Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary Living With Wolves (Vivre avec les loups). The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, Mia and the White Lion, The Source, A Bag of Marbles, The History of Love, The Wolf and the Lion, Belle & Sebastian). 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 after the jump. Living With Wolves is directed by Jean-Michel Bertrand (who previously collaborated with Amar on 2016’s The Valley of the Wolves and 2020’s Wolf Walk) and follows the filmmaker as he is living alongside a community of wolves in European forests and offers a lesson in how to exist alongside these mysterious yet dangerous animals. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Living With Wolves’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Armand Amar, score, Soundtrack, Vivre avec les loups
Nick Foster Scoring Sam Hobkinson’s Netflix Documentary ‘Lover, Stalker, Killer’
Posted: February 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lover Stalker Killer, Netflix, Nick Foster, Sam Hobkinson
Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Cuckoo, In My Skin, The A List, Greatest Days, Year of the Rabbit, Sackboy: A Big Adventure) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original true crime documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer. The film is directed by Sam Hobkinson and centers on a mechanic who tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme. The movie features interviews with those involved – including the law enforcement officers who cracked the case – alongside reenactments that bring viewers into the paranoia of the victim’s four year nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 2, 2024)
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Argylle, Brittany Allen, Christopher Stracey, Dan Romer, Este Haim, How to Have Sex, Jakwob, Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown, Lorne Balfe, Olivier Cussac, Scrambled, Suncoast, The Promised Land
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the spy action comedy Argylle directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston and Catherine O’Hara. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout/Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, His Dark Materials). Platoon has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, an original song performed by Ariana DeBose, Boy George & Nile Rodgers (also available separately as a digital single), as well as an additional song today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being theatrically by Universal Pictures before premiering on Apple TV+ later this year.
Opening semi-wide in around 700 theaters is the comedy Scrambled written and directed by Leah McKendrick and starring McKendrick herself, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Adam Rodriguez, Clancy Brown and Laura Cerón. Brittany Allen (What Keeps You Alive, Z, Torn Hearts) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows a woman faced with bleak romantic prospects who begins to feel like the clock is ticking and decides to freeze her eggs, premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Season 2 to Feature Music by Bear McCreary
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Halo, Paramount+
Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, God of War) is involved in scoring the second season of the Paramount+ original series Halo. The show based on Xbox’s video game franchise stars Pablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Jen Taylor, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Yerin Ha, Olive Gray, Bentley Kalu, Charlie Murphy, Kate Kennedy and Danny Sapani, as well as new additions Joseph Morgan, Cristina Rodlo and Christina Bennington. The new season follows Master Chief John-117 as he leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Raphael Saadiq, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney Channel animated series Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The album features twelve new songs from the second season of the show. Raphael Saadiq (Lovecraft Country, Insecure, Underground) serves as the project’s executive music producer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from Season 1 last year. Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is developed by Steve Loter, Jeffrey M. Howard & Kate Kondell based on Marvel’s comic books and stars Diamond White Fred Tatasciore, Alfre Woodard, Libe Barer, Sasheer Zamata, Gary Anthony Williams, Jermaine Fowler and Laurence Fishburne. Read the rest of this entry »
John Murphy to Score James Gunn’s ‘Superman: Legacy’
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Gunn, John Murphy, Superman: Legacy
Director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Super, Slither) has confirmed that he is reuniting with composer John Murphy (28 Days Later…, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, Les Miserables, Guess Who) on the upcoming super hero movie Superman: Legacy. The film is written and directed by Gunn and will star David Corenswet in the title role, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner and is also expected to feature an appearance by Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Crazy People’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Eidelman, Crazy People, score, Soundtrack, Tony Bill
Paramount Music has released a new soundtrack album for the 1990 comedy Crazy People directed by Tony Bill and starring Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah and Paul Reiser. The album features the original score from the film composed by Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, He’s Just Not That Into You, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, One True Thing). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to the first and final track after the jump. The world premiere release of Eidelman’s score has previously been released as a limited edition CD version back in 2013 by Quartet Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Janszen & Bryan Winslow Scoring Peacock’s ‘Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate’ & ‘Megamind Rules!’
Posted: February 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Winslow, Dreamworks Animation, Matthew Janszen, Megamind Rules!, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, Peacock
Matthew Janszen (Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Fatal Affair, Bugs Bunny Builders, Love Accidentally) & Bryan Winslow (Vacation Home Nightmare) are scoring DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and TV series Megamind Rules!. Both the movie and TV show are written/developed by Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simons based on the studios’ 2010 Megamind feature (scored by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe), where the title character goes from being a supervillain and the scourge of Metro City to a superhero who’s learning on the job. The projects’ voice cast includes Keith Ferguson, Laura Post, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Josh Brener, Emily Tunon, Talon Warburton, Chris Sullivan, Scott Adsit, Tony Hale, Jeanine Mason and Adam Lambert. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hazbin Hotel’ (Part 3) Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: February 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Underberg, Hazbin Hotel, Sam Haft, Soundtrack
A24 Music has released the third soundtrack EP for the Prime Video animated series Hazbin Hotel. The 4-track EP features the original songs from the final two episodes of the show’s first season written by Andrew Underberg & Sam Haft and performed by voice cast members Erika Henningsen, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Amir Talai, Kimiko Glenn, Alex Brightman, Blake Roman, Leslie Kritzer, Keith David, Christian Borle, Joel Perez and Krystina Alabado. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to all four tracks after the jump. The label has previously released two EPs featuring the songs from Episodes 1-4 and Episodes 5 & 6. Also available now is the full soundtrack album featuring the content of all three EPs and two singles that were released prior to the show’s premiere. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Genius: MLK/X’ Soundtrack EP Announced
Posted: February 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Genius, Genius: MLK/X, National Geographic, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has announced a soundtrack EP for the National Geographic limited series Genius: MLK/X. The 6-track EP features six original songs written for the show and performed by Jacob Banks, Rhiannon Giddens, Aloe Blacc, Fallon King and Felisha King Harvey. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 2 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all six tracks below. Genius: MLK/X is developed by Jeff Stetson and stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Aaron Pierre, Jayme Lawson, Weruche Opia and Ron Cephas. Season 4 of the Genius anthology series explores how Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr. and Malcolm X’s dueling philosophies helped usher America through the Civil Rights Movement. . Read the rest of this entry »
