Premiering tonight is the Fox holiday event A Christmas Story Live! starring Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier. The television special’s music is composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) based on their work on the Broadway musical of the same title. They also wrote several new songs. Arts Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the event tomorrow. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 18, is the BBC mini-series Gunpowder created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and starring Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War) has composed the original music for the 3-parter. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week.Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premieres stateside on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Arts Music will release a soundtrack album for the Fox holiday special event A Christmas Story Live! The album features the songs from the television special composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen), including several new tracks written for the production, and performed by the project’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 19 and is now available for pre-order on 
Magic Light Pictures will release a soundtrack album for the BBC animated holiday special The Highway Rat. The album features the original music from the short composed by R
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Russian historical epic Viking. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dean Valentine (Tiger Raid), as well as the composer’s music written for the movie’s trailers. The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Steve London is reuniting with director Robert Budreau on the upcoming thriller Stockholm. The film is written and directed by Budreau and stars Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong and Christopher Heyerdahl. The movie tells the true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm, during which the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities. The director is also producing the project with Nicholas Tabarrok (Defendor, The Art of the Steal) and Jonathan Bronfman (The Void, Edge of Winter). 
Opening in most theaters is Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie and Andy Serkis. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T.). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out 
Also opening wide is the animated feature Ferdinand directed by Carlos Saldanha and featuring the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Gina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Daveed Diggs, Gabriel Iglesias, Bobby Cannavale and David Tennant. John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Shrek) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack featuring the composer’s score has been released by Fox Music and La-La Land Records (
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Vault. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shaun Drew (DC Super Hero Girls, Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics). The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Danny Mulhern has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama What They Had. The film is written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko and stars Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga and Josh Lucas. The movie follows a woman who returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. Keith Kjarval (A Single Shot, Rudderless), Bill Holderman (A Walk in the Woods, The Company You Keep), Albert Berger (Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain), Ron Yerxa (Nebraska, Election, Little Children), Alex Saks & Andrew Duncan (The Florida Project) and Tyler Jackson are producing the project. 
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Crooked House. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hugo de Chaire (Capsule). The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Gunpowder. The album features the original music from the historical thriller composed by Academy Award nominee Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War, The Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 15. The download link will be added to this article within the next day. Gunpowder is created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and stars Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. The 3-parter follows British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics as they plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century. 