Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, Till, W.E., The Courier, Emily, Romeo and Juliet) has been hired to score the upcoming supernatural horror thriller The Watchers. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan (who also wrote the screenplay) and stars Dakota Fanning and Georgina Campbell. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by A.M. Shine and follows a 28-year old artist who gets stranded in an untouched forest in western Ireland, where she finds shelter and becomes trapped alongside three strangers that are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski to Score Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Watchers’
Posted: February 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Ishana Night Shyamalan, The Watchers
‘Madame Web’ Soundrack Album Details
Posted: February 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johan Söderqvist, Madame Web, score, SJ Clarkson, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release the official soundtrack album for the superhero movie Madame Web. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Battlefield V, Kon-Tiki, Anatomy of a Scandal, After the Wedding, In a Better World, The Last Vermeer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Madame Web is co-written and directed by S.J. Clarkson and stars Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Emma Roberts, Mike Epps and Adam Scott. The movie tells the origin story of Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future and realizes she can use that insight to change it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dreamer’ (‘L’homme d’argile’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amaury Chabauty, Anaïs Tellenne, L'homme d'argile, score, Soundtrack, The Dreamer
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian drama The Dreamer (L’homme d’argile). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amaury Chabauty (Murder Party, Year of the Shark, Teddy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Dreamer is written and directed by Anaïs Tellenne and stars Raphaël Thiéry, Emmanuelle Devos, Mireille Pitot and Marie-Christine Orry. The movie tells the story of a one-eyed man who lives with his mother in a remote manor house after the owner leaves, when a lonely heiress and internationally acclaimed artist comes to visit. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Inchon’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inchon, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, Terence Young
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 war drama Inchon directed by Terence Young and starring Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Toshiro Mifune, Ben Gazzara and Richard Roundtree. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, L.A. Confidential, Basic Instinct, Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon). The 3-CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and find out more about the release. A digital version will be released in the coming weeks (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Lanier Scoring Janeen Damian’s Netflix Film ‘Irish Wish’
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Irish Wish, Janeen Damian, Nathan Lanier, Netflix
Composer Nathan Lanier (Jem and the Holograms, Home Before Dark, Justin Bieber’s Believe, Max Steel) is reuniting with director Janeen Damian on the upcoming Netflix original film Irish Wish. The romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Jane Seymour, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan & Jacinta Mulcahy revolves around a woman whose dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend, when she makes a wish on an ancient stone in Ireland — and wakes up as his bride-to-be. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Giosuè Greco, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, score, Sean Wang, Soundtrack
Constellation Music has released a soundtrack EP for the documentary short Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó. The 5-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Giosuè Greco (Welcome to Wrexham, Let the Right One In, Didi, Not Going Quietly). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó is directed by Sean Wang and centers on the first-generation Taiwanese American filmmaker’s grandmas who are inseparable best friends and roommates in their 80s and 90s. The short premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival, where it received the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, and has recently been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short category. Read the rest of this entry »
Caroline Shaw Scoring Ken Burns’ ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Documentary
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Caroline Shaw, Ken Burns, Leonardo da Vinci, PBS
Pulitzer Prize- & Grammy Award winning composer Caroline Shaw (Fleishman Is in Trouble, The Sky Is Everywhere, Madeline Madeline) has recorded original music for the upcoming documentary Leonardo da Vinci. The 2-part, four hour film is directed by Ken Burns (Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, The Vietnam War), Sarah Burns (Muhammad Ali) & David McMahon (The Central Park Five) and explores the life and work of the titular 15th century polymath. Shaw’s score is performed by Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth. Italian actor Adriano Giannini is voicing Leonardo and Keith David serves as the narrator of the movie, which brings da Vinci’s achievements to life through his personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and on-camera interviews with modern scholars, engineers, artists, inventors, and admirers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Finally Dawn’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Finally Dawn, Finalmente l'alba, Massimo Martellotta, Saverio Costanzo, score, Soundtrack
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian coming-of-age drama Finally Dawn (Finalmente l’alba). The album features the film’s original music composed by Massimo Martellotta (Blanca, La cura). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track (Tema Dei Titoli) from the composer’s score after the jump. Finally Dawn is written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Lily James, Rebecca Antonaci, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher, Rachel Sennott and Willem Dafoe. The movie is set in 1950s and revolves around a teenage ingenue who is unwittingly cast as a lead extra in a swords and sandals film and finds herself being swept up by group of hedonistic actors and expats who take her on a chaotic tour of Rome’s night-life. Read the rest of this entry »
Armand Amar Scoring Abderrahmane Sissako’s ‘Black Tea’
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abderrahmane Sissako, Armand Amar, Black Tea
Armand Amar (The Concert, Mia and the White Lion, Days of Glory, A Bag of Marbles, The Wolf and the Lion, The Source, Belle & Sebastian) has recently scored the upcoming romantic drama Black Tea. The film is directed by Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu) and stars Nina Mélo, Chang Han, Wu Ke-Xi and Michael Chang. The movie follows a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties who – after saying “no” on her wedding day – emigrates to China, when she works in a tea export shop and falls in love with a 45-year-old Chinese man. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wild Scandinavia’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Biggi Hilmars, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Wild Scandinavia
Octiive has released a soundtrack album for the BBC wildlife documentary series Wild Scandinavia. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by BΩç(Nova, Beeba Boys, Thin Ice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Wild Scandinavia is narrated by Rebecca Ferguson who guides viewers through scenery in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark and tells the stories of lynx, orca, puffins, and wolves, alongside the experiences of the extraordinary people living in and devoted to exploring this icy wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »