Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Wish You Were Here. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton and John Joseph McCauley III (of the rock band Deer Tick) who made their feature scoring debut on the project. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first three tracks below. Wish You Were Here marks the feature directorial debut of actress Julia Stiles and stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Mena Massoud, Jimmy Fails, Gabby Kono-Abdy, Jennifer Grey and Kelsey Grammer. The movie is based on Renée Carlino’s novel of the same title follows a woman who searches for meaning in her life until – after a perfect night with a perfect stranger that ends suddenly the next morning – she uncovers a secret that changes everything. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wish You Were Here’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John McCauley, Julia Stiles, score, Soundtrack, Vanessa Carlton, Wish You Were Here
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+ Documentary ‘The Carters’ Released
Posted: April 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Denisse Ojeda, Paramount+, score, Soleil Moon Frye, Soundtrack, The Carters
Denisse Ojeda (Departing Seniors, Bad Press) has released a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original documentary The Carters. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the 2-parter and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below The Carters is directed by Soleil Moon Frye and takes a personal look at the soaring success and heartbreaking struggles of a family propelled into the spotlight by the meteoric rise of the musical careers of two brothers, Nick Carter (of Backstreet Boys) and the late pop sensation Aaron Carter. Read the rest of this entry »
Jesse Eisenberg to Write Music & Lyrics for A24 Movie Musical
Posted: April 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bill Sherman, Jesse Eisenberg
A24 announced today that Jesse Eisenberg wrote the original music and lyrics for the actor’s third feature directorial effort. The (currently untitled) musical comedy will star Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu, Bernadette Peters, Bonnie Milligan, Colton Ryan, Maulik Pancholy and Lilli Cooper. Steven Gizicki (A Complete Unknown, La La Land) serves as the project’s music supervisor and Bill Sherman (In the Heights, tick, tick…BOOM!) is the executive music producer on the film, which follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a community theater musical production and going to extremes as she loses herself in the role. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fireworks’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fireworks, Fuochi d'artificio, Nicola Tescari, RAI, score, Soundtrack
Radiofandango has released a soundtrack album for the Italian limited series Fireworks (Fuochi d’artificio). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Nicola Tescari (Grand Hotel, Euphoria, Lo spazio bianco, Waiting for the Sun). Also included are a number of traditional Italian songs performed by Anonima Frottolisti. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to several tracks from Tescari’s score below. Fireworks is written by Susanna Nicchiarelli & Marianna Cappi based on the bestselling novel by Andrea Bouchard and stars Anna Losano, Luca Charles Brucini, Carlotta Dosi, Lorenzo Enrico, Bebo Storti, Carla Signoris and Gabriele Graham Gasco. The coming-of-age drama is set in 1944 Piedmont and tells the story of four teenagers hoping for the end of the war who secretly help the Italian Resistance in its fight against the the occupying German forces. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Love Isn’t Always on Time’ from ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 4 Released
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aimee-Leigh Gemstone, Jennifer Nettles, Joseph Stephens, Megan Mullaly, The Righteous Gemstones
WaterTower Music has released the original song Love Isn’t Always on Time from the sixth episode (Interlude IV) of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones. The track written by the show’s composer Joseph Stephens and performed by Jennifer Nettles (as Aimee-Leigh Gemstone) and Megan Mullaly (as Lori Milsap) is now available to stream/download in two different version as a digital single on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to both versions after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more music from Season 4 is expected to be released in the coming weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Long Long Night’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Barret O'Brien, Lionel Cohen, Mark Duplass, score, Soundtrack, The Long Long Night
DNA-Productions will release a soundtrack album for the independent TV series The Long Long Night. The album features the show’s original score composed by Lionel Cohen (Mob Town, Inside Man, The Engineer, First We Take Brooklyn, Bardejov, Feral State, Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Long Long Night is created by Barret O’Brien (who also directed all episodes) & Mark Duplass and stars Duplass & O’Brien themselves, Karen Pittman and Sheri Foster Blake. The 6-part comedy revolves around two lifelong best friends as they are struggling to find purpose six months after tragedy. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruth Barrett & David Schweitzer Scoring The CW’s ‘Sherlock & Daughter’
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schweitzer, Ruth Barrett, Sherlock and Daughter, The CW
Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, The Decameron, Sanditon, The Terminal List, Collateral, Harry Brown)) and David Schweitzer (Emma, The Afterparty, Tsunami: Race Against Time, The Reluctant Traveler, Our Great National Parks) are the composers of the new CW drama Sherlock & Daughter. The show is created by Brendan Foley (Legend of the Bog) and stars David Thewlis (as Sherlock Holmes), Blu Hunt and Dougray Scott (as Moriarty). The mystery thriller series follows a young American who learns that her missing father may be the legendary detective and – despite wildly different backgrounds and attitudes – must team up to solve a global conspiracy and crack her mother’s murder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Not Just a Goof’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cameron Chambers, Disney Plus, Not Just A Goof, score, Soundtrack
Cameron Chambers (The Perfect Host: A Southern Gothic Tale, Road to the Open) has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original documentary Not Just a Goof. The album features the composer’s original score, as well as the original song We Made It written by Taylor Peckham. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Chambers’ final score track and the song after the jump. Not Just a Goof is directed by Eric Kimelton & Christopher Ninness and tells the untold story of Disney’s 1995 animated feature A Goofy Movie. The documentary follows a young creative team tackling their first Disney feature, facing disappointment upon release, only for the film to gain a passionate following decades later. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps & Dan Jeffries Scoring Disney+’s ‘Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes’
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Jeffries, Disney Plus, Jeff Pope, Martin Phipps, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Martin Phipps (The Crown, Napoleon, Woman in Gold, War & Peace, Victoria, The Honourable Woman, The Aftermath, Peaky Blinders) and Dan Jeffries have composed the original music for the upcoming British Disney+ limited series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The show is written by Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan and Ollie) and stars Conleth Hill, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Russell Tovey, Daniel Mays, Laura Aikman, Alex Jennings and Edison Alcaide. The 4-part drama directed by Paul Andrew Williams (Bull, Unfinished Song) focuses on the events surrounding the tragic killing of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes after he is mistaken for a terrorist and – told from multiple perspectives of those involved – examines how memory can be turned into fact and shape our understanding of the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘In the Land of Brothers’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alireza Ghasemi, Au pays de nos frères, Frederic Alvarez, In the Land of Brothers, Raha Amirfazli, score, Soundtrack
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the Iranian/French/Dutch drama In the Land of Brothers (Au pays de nos frères). The album features the film’s original music composed by Frédéric Alvarez (The Monk and the Gun, The Third War, Louloute, Love According to Dalva). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. In the Land of Brothers is written and directed by Alireza Ghasemi & Raha Amirfazli and stars Hamideh Jafari, Bashir Nikzad and Mohammad Hosseini. The movie tells the story of three members of an extended Afghan family as they start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be “at home.” Read the rest of this entry »
