Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1980 British murder mystery The Mirror Crack’d based on the Agatha Christie novel, directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Angela Lansbury (as Miss Marple), Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, Kim Novak and Elizabeth Taylor. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Cameron (A Touch for Class, The Ruling Class, Kes, The Jigsaw Man, Hawks, Night Watch, Whiffs, Jimmy the Kid). Visit the label’s official website to check out audio samples and for more information about the CD, which is now available to order from various soundtrack specialty stores. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mirror Crack’d’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: April 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guy Hamilton, John Cameron, score, Soundtrack, The Mirror Crack'd
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‘Dead End’ (‘Dood Spoor’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dead End, Dood Spoor, Lachlan Anderson, score
Sonhouse Records has released a soundtrack album for the Belgian TV series Dead End (Dood Spoor). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lachlan Anderson (Tabula Rasa, Grafted, 6 Days, Mister Organ, The Dead Lands, The Boat). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles track below. Dead End is created by Malin-Sarah Gozin and stars Peter Van den Begin, Elise Schaap, Emilie De Roo, Marjan De Schutter and Ward Kerremans. The comedy thriller follows a man with a peculiar eating disorder: whenever he tastes something, he’s able to see flashes of what happened to it in the past. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Phillips & PJ Harvey Win BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Bad Sisters’
Posted: April 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bad Sisters, BAFTA TV Craft Awards, PJ Harvey, Tim Phillips
PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips have won their first BAFTA TV Craft Award for their music from the second season of the Apple TV+ original series Bad Sisters created by Sharon Horgan, Brett Baer & Dave Finkel and starring Horgan herself, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson at tonight’s awards ceremony at The Brewery in London. A soundtrack album featuring the music from Season 2 has been released by Hollywood Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 27, 2025)
Posted: April 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Another Simple Favor, Apple TV +, Carême, Dan Jeffries, Federico Jusid, Guillaume Roussel, Hulu, Jeff Richmond, Martin Phipps, Netflix, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Eternaut, The Four Seasons, Theodore Shapiro
Premiering on Wednesday, April 30, is the Argentinian Netflix original series The Eternaut (El Eternauta) created by Bruno Stagnaro and starring Ricardo Darín, Carla Peterson, César Troncoso, Marcelo Subiotto, Ariel Staltari, Andrea Pietra, Claudio Martínez Bel, Orianna Cárdenas and Mora Fisz. The show’s original music is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, The English, A Gentleman in Moscow, Watership Down, Misconduct, The Head, Life Itself). Francisco Sokolowicz has provided additional music. A soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score will be announced soon. Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the British limited series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes written by Jeff Pope and starring Conleth Hill, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Mays, Russell Tovey, Laura Aikman, Alex Jennings and Edison Alcaide. Martin Phipps (Napoleon, The Crown, Woman in Gold, Victoria, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, The Aftermath, Peaky Blinders) and Dan Jeffries have composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 4-part drama, which will premiere in the UK and most other major international markets on Disney+ and is making its U.S. debut on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Return for Kevin Williamson’s ‘Scream 7’
Posted: April 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kevin Williamson, Marco Beltrami, Scream, Scream 7
Marco Beltrami (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine, Hellboy) is returning to score the upcoming slasher sequel Scream 7. The film is directed by Kevin Williamson (who wrote the screenplays for the first two and fourth installments) and stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Scott Foley, Isabel May, Asa Germann, Celeste O’Connor, Mckenna Grace, Anna Camp, Ethan Embry, Sam Rechner, Joel McHale, Michelle Randolph, Mark Consuelos and Jimmy Tatro. No plot details have announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Richmond Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’
Posted: April 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Richmond, Netflix, The Four Seasons, Tina Fey
Jeff Richmond has composed the original score for the new Netflix limited series The Four Seasons. The show is created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher (Never Have I Ever) & Tracey Wigfield (Saved by the Bell, Four Weddings and a Funeral) based on Alan Alda’s 1981 feature of the same title and stars Fey herself, Steve Carell, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen. The comedy follows three married couples whose decades-long friendship is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 25, 2025)
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: April, Benjamin Wallfisch, Bryce Dessner, Cheech & Chong's Last Movie, Dave Palmer, Jojo Draven, Lionel Cohen, Mark Orton, Matthew Herbert, Mob Cops, Neighborhood Watch, On Swift Horses, The Accountant 2, Until Dawn, Winter Spring Summer or Fall, Zac Rae
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller The Accountant 2 directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Allison Robertson and Daniella Pineda. The film’s original music is composed by The National’s Bryce Dessner (Sing Sing, We Live in Time, The Two Popes, Bardo, Cyrano, She Came to Me,Manhunt, A Good Person). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as cover version of Nina Simone’s See-Line Woman performed by Danielle Ponder & Dessner last Friday. Check our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Also opening nationwide is the survival horror thriller Until Dawn based on PlayStation Studios’s video game, directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Maia Mitchell, Belmont Cameli and Peter Stormare. Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, Shazam!, The Flash, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man, Hidden Figures) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical 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 Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Elmer Bernstein’s ‘Class’ Score Announced
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Class, Elmer Bernstein, Lewis John Carlino, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1983 comedy drama Class directed by Lewis John Carlino and starring Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, John Cusack, Virginia Madsen, Lolita Davidovich and Casey Siemaszko. The album features the film’s original score from the Orion Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Far from Heaven, The Age of Innocence), as well as several source cues and bonus tracks. The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weak Hero Class 2’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Primary, score, Soundtrack, Weak Hero Class, Weak Hero Class 2
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Weak Hero Class. The album features selections of the original score from show’s second season composed by hip hop/music producer Primary (aka Choi Dong-hoon) (A Shop for Killers, D.P). Also included are songs by Huh, Benzamin, Goopy, Meego, Punchnello and Die Boy. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to allfthe songs and two score tracks below. Playlist has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2022. Weak Hero Class is created by You Su-min, Han Jun-hee & Park Hyun-woo and stars Park Ji-hoon, Ryeo Un, Choi Min-yeong, Lee Min-jae, Yu Su-bin, Bae Na-ra and Lee Jun-young. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Jewel to Score Liv Forsythe’s ‘Pretty Boy Delaney’
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johnny Jewel, Liv Forsythe, Pretty Boy Delaney
Johnny Jewel (Bronson, Lost River, Holly, Don’t Come Back from the Moon, Those Who Kill) is set to score the upcoming indie drama Pretty Boy Delaney. The film is directed by Liv Forsythe and stars Jamie Bacon, Brandon Mychal Smith, Monroe Cline and James Oliver Wheatley. The movie follows a 26-year-old former boxing prodigy battling a relentless fentanyl addiction on the streets of Skid Row as he encounters a compassionate outreach worker and a boxing coach and is offered one last fight. Read the rest of this entry »
