Will Bates (Immaculate, The Magicians, Unbelievable, The Life List, Away, The Path, I Origins, Bliss, The Looming Tower) is the composer of the upcoming Prime Video limited series The Better Sister. The show is created by Olivia Milch (Ocean’s Eight) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown, Russian Doll) based on the book by Alafair Burke and stars Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Kim Dickens, Matthew Modine, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Gloria Reuben,, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer and Lorraine Toussaint. The 8-part crime thriller follows a high-profile media executive who is reunited with her estranged sister after her husband’s murder and – together – try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Bates Scoring Prime Video’s ‘The Better Sister’
Posted: May 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Craig Gillespie, The Better Sister, Will Bates
‘Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Deana Kiner, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Lucasfilm, score, Sean Kiner, Soundtrack, Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for Lucasfilm Animation’s Disney+ original anthology series Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch & Rebels, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Peacemaker, Hell on Wheels, Narcos: Mexico), Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner (Dark Winds, House of David). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 9 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released Kiner’s music from 2022’s first installment (Tales of the Jedi) and last year’s second installment (Tales of the Empire). Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld is is created by Dave Filoni and features the voices of Nika Futterman, Corey Burton, Artt Butler, Clare Grant, Lane Factor, AJ LoCascio, Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Eric Lopez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wisting’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jacob Groth, score, Soundtrack, Sundance Now, Wisting
Naxos will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the Norwegian TV series Wisting. The album features selections of the original score rom all five seasons of the show composed by Jacob Groth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Unforgettable, Dead Man Down, Skin Trade, Midnight, Texas). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Three first tracks are already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Wisting is created by Trygve Allister Diesen & Kathrine Valen Zeiner based on the best-selling books by Jørn Lier Horst and stars Sven Nordin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Thea Green Lundberg, Mads Ousdal and Lars Berge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shadow Force’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig DeLeon, Joe Carnahan, score, Shadow Force, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Shadow Force. The album features the film’s original score composed by Craig DeLeon (Strange Darling, A Man in Full, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Fatal Attraction, Velma, End of the Road, Music, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Kyrah Rooftop) below. Shadow Force is co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Mark Strong, Cliff “Method Man” Smith and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The movie revolves around two leaders of a multinational special forces group who broke the rules by falling in love and went underground in order to protect their son and are now being hunted by a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Coka Chicas’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clément Tery, Coka Chicas, Roxine Helber, score, Soundtrack
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French action thriller Coka Chicas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clément Tery (Drone Games, Deep Fear, The Hunted, Les papillons noirs, Maroni). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Coka Chicas is directed by Roxine Helber and stars Zoé Marchal, Fadily Camara, Eva Huault and Vincent Regan. The movie follows three Parisian 25-year-old best friends turned drug mules who become embroiled in a violent adventure in the Caribbean when one of the girls disappears. Read the rest of this entry »
Germaine Franco to Score Roderick Fenske’s ‘Holy Molé’
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Germaine Franco, Holy Molé, Roderick Fenske
Germaine Franco (Encanto, The Mother, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Vida, Little, Tag) is attached to score the upcoming comedy Holy Molé. The film marks the feature debut of commercials director Roderick Fenske and stars Tim Roth, Cristo Fernández and Martha Higareda Howes. The movie follows a pompous food critic and his earnest son-of-a-chef who must outwit a ruthless queen-pin in order to save the son’s family restaurant – and themselves. Phil Lloyd (Population 11, The Moodys) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Paul Hoen, score, Soundtrack, Tom Howe, ZOMBIES 4: Dawn of the Vampires
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film, including nine new original songs and two reprises of fan-favorite hits performed by cast members including Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner and Mekonnen Knife. Also included is a score suite by the sequel’s composer Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Dog Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, Knuckles, Early Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 10 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (The Place to Be) has already been released as a digital single last Friday. Zombies 4 is directed by Paul Hoen and also stars Lisa Chappell and Jonno Roberts. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Co-Scoring Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ari Aster, Bobby Krlic, Daniel Pemberton, Eddington
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Steve Jobs, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Birds of Prey) is contributing music to the upcoming contemporary western/comedy Eddington. He will be sharing scoring credit with Bobby Krlic who previously scored director Ari Aster’s last two features. The film is written and directed by Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Clifton Collins Jr., Deirdre O’Connell, Amélie Hoeferle, Micheal Ward and William Belleau. The movie set in the titular New Mexico tow centers on a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor that sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blood of Zeus’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Blood of Zeus, Netflix, Paul Edward-Francis, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Blood of Zeus. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and final season composed by Paul Edward-Francis (Howl, Henry Danger: The Movie, The Convent). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 8 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 2 last year, while Milan Records has released the first soundtrack featuring music from Season 1 in 2021. Blood of Zeus is created by Charles Parlapanides & Vlas Parlapanides and stars Derek Phillips, Jason O’Mara, Claudia Christian, Mamie Gummer, Elias Toufexis, Jessica Henwick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Matthew Mercer, Adetokumboh M’Cormack and Melina Kanakaredes. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel Scoring Michael Pearce’s ‘Echo Valley’
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Echo Valley, Jed Kurzel, Michael Pearce, Tornado
Composer Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant,The Babadook, The Snowtown Murders, Overlord, Monkey Man, Assassin’s Creed, The Mustang, The Pope’s Exorcist) is reteaming with director Michael Pearce (Beast) on the upcoming thriller Echo Valley. The film starring Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney & Domhnall Gleeson follows a mother whose troubled daughter shows on up on her doorstep, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood, and has to try to piece together the shocking truth of what happened. Brad Inglesby (Mare of Easttown, Out of the Furnace) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
