Gentleman in Moscow. The show is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Amor Towles and stars Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alexa Goodall, Fehinti Balogun, Johnny Harris, Leah Harvey, Paul Ready, Lyès Salem, John Heffernan, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Anastasia Hille, Dee Ahluwalisa, Daniel Cerqueira, Billie Gadsdon, Leah Balmforth and Beau Gadsdon. The 8-part drama follows Count Alexander Rostov who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boléro’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Fontaine, Boléro - Le mystère Ravel, Soundtrack
Warner Classics has released a soundtrack album for the French biographical drama Boléro (Boléro – Le mystère Ravel). The album features the music from the film written by Maurice Ravel, as well as pieces by Frédéric Chopin and Alexandre Tharaud. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Bolero is co-written and directed by Anne Fontaine and stars Raphael Personnaz, Doria Tillier, Emmanuelle Devos, Jeanne Balibar and Vincent Perez. The movie, which is set in the roaring 1920s, follows Russian choreographer/dancer Ida Rubinstein as she selects Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet and the explores the birth of the renowned titular composition. Read the rest of this entry »
Jérôme Rebotier to Score Matthieu Delaporte’s & Alexandre de La Patellière’s ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’
Posted: March 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre de La Patellière, Jérôme Rebotier, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Matthieu Delaporte, The Count of Monte Cristo
Jérôme Rebotier (The Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite, Sahara, About Joan, The Best Is Yet to Come, What’s in a Name?) has been hired to score the upcoming French action adventure The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo). The film is written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de La Patellière (who recently wrote the screenplay for last year’s French language 2-part adaptation of The Three Musketeers) and stars Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Laurent Lafitte and Anamaria Vartolomei. The movie based on the classic novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantès who – after spending fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If for a crime he didn’t commit – manages a daring escape and assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo to exact his revenge on the three men who betrayed him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stuck Together’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 8 Rue de l’Humanité, Alexandre Lecluyse, Dany Boon, Netflix, score, Soundrack, Stuck Together
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s French original film Stuck Together (8 Rue de l’Humanité). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Alexandre Lecluyse (Life for Real, Debout les femmes!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s overture and title tracks below. Stuck Together is co-written and directed by Dany Boon and stars Boon himself, François Damiens, Yvan Attal, Laurence Arné, Alison Wheeler, Tom Leeb, Liliane Rovère,Jorge Calvo and Milo Machado-Graner. The comedy is set in Paris as the city goes into lockdown during the pandemic and follows a group of quirky residents of an apartment building as they must adjust to a new life. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Album for ‘Goliath Awaits’ Announced
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: George Duning, Goliath Awaits, Kevin Connor, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1981 miniseries Goliath Awaits directed by Kevin Connor, written by Hugh Benson, Richard M. Bluel & Pat Fielder and starring Mark Harmon, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert, Robert Forster, John Carradine, Alex Cord, Frank Gorshin and Jean Marsh. The album features the original music from the 2-part sci-fi adventure thriller composed by George Duning (3:10 to Yuma, Picnic, Cowboy, The Devil at 4 O’Clock, The World of Suzie Wong). The soundtrack is now available to order as a CD-R version on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Son Lux’s Ryan Lott Scoring Ned Benson’s ‘The Greatest Hits’
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Ned Benson, Ryan Lott, The Greatest Hits
Composer Ryan Lott (of Son Lux) (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paper Towns, Mean Dreams, Single Drunk Female) is reuniting with director Ned Benson on the upcoming romantic comedy drama The Greatest Hits. The film is written and directed by Benson and stars Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet and Austin Crute. The movie revolves around a woman who finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time and relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary & George’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mary & George, Oliver Coates, score, Sky, Soundtrack, Starz
The details of the soundtrack album for the Starz/Sky original limited series Mary & George have been revealed. The album features the show’s original music composed by Oliver Coates (Aftersun, The Stranger, Occupied City, Significant Other, Foe). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 5 by Invada Records and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A digital single featuring two first tracks from Coates’ score has previously been released last week. Mary & George is created by D.C. Moore and stars Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicola Walker, Tony Curran, Niamh Algar, Trine Dyrholm, Sean Gilder, Adrian Rawlins, Mark O’Halloran, Laurie Davidson, Samuel Blenkin and Simon Russell Beale. The 7-part historical drama tells the true story of a treacherous mother and son who seduced, schemed and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Brian Crano’s & David Craig’s ‘I Don’t Understand You’
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Crano, Danny Bensi, David Craig, I Don't Understand You, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Staircase, Tulsa King) have composed the original music for the upcoming horror comedy I Don’t Understand You. The film is written and directed by Brian Crano (Permission) & actor David Craig and stars Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Morgan Spector, Nunzia Schiano and Eleonora Romandini. The movie follows an American couple, on the verge of adopting a baby, who goes on an Italian vacation, when things begin to spiral out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Damsel’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damsel, David Fleming, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Damsel. The album features the movie’s original music composed by David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, The Unforgivable, The Perfect Guy). Also included is Lykke Li’s cover of Ring of Fire, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Elodie’s Maze) below. Damsel is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Angela Bassett. The fantasy adventure tells the story of a dutiful damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Read the rest of this entry »
