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 »
‘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
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 »
Peter Nashel Scoring HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Gibney, HBO, Max, Peter Nashel, The Dark Money Game
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, Book Club, Mike, The Night Listener, Bee Season, Alaska Daily) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Dark Money Game. The 2-parter features two films, Ohio Confidential & Wealth of the Wicked, written and directed by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks) who investigates the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising fifteen years after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns. The movies sare inspired by Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right and features interviews with journalists including Mayer herself, as well as lawmakers, FBI investigators, judges, whistleblowers, and insiders on both sides of the issue. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lilies Not for Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lillies Not for Me, score, Soundtrack, Theodosia Roussos, Will Seefried
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the period drama Lilies Not for Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodosia Roussos (Being Mary Tyler Moore, Fresh Kills, Naomi Osaka). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title and final tracks below. Lilies Not for Me is written and directed by Will Seefried and stars Fionn O’Shea, Robert Aramayo, Jodi Balfour, Erin Kellyman and Louis Hofmann. The movie is set in 1920s England and follows a gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse who form an unlikely friendship over a series of doctor-prescribed ‘dates. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Benjamin Wallfisch’s ‘Until Dawn’ Score Released
Posted: April 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, David F. Sandberg, score, Until Dawn
Sony Classical has released a first track from the soundtrack for the film adaptation of the video game Until Dawn. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Crash and Smash written by the movie’s composer Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, Blade Runner 2049, Twisters, The Flash, Hidden Figures). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be released on April 25. Until Dawn is directed by David F. Sandberg and stars Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A’zion, Ji-young Yoo, Maia Mitchell, Belmont Cameli and Peter Stormare. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Common Side Effects’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adult Swim, Common Side Effects, Nicolas Snyder, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Adult Swim original animated series Common Side Effects. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Nicolas Snyder (Scavengers Reign). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Common Side Effects is created by Joe Bennett & Steve Hely and features the voices of Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly and Joseph Lee Anderson. The animated comedic thriller revolves around two former high school lab partners who share a secret after one of them discovers the greatest medicine of the world: a mushroom that can heal almost anything. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Music TV Music Roundup (April 13, 2025)
Posted: April 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan DeMoss, Apple TV +, Benji Merrison, BritBox, Government Cheese, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jeff Cardoni, Netflix, Ransom Canyon, Siddhartha Khosla, Towards Zero, Will Slater
Premiering on Wednesday, April 16, in the U.S. is the British limited series Towards Zero written by Rachel Bennette based on Agatha Christie’s novel, directed by Sam Yates and starring Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Clarke Peters, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Grace Doherty, Jackie Clune, Khalil Gharbia and Adam Hugill. The show’s original music is composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Wicked Little Letters, Emma,Vita & Virginia, The Phantom of the Open, Three Women) and Benji Merrison & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 3-parter, which premiered in the UK and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ original series Government Cheese created by Paul Hunter & Aeysha Carr and starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julien Heron, Louis Cancelmi, Evan Ellison, Jeremy Bobb, Thomas Beaudoin, Louis Ferreira, Djilali Rez-Kallah, Kyle Mac, John Ortiz and Adam Beach. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Paradise, The Idea of You, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole) and Alan DeMoss have composed the show’s original score. Pharrell Williams has contributed the project’s theme song. Click here for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple TV+’s ‘Government Cheese’ to Feature Score by Siddhartha Khosla & Alan DeMoss and Theme Song by Pharrell Williams
Posted: April 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan DeMoss, Apple TV +, Government Cheese, Pharrell Williams, Siddhartha Khosla
Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, Paradise, This Is Us, The Idea of You, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole, Looking for Alaska) has teamed up with Alan DeMoss to score the new Apple TV+ original series Government Cheese. Pharell Williams has contributed the opening titles song for the show created by Paul Hunter & Aeysha Carr (Woke) and starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Bokeem Woodbine, Evan Ellison, Jeremy Bobb, Julien Heron, Louis Cancelmi, Djilali Rez-Kallah, Thomas Beaudoin, Louis Ferreira, Kyle Mac, John Ortiz and Adam Beach. The comedy is set in 1969 San Fernando Valley and tells the story of a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the realities of the world, bu when a family member is released from prison, his long-awaited family reunion doesn’t go quite as he’d planned. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 11, 2025)
Posted: April 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Baranowski, Bear McCreary, Drop, Kim Tae Seong, Peter Erskine, Sacramento, The Amateur, The King of Kings, The Teacher, Volker Bertelmann, Warfare
Opening in theaters nationwide is the spy thriller The Amateur directed by James Hawes and starring Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rachel Brosnahan, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Adrian Martinez, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson and Danny Sapani. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Conclave, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, One Life, The Day of the Jackal, Patrick Melrose). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.
Also opening nationwide is the thriller Drop directed by Christopher Landon and starring Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Gabrielle Ryan,Reed Diamond, Jacob Robinson, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson and Jeffery Self. Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, Happy Death Day, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, God of War) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
