David Fleming (The Last of Us, The Unforgivable, Blue Planet II, Hillbilly Elegy, The Night Logan Woke Up, The Perfect Guy) has been tapped to score the upcoming gangster drama Alto Knights. The film is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam) and stars Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci and Cosmo Jarvis. The movie centers on two of New York’s most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and explores how their separate paths to power place them on a deadly collision course. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Molli and Max in the Future’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Winkler, Michael Lukk Litwak, Molli and Max in the Future, score, Soundtrack
Alex Winkler (Dawning, The Girl Who Left Home) has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi romantic comedy Molli and Max in the Future. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out Winkler’s main titles track after the jump. Molli and Max in the Future is written and directed by Michael Lukk Litwak and stars Zosia Mamet, Aristotle Athari, Arturo Castro, Danny Burstein, Okieriete Onaodowan, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Erin Darke and Michael Chernus. The movie tells the story of a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of twelve years, four planets, three dimensions and one space-cult. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin & Hannah Peel Scoring Philip Martin’s Netflix Film ‘Scoop’
Posted: February 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Hannah Peel, Netflix, Philip Martin, Scoop
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Mrs. Wilson, Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaisons, The Pale Horse) & Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, The Deceived, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch) have teamed up to score the upcoming British Netflix original film Scoop. The movie is directed by Philip Martin (The Crown, The Forger) and stars Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell. The drama is inspired by real events and and centers on the women who landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. Peter Moffatt (Criminal Justice, Your Honor) & Geoff Bussetil (Mortal) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Autumn and the Black Jaguar’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Armand Amar, Autumn and the Black Jaguar, Gilles De Maistre, Le dernier jaguar, score, Soundtrack
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the family adventure Autumn and the Black Jaguar (Le dernier jaguar). The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, Mia and the White Lion, The Wolf and the Lion, A Bag of Marbles, The Source, The History of Love, Belle & Sebastian). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Black Jaguar) below. Autumn and the Black Jaguar is directed by Gilles de Maistre and stars Lumi Pollack, Emily Bett Rickards and Paul Greene. The movie follows a girl who grew with a lost jaguar cub in the Amazon rainforest and is now living in New York City, when she discovers her childhood village is under threat from animal traffickers and decides to return to the Amazon to save her beloved animal. Read the rest of this entry »
Lee Brice’s ‘The Neon Highway’ Title Song Released
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dallas Davidson, Lee Brice, The Neon Highway, William Wages
Curb Records has released the title song from the drama The Neon Highway. The track is written by Dallas Davidson and performed by Lee Brice and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Arturo Sandoval’s original score from the film is expected to be announced soon. The Neon Highway is co-written and directed by William Wages and stars Beau Bridges, Rob Mayes, T.J. Power, Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas, Brett Gentile, Ezekiel Bridges, Pam Tillis, as well as Brice himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Franklin’
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Franklin, Jay Wadley
Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Swan Song, Indignation, Fire Island, I Carry You with Me, Olympic Dreams, Tales from the City) is providing the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Franklin. The show is based on Stacy Schiff’s book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America and stars Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, Thibault de Montalembert, Ludivine Sagnier, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Jeanne Balibar, Assaad Bouab and Theodore Pellerin. The 8-part historical drama tells the story of Benjamin Franklin’s greatest gamble when he embarks on a secret eight-year mission to France in 1776 as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Knappenberger, Garron Chang, Netflix, Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, score, Soundtrack
Garron Chang (Home, Infamy, Hunting Lands) has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2017 Netflix original documentary Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press directed by Brian Knappenberger (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez) centers on the trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media that pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press and examines the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Korven Scoring Arkasha Stevenson’s ‘The First Omen’
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arkasha Stevenson, Mark Korven, The First Omen
Mark Korven (The Black Phone, The Witch, The Lighthouse, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Cube, Night Swim, The Peripheral) has recently been scoring the upcoming supernatural horror prequel The First Omen. The film is directed by Arkasha Stevenson and stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawkeef Barhom, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga and Bill Nighy. The movie follows a young American woman who is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, when she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Other Side’ (‘El Otro Lado’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: El otro lado, Javier Rodero, Movistar+, score, Soundrack, The Other Side
MoviStar Sound has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series The Other Side (El otro lado). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Javier Rodero Villa (Valley of the Dead, It’s for Your Own Good, Hopelessly Devout, Something Huge). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also check out the composer’s title track below. The Other Side is created by Berto Romero and stars Romero himself, Andreu Buenafuente, Nacho Vigalondo, María Botto and Eva Ugarte. The horror comedy revolves around a journalist specializing in the paranormal who – after a failed suicide attempt – comes back to life accompanied by the ghost of his mentor. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Soldier Blue’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ralph Nelson, Roy Budd, score, Soldier Blue, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1970 western Soldier Blue directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Dana Elcar and John Anderson. The album includes the first-ever release of the original film recording of the movie’s original score composed by Roy Budd (Get Carter, The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, Kidnapped, Flight of the Doves). Visit the label’s official website to find out more about the CD and to check out audio samples. Several of Budd’s compositions from his score re-recorded in pop arrangements have previously been released by different labels, most recently as a digital edition in 2020 by Jambo Records. Read the rest of this entry »