Jeff Richmond has composed the original score for the new Netflix limited series The Four Seasons. The show is created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher (Never Have I Ever) & Tracey Wigfield (Saved by the Bell, Four Weddings and a Funeral) based on Alan Alda’s 1981 feature of the same title and stars Fey herself, Steve Carell, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen. The comedy follows three married couples whose decades-long friendship is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Richmond Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’
Posted: April 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Richmond, Netflix, The Four Seasons, Tina Fey
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 25, 2025)
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: April, Benjamin Wallfisch, Bryce Dessner, Cheech & Chong's Last Movie, Dave Palmer, Jojo Draven, Lionel Cohen, Mark Orton, Matthew Herbert, Mob Cops, Neighborhood Watch, On Swift Horses, The Accountant 2, Until Dawn, Winter Spring Summer or Fall, Zac Rae
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller The Accountant 2 directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Allison Robertson and Daniella Pineda. The film’s original music is composed by The National’s Bryce Dessner (Sing Sing, We Live in Time, The Two Popes, Bardo, Cyrano, She Came to Me,Manhunt, A Good Person). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as cover version of Nina Simone’s See-Line Woman performed by Danielle Ponder & Dessner last Friday. Check our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Also opening nationwide is the survival horror thriller Until Dawn based on PlayStation Studios’s video game, directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Maia Mitchell, Belmont Cameli and Peter Stormare. Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, Shazam!, The Flash, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man, Hidden Figures) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Elmer Bernstein’s ‘Class’ Score Announced
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Class, Elmer Bernstein, Lewis John Carlino, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1983 comedy drama Class directed by Lewis John Carlino and starring Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, John Cusack, Virginia Madsen, Lolita Davidovich and Casey Siemaszko. The album features the film’s original score from the Orion Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Far from Heaven, The Age of Innocence), as well as several source cues and bonus tracks. The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weak Hero Class 2’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Primary, score, Soundtrack, Weak Hero Class, Weak Hero Class 2
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Weak Hero Class. The album features selections of the original score from show’s second season composed by hip hop/music producer Primary (aka Choi Dong-hoon) (A Shop for Killers, D.P). Also included are songs by Huh, Benzamin, Goopy, Meego, Punchnello and Die Boy. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to allfthe songs and two score tracks below. Playlist has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2022. Weak Hero Class is created by You Su-min, Han Jun-hee & Park Hyun-woo and stars Park Ji-hoon, Ryeo Un, Choi Min-yeong, Lee Min-jae, Yu Su-bin, Bae Na-ra and Lee Jun-young. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Jewel to Score Liv Forsythe’s ‘Pretty Boy Delaney’
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johnny Jewel, Liv Forsythe, Pretty Boy Delaney
Johnny Jewel (Bronson, Lost River, Holly, Don’t Come Back from the Moon, Those Who Kill) is set to score the upcoming indie drama Pretty Boy Delaney. The film is directed by Liv Forsythe and stars Jamie Bacon, Brandon Mychal Smith, Monroe Cline and James Oliver Wheatley. The movie follows a 26-year-old former boxing prodigy battling a relentless fentanyl addiction on the streets of Skid Row as he encounters a compassionate outreach worker and a boxing coach and is offered one last fight. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘The Mask I Wear’ from ‘Juliet & Romeo’ Released
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Evan Bogart, Juliet & Romeo, Justin Gray, Timothy Scott Bogart
Lakeshore Records has released the first original song from the movie musical Juliet & Romeo. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is The Mask I Wear written & produced by Evan Bogart & Justin Gray (Spinning Gold) and performed by cast members Rebel Wilson, Ledisi, Tayla Parx, Clara Rugaard, Martina Ortiz Luis and Quinn Bogart. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released next month. Juliet & Romeo is written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart and also stars Jamie Ward, Jason Isaacs, Dan Fogler, Derek Jacobi, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Rupert Graves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘WondLa’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Joy Ngiaw, score, Skydance Animation, Soundtrack, WondLa
Milan Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original animated series WondLa. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Joy Ngiaw (Blush, Glamorous, Rescued by Ruby, Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the Ngiaw’s score from Season 1 last summer. WondLa is based on Tony DiTerlizzi’s bestselling book series The Search for WondLa and features the voices of Jeanine Mason, Brad Garrett, Gary Anthony Williams, John Kim, Alan Tudyk, Ana Villafañe and Teri Hatcher. Season 2 of the Skydance Animation production Ana Villafañe follows 16-year-old Eva 9 as her journey continues and she uncovers startling truths about her past and the world she calls home. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix Film ‘Havoc’ Released
Posted: April 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aria Prayogi, Gareth Evans, Havoc, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Havoc. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Aria Prayogi (The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2, Gangs of London, Apostle, Headshot, The Night Comes for Us). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to three tracks of the composer’s score after the jump. Havoc is written and directed by Gareth Evans and stars Tom Hardy, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Justin Cornwell, Luis Guzmán, Quelin Sepulveda, Michelle Waterson and Sunny Pang. The crime thriller follows a jaded cop who fights his way through a corrupt city’s criminal underworld to save a politician’s son when a drug heist swerves lethally out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Light & Magic’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: April 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, James Newton Howard, Joe Johnston, Light & Magic, Michael Dean Parsons, score, Soundtrack, Xander Rodzinski
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Disney+ original documentary series Light & Magic. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Michael Dean Parsons (Pain Hustlers, Sketchbook, Stan Lee, Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return) and Xander Rodzinski (Willow, Dead for a Dollar, Bolt from the Blue, Inhabitants). James Newton Howard (who scored the first season) has contributed the themes. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 25. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the first track from each composer after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring music from Season 1 back in 2022. Season 2 of Light & Magic is directed by Joe Johnston, produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries and follows Lucasfilm’s visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On Swift Horses’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Minahan, Mark Orton, On Swift Horses, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama On Swift Horses. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Orton (The Holdovers, Nebraska, The Good Girl, My Old Lady, 12 Mighty Orphans, Love Hard). Also included the original Song for Henry co-written (with Sean O’Brien who also produced the track) and performed by Loren Kramar, as well as another song by Kramar. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from Orton’s score and Kramar’s Song for Henry below. On Swift Horses is directed by Daniel Minahan and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Sasha Calle, Will Poulter and Diego Calva. The movie based on Shannon Pufahl’s novel of the same title is set in the 1950s and tells the story of a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law as they undertake parallel journeys of romance, risk and self-discovery. Read the rest of this entry »
