Alejandro Amenábar is set to compose the music for the upcoming Spanish period adventure epic The Captive (El Cautivo). The filmmaker will also direct the movie, which will star Julio Peña and Alessandro Borghi and tells the origin story of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the iconic novel Don Quixote, who – at the age of 28 – was taken captive by the Moors in Algiers, leading to his creative birth. Fernando Bovaira (Biutiful, The Summer) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video’s ‘Zorro’ TV Series to Be Released
Posted: January 31, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Julio Reyes Copello, Soundtrack, Zorro
Universal Music Latino will release a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original series Zorro. The album features fourteen songs from the show performed by artists such as Carin Leon, Keith Urban, Rosario Flores, Juanes, Arturo Sandoval, Morat, Riza, Maura & others. The soundtrack, which is produced by Julio Reyes Copello, will be released digitally on March 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Several songs are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Zorro is created by Carlos Portela and stars Miguel Bernardeau, Renata Notni, Emiliano Zurita, Dalia Xiuhcoatl, Paco Tous, Elia Galera, Rodolfo Sancho, Francisco Reyes, Cristo Fernández, Cecilia Suárez, Luis Tosar, Ana Layevska. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Bishara Scoring Spenser Cohen’s & Anna Halberg’s ‘Tarot’
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Halberg, Joseph Bishara, Spenser Cohen, Tarot
Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Malignant, The Curse of La Llorona) has been tapped to score the upcoming horror movie Tarot. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriters/producers Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg (Moonfall, Extinction) and stars Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika and Jacob Batalon. The Screen Gems procuction follows a group of friends who unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil when they recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sago Mini Friends’ Season 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Paul Buckley, Sago Mini Friends, Soundtrack
Platoon has released a new soundtrack EP for the Apple TV+ animated series Sago Mini Friends. The 5-track EP features the original songs from the second season of the show written by the show’s composer Paul Buckley (Happily N’Ever After, Malcolm & Eddie, Helpsters, The Reef). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring the songs from Season 2 last September. Sago Mini Friends based on the characters and artful designs featured in the Sago Mini World app developed by Sago Mini revolves around four friends as they play, imagine, explore and celebrate daily in their joyful town of Sagoville. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Benstead Scoring Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Benstead, Guy Ritchie, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Chris Benstead has composed the original music for the upcoming action comedy The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch, Aladdin) and stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Babs Olusamokun, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger and Cary Elwes. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Damien Lewis and tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during World War II by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, FX, Hulu, Julia Newman, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Newman
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the FX limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Julia Newman (At the Gates), as well as the main title theme written by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, American Beauty, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, Wall-E, 1917). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 31 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the main title theme after the jump. Feud: Capote vs. The Swans is developed by Jon Robin Baitz and stars Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, Treat Williams, Molly Ringwald, Russell Tovey and Joe Mantello. Read the rest of this entry »
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross & Nick Chuba Scoring FX’s ‘Shōgun’
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, FX, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Shogun
Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, Mank), Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Book of Eli, Death Note,Triple 9) & Nick Chuba (The Girl from Plainville, Dr. Death, Thelma) have recently scored the upcoming FX limited series Shōgun. The show is developed by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks based on James Clavell’s novel and stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira, Hiroto Kanai, Moeka Hoshi, Shinnosuke Abe, Tokuma Nishioka, Yuki Kura, Yuka Kouri and Fumi Nikaido. The 10-part historical drama is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a civil war and follows Lord Yoshii Toranaga who is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village. Read the rest of this entry »
‘T.I.M.’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Spencer Brown, T.I.M., Walter Mair
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for British sci-fi thriller T.I.M. The album features the film’s original music composed by Walter Mair (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Liaison, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Till Death, Ronaldo, The Same Sky, Cuffs). The soundtrack is now available stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Timpaling) below. T.I.M. is co-written and directed by Spencer Brown and stars Georgina Campbell, Eamon Farren and Mark Rowley. The movie follows a prosthetics engineer who begins work on her company’s latest product, the titular A.I. humanoid, which is programmed to serve only her, but leads to a dangerous obsession. Read the rest of this entry »
Eric Serra Scoring Julien Leclercq’s ‘The Wages of Fear’
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Serra, Julien Leclercq, Le salaire de la peur, Netflix, The Wages of Fear
Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional, GoldenEye, La Femme Nikita, Lucy, The Big Blue) has provided the original score for the upcoming French Netflix original film The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur). The movie is directed by Julien Leclercq (The Assault, The Bouncer) and stars Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir, Ana Girardot and Sofiane Zermani. The action thriller is based on Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 classic of the same name and follows an illicit crack team who has 24 hours to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerine across a desert laden with danger in order to prevent a deadly explosion. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tobie Lolness’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Lamboley, score, Soundtrack, Tobie Lolness
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated TV series Tobie Lolness. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lupin, The Rosemaker, Between Two Worlds, Lolo, A Minuscule Adventure, Sisters in Arms, The Last Mercenary). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Tobie Lolness is based on the bestselling children’s novel of the same title by Timothée de Fombelle and tells the story of a one and a half millimeters tall boy who becomes the most wanted person in his world when his family decides to hide a groundbreaking discovery that could permanently damage their world. Read the rest of this entry »
