Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown, Genius, Home) is set to compose the original score for the upcoming drama Military Wives. The film is directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty, Opal Dream, The Rocker) and will star Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan. The movie is inspired by a BBC factual series about a choirmaster who selects and trains amateur singers and follows a group of wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving abroad who form a choir on a military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Peter Cattaneo’s ‘Military Wives’
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Military Wives, Peter Cattaneo
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‘Smallfoot’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick, score, Smallfoot, Soundtrack, Wayne Kirkpatrick
The full details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Smallfoot have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie written by Wayne Kirkpatrick & director Karey Kirkpatrick and performed by the project’s voice cast including Channing Tatum, Zendaya, James Corden, Common, as well as CYN. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on September 28. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the digital version of the deluxe edition. Several songs from the movie have already been released as digital singles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Final Score’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Final Score, James Edward Barker, score, Scott Mann, Soundtrack, Tim Despic
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Final Score. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Mara) and Tim Despic (Heist, Precious Cargo). The soundtrack is now available digitally. Visit Amazon to download the composers’ score and listen to audio samples. Final Score is directed by Scott Mann and stars Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, Julian Cheung, Lara Peake, Alexandra Dinu and Ralph Brown. The movie follows an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills who wages a one-man war to save his abducted niece at a soccer match and prevent mass destruction. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hurricane’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Blair, Hurricane, Laura Rossi, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the historical drama Hurricane. The album features the film’s original music composed by Laura Rossi (Unfinished Song, The Cottage, The Firm) who recorded her score with the Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Hurricane is directed by David Blair (Away) and stars Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Kristof Hadek and Marcin Dorocinski. The movie tells the true story of Lt. Johnny Kent, a Canadian flight lieutenant who led the newly formed Royal Air Force 303 squadron of Hawker Hurricane fighter planes flown by Polish pilots at the height of the Battle of Britain during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mara’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clive Tonge, James Edward Barker, Mara, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Mara. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Heist, Precious Cargo, Final Score). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Mara is directed by Clive Tonge and stars Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet and Mitch Eakins. The movie revolves around a criminal psychologist who unearths a community of people who claim to be tormented by a shadowy menace, a centuries-old demon who kills her victims as they sleep. Read the rest of this entry »
Beth Krakower (1971 – 2018)
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beth Krakower
Publicist Beth Krakower who specialized in promoting film/TV composers and soundtrack albums/cast recordings has passed away yesterday, September 5, at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica after a nearly two year battle with breast cancer. She was 46. Among her clients were composers Cliff Martinez (Drive, Traffic), Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane), Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Wedding Crashers), Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Pollock), Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Rush Hour), Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash) and Michael Abels (Get Out). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Joan Jett Documentary ‘Bad Reputation’
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Reputation, Joan Jett, Kevin Kerslake, Soundtrack
Legacy Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Bad Reputation. The album features the classic songs from the movie performed by Joan Jett and her bands The Blackhearts and The Runaways, as well as Bikini Kill’s Rebel Girl (produced by Jett), Fea’s song Feminazi and Jett’s, Miley Cyrus’ & Laura Jane Grace’s cover of The Replacement’s Androgynous. The soundtrack will be released on September 28, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bad Reputation is directed by Kevin Kerslake and follows Jett from her early years as the founder and backbone of the all-female band the Runaways during the 1970s punk scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Jamie Cullum’s ‘The Man’ Cover from ‘King of Thieves’ to Be Released
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jamie Cullum, King of Thieves
Singer/songwriter Jamie Cullum has recorded a new version of the hit song The Man by The Killers. The track is featured during the credits of the heist thriller King of Thieves directed by James Marsh and starring Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Charlie Cox, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon and Francesca Annis. The song will be released as a digital single tomorrow, September 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Check out a behind the scenes vide about the recording of the track after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Iron Fist’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Iron Fist, Marvel, Netflix, Robert Lydecker, score, Soundtrack
Marvel Music and Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Iron Fist. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Robert Lydecker (xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Designated Survivor, Sleepy Hollow, Lethal Weapon). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 7 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The labels have previously released a soundtrack featuring Trevor Morris’ score from the series’ first season. Iron Fist is based on the Marvel Comics property and stars Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Jessica Stroup, Tom Pelphrey, Sacha Dhawan and Alice Eve. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Escape’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Harwood, Anthony John, Dominic Savage, score, Soundtrack, The Escape
Air-Edel Records has announced a soundtrack album for the British drama The Escape. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anthony John and Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. The Escape is directed by Dominic Savage and stars Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Jalil Lespert, Frances Barber and Marthe Keller. The movie centers on a housewife and mother suffocating under the weight of her domestic burdens who makes the extraordinary decision to abandon her family in order to find herself. Read the rest of this entry »
