Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Don’t Look Up, Cruella, The Big Short, Vice) has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO original film Mountainhead. The movie is written and directed by Jesse Armstrong and stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef, Hadley Robinson, Daniel Oreskes, Andy Daly, Ali Kinkade, David Thompson, Ami MacKenzie and Ava Kostia. The drama revolves around a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell Scoring Jesse Armstrong’s HBO Movie ‘Mountainhead’
Posted: April 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jesse Armstrong, Mountainhead, Nicholas Britell
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‘The Darkness’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Kjartan Holm, score, Sin Fang, Soundtrack, The Darkness
INNI has released a soundtrack album for the Icelandic TV series The Darkness. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Atli Örvarsson (Silo, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Defending Jacob, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle, Rams) Kjartan Holm (The Minister, Blackport) & Sin Fang (aka Sindri Már Sigfússon) (Foscadh, Duino). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main titles track after the jump. The Darkness is based on the best-selling thriller bookseries by Ragnar Jónasson and stars Lena Olin, Jack Bannon, Douglas Henshall, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson, Thorsteinn Bachmann, Tora Hallström, Ahd Tamimi and Árni Þór Lárusson. The noir thriller directed by Lasse Hallström follows a detective investigating a shocking murder case and faced with an impending early retirement who is forced to take on a new partner is determined to find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Gareth Edwards’ ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’
Posted: April 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gareth Edwards, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Rebirth
Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Philomena, The Queen) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World: Rebirth. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, he Creator) and stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Ed Skrein, Philippine Velge and Bechir Sylvain. The movie is set five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion and follows an intrepid team racing to secure DNA samples from the three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from ‘Andor’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andor, Brandon Roberts, Disney Plus, Nicholas Britell, Star Wars
Walt Disney Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the second season of Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Andor. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Andor Onward composed by Brandon Roberts (Thanksgiving, Motherland: Fort Salem, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, Land of Bad, Chaos Walking, Underwater, On a Wing and a Prayer) who scored most of the new season and features the original Andor theme written by Season 1 composer Nicholas Britell. Also listen to the track below. The label is expected to release four full soundtrack albums featuring music from all twelve new episodes over the next couple of weeks. Andor is created by Tony Gilroy and stars Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Ben Mendelsohn and Forest Whitaker. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Dangerous Friendship’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Dangerous Friendship, Cryille Aufort, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Une amitié dangereuse
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the French limited series A Dangerous Friendship (Une amitié dangereuse). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (A Royal Affair, Splice, (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, The Other Story, Antarctica Calling, Heart of Oak, Ombline). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Anne and Louis) below. A Dangerous Friendship is created by Alain Tasma (who also directed all four episodes) & Henri Helman and stars Nelly Depeault, Stephanie Gil, Jérémy Gillet, Arthur Dupont, Stanley Weber, Clémentine Poidatz, Raïka Hazanavicius, Jack Laskey, Grégoire Colin, Patrick D’assumçao and Maya Sansa. The drama based on Juliette Benzoni’s historical romance novels and explores the relationship that develops between two startlingly different, yet equally powerful, women in 17th century France: the free-spirited Marie de Rohan, Duchess of Chevreuse and the shy, extremely proud, straight-laced Anne of Austria, Queen of France. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Rookie’ Season 7 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Jordan Gagne, score, Soundtrack, The Rookie
Lionsgate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the ABC drama The Rookie. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s seventh season composed by Jordan Gagne (The Recruit, Altered Carbon, Waco, The Passage, The Rookie: Feds, Brave New World, Treadstone). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. eOne Music has previously released an album featuring the composer’s music from the first seasons back in 2020. The Rookie is created by Alexi Hawley and stars Nathan Fillion, Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Melissa O’Neil, Jenna Dewan, Shawn Ashmore and Lisseth Chavez. Season 7 of the series, which follows John Nolan and the team as they welcome two new rookies and continue the hunt for two dangerous escaped prisoners who have very personal vendettas, currently airs every Tuesday on ABC and is also available to stream on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Matt Palmer’s ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’
Posted: April 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fear Street, Fear Street: Prom Queen, Matt Palmer, Netflix, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (Daredevil: Born Again, X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher) have provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Fear Street: Prom Queen. The fourth movie based on R.L. Stine’s horror book series is directed by Matt Palmer (Calibre) and stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Chris Klein, Ella Rubin, David Iacono, Ariana Greenblatt, Lili Taylor and Katherine Waterston. The slasher film takes place during 1988 prom season at Shadyside High and follows a guvsy outsider who puts herself in the running, when the other contending girls start mysteriously disappearing. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke, Hulu, Mat Davidson, Olly Lambert, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hulu original documentary series Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mat Davidson (Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story, Hatton, The Bambers: Murder at the Farm). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke is directed by Olly Lambert, produced by Passion Pictures and explores the untold story behind the case of popular vlogger Ruby Franke who was arrested for child abuse in August 2023: part family tragedy, part coming-of-age narrative, part tale of our times about the perils of life lived online. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix’s ‘Dept. Q’
Posted: April 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Dept. Q, Netflix, Scott Frank
Carlos Rafael Rivera (Lessons in Chemistry, Griselda, Ezra, Chupa, Just Beyond) is the composer of the upcoming British Netflix original series Dept. Q. The show is written and directed by Scott Frank (The Lookout, Logan) and stars Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Kelly Macdonald and Leah Byrne. The crime thriller/drama is based on the novels of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen and revolves around a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh who gets assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralyzed and another policeman dead. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sea Lions of the Galapagos’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Disneynature, Hugh Wilson, Keith Scholey, Raphaelle Thibaut, score, Sea Lions of the Galapagos, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disneynature documentary Sea Lions of the Galapagos. The album features the film’s original music composed by Raphaelle Thibaut (Secrets of the Whales, Introducing, Selma Blair, Mama’s Boy, Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, Heart of Invictus). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 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. Sea Lions of the Galapagos is directed by Hugh Wilson, co-directed by Keith Scholey, narrated by Brendan Fraser and explores the fascinating world of the Galapagos alongside a host of creatures from land and sea. The movie follows a sea lion pup whose lifelong quest to find his place in the world is fraught with challenges and filled with new encounters with an array of creatures. Read the rest of this entry »
