Netflix Music has released a soundtrack EP the Swedish Netflix original film Love Forever (Kärlek Fårever). The 3-track EP features three songs written by Jörgen Elofsson: This Ain’t No Hollywood performed by Shane, Are We Really Gonna Do This Again performed by KJSA, as well as the movie’s title track performed by Claes Malmberg & Babben (who also appear in the movie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all three songs below. Love Forever is written and directed by Staffan Lindberg and stars Matilda Källström, Charlie Gustafsson, Doreen Ndagire and Philip Oros. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Forever’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: April 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kärlek Fårever, Love Forever, Netflix, Soundtrack, Staffan Lindberg
Tyler Bates & Travis Bacon Scoring Prime Video’s ‘The Bondsman’
Posted: April 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, The Bondsman, Travis Bacon, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, John Wick, Watchmen, X, Atomic Blonde, Dawn of the Dead) has teamed up with Travis Bacon (Space Oddity, Story of a Girl) to score the new Prime Video original series The Bondsman. The show is created by Grainger David and stars Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Damon Herriman, Maxwell Jenkins, Beth Grant and Jolene Purdy. The supernatural horror series follows a murdered bounty hunter who is resurrected by the Devil to hunt demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘8’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 8, Julio Medem, Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack
Mayitasol has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish drama 8 (aka 8CHO). The album features the film’s original music composed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, Elite, The Quiet Ones, Welcome to Eden, The Deliverance, The Raven, Women in Blue, Palm Trees in the Snow, The Cold Light of Day). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. 8 is directed by Julio Medem and stars Ana Rujas, Javier Rey, Álvaro Morte, Loreto Mauleón, Tamar Novas, Carla Díaz, Mateo Medina, María Isasi, Oriol Riera, Asier Burguete, Kandido Uranga, Patxi Barco, Javier Morgade and Andoni Agirregomezkorta. The movie tells the love story between a man and a woman who were born on the same day (April 14, 1931) and whose lives intertwine during the following eight decades. Read the rest of this entry »
The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites Scoring Francis Lawrence’s ‘The Long Walk’
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francis Lawrence, Jeremiah Fraites, The Long Walk
Jeremiah Fraites (of the folk band The Lumineers) is making his narrative feature scoring debut on the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel The Long Walk. The movie is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) and stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Mark Hamill, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Judy Greer, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick and Roman Griffin Davis. The horror drama is set in a dystopian America, in which 100 teenage boys embark on the titular annual competition, during which each competitor must keep walking faster than four miles per hour or risk being eliminated. Read the rest of this entry »
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, score, Soundtrack, When Life Gives You Tangerines
Kakao Entertainment has released a full soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series When Life Gives You Tangerines. The album features 78 tracks of the drama’s original score composed by Park Sung Il (check out the composer’s Theme of Ae-sun below), Kim Hyun Do, Kim Ji Ae, Wonjin Park, Ryu Seung Min & other artists. Also included are the songs from all four chapters of the show performed by lead actress IU, Isaac Hong, Kwak Jin Eon, d.ear, Chu Da Hye, Shim Eun Yong, Ahn Eun Kyung, Hwang Soyoon and Choi Beck Ho & others (previously released a digital EPs over the last few weeks). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. When Life Gives You Tangerines is created by Kim Won-suk & Lim Sang-choon and also stars Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri and Park Hae-joon. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Reitzell Scoring David Slade’s ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Plaything’
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Brian Reitzell, David Slade, Netflix
Composer Brian Reitzell (Stranger Than Fiction, Friday Night Lights, Beginners, Red Riding Hood, Relic, The Bling Ring) is reuniting with director David Slade (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) on the Season 7 episode Plaything of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror. The episode is directed by Slade, written by Charlie Brooker and stars Peter Capaldi, Lewis Gribben, James Nelson Joyce, Will Poulter, Michele Austin and Asim Chaudhry. Plaything is set in a near-future London and centers on an eccentric murder suspect who is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s — a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Mayflies’ Released
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Acorn TV, BBC, Joseph Stevenson, Lorne Balfe, Mayflies, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Mayflies. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time) & Joseph Stevenson. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. Mayflies is written and adapted for TV by Andrea Gibb based on Andrew O’Hagan’s bestselling novel and stars Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Ashley Jensen, Rian Gordon, Tracy Ifeachor and Tom Glynn-Carney. The 3-part drama tells the story of two men whose 30-year friendship is tested when one of them is facing a terminal cancer diagnosis and asks the other to take him to Switzerland so he can end his life on his own terms. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Bête Noire’
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Daniel Pemberton, Netflix, Toby Haynes
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Birds of Prey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) has recently scored the episode Bête Noire of the new season of the Netflix original anthology series Black Mirror. The episode is directed by Toby Haynes, written by Charlie Brooker and stars Siena Kelly, Rosy McEwen. Michael Workéyè, Ben Bailey Smith. Amber Grappy, Ravi Aujla, Elena Sanz and Hanna Griffiths. Bête Noire follows a confectionary whizz kid who is unnerved when a former schoolmate joins the company she works at. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gil Talmi, Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, Liz Garbus, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gil Talmi (The Great Hack, Wild Wild Space, Jacinta, All In: The Fight for Democracy, Savannah, Desert Migration). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track after the jump. Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer is directed by Liz Garbus and examines the hunt for the Long Island serial killer through the perspective of his victims, their loved ones and the police. The 3-parter looks at the twists and turns in a case that dominated headlines, and is still developing in real time.. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeremy Warmsley Scoring BBC’s ‘Reunion’
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Jeremy Warmsley, Reunion
Jeremy Warmsley (Big Mood, Homebound, The Power of Parker) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama Reunion. The show is created and written by William Mager and stars Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Rose Ayling-Ell and Eddie Marsan. The 4-part thriller directed by Luke Snellin (Let It Snow) follows a deaf man recently released from prison who is determined to right his wrongs while unravelling the truth behind the events that led him behind bars. Read the rest of this entry »