Ian Hultquist (Assassination NationA-X-LAnimalsMy Blind BrotherThe Gospel According to André) is scoring the upcoming comedy drama Yes, God, Yes. The film is written and directed by Karen Maine (Obvious Child) and stars Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Alisha Boe, Francesca Reale, Wolfgang Novogratz and Donna Lynne Champlin. The movie is based on Maine’s 2017 short of the same title and tells the story of 16-year-old girl who discovers masturbating after an innocent AOL chat turns unexpectedly racy, compelling her to sign up for a secretive religious retreat which she hopes will put her on the path to redemption.  Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Steve McQueen’s heist thriller Widows. Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dunkirk, Pirates of the Caribbean) who previously composed the music for the director’s 12 Years a Slave has composed the film’s original score. Also expected to be included are the songs from the film. As previously reported, Sade has contributed the original song The Big Unknown to the movie. The soundtrack is set to be be released physically on November 23, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album will be released for the 2014 indie coming-of-age comedy Chu & Blossom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher, Nerve, Tully, The Spectacular Now, The Front Runner, (500) Days of Summer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 12, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Chu & Blossom is directed by Charles Chu & Gavin Kellyand stars Chu himself, alongside Ryan O’Nan, Caitlin Stasey, Alan Cumming, Richard Kind, Melanie Lynskey, Chris Marquette, Annie Potts and Mercedes Ruehl. The movie centers on the unlikely brotherhood between a pensive, awkwardly tall Korean foreign exchange student and a militant performance artist, both trapped together in a small town Read the rest of this entry »

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Free Fire) have been tapped to score the upcoming Amazon original series Hanna. The show is developed by David Farr (The Night Manager, Troy: Fall of a City) and stars Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman and Esme Creed-Miles. The drama is based on Joe Wright’s 2011 feature, which was co-written by Farr and scored by The Chemical Brothers, and follows the journey of a young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is. Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album has been released for the fantasy thriller American Fable. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gingger Shankar (Circumstance, Viper Club, Heartbeats, AWOL). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. American Fable is directed by Anne Hamilton and stars Peyton Kennedy, Kip Pardue, Zuleikha Robinson, Gavin MacIntosh, Rusty Schwimmer, Marci Miller and Richard Schiff. The movie is set in the 1980s rural Midwest where an imaginative girl is forced to choose between protecting her family’s secret and saving a man’s life. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Blair and Brooke Blair are the composers of the upcoming crime thriller Three Seconds. The film is directed by Andrea Di Stefano (Escobar: Paradise Lost) and stars Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common and Ana de Armas. The movie is based on the best-selling Swedish novel by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström and follows a reformed ex-convict and former special ops soldier who gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison. Matt Cook (Patriots Day, Triple 9) wrote the screenplay with revisions by Rowan Joffé (The American), Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and Di Stefano. Read the rest of this entry »

‘306 Hollywood’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary 306 Hollywood. The album features the film’s original music composed by Troy Herion (The Dog). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 5, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 306 Hollywood is directed by Elan & Jonathan Bogarín and follows the filmmakers as they undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in New York this past weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Coen Brothers’ western anthology movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The directors’ regular composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, True Grit, Twilight, Carol, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has composed the film’s original score. The album, which is expected to feature both the score and songs from the movie, will be released digitally and physically on November 16, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018)

Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Stelvio Cipriani has passed away today at age 81. The Italian composer has scored over 200 movies and TV shows over an almost five decade-spanning career. Among his best known scoring credits are Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare City, James Cameron’s Piranha II: The Spawning, Mario Bava’s A Bay of Blood and Rabid Dogs, Ovidio G. Assonitis’ Tentacles, J.Piquer Simon’s Pieces and Antonio Bido’s Bloodstained Shadow. His main theme for 1973’s The Great Kidnapping (La polizia sta a guardare) was featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 feature Death Proof.

Propelr Music has released as soundtrack album for the comedy drama Chasing the Blues. The album features the film’s original songs performed by Jonathon Linaberry, aka The Bones of J.R. Jones. Also included are tracks by Peg Leg Howell, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Sylvester Weaver, Cecil Otter and Mississippi John Hurt. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Chasing the Blues is co-written and directed by Scott Smith and stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Chelsea Tavares and Anna Maria Horsford. The movie follows two rival record collectors as they conspire against each other to dupe an old lady out of a rare but cursed blues record, O Death Where Is Thy Sting?. Read the rest of this entry »