Composer Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Wedding Crashers, Election, Mean Girls, About Schmidt, Freaky Friday) is reuniting with director Jon S. Baird (Filth, Tetris) on the upcoming comedy drama Everything’s Going to Be Great. The film starring Allison Janney, Bryan Cranston, Jack Champion, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Simon Rex & Chris Cooper revolves around a couple leading an unpredictable life in regional theater while trying to raise their radically different sons, a hunky football star and his flamboyant, theater-loving younger brother, who unexpectedly have to move in with he mother’s estranged brother. Steven Rogers (I, Tonya, Stepmom) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring Jon S. Baird’s ‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’
Posted: May 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Everything's Going to Be Great, Jon S. Baird, Rolfe Kent
‘Andor’ Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andor, Brandon Roberts, Disney Plus, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars
The details of the second soundtrack album for the second season of Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Andor have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the fourth, fifth and sixth episode of Season 2 composed by Brandon Roberts (Thanksgiving, Motherland: Fort Salem, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, Underwater, Land of Bad, Chaos Walking, The Twilight Zone, On a Wing and a Prayer) and Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, Don’t Look Up, If Beale Street Could Talk, Cruella). The Volume 2 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 2 by Walt Disney Records and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released the first album featuring music from Episodes 1-3 of the new season last week week and two more albums featuring music from the final six episodes will be coming out over the next few weeks. Andor is created by Tony Gilroy and stars Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly, Ben Mendelsohn, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Alan Tudyk, Faye Marsay, Kyle Soller, Elizabeth Dulau, Varada Sethu and Forest Whitaker. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The French Job’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Menke, Dominique Baumard, score, The French Job
SRAB Films has released a soundtrack album for the French crime dramedy The French Job (Les règles de l’art). The album features the film’s original music composed by Lionel Limiñana (Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan, Lucky Winners) and David Menke (The Last Days of American Crime, Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation, Sam – A Saxon, Skylines). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen the composers’ first track below. The French Job is directed by Dominique Baumard and stars Melvil Poupaud, Sofiane Zermani, Steve Tientcheu and Julia Piaton. The movie is inspired by the true story of the biggest art theft in French history, committed by Vjeran Tomic, when on the night of May 19, 2010, five priceless paintings were stolen from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Another Simple Favor’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Another Simple Favor, Paul Feig, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy/thriller sequel Another Simple Favor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder,Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Spy, Marley & Me) who previously scored the original 2018 movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Another Simple Favor is directed by Paul Feig and stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Andrew Rannells, Elizabeth Perkins, Henry Golding, Allison Janey, Bashir Salahuddin, Michele Morrone, Elena Sofia Ricci and Alex Newell. The movie follows Stephanie Smothers & Emily Nelson as they head to the island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stranger Eyes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Siew Hua Yeo, Soundtrack, Stranger Eyes, Thomas Foguenne
Thomas Foguenne (Trouble Girl, Who’ll Stop the Rain) has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Stranger Eyes. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Stranger Eyes is directed by Siew Hua Yeo and stars Wu Chien-Ho, Lee Kang-Sheng, Anicca Panna, Pete Teo, Vera Chen, Xenia Tan and Maryanne Ng-Yew. The movie follows aoung married Singaporean couple whose baby daughter goes missing from the playground one day, when they receive an unsettling package at their doorstep: video footage of their daily lives, taken before and after the child’s disappearance. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sneaks’ Score Album Released
Posted: April 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Sneaks, Terrace Martin
BMG Rights Management has released a second soundtrack album for the animated feature Sneaks. The album features the film’s original score composed by rapper, music producer and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin who has made his scoring debut on the project . Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to Martin’s first two tracks (Mercury Chase & Central Park) below. The label has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie earlier this month. Sneaks is directed by Rob Edwards and also features the voices of Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Chloe Bailey, Laurence Fishburne, Mustard (who also serves as the project’s executive music producer), Macy Gray, Roddy Ricch, Ella Mai, Swae Lee, Quavo and Chris Paul. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I’ll Be Right There’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brendan Walsh, I'll Be Right There, James Righton, score, Soundtrack
Globe Productions has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy I’ll Be Right There. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Righton (of the former new rave band Klaxons) (Benjamin, Untold: The Liver King, Daddy Issues). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. I’ll Be Right There is directed by Brendan Walsh and stars Edie Falco, Jeannie Berlin, Bradley Whitford, Charlie Tahan, Kayli Carter, Michael Rapaport, Michael Beach, Sepideh Moafi, Jack Mulhern and Paul Schulze. The movie follows a woman who – between dealing with a pregnant daughter, an absent ex-husband, a wayward son, and a hypochondriac mother – must figure out how to keep her family together while finding her own love and happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hell of a Summer’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Byrk, Finn Wolfhard, Hell of a Summer, Jay McCarrol, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Hell of a Summer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, The Dirties, Operation Avalanche). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download only in the U.S. on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Hell of a Summer is directed by Finn Wolfhard & Billy Byrk and stars Fred Hechinger, Wolfhard & Bryk themselves, Abby Quinn, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Adam Pally and Krista Nazaire. The movie follows a 24-year-old camp counselor thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers, when he learns that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Morales Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Countdown’
Posted: April 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Countdown, Derek Haas, Tony Morales
Tony Morales (Reacher, Scorpion, FUBAR, Elena of Avalor, The Fugitive, The Bag Man, Bloodline, In Your Eyes) is the composer of the upcoming Prime Video original series Countdown. The show is created by Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted, Chicago Fire) and stars Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Jessica Camacho, Elliot Knight, Violett Beane and Uli Latukefu. The action drama revolves around a LAPD detective who is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate the murder of an officer with the Department of Homeland Security. Read the rest of this entry »
