Dolly Parton has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the comedy Dumplin’ this week. The album features the songs from the movie by the Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter, including collaborations with Sia (already available to download here), Elle King, Mavis Staples, Miranda Lambert, Willa Amai, Rhonda Vincent, Alison Krauss, Macy Gray and DOROTHY. Linda Perry co-wrote several of the songs and serves as a producer of the album. The soundtrack will be released on November 30 by Sony Music Nashville and will be available for pre-order here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dumplin” Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dolly Parton, Dumplin', Linda Perry, Soundtrack
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 28, 2018)
Posted: October 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Taylor, Amazon, Ben Holiday, CBS All Access, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, History, Homecoming, John Frizzell, Legacies, Mike Suby, Tell Me a Story, The CW, Watergate
Premiering on Wednesday, October 31 is the new CBS All Access original series Tell Me a Story created by Kevin Williamson and starring James Wolk, Billy Magnussen, Dania Ramirez, Danielle Campbell, Paul Wesley and Kim Cattrall. The show’s original music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following, Beavis and Butthead Do America) Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will premiere on Halloween with a new episode dropping every week.
Premiering on Friday, November 2 is the new Amazon original series Homecoming created by Eli Horowitz & Micah Bloomberg, directed by Sam Esmail and starring Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Jeremy Allen White, Alex Karpovsky, Sissy Spacek, Dermot Mulroney, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Hong Chau. The show doesn’t feature an original score. Maggie Phillips serves as the project’s music supervisor. The full first season of the show, which follows a caseworker who helps soldiers transition back to civilian life, will be available to stream on Friday on Amazon Prime. Read the rest of this entry »
Pino Donaggio’s ‘My Name Is Thomas’ & ‘Mare di grano’ Scores Released
Posted: October 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Il mio nome è Thomas, Mare di grano, My Name Is Thomas, Pino Donaggio, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album featuring two new scores composed by Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double, Passion) and performed by the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony. The first title featured on the release is this year’s Italian road movie My Name Is Thomas (Il mio nome è Thomas) directed by and starring Terence Hill asa man who heads off across the desert on his Harley Davidson and rescues a young woman who has fallen into the hands of two bandits. Donaggio also co-wrote the original song Pure Love performed by Claudia Arvati for the film. Also included on the release is the composer’s music for the Italian drama Mare di grano directed by Fabrizio Guarducci. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, score, Soundtrack, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Coen Brothers’ Netflix original movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight, True Grit). Also included is the original song When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings written by David Rawlings & Gillian Welch and performed by Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson, as well as other songs from the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 16 and physically on November 30 by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to pre-oder the CD. A vinyl edition is also in the works and can be pre-orderered here. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2018)
Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Barber, Border, Christopher Berg, Gingger Shankar, Glass Jaw, Howard Goodall, Hunter Killer, Indivisible, Johnny English Strikes Again, London Fields, Martin Dirkov, Paul Mills, Steve Davis, Suspiria, Thom Yorke, Tori Letzler, Trevor Morris, Viper Club
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Hunter Killer directed by Donovan Marsh and starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens. The film’s original music is composed by Trevor Morris (Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Vikings, The Borgias). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate/Summit release.
Also opening wide is the action comedy Johnny English Strikes Again directed by David Kerr and starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson and Jake Lacy. Howard Goodall (Mr. Bean TV series, Bean, Mr. Bean’s Holiday) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music. Check out our previous news article for the full album and for more information about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bigger’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bigger, George Gallo, Jeff Beal, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Bigger. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Appaloosa, Pollock, Ugly Betty, Carnivale). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 2 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bigger is directed by George Gallo and stars Tyler Hoechlin, Julianne Hough, Calum Von Moger, Colton Haynes, Kevin Durand, Aneurin Barnard, Victoria Justice, DJ Qualls and Robert Forster. The movie tells the story of bodybuilding pioneer brothers Joe and Ben Weider, who against all odds, battled poverty and anti-Semitism to create the fitness industry as we know it. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC’s & AMC’s ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ to Feature Music by Cho Young Wuk & The Soundtrackings
Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, BBC, Chan-woon Park, Cho Young Wuk, The Little Drummer Girl, The Soundtrackings, Yeong-wook Jo
Cho Young Wuk (aka Yeong-wook Jo) & The Soundtrackings have composed the original music for the new BBC/AMC mini-series The Little Drummer Girl. The show is directed by Chan-woon Park (Stoker) and stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, Charles Dance, Simona Brown and Max Irons. The 6-parter thriller based on John le Carré’s best-selling novel of the same name is set in the late 1970s and follows a fiery actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets a mysterious man while on holiday in Greece. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Been So Long’ Released
Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Been So Long, Christopher Nicholas Bangs, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Virgin EMI Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Been So Long. The album features the songs from the film written by Ché Walker & Arthur Darvill and performed by cast members Michaela Coel, Arinzé Kene, Ronke Adekoluejo, George MacKay, Luke Norris and Joseph Dempsie. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Christopher Nicholas Bangs. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Been So Long is directed by Tinge Krishnan and revolves around a single mother in London’s Camden Town who hears music when she meets a handsome stranger with a past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deutschland 86’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Deutschland 86, Reinhold Heil, score, Soundtrack, SundanceTV
BMG has released a soundtrack album for the German TV series Deutschland 86. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Golden Globe nominee Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, The International, One Hour Photo, Berlin Station). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Deutschland 86 is created by Anna Winger & Jörg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte and Alexander Beyer. The drama is the sequel to 2015’s Deutschland 83 (which Heil also scored) and follows Martin Rauch – Long banished to AFRICA for his sins in 1983 – as he is called back into the field. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hunter Killer’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Donovan Marsh, Hunter Killer, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Morris
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Hunter Killer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Trevor Morris (Immortals, Olympus/London Has Fallen, Vikings, The Borgias, The Tudors). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 26 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Hunter Killer is directed by Donovan Marsh and stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens. The movie follows an American submarine captain who is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. Read the rest of this entry »
