Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Boat Story. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Tourist, The Widow, Primeval, Ripper Street, BaptisteRequiem, No Escape, The SerpentThe Confessions of Frannie Langton). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 5 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Boat Story is created by Harry & Jack Williams and stars Daisy Haggard, Paterson Joseph, Craig Fairbrass, Jonas Armstrong, Ethan Lawrence, Michele Austin, Tcheky Karyo and Joanna Scanlan. The 6-part series revolves around two strangers who discover a huge amount of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat and become the targets of a vengeful mob boss, his hit man and the police. Read the rest of this entry »

Italian songwriter/music producer Andrea Venerus has made his feature scoring debut on the new sports drama Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia. The film is directed by Stefano Mordini (The Invisible Witness, Steel) and stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Daniel Brühl. Volker Bruch, Esther Garrel, Katie Clarkson-Hill, Giorgio Montanini, Gianmaria Martini and Haley Bennett. The movie is inspired by true events and explores the intense rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships, where Lancia fought to regain its former glory. Read the rest of this entry »

Joey Newman (The MiddleThe Mysteries of Laura, Diary of a Future President, All Rise) has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama The Samuel Project. 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. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track below. The Samuel Project is co-written and directed by Marc Fusco and stars Hal Linden, Ryan Ochoa, Ken Davitian, Michael B. Silver, Mateo Arias, Catherine Siggins, Liza Lapira and Malina Moye. The movie tells the story of a teen illustrator in search of a unique and engaging idea for his high school animation contest as he unravels a hidden story of perseverance and survival from his aging grandfather Samuel. Read the rest of this entry »

Jesse Novak Scoring Fox’s ‘Grimsburg’

Posted: January 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Jesse Novak (BoJack HorsemanThe Mindy Project, Tuca & Bertie, The Baby-Sitters Club, Blockbuster) is scoring the new FOX animated comedy Grimsburg. The show is created by Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel and features the voice talent of Jon Hamm, Erinn Hayes, Rachel Dratch, Alan Tudyk, Greg Chun and Kevin Michael Richardson. The series follows a brilliant and eccentric detective who returns to his hometown to solve a crime and to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow detectives, his ferocious ex-wife and his lovably unstable son. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama One Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western FrontLion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track below. One Life is directed by James Hawes and stars Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp and Jonathan Pryce. The movie tells the true story of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a young broker from London who helped rescue hundreds of children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before Nazi occupation closes the borders on the verge of World War II. Read the rest of this entry »

Neil Davidge (Halo 4, Unleashed, Push, Britannia, Earth MoodsMonsters: Dark ContinentGood People) and Mikey J Asante (Queen Cleopatra) have composed the original music for the new British Apple TV+ original series Criminal Record. The show is created by Paul Rutman (Next of Kin, Indian Summers) and stars Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo, Charlie Creed-Miles, Shaun Dooley, Dionne Brown, Stephen Campbell Moore, Zoë Wanamaker, Maisie Ayres, Rasaq Kukoyi, Aysha Kala, Cathy Tyson and Tom Moutchi. The 8-part crime thriller follows two detectives, one a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy and the other a young woman in the early stages of her career, as they are drawn into a confrontation over an old murder case. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Lynch (Wreck, Let Us Prey, Obituary, Boys from Hell) will release a soundtrack album for the AMC+ original series Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and will be released digitally tomorrow, January 3. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to Lynch’s Sanctuary Theme below. Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale is created by Debbie Horsfield based on V.V. James’ novel Sanctuary: A Novel of Suspense, Witchcraft, and Small Town Secret and stars Elaine Cassidy, Hazel Doupe, Amy de Bhrun, Elish Liburd, Stephanie Levi-John, Valerie O’Connor, Kelly Campbell and Stephen Lord. The supernatural drama is set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real and takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for centuries witches have lived peacefully as valued members of society. Read the rest of this entry »

Lindsay Wright (Archie, The Walk-In, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper) & Tawiah (Without Sin, The Lovers, Black Ops) have teamed up to score the upcoming BBC drama Domino Day. The show is created by Lauren Sequeira and stars Siena Kelly, Babirye Bukilwa, Alisha Bailey, Poppy Lee Friar, Molly Harris, Sam Howard Sneyd, Lucy Cohu, Percelle Ascott, Christopher Jeffers, Jonah Rzeskiewicz and Maimuna Memon. The 6-part fantasy series centers on a young witch with extraordinary powers who desperately seeking a community who can help her understand who she is, when a dangerous figure from her past comes back to haunt her. Read the rest of this entry »

‘John Henry’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: January 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Will Forbes (Name of the Game, Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam) has released a soundtrack album for his crime thriller John Henry. The album features the film’s original score written by the director/composer and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other digital music services. Check out Forbes’ main theme after the jump. John Henry is co-written and directed by Forbes and stars Terry Crews, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jamila Valezquez, J.J. Soria and Ken Foree. The movie revolves around a quiet man with a violent history taking care of his aging father in South Los Angeles who must face his past when two immigrant kids on the run from his former gang leader stumble into his life. Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Hewitt (The DoubleSubmarine, Villains, The Stanford Prison Experiment, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, A Crooked Somebody) has provided the original score for the upcoming sci-fi thriller It’s What’s Inside. The film is written and directed by Greg Jardin and stars Brittany O’Grady, James Morosini, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Devon Terrell, Nina Bloomgarden, Gavin Leatherwood, Reina Hardisty and David Thompson. The movie takes place during a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase. Read the rest of this entry »