Epic Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Star. The album features the songs from the movie, including the title track performed by Mariah Carey who also co-wrote the song with Marc Shaiman, as well as tracks by Fifth Harmony, Kelsea Ballerini, Kirk Franklin, A Great Big World, Zara Larsson, Yolanda Adams, Jake Owen, Casting Crowns, Jessie James Decker, Saving Forever & Pentatonix. The soundtrack will be released on October 27, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Star is directed by Timothy Reckart and features the voices of Steven Yeun, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Anthony Anderson, Kristin Chenoweth, Tracy Morgan, Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Star’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, The Star
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Stranger Things
Lakeshore Records and Invada Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Stranger Things. The album features the original music from the show’s second season composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein who received an Emmy Award for their main titles theme last month. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 20 (click here to pre-order). A CD and vinyl release is also in the works. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composers’ music from he first season. Stranger Things created by the Duffer brothers and starring Winona Ryder, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, Matthew Modine, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dye and Millie Bobby Brown will return for its second season on October 27 on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jigsaw’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Clouser, Jigsaw, Saw, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Jigsaw. The album features the film’s original music composed by Charlie Clouser (Wayward Pines, Resident Evil: Extinction) who previously scored the first seven films in the Saw series. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 27, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jigsaw is directed by Peter & Michael Spierig and stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Paul Braunstein, Brittany Allen and Josiah Black. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Suburbicon’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, George Clooney, score, Soundtrack, Suburbicon
ABKCO Records has announced a soundtrack album for George Clooney’s comedy drama Suburbicon. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) who previously scored Clooney’s The Ides of March and The Monuments Men. Also included is Victor Young’s & Edward Heyman’s When I Fall In Love from the 1952 film One Minute to Zero. The soundtrack will be released on October 27, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Suburbicon is co-writtten and directed by Clooney and stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe and Oscar Isaac. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Cover John Carpenter’s ‘Hallloween’ Theme
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Halloween, John Carpenter, Trent Reznor
Sacred Bones Records & the Null Corporation will release a new version of John Carpenter‘s music from the horror classic Halloween by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The track will be released as a digital single this Friday, October 13. Visit Amazon to download the track and to listen to an audio sample. Sacred Bones will also release the album Anthology: Movie Themes 1974 – 1998, which features Carpenter’s classic themes from Assault on Precint 13, The Fog, The Thing, Escape from New York, Christine & others, newly recorded with the same collaborators that Carpenter worked with on his hit Lost Themes studio albums. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Orphan Black’ – The DNA Sampler Announced
Posted: October 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC America, Orphan Black, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a new soundtrack album for the BBC America original series Orphan Black. The DNA Sampler features a number of songs as heard in the five-year run of the show by artists including The Ettes, The Belle Game, Eileen, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Dr. V feat. Ted Hawkins, Hooded Fang and Arya, as well as exclusive tracks created for the series. The soundtrack will be released on December 8, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring songs and score from the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ABC’s ‘The Mayor’ to Be Released
Posted: October 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes, The Major, William Hutson
ABC has announced that Sub Pop Records will release music from the ABC comedy The Major every Friday, preceding each Tuesday night episode throughout the season. The first two tracks, Right Here from the pilot episode is now available to download on iTunes and the song Brokenomics from The Filibuster episode can be downloaded here. The songs are performed by Brandon Micheal Hall (aka Courtney Rose) and members of the cast, written by Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes (of the group Clipping). Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell to Score Netflix’s ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Posted: October 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Netflix, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Carter Burwell is set to reteam with the Coen Brothers on the upcoming Netflix original series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The show is written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen and stars Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, Ralph Ineson and Stephen Root. The western anthology series will feature six tales about the American frontier. Each chapter will feature a distinct story about the American West. The Coens are also executive producing the project with Megan Ellison (Foxcatcher, Her, American Hustle) & Sue Naegle (Outcast) for Annapurna Television, as well as Robert Graf. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Records to Release ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Marvel Studios, score, Soundtrack, Thor, Thor: Ragnarok
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally later this month and is set for a physical release on November 10. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Check back on this page for the full album details. Thor: Ragnarok is directed by Taika Waititi and stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins. Read the rest of this entry »
Hauschka to Score ‘Young Astrid’
Posted: October 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hauschka, Pernille Fischer Christensen, Volker Bertelmann, Young Astrid
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has signed on to score the upcoming biographical drama Young Astrid. The film is directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (A Soap, A Family) and stars Alba August in the title role, alongside Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen and Björn Gustafsson. The movie focuses on an event that occurred when Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren was very young and that came to shape her adult life, writing talent and aspirations. Kim Fupz Aakeson wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
