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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 16, 2018)

Posted: September 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Dan Romer, Dead Lucky, Facebook Watch, Frederik Wiedmann, I Feel Bad, Keegan DeWitt, Kris Bowers, Lesley Barber, Maniac, Mateo Messina, Michael Yezerski, Nappily Ever After, NBC, Netflix, Pat Irwin, Sorry for Your Loss, Starz, Sundance Now, The Dragon Prince, The Good Cop, Warriors of Liberty City

Premiering tonight is the Starz docu-series Warriors of Liberty City executive produced by LeBron James & Maverick Carter about Liberty City – a crime-ridden neighborhood in Miami that is arguably the NFL’s largest, most successful football factory. The show’s original music is composed by Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, For the People, Monsters and Men). Visit the official show website for more information about the 6-part series, which will air Sunday nights on Starz.

Premiering on Tuesday, September 18, is the Facebook Watch original series Sorry for Your Loss created by Kit Steinkellner and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Kelly Marie Tran, Janet McTeer, Jovan Adepo and Mamoudou Athie. Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Hero, Queen of Earth) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Facebook Watch. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Song of Sway Lake’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Ari Gold, Ethan Gold, score, Soundtrack, The Song of Sway Lake

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama The Song of Sway Lake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ethan Gold. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 21, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out a few weeks later and is available for pre-order here. The Song of Sway Lake is directed by Ari Gold and stars Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Isabelle McNally, Mary Beth Peil, Elizabeth Pena and Jack Falahee. The movie follows a young man whose plot to steal a valuable jazz record from his grandmother’s lake house is derailed when his accomplice falls for the matriarch. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Warning Shot’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: September 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Max Aruj, score, Soundtrack, Steffen Thum, Warning Shot

14th Street Music has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Warning Shot. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Aruj (The Abandoned) & Steffen Thum (iBoy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Warning Shot is directed Dustin Fairbanks and stars David Spade, Tammy Blanchard, Bruce Dern, James Earl Jones, Guillermo Diaz, Onata Aprile, Frank Whaley and Dwight Henry. The movie follows a single mom who inherits a farmhouse from her grandfather, when a family business rival sends armed men to take the water rights to the farm’s creek by force. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 14, 2018)

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: A Simple Favor, Adam Taylor, Anne Chmelewsky, Bel Canto, Brandon Roberts, David Majzlin, Don't Leave Home, Final Score, Henry Jackman, I Think We're Alone Now, James Edward Barker, Jeff Russo, Johann Johannsson, Lizzie, Mandy, Marcelo Zarvos, Max Richter, Michael Montes, Michael Wandmacher, Museo, Patient Zero, Stephen Warbeck, The Children Act, The Land of Steady Habits, The Predator, Theodore Shapiro, Tim Despic, Tomas Barreiro, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, Where Hands Touch, White Boy Rick

Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action thriller The Predator directed by Shane Black and starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown and Yvonne Strahovski. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring three tracks from the composer’s score today and will release a full soundtrack album later this month. Click here for more information.

Also opening wide is the thriller A Simple Favor directed by Paul Feig and starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Linda Cardellini, Jean Smart and Rupert Friend. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Museo’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Museo, score, Soundtrack, Tomas Barreiro

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican heist thriller Museo (Museum). The album features the film’s original music composed by Tomas Barreiro (Güeros, Perros). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Museo is co-written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios and stars Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Lisa Owen, Bernardo Velasco, Ilse Salas, Leticia Bredice and Simon Russell Beale. The movie follows two best friends as they execute a heist of Mayan artifacts from Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Laura Nix’s ‘Inventing Tomorrow’ to Be Released

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Inventing Tomorrow, Laura Karpman, Laura Nix, score, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Inventing Tomorrow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Laura Karpman (Step, Paris Can Wait, Underground, Taken mini-series, Black Nativity, Step Sisters). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 28, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Inventing Tomorrow is directed by Laura Nix and follows a group of passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Read the rest of this entry »

‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Eli Roth, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The House with a Clock in its Walls

Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the gothic fantasy movie The House with a Clock in Its Walls. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever, Hemlock Grove, The Son) who used the historic Wurlitzer pipe organ in his score, which he recorded at his new recording studio. The composer spent five years restoring the Hollywood Golden Age instrument (originally built in 1928 for Fox Studios, and used in iconic films including The Sound of Music and Journey to the Center of the Earth), which is making its first appearance in a film in 25 years. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 21, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Predator’ Soundtrack EP Released

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Henry Jackman, score, Shane Black, Soundtrack, The Predator

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack EP for Shane Black’s The Predator. The EP features three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. A full soundtrack album featuring Jackman’s music for the movie is set to be released on September 28. The Predator is co-written and directed by Black and stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey and Yvonne Strahovski. Read the rest of this entry »

Dolly Parton’s & Sia’s ‘Here I Am’ from ‘Dumplin” Released

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Dolly Parton, Dumplin', Netflix, Sia

Dolly Records has released the first song from the soundtrack of the upcoming comedy Dumplin’. The track, entitled Here I Am, is performed by Dolly Parton and Sia and is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Parton originally wrote the track for her Coat of Many Colors album, which was released in October of 1971. Listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring six original songs written by Parton & Linda Perry, as well as more newly recorded songs of Parton classics will be released on November 30. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Clash of Futures’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: September 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Clash of Futures, Laurent Eyquem, score, Soundtrack

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the mini-series Clash of Futures. The album features the show’s original music composed and conducted by Laurent Eyquem (Copperhead, Nostalgia, Winnie Mandela, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Clash of Futures is written and directed by Jan Peter & Frédéric Goupil and explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and ’30s. The 8-part series follows the fates of extraordinary men, women and children from France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, Poland and the Soviet Union using their own diary entries, letters and memoirs. Read the rest of this entry »