Batu Sener (The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Ice Age: Scrat Tales, Atatürk) is scoring the upcoming biographical movie musical Better Man. The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) and stars British singer/songwriter Robbie Williams as himself, Jonno Davies as his younger self, as well as Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Anthony Hayes, Damon Herriman and Kate Mulvany. The movie chronicles the former Take That member’s ascent, exploring the experiences that made him who he is, and the demons he battled both on and off the stage as he became a huge star. Read the rest of this entry »
Batu Sener Scoring Michael Gracey’s ‘Better Man’
Posted: February 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Batu Sener, Better Man, Michael Gracey
First Tracks from Oliver Coates’ ‘Mary & George’ Score Released
Posted: February 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mary & George, Olivier Coates, Sky, Starz
Invada Records has released the first two tracks from the soundtrack for the Sky/Starz original limited series Mary & George. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are Timp X & Intimate Treachery written by the show’s composer Oliver Coates (Aftersun, Occupied City, The Stranger, Foe, Significant Other). Also listen to both tracks after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be coming out next month. 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, Samuel Blenkin, Laurie Davidson and Simon Russell Beale. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bleeding Love’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bleeding Love, Emma Westenberg, Raven Aartsen, score, Soundtrack
The details of the full soundtrack album for the drama Bleeding Love have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Raven Aartsen. Also included is lead actors Ewan & Clara McGregor’s Seabird cover (already available as a digital single), as well as songs by Josh Da Costa, Color Green, The Abitals, Sam Buck, Kali J & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 28 by Rosed Out and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Bleeding Love is is directed by Emma Westenberg and also stars Kim Zimmer, Sasha Alexander, Jake Weary, Devyn McDowell and Vera Bulde. The movie revolves around a father who takes his adult daughter on a road trip to New Mexico in order to bring them closer together and sort out their strained relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stalker’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Hinson, score, Soundtrack, Stalker, Steve Johnson
Stronghold Records has released a soundtrack album for the British horror thriller Stalker. The album features the film’s original music composed by George Hinson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on mosy major digital music services, including Apple Music/iTunes. Stalker is directed by Steve Johnson and stars Sophie Skelton, Stuart Brennan and Bret Hart. The movie follows a young horror actress who gets trapped in old old freight elevator at her hotel with an unusual stranger and discovers the identity of the mysterious man is a camera operator who is seemingly obsessed with her. Read the rest of this entry »
Charli XCX to Produce Music for Prime Video’s ‘Overcompensating’
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amazon, Benito Skinner, Charli XCX, Overcompensating
Prime Video announced today that Charli XCX will serve as the executive music producer on the streamer’s upcoming original comedy series Overcompensating. The show is created by Benito Skinner and will star himself in the lead role as a closeted former football player and homecoming king who becomes fast friends with a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. Skinner is also executive producing the A24 and Amazon MGM Studios production with Jonah Hill (Mid 90s), Matt Dines (This Place Rules) and Ali Goodwin (Stutz) of Strong Baby. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, Daniel Sivan, Eduardo Aram, Mor Loushy, Netflix, Runner, score, Soundtrack
Mega Gram Music has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated documentary short Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis. The album features the film’s original score composed by Eduardo Aram (Self/Less, El Chapo, Cocaine Godmother, The Devil Next Door). Visit iTunes/Apple Music or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Camp Intro) after the jump. Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis is directed by Daniel Sivan & Mor Loushy and follows a group of World War II veterans as they reveal a secret US military camp near Washington where Jewish soldiers hosted and interrogated Nazi POWs. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring Max’s ‘The Girls on the Bus’
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, Max, The Girls on the Bus
Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flight Attendant, The Flash, Arrow, Greyhound, You, Everwood, Good Night Oppy) has been tapped to score the upcoming Max original series The Girls on the Bus. The show is created by Amy Chozick & Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, Roswell, New Mexico) and stars Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Natasha Behnam, Brandon Scott, Christina Elmore, Griffin Dunne, Scott Foley and Mark Consuelos. The drama follows a journalist who romanticizes a bygone era of campaign reporting and scraps her whole life for a shot at covering a presidential candidate for a paper of record. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Your Friend, Memphis’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Libby, David P. Zucker, Saul Simon MacWilliams, score, Soundtrack, Your Friend Memphis
Taiga Sounds has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Your Friend, Memphis. The album features the film’s original music composed by Saul Simon MacWilliams (Gleason, Love, Antosha, Chasing Coral, King in the Wilderness, Jim: The James Foley Story) & Billy Libby (The Last Out). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Take to the Skies) below. Your Friend, Memphis is directed by David P. Zucker and centers on Memphis DiAngelis, a young man in his early 20s, living in Austin, Texas, who was born with cerebral palsy and has dealt with a lack of acceptance growing up because of his condition. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Dean Israelite’s ‘Little Wing’
Posted: February 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Dean Israelite, Little Wing, Paramount+
Anne Nikitin (The Dropout, American Animals, Fate: The Winx Saga, One Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse) has recently scored the upcoming Paramount+ original movie Little Wing. The film is directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers, Project Almanac) and stars Brian Cox, Kelly Reilly, Brooklynn Prince and Che Tafari. The coming-of-age drama inspired by The New Yorker article by Susan Orlean about the world of pigeon racing revolves around a teenager who is reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home and forms a bond with the owner of a valuable bird that she was planning to steal that leads her to a new outlook on life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baghead’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Corredor, Baghead, score, Soundtrack, Suvi-Eeva Äikäs
Invada Records has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror feature Baghead. The album features the film’s original music composed by Suvi-Eeva Äikäs (Constellation, Hanna, Matriarch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the composer’s title track below. Baghead is directed by Alberto Corredor (based on his 2017 short) and stars Freya Allan, Ruby Barker, Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Ned Dennehy, Anne Müller and Saffron Burrows. The movie revolves around a woman who learns she has inherited a run-down pub following the death of her estranged father, unaware that the deed is extricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the basement, a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead. Read the rest of this entry »