Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama City of Dreams. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider,The Insider, Ali, Jane Got a Gun) and Bennett Salvay (Jeepers Creepers, Friday Night Lights, Anger Management, Fuller House ). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Gerrad’s first track (Home) and Salvay’s title track after the jump. City of Dreams is written and directed by Mohit Ramchandani and stars Ari Lopez, Paulina Gaitan, Jason Patric, Alfredo Castro, Samm Levine, Francisco Denis and Diego Calva. The movie chronicles the journey of a Mexican boy who dreams of being a soccer star who is trafficked, sold to a sweatshop, and driven to risk his life fighting back. Read the rest of this entry »
‘City of Dreams’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bennett Salvay, City of Dreams, Lisa Gerrard, Mohit Ramchandani, score, Soundtrack
‘Moana 2’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abigail Barlow, Dave Derrick Jr, Emily Bear, Mark Mancina, Moana, Moana 2, Opetaia Foa’I, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s animated musical Moana 2 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs written by Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical), Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina (Twister, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Speed, Brother Bear) and performed by voice cast members Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Awhimai Fraser Rachel House & others, as well as Foaʻi’s Polynesian band Te Vaka. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 22 (click here to order). A CD and vinyl edition is set to come out on January 10, 2025 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (Beyond) is already available to stream/download now (check out our previous article to listen to the track). Moana 2 is directed by Dave Derrick Jr., co-directed by Jason Hand and follows the title character as she receives an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors and must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Beyond’ from ‘Moana 2’ Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abigail Barlow, Dave Derrick Jr, Emily Bear, Moana, Moana 2, Opetaia Foa’I
Walt Disney Records has released the first song from the animated sequel Moana 2. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is (the end credits version of) Beyond written by the film’s songwriters Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical), with Pacific choral vocals written and arranged by Opetaia Foa’i, produced by Benjamin Rice and performed by Auli‘i Cravalho (who stars in the title role) feat. Te Vaka. Also listen to the track after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. Moana 2 is directed by Dave Derrick Jr., co-directed by Jason Hand and also stars Dwayne Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »
Pentatonix’s ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ Title Song Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Meet Me Next Christmas, Netflix, Pentatonix, Rusty Cundieff
Republic Records has released the original title song from the Netflix original film Meet Me Next Christmas. The track written by Scott Hoying and performed by Pentatonix (who also appear in the movie) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. As previously reported, Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Dara Taylor’s original score from the film. Meet Me Next Christmas is directed by Rusty Cundieff and stars Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Kofi Siriboe, Tymika Tafari, Kalen Allen, Nikki Duval and Wesley French. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last of the Sea Women’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Jang Young Gyu, score, Soundtrack, Sue Kim, The Last of the Sea Women
Platoon has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Last of the Sea Women. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jang Young Gyu (Train to Busan, Alienoid, Star Wars: Visions: Journey to the Dark Head). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Cold Open) below. The Last of the Sea Women is directed by Sue Kim and dives into the culture of the haenyeo, the South Korean fisherwomen who have been harvesting seafood for their communities for centuries. The A24 and Extracurricular production follows a group of extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors as they wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Kraemer to Score Robert D. Krzykowski’s ‘Grendel’
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Grendel, Joe Kraemer, Robert D. Krzykowski
Director Robert D. Krzykowski has confirmed in a recent interview with THR that Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, Pandora, The Way of the Gun, Comrade Detective) is set to score the upcoming monster movie Grendel. Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, T Bone Burnett, Thomasin McKenzie and Aidan Turner are attached to star in the film, which is based on John Gardner’s novel of the same title and tells the tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of this story. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Outer Banks’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fil Eisler, Netflix, Outer Banks, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series Outer Banks. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s fourth season composed by Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, How to Be Single, Thunder Force, Fire Country, UnReal, The Titan, Proud Mary, Superintelligence). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a new version of the composer’s Pogues Theme below. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 3 last year. Outer Banks is created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate & Shannon Burke and stars Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Drew Starkey, Carlacia Grant, Austin North, J. Anthony Crane, Fiona Palomo, Pollyanna McIntosh, Mia Challis, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez and Cullen Moss . Read the rest of this entry »
‘MadS’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Moreau, MadS, Nathaniel Mechaly, score, Shudder, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French horror thriller MadS. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathaniel Méchaly (Taken, Colombiana, The Grandmaster, Taxi Brooklyn, Shut In, Transporter: The Series, Stratton). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Meeting Her) from the composer’s score after the jump. MadS is written and directed by David Moreau and stars Lewkowski Yovel, Lucille Guillaume and Laurie Pavy. The movie, which was shot in one continuous take, follows a teenager who heads to his dealer for a wild new drug before a night of partying, but when he picks up an injured woman on the way home, things take a bizarre and surreal turn. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Puma’, ‘Elephant’ & ‘Cheetah’ Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Benji Merrison, Dynasties, Dynasties II, score, Soundtrack, Will Slater
Over the last couple of weeks, Silva Screen Records has released three new soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/first three episodes Puma, Elephant and Cheetah composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, The Green Planet, Africa). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composer’s music from the first season back in 2018 and the Meerkat special in 2021. Dynasties II is executive produced by Mike Gunton, narrated by Sir David Attenborough and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Three Friends’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Esdraffo, Emmanuel Mouret, score, Soundtrack, Three Friends, Trois amies
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic comedy drama Three Friends (Trois amies). The album features the film’s original score composed by Benjamin Esdraffo (Alice and the Mayor, It’s Raining Men). Also included the classical pieces from the movie by composers including Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, among others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Esdraffo’s Thème de Joan below. Three Friends is co-written and directed by Emmanuel Mouret and stars Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair, Grégoire Ludig, Damien Bonnard, Vincent Macaigne and Eric Caravaca. The movie follows three best friends with different views on love whose lives are turned upside down when one of them decides to leave her partner. Read the rest of this entry »
