Walt Disney Records has announced the first full soundtrack album for Disney’s Tangled: The Series. The album features the songs from the show composed by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater (Galavant), including previously unreleased Set Yourself Free and Ready As I’ll Ever Be from the first season finale premiering this weekend. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 19, 2018. and will be available to download on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring four songs from the show, as well as the end credits song More of Me by Natasha Bedingfield. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tangled: The Series’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Disney Channel, Glenn Slater, Soundtrack, Tangled: The Series
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Heitor Pereira to Score Raja Gosnell’s ‘Show Dogs’
Posted: January 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, Raja Gosnell, Show Dogs
Heitor Pereira is reuniting with director Raja Gosnell (Never Been Kissed, Scooby-Doo, Big Momma’s House) on the upcoming family comedy Show Dogs. The film starring Will Arnett, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Natasha Lyonne, Jordin Sparks, Gabriel Iglesias, Shaquille O’Neal, Alan Cumming and Stanley Tucci revolves around the unlikely pairing of a human detective and his canine partner who has to go undercover at the world’s most exclusive dog show to solve his biggest case yet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Game of Death’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Game of Death, Julien Mineau, score, Soundtrack
Dare To Care Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Game of Death. The album features the film’s original music composed by Julien Mineau. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Game of Death is directed by Sebastien Landry & Laurence Baz Morais and stars Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon, Erniel Baez D, Nick Serino, Thomas Vallieres, Jane Hackett, Steve Godin, Neve Leblanc and Natalie Darbyson. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring IMAX Documentary ‘Pandas’
Posted: January 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Douglas, Drew Fellman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Pandas
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) is composing the music for the upcoming IMAX documentary Pandas. The film is directed by David Douglas & Drew Fellman and follows a researcher at Chengdu Panda Base in China who is dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild and whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Coco, Critics Choice Awards, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water at tonight’s 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Dario Marianelli for Darkest Hour, Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer for Blade Runner 2049, John Williams for The Post, Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk and Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Marvel’s Hulu Original Series ‘Runaways’ to Be Released
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Marvel, Runaways, Siddhartha Khosla
Hollywood Records will release the first soundtrack album for Marvel’s Hulu original series Runaways. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s first season by artists such as Francis and the Lights, Glass Animals, Billie Eilish, Sofi Tukker, Lizzy Land & more. Also included is the main titles theme by the series’ composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, The Royals, The Neighbors), as well as the original song Gert’s Lullaby, which he co-wrote with Ariela Barer. The soundtrack will be available to download tomorrow, January 12 on Amazon and other digital music stores. Read the rest of this entry »
Matteo Zingales & Antony Partos Scoring HBO’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antony Partos, Fahrenheit 451, HBO, Matteo Zingales, Ramin Bahrani
Matteo Zingales (The Hunter, Secrets & Lies) & Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) are reteaming with director Ramin Bahrani on the upcoming HBO original movie Fahrenheit 451. The film starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella and Lilly Singh is based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of the same name, depicting a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and “firemen” burn books. Bahrani (At Any Price, Goodbye Solo) also co-wrote the script with Amir Naderi (Vegas: Based on a True Story) and is executive producing the project with Jordan, Sarah Green (The Tree of Life, Mud, Loving, Frida), Alan Gasmer (Vikings) and Peter Jaysen (Fired Up!). Read the rest of this entry »
Bella Thorne’s ‘Burn So Bright’ from ‘Midnight Sun’ to Be Released
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bella Thorne, Midnight Sun
Lakeshore Records will release the first song from the soundtrack for the romantic drama Midnight Sun. The track, entitled Burn So Bright, is performed by lead actress Bella Thorne and will be released as a digital single on January 19, 2018. Visit Amazon to download the song and check back on this page for updates on the full soundtrack album for the movie. Midnight Sun is directed by Scott Speer and stars Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shepard, Ken Tremblett, Suleka Mathew and Rob Riggle. The movie follows a 17-year-old girl who is sheltered at home since childhood with a rare genetic condition, a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ to Be Released
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Soundtrack
Legacy Recordings will release a new soundtrack album for the comedy drama Lady Bird. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Alanis Morissette, Haim, The Monkees, John Cale, Reel Big Fish, Love, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 12 and will be available to download on Amazon. Lakeshore Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring composer Jon Brion’s score from the film. Lady Bird is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet. Read the rest of this entry »
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Scoring HBO’s ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elvis Presley: The Searcher, HBO, Mike McCready
HBO announced today that Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher. The movie directed by Thom Zimny focuses on Elvis Presley the musical artist, taking the audience on a comprehensive creative journey from his childhood through the final 1976 Jungle Room recording sessions. The 3-hour film features more than 20 new, primary source interviews with session players, producers, engineers, directors and other artists who knew him or who were profoundly influenced by him. Read the rest of this entry »
