Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, Blade Runner 2049, The Flash, Hidden Figures, Shazam!) has signed on to score the upcoming horror sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites. The film is directed by Michael Chaves (The Nun II, The Curse of La Llorona) and stars Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy. The movie takes place in 1986, five years after the events of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and follows Ed & Lorraine Warren investigating the case of the Smurl family haunting. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score Michael Chaves’ ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Michael Chaves, The Conjuring, The Conjuring: Last Rites
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‘The Musicians’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: May 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gregoire Hetzel, Grégory Magne, Les musiciens, score, Soundtrack, The Musicians
Rue Jacob Records has released a soundtrack EP for the French drama The Musicians (Les musiciens). The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Ismael’s Ghosts, Incendies, Summertime, My Golden Days, The Midwife, Oh, Mercy!) and performed by soloists including Petteri livonen, Daniel Garlitsky, Beatrice Muthelet, Cyrille Lacrouts, Nina Tonji & Tatiana Uhde. Also included is Garlitsky’s cover of Nirvana’s My Girl. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Hetzel’s first track below. The Musicians is written and directed by Grégory Magne and stars Valérie Donzelli, Frédéric Pierrot, Mathieu Spinosi, Garlitsky, Emma Ravier and Marie Vialle. The movie follows a woman who brings together four Stradivarius for a unique concert, but when the four virtuosos recruited for the occasion are incapable of playing together, she decides to go and find the only person who can still save the event: the composer of the score. Read the rest of this entry »
BMI Announces Launch of Composer Lab to Foster the Next Generation of Media Composers
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI
BMI today announced the launch of its inaugural Composer Lab, designed to provide emerging composers with a one-of-a-kind experience to foster artistic growth and professional development. Under the guidance of composer (and former director of the Sundance Film Music Program) Peter Golub, and BMI’s VP of Film, TV & Visual Media Tracy McKnight, the program will select ten composers to participate in a two-week online workshop followed by a nine-day onsite intensive in Los Angeles. Throughout the lab, participants will be advised by BMI composers including Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rob Simonsen, Blake Neely, Mark Isham, Christopher Lennertz, Nathan Barr, Sean Callery, Ed Shearmur, Sherri Chung, Chanda Dancy, William Ross, Nami Melumad, Bryce Dessner, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Nami Melumad, George S Clinton, Stephanie Economou, Tony Morales, Dara Taylor, Kathryn Bostic, Fil Eisler, Kurt Farquhar, William Ross, among others to be announced., Read the rest of this entry »
‘Electra’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ali Helnwein, Electra, Hala Matar, score, Soundtrack
Pterodactyl Scene will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Electra. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ali Helnwein (Stray, Darlin’, No Way to Live, This Much We Know, Hospitality, Brut Force). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Hotel Room) below. Electra is co-written and directed by Hala Matar and stars Maria Bakalova, Abigail Cowen, Jack Farthing and Daryl Wein. The movie follows an American couple who travels to Italy to interview a fading rockstar at his girlfriend’s opulent countryside estate, but their glamorous escape becomes a labyrinth of unspoken desires, tortured relationships, and dark secrets. Read the rest of this entry »
Theme Song from Peacock’s ‘Laid’ Released
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Laid, Michael Andrews, Miya Folick, Peacock
Nettwerk Music Group has released the theme song from the Peacock original series Laid. The cover version of James’ Laid (originally written by Tim Booth, Larry Gott & Jim Glennie) is produced by the show’s composer Michael Andrews, performed by Miya Folick and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Laid is developed by Nahnatchka Khan & Sally Bradford McKenna based on the Australian series of the same title and stars Stephanie Hsu, Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Detective Kien: The Headless Horror’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Wong, Detective Kien: The Headless Horror, Garrett Crosby, Ian Rees, score, Soundtrack, Victor Vũ
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Vietnamese supernatural thriller Detective Kien: The Headless Horror. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Wong (Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, Sword of the Assassin, The Immortal, Maika: The Girl from Another Galaxy) and Ian Rees & Garrett Crosby (The Last Wife, Girl from the Past, The Royal Bride). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to Wong’s “Opening” track below. Detective Kien: The Headless Horror is directed by Victor Vũ and stars Quoc Huy, Dinh Ngoc Diep and Quoc Anh. The movie is set against the backdrop of 19th Century Vietnam during the Nguyễn Dynasty and follows a detective investigating the mystery of a headless corpse that sends shockwaves through a rural village. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Chassol to Score Michaël R. Roskam’s ‘Le Faux Soir’
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Chassol, Le Faux Soir, Michael Roskam
Christophe Chassol (Asylum Blackout, Sex, Love & Therapy, Dark Touch, Lamb) has signed on to score the upcoming World War II heist movie Le Faux Soir. The film is directed by Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead, The Drop) and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Mélanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Julien Frison, Bouli Lanners and François Damiens. The movie is set in German-occupied Belgium in late 1943 and inspired by wartime events surrounding Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, which came under Nazi Germany’s control following its invasion of the country in 1940. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Bullet’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Balle perdue, Balle perdue 3, Guillaume Pierret, Guillaume Roussel, Last Bullet, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film Last Bullet (Balle perdue 3). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan & Milady, Black Beauty, The Spy, Expend4bles, Lift, Happy!, The Man with the Iron Heart, November). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final tracks after the jump. Last Bullet is co-written and directed by Guillaume Pierret and stars Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Stéfi Celma, Pascale Arbillot, Gérard Lanvin, Quentin D’Hainaut, Anne Serra and Julie Tedesco. The final installment in the action thriller trilogy follows car genius Lino as he returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Lazarus & Joseph Trapanese Scoring David Midell’s ‘The Ritual’
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Midell, Jason Lazarus, Joseph Trapanese, The Ritual
Jason Lazarus (Skull Island, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Gates, Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans) and Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, The Witcher, Shadow and Bone, Brilliant Minds, Straight Outta Compton, G20, The Raid: Redemption) have teamed up to score the upcoming horror thriller The Ritual. The film is directed by David Midell (The Killing of David Chamberlain) and stars Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen and Patricia Heaton. The movie based on real events follows two priests who are divided by doubt when the Church sanctions the exorcism of a woman and must confront a force beyond comprehension…and their own faith. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Jaffna’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lawrence Valin, Little Jaffna, Maxence Dussere, score, Soundtrack
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French crime drama Little Jaffna. The album features the film’s original music composed by Maxence Dussere (Wild Seas, Houria, De Grace). 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. Little Jaffna is co-written and directed by Lawrence Valin and stars Valin himself, Kawsie Chandra, Puviraj Raveendran and Vela Ramamoorthy. The movie follows a young police officer from a Tamil family as he’s tasked with infiltrating a criminal enterprise in Paris that’s funnelling money to the Eelam liberation movement back home in Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »
