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 »
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
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‘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 »
‘The Islanders’ (‘Belladone’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alanté Kavaïté, Belladone, Nicolas Becker, Quentin Sirjacq, score, Soundtrack, The Islanders
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Islanders (Belladone). The album features the film’s original music composed by Quentin Sirjacq (Asphalt City, Brother, Made in China, I Feel Better) & Nicolas Becker (Sound of Metal, A Prayer Before Dawn, Earwig, Memory House). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the composers’ score below. The Islanders is written and directed by Alanté Kavaïté and stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Dali Benssalah, Miou-Miou, Daphné Patakia and Patrick Chesnais. The movie revolves around a woman taking care of a group of elderly people on a remote island off the coast of France. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2025)
Posted: March 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Adam Janota Bzowski, Adult Swim, AMC, Ariel Marx, Bonobo, Devil May Cry, Dickon Hinchliffe, Dying for Sex, Floating Points, FX, Hulu, Ilan Eshkeri, Kamasi Washington, Lazarus, Matt Bellamy, MobLand, Netflix, Paramount+, Pulse, The Last Anniversary, Truelove
Premiering today is the new AMC+ original series The Last Anniversary developed by Samantha Strauss based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel by and starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Uli Latukefu, Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Xavier Samuel and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. The show’s original music is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on AMC+.
Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series MobLand created by Ronan Bennett and starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, Lara Pulver, Joanne Froggatt, Anson Boon, Daniel Betts, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Lisa Dwan, Geoff Bell and Emily Barber. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Kick-Ass) & Matt Bellamy (of the rock band Muse) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Call Me Dancer’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Call Me Dancer, Leslie Shampaine, Nainita Desai, Nina Humphreys, Pip Gilmour, score, Soundtrack
Nina Humphreys (Kat and the Band, Warrior Queen, Sword of Honour, The Lakes) & Nainita Desai (For Sama, Nautilus, The Deepest Breath, The Tower, The Reason I Jump, Crossfire, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU) have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Call Me Dancer. The album features the composers’ original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Humphrey’s & Desai’s first two tracks below. Call Me Dancer is directed by Leslie Shampaine & Pip Gilmour and centers on a street dancer from Mumbai who struggles against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path, when he meets a curmudgeonly Israeli ballet master who inspires him to follow his dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
