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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 17, 2019)

Premiering on Friday, February 22 is the Netflix original movie Paddleton co-written and directed by Alex Lehmann and starring Mark Duplass, Ray Romano, Ravi Patel and Christine Woods. The film’s original music is composed by Julian Wass (Hit and Run, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Room 104, Insatiable, The Overnight). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the film, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering on Friday in the U.S. is the Spanish drama The Photographer of Mauthausen (El fotografo de Mauthausen) directed by Mar Targarona and starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden and Alain Hernández. Diego Navarro (Capture the Flag, Mimesis) has composed the film’s original music. Rosetta Records has released a soundtrack album last fall when the movie opened overseas. Visit Amazon to download the album. The movie, which follows a Catalán prisoner at a Nazi concentration camp who uses his office job to steal photo negatives of the atrocities committed there, will be available to stream stateside exclusively on Netflix.

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Samuel Sim Scoring ITV’s ‘The Bay’

Samuel Sim (Awake, The Halcyon, Home Fires) is currently scoring the upcoming ITV original series The Bay. The show is created by Daragh Carville (Being Human, The Smoke) & Richard Clark and stars Morven Christie, Jonas Armstrong, Tracie Bennett, Lindsey Coulson, Chanel Cresswell, Louis Greatorex, Adam Long, Taheen Modak and Daniel Ryan. The 6-part drama is set in the coastal town of Morecambe Bay and centers on a female detective who is assigned to a missing persons investigation in the unique village. 

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Bette Midler to Perform ‘The Place Where Lost Things Go’ from ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ at Oscars

Bette Midler has announced that she will be performing the original song The Place Where Lost Things Go from Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. The song, which is performed in the movie by Emily Blunt, is written by Marc Shaiman (who is also one of the nominees in the Best Original Score category) & Scott Wittman. Click here to purchase the song and soundtrack. As previously reported, Jennifer Hudson will perform the I’ll Fight from RBG, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings will perform When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper will perform the song Shallow from A Star Is Born.

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Jeff Toyne Scoring David Hackl’s ‘Daughter of the Wolf’ & Paul A. Kaufman’s ‘Butter’

Jeff Toyne (Rogue, Dirty Girl, 9/11, You Me Her) has recently composed the music for the upcoming thriller Daughter of the Wolf. The film is directed by David Hackl (Saw V, Into the Grizzly Maze) and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Gina Carano, Brendan Fehr, Anton Gillis-Adelman and Sydelle Noel. The movie follows a woman who returns home from her tour in the Middle East to the news of her father’s passing. When word spreads about her large inheritance, her son is kidnapped and held for ransom by a local gang.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2019)

Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure Alita: Battle Angel directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron and starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein and Jackie Earle Haley. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details). Also available now is the original end credits track Swan Song performed by Dua Lipa (click here for more information).

Also opening wide is the slasher sequel Happy Death Day 2U directed by Christopher Landon and starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma and Ruby Modine. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Outlander) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also click here for details about the release of Lizzo’s cover of Stayin’ Alive from the movie’s end credits.

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‘Superman: The Movie’ 40th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

La-La Land Records has announced the details for its latest limited edition soundtrack albums, including a 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition for Richard Donner’s 1978 classic Superman: The Movie starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder. The 3-CD set features the film’s complete score composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark) on the first two discs (including alternate and additional cues), and a remastered version of the original 1978 soundtrack album on the third disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the album, which is limited to 5,000 copies.

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‘Swoon’ Soundtrack Released

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish fantasy romance Swoon (Eld & Lågor). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathaniel Mechaly (Taken series, Colombiana, The Grandmaster, Transporter: The Series, Shut In). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version will be coming out soon from Music Box Records. Swoon is written and directed by Mans Marlind & Bjorn Stein and stars Pernilla August, Albin Grenholm, Frida Gustavsson and Robert Gustafson. The movie takes place in an imaginary universe and follows the love story between the young heirs of two rival families who own neighboring amusement parks.

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More Songs from ‘Kim Possible’ Movie Released

Walt Disney Records has released two more songs from the Disney Channel original movie Kim Possible, including the original track Party with Me written by Jack Kugell, Hanna Jones & Matt Wongand and performed by Sky Katz (visit Amazon to download the song). Also available now is Naked Mole Rap Remix written by Adam Berry (South Park, The Penguins of Madagascar) who scored the animated Kim Possible series, as well as Mark McCorkle & Bob Schooley and performed by Sean Giambrone & Issac Ryan Brown (click here to download). Listen to both songs after the jump.

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‘The Wolf’s Call’ (‘Le chant du loup’) Soundtrack Released

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller The Wolf’s Call (Le chant du loup). The album features the film’s original music composed by tomandandy (The Strangers, 47 Meters Down, The Mothman Prophecies, Sinister 2). Also included is the original track Honoring the Dead written for the movie by Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, American Gangster, Robin Hood) (also available as a digital single here). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Wolf’s Call is directed by Antonin Baudry and stars François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz and Reda Kateb.

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Rayla’s ‘Just Wanna Go’ Theme Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Fast Layne’ Released

Walt Disney Records has released the theme song from the new Disney Channel original series Fast Layne. The song, entitled Just Wanna Go, is written by Jordan Powers & Jintae Ko and performed by Rayla. The track is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Fast Layne is created by Travis Braun and stars Sophie Pollono, Sofia Rosinsky, Brandon Rossel and Winslow Fegley. The comedy follows a 12-year-old overachiever who finds her orderly life thrown into a tailspin when she discovers a sophisticated talking car named V.I.N. hidden in an abandoned shed.

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