Silva Screen Records has released two more soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/episodes Hyena and Macaque composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, The Green Planet). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composers’ music from the first Dynasties season back in 2018 and five separate albums for the specials Meerkat, Puma, Elephant & Cheetah. Dynasties II is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Mike Gunton and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Hyena’ & ‘Macaque’ Released
Posted: December 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Benji Merrison, Dynasties, Dynasties II, score, Soundtrack, Will Slater
‘The Return’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rachel Portman, score, Soundtrack, The Return, Uberto Pasolini
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Return. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go, One Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 6. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Return is co-written and directed by Uberto Pasolini and stars Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria and Ángela Molina. The movie is based on Homer’s ancient classic The Odyssey and follows King Odysseus as he washes up on the shores of Ithaca 20 years after he left his kingdom and finds his beloved wife Penelope hounded by suitors vying to be king, and his son Telemachus facing death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as merely an obstacle to their pursuit of the kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘And Their Children After Them’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amaury Chabauty, And Their Children After Them, Leurs enfants après eux, Ludovic Boukherma, score, Soundtrack, Zoran Boukherma
L’R Du Tresor has released a soundtrack album for the French coming-of-age drama And Their Children After Them (Leurs enfants après eux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amaury Chabauty (Murder Party, Year of the Shark, The Dreamer, Teddy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s “epilogue” track below. And Their Children After Them is written and directed by Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma and stars Paul Kircher, Angélina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche, Ludivine Sagnier and Louis Memmi. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Nicolas Mathieu takes place over the course of four summers in the early 1990s and follows three teenagers growing up in a former steel town in Northern France as their destinies intersect, collide and intertwine, amid dreams of escaping the town. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jentry Chau vs the Underworld’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian H. Kim, Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series Jentry Chau vs the Underworld have been revealed. The album features the original songs (performed by Jessi, Yaeji, Jonah Wolf, Sugs, eaJ & others) and selections of the show’s original score composed by Brian H. Kim (Spoiler Alert, Search Party, Panic, My Life with the Walter Boys, BH90210<, em>Star vs. the Forces of Evil). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Thursday, December 5 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the series’ theme song Flame performed by KATSEYE as a digital single last month. Jentry Chau vs the Underworld is created by Echo Wu and stars Ali Wong, Lori Tan Chinn, Bowen Yang, Jimmy O. Yang, Lucy Liu, Woosung Kim, Sheng Wang and A.J. Beckles. The animated fantasy comedy follows a Chinese-American teen who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress and must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school. Read the rest of this entry »
2025 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 97th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, historical data, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Mistake’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Mistake, Christine Jeffs, Frank Ilfman, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records will release a soundtrack album for the medical drama A Mistake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Operative, Ghost Stories, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally next Tuesday, December 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A Mistake is written and directed by Christine Jeffs and stars Elizabeth Banks, Simon McBurney, Mickey Sumner and Rena Owen. The movie follows an expert surgeon who finds herself in a difficult situation when ehe makes a fateful decision during a routine surgery by allowing her young colleague to take charge of a delicate procedure. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Supercell’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Corey Wallace, Herbert James Winterstern, score, Soundtrack, Supercell
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the disaster thriller Supercell co-written and directed by Herbert James Winterstern and stars Alec Baldwin, Skeet Ulrich, Anne Heche, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Daniel Diemer and Anjul Nigam.. The album features the film’s original score composed by Corey Wallace (Artik, Siberia, F*** Marry Kill, Cursed Friends, Valley of Bones) and performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, including previously unreleased music, as well as an unused demo cue and a “pre-production arrangement” of the composer’s main theme. The soundtrack CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has previously released the original digital soundtrack album last year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Churchill at War’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Churchill at War, Jeff Danna, Malcolm Venville, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Churchill at War. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Julia, Tyrant, Onward, Alias Grace, Camelot, The Boondock Saints, The Addams Family, Silent Hill, Storks). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Write History Myself) below. Churchill at War is directed by Malcolm Venville and examines Winston Churchill’s pivotal role in World War II and the formative events that made him an ideal leader for the era. The 4-parter executive produced by Imagine Documentaries’ Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Sara Bernstein & Justin Wilkes and showrunner Sara Enright explores Churchill’s wartime strategy and the legacy that follows. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A World Divided’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A World Divided, Maarten Buning, score, Soundtrack, Stan Koch
Looks Filmproduktion GmbH has released a soundtrack album for the historical limited series A World Divided (Die Spaltung der Welt). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Stan Koch & Maarten Buning. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. A World Divided is created by Jan Peter & Gunnar Dedio and stars Max Wagner, Lara Mandoki, Denis Rodnyansky, Delia Mayer, Meriel Hinsching and Moussa Sylla. The 6-part docu-drama directed by Olga Chajdas & Frank Devos tells the stories of six historical figures from Germany, Israel, France, the Soviet Union and the U.S. and follows their lives, longings, dreams and fears, beginning with the Second World War in the late 1930s and ending in the 1950s. Read the rest of this entry »
New Recording of Dimitri Tiomkin’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ Score Announced
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dimitri Tiomkin, John Sturges, score, Soundtrack, The Old Man and the Sea
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1958 adventure drama The Old Man and the Sea directed by John Sturges, written by Peter Viertel based on Ernest Hemingway’s novella of the same name title and starring Spencer Tracy. The album features a new recording of the film’s complete original score composed by Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Alamo, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Giant, The Guns of Navarone) and performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Richard Kaufman. Tiomkin won his fourth Academy Award for his score. Visit the label’s official website for more information about the 2-CD set and to check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
