Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 11, 2024)

Posted: February 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Premiering tonight is the CBS drama Tracker developed by Ben Winters based on Jeffery Deaver’s bestselling novel The Never Game and starring Justin Hartley, Fiona Rene, Abby McEnany, Robin Weigert and Eric Graise. The show’s original music is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, Watchmen, John Wick, 300, X, Primal, Killer Joe, The Punisher). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which is premiering after the Superbowl today and will air every Sunday night on CBS.

Premiering tomorrow, February 12, is the National Geographic documentary The Space Race directed by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza & Lisa Cortés about the experiences of the first Black astronauts. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within) & Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, My Name Is Pauli Murray, 4400, Redfall) have composed the film’s original music. Click here for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is making its debut on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu the following day. Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Howe Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Knuckles’ Series

Posted: February 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Early Man, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six, Shrinking) has composed the original score for the upcoming Paramount+ original event series Knuckles. The show is created for television by John Whittington (The Lego Batman Movie, DC League of Super-Pets) & Toby Ascher (Spenser Confidential) based on characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog features and video game series and stars Idris Elba (as the voice of the title character), Adam Pally (as Wade Whipple), Stockard Channing, Edi Patterson, Scott Mescudi, Julian Barratt, Ellie Taylor, Cary Elwes, Rory McCann, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel. The 6-parter is set between the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & 3 (scored by Tom Holkenborg) and follows Knuckles on a journey of self-discovery as he agrees to train Wade as his protégé and teach him the ways of the Echidna warrior. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Pegasus 2’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: February 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Roc Chen (The Wandering Earth, 7 Guardians of the Tomb, Chinese Zodiac, Switch,  Stoker Hills, Sacrifice) will release a soundtrack album for the Chinese sports comedy Pegasus 2. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, February 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also check out Chen’s main theme below. Pegasus 2 is written and directed by Han Han and stars Shen Teng, Zheng Yin, Benyu ZHang, Chengcheng Fan and Xiang Wei. The sequel to the 2019 hit movie follows former champion driver Zhang Chi as he has become a driving school instructor to make ends meet, when he gets offered to form a new team to compete in the last Bayinbrook Rally. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 9, 2024)

Posted: February 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein directed by Zelda Williams and starring Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Liza Soberano and Henry Eikenberry. The film’s original score is composed by Isabella Summers (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Offer, Call Jane, Sex/Life). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by JoJo, The Zombies, Jeffrey Osborne, Pixies & others today.Check out our previous new article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.

Opening semi-wide in around 550 theaters is the British horror thriller Out of Darkness directed by Andrew Cumming and starring Chuku Modu, Safia Oakley-Green, Iola Evans, Kit Young, Luna Mwezi and Arno Lüning. Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud, Black Mirror: Loch Henry, The Marsh King’s Daughter, Here Before) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released in the U.S. by Bleecker Street. Read the rest of this entry »

Alewya’s Main Title Song ‘Umi’ from National Geographic’s ‘Queens’ Released

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released the main title song from the National Geographic documentary series Queens. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Umi (Woman) co-written (with Dean James Barratt) and performed by Alewya. Also check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more music from the show will be released on March 1. Queens is narrated by Angela Bassett and leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal surprising insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on wisdom and cooperation over brute strength to get ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

H. Scott Salinas Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Composer H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, Warrior, A Private War, Cartel Land, Full Swing, Birth of the Dragon) is reteaming with director Matthew Hamachek on the new Apple TV+ documentary series The Dynasty: New England Patriots. The show is based on the bestselling book by Jeff Benedict and chronicles the rise and historic 20-year run of the Patriots during the Brady-Belichick-Kraft era. The 10-parter features interviews with the team’s owner Robert Kraft, former quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, as well as past and present Patriots players, coaches and executives. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ Soundtrack EP Released

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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88rising Music has released a soundtrack EP for the animated feature The Tiger’s Apprentice. The 6-track EP features six songs from and inspired by the movie, including Zhu’s previously released Eye of the Tiger cover, the original songs Hello written by Wendy Wang, Fran Hall, & Kevin Bard and performed by Atarashii Gakko!, Pleasures co-written and performed by Audrey Nuna, Top of the World performed by Sayak Das feat. Thutmose & more. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to all six songs below. Read the rest of this entry »

Wally Badarou & Dean Blunt Scoring Mati Diop’s ‘Dahomey’

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Experimental music artist and singer/songwriter Dean Blunt has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming documentary Dahomey. Together with French musician/composer Wally Badarou (Countryman, Boesman and Lena, The Lunatic), he has co-scored the Mati Diop-directed movie, which follows the French/Senegalese filmmaker as she explores the issue of colonization through the story of 26 precious artworks restituted to Benin in late 2021 after being stolen by French colonizers in 1892, when the African country was called the Kingdom of Dahomey. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Players’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Players. The album features the movie’s original music compose by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, White House Plumbers, CSI :Miami, The Kominsky Method, Just Friends). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composer’s main titles track below. Players is directed by Trish Sie and stars Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Tom Ellis, Joel Courtney, Liza Koshy, Augustus Prew, Ego Nwodim and Marin Hinkle. The romantic comedy follows a New York sportswriter who has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with her friends who unexpectedly falls for a fling. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Upon Open Sky’ (‘A Cielo Abierto’) Soundtrack Album Announced

Posted: February 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the Mexican/Spanish crime thriller Upon Open Sky (A Cielo Abierto). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, The Father, La Tresse, Samba, La petite, This Is England). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 8, 2024. Visit Amazon to check out the track list. and to pre-order the soundtrack. A first track (Confesión) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Upon Open Sky is directed by Mariana & Santiago Arriaga and stars Theo Goldin, Maximo Hollander, Federica García, Sergio Mayer Mori, Julio César Cedillo, Julio Bracho, Manolo Cardona and Cecilia Suárez. The movie written by Guillermo Arriaga (21 Grams, Amores Perros) and follows a trio of revenge-minded siblings who head to the US–Mexico border in search of the man responsible for a family death. Read the rest of this entry »

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