Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original movie I Am Not an Easy Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Sound of Noise, Sparrow). Also included are songs by Isaac Delusion, Lo-Fang, Ruppert Pupkin, Shaka Ponk & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. I Am Not an Easy Man is directed by Eleonore Pourriat and stars Vincent Elbaz, Marie-Sophie Ferdane and Pierre Benezit. The romantic comedy follows a shameless chauvinist who gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author. Read the rest of this entry »

Republic Records will release two soundtrack EPs for the comedy drama Blindspotting. The first EP features seven songs performed by lead actors Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, as well as Moe Green, E-40, Mistah F.A.B., Kiana Ledé, Ryan Nicole and Emily Raver. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 13 and will be available to download on Amazon. The second EP is set to come out on July 27. Check back on this page for more information. Blindspotting is directed by Carlos López Estrada and stars Diggs & Casal (who also wrote the screenplay), Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Wayne Knight. The movie is set in Oakland and revolves around man on the last days of his parole who moves boxes out of houses with his friend when they witness a police shooting. Read the rest of this entry »

Sub Pop Records has announced the first soundtrack album for the Adult Swim original series Rick and Morty. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ryan Elder, songs by Chaos Chaos, Blonde Redhead, Mazzy Star and Belly, as well as new tracks from Chad VanGaalen and Clipping inspired by the series. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on September 28, 2018. A deluxe double LP is set to come out on November 23. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Rick and Morty is created by Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland and stars Roiland, Sarah Chalke, Chris Parnell and Spencer Grammer. Read the rest of this entry »

2018 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: July 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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emmysThe nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):

Game of Thrones – The Dragon and the Wolf – Music by Ramin Djawadi
Marvel’s Jessica Jones – AKA Playland – Music by Sean Callery
Once Upon a Time – Leaving Storybrooke – Music by Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor & Michael Simon
SEAL Team – Pattern of Life – Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden & A. Patrick Rose
Star Wars Rebels – Family Reunion – And Farewell – Music by Kevin Kiner
Westworld – Akane No Mai – Music by Ramin Djawadi Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie performed by the film’s cast including Lily James, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Barankski, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies, Celia Imrie, Hugh Skinner, Panos Mouzourakis, Josh Dylan, Andy Garcia and Cher. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this Friday, July 13 and is now available for pre-order on AmazonMamma Mia! Here We Go Again directed by Ol Parker will be released in theaters nationwide on July 20, 2018 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along) has signed on to compose the score the upcoming animated feature UglyDolls. The composer is also co-writing original songs for the movie with Glenn Slater (Tangled, Sausage Party, Galavant). The film is directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) and features the voice talent of Pitbull and Kelly Clarkson. The movie based on the plush toy line created by David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim follows a group of UglyDolls friends as they confront what it means to be different and struggle with their desire to be loved. Read the rest of this entry »

Dominic Lewis is reuniting with director Ari Sandel on the upcoming horror comedy Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. The film starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell and Ken Jeong tells a new story based on R. L. Stine’s best-selling series of book. Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit) wrote the screenplay. Deborah Forte (Mortal Engines, The Golden Compass) and Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious series, 21/22 Jump Street) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Thomas Newman has composed the main titles theme for the new Hulu original series Castle Rock. The composer has also contributed the score for the first two episodes of the show, which is developed by Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason (Manhattan) and stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy and Scott Glenn. Chris Westlake (Before We Go, Small Town Crime) is the composer of the other eight episodes of the show’s first season. The psychological horror drama is set in the Stephen King multiverse and takes place in the fictional Maine town of Castle Rock, which has figured prominently in King’s literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption. Read the rest of this entry »

Gabriel Mann is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy drama A Million Little Things. The show is created by DJ Nash (Bent, Up All Night) and stars David Giuntoli, Ron Livingston, Romany Malco, Allison Miller, Christina Moses, Christina Ochoa, James Roday, Stephanie Szostak and Lizzy Greene. The series follows a group of friends, intertwined in each other’s lives, who realize they need to start living more when one of them suddenly dies. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller sequel The Equalizer 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Unstoppable, Man on Fire) who previously scored the 2014 original movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Equalizer 2 is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The movie will be released in theaters nationwide on July 20 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »