MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Role Play. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rael Jones (Harlots, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Kids in Love) and Michael Price (Sherlock, Dracula, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Eternal Beauty, Wild Target, Unforgotten). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composers’ title track below. Role Play is directed by Thomas Vincent and stars Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Bill Nighy and Connie Nielsen. The movie follows a married couple who try to spice up their wedding anniversary with a night of role-play in New York City, but things turn perilous when the wife’s secret life as an international assassin, unknown to her husband, is exposed, jeopardizing her family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Role Play’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Michael Price, Rael Jones, Role Play, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Vincent
51st Annie Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 51st Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:
Best Music – Feature
- Elemental – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff – Pixar Animation Studios
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin – Sony Pictures Animation
- Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
- The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS
Alex Geringas Scoring Nicholaus Goossen’s ‘Drugstore June’
Posted: January 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Geringas, Drugstore June, Nicholaus Goossen
Alex Geringas (Arlo the Alligator Boy, Batwheels, TrollsTopia, Woody Woodpecker, Blue’s Big City Adventures) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Drugstore June. The film is directed by Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma’s Boy) and stars Esther Povitsky, Beverly D’Angelo, James Remar, Bobby Lee, Haley Joel Osment, Brandon Wardell, Miranda Cosgrove, Matt Walsh, Danny Griffin, Patricia Williams and Al Madrigal. The movie follows a young woman who still lives at home with her parents as she tries to investigate the robbery of the pharmacy in her small town, while at the same time trying to get over her ex-boyfriend and become more of an adult. Read the rest of this entry »
’15 Years’ (’15 Jahre’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 15 Jahre, 15 Years, Annette Focks, Chris Kraus, Max Prosa, score, Soundtrack
Prosa Records has released a soundtrack album for the Austrian drama 15 Years (15 Jahre). The album features the film’s original score composed by Annette Focks (Night Train to Lisbon, 55 Steps, Sweethearts, Silent Heart, In Harm’s Way), original songs written by Max Prosa and performed by lead actress Hannah Herzsprung & others, as well as other music from the movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to two songs and a score track after the jump. 15 Years is written and directed by Chris Kraus and also stars Adele Neuhauser and Albrecht Schuch. Read the rest of this entry »
Brad Oberhofer Scoring Tommy Dorfman’s ‘I Wish You All the Best’
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brad Oberhofer, I Wish You All the Best, Tommy Dorfman
Brad Oberhofer (The Andy Warhol Diaries, The Jewel Thief, The Cleaner) has been tapped to score the upcoming drama I Wish You All the Best. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Tommy Dorfman and stars Corey Fogelmanis, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Alexandra Daddario, Cole Sprouse, Amy Landecker, Lena Dunham, Lexi Underwood, Judson Mills, Lisa Yamada and Brian Michael Smith. The movie is based Mason Deaver’s bestselling novel of the same title and follows a non-binary teen who – after being kicked out of the house by their conservative parents and forced to move in with their estranged older sister – embarks upon a journey of self-discovery. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from A24’s Prime Video Series ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Released
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Underberg, Hazbin Hotel, Sam Haft
A24 Music has released the first songs from the Prime Video original animated musical series Hazbin Hotel. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are Happy Day in Hell & Poison (feat. vocals by Blake Roman) written and produced by Sam Haft & Andrew Underberg. Also listen to both tracks after the jump and check back on this page for updates on the release of more music from the animated comedy. Hazbin Hotel is created by Vivienne Medrano based on her animated pilot released on YouTube and stars Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Roman, Amir Talai, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn, Alex Brightman, Joel Perez and Christian Borle. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’ ‘My Dear Friend Zoe’
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, My Dear Friend Zoe
Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Station Eleven, Superman & Lois) is scoring the upcoming comedy drama My Dear Friend Zoe. The film is directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes and stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Ed Harris, Natalie Morales, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben and Utkarsh Ambudkar. The movie revolves around a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of her dead best friend from the Army. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Which Brings Me to You’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Hutchings, score, Soundtrack, Spencer David Hutchings, Which Brings Me to You
Spencer Hutchings (The Hating Game, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, Then Came You, Why Stop Now, The Outcasts) has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Which Brings Me to You. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to Hutchings’ opening title track below. Which Brings Me to You is directed by Peter Hutchings and stars Lucy Hale, Nat Wolff, Britne Oldford, Alexander Hodge, Genevieve Angelson and John Gallagher, Jr.. The movie follows two romantic burnouts who – after a disastrous hookup in the coatroom at a wedding – decide to spend the next 24 hours together on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Opening Title Sequence from Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’ Released
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Apple TV +, Blake Neely, Masters of the Air
Apple TV+ has released the opening title sequence from the streamer’s new 9-part limited series Masters of the Air featuring the show’s main title theme composed by Emmy Award winner Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flight Attendant, The Flash, Everwood, You, Good Night Oppy, Arrow, Riverdale, Greyhound). Check out the full sequence after the jump. Masters of the Air is written by John Orloff based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same title and stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Rafferty Law, Branden Cook, Nate Mann, Josiah Cross and Ncuti Gatwa. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bones’ (‘Los Huesos’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Los Huesos, score, Soundtrack, The Bones, Tim Fain
Blue Bay Records has released a soundtrack album for the stop-motion animated horror short The Bones (Los Huesos). The album features the film’s original music written by violinist/composer Tim Fain (Munch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to Fain’s title track after the jump. The Bones is directed by Joaquín Cociña & Cristóbal León, executive produced by Ari Aster and shows a girl performing a ritual exorcism to free Chile from its feudal heritage, as the spirits of two damned Secretaries of State are invoked. Read the rest of this entry »
