The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2024. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening todayto BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 12. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 will be announced on January 18 and the ceremony will take place on February 18. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
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‘What If…?’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laura Karpman, Marvel Studios, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, score, Soundtrack, What If
The full details of the new soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original animated series What If…? have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Laura Karpman (The Marvels, Ms. Marvel, American Fiction, Lovecraft Country, Taken, Underground) & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Prisoner’s Daughter, Regarding Susan Sontag, Bird Karma). The soundtrack will be released digitally later today by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The labels have previously released albums for each episode of the back in 2021, as well as an EP for the Season 2 episode What If… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laurent Bouzereau, Raphaelle Thibaut, score, Soundtrack, Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original documentary Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford. The album features the film’s original music composed by Raphaelle Thibaut (Secrets of the Whales, Introducing, Selma Blair, Heart of Invictus, Mama’s Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Also listen to the composer’s opening track below. Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and explores Ford’s enduring appeal and his upbringing, including his foray into the entertainment business, his casting in the Indiana Jones franchise, and the inspiration and impact generated by the films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arturo Perez Jr., Jeff Richmond, Mean Girls, Nell Benjamin, Samantha Jayne, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the stage musical Mean Girls have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film written by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Baby Mama, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva) & Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Explorers Club) and performed by cast members including Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika and Bebe Wood. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 12 by Interscope Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out next month (click here to order) and vinyl edition is set to be released in April (visit Amazon to order). A first song (Not My Fault performed by Rapp & Megan Thee Stallion) has already been released last month. Mean Girls is directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and also stars Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Christopher Briney, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey (who also wrote the screenplay). Read the rest of this entry »
Brocker Way Scoring Hulu’s ‘Death and Other Details’
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brocker Way, Death and Other Details, Hulu
Brocker Way (Wild Wild Country, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Untold) has composed the original score for the new Hulu original series Death and Other Details. The show is created by Mike Weiss (Code Black) & Heidi Cole McAdams and stars Violett Beane, Mandy Patinkin, Lauren Patten, Angela Zhou,Rahul Kohli, Pardis Saremi, Hugo Diego Garcia and Linda Emond. The 10-part murder mystery is set amidst the glamor of the global elite and follows a brilliant and restless woman who finds herself in the wrong place/wrong time and becomes the prime suspect in a locked room murder mystery. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Good Grief’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Levy, Good Grief, Netflix, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Good Grief. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, The Way Back, The Adam Project, (500) Days of Summer, Foxcatcher, Nerve). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Available separately as a digital single is the film’s cast’s rendition of William Bell’s Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday, which is available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Also listen to a track from Simonsen’s score after the jump. Good Grief is written and directed by Dan Levy (who has made his feature directorial debut on the project) and stars Levy himself, Ruth Negga, Himesh Patel, Luke Evans, Celia Imrie, Arnaud Valois, David Bradley, Emma Corrin and Kaitlyn Dever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Foe’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Agnes Obel, Foe, Garth Davis, Oliver Coates, Park Jiha, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Foe. The album features the film’s original score composed by Park Jiha, Oliver Coates (Aftersun, The Stranger, Occupied City) and singer/songwriter Agnes Obel. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5 and will be available to stream/download here. Foe is co-written and directed by Garth Davis and stars Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre. The movie is based on Iain Reid’s novel of the same title and follows a married couple living on a secluded piece of land whose life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Night Swim’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bryce McGuire, Mark Korven, Night Swim, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Night Swim. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Black Phone, The Lighthouse, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Cube, The Peripheral, The Terror: Infamy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s opening and ending tracks after the jump. Night Swim is written and directed by Bryce McGuire and stars Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Gavin Warren and Amélie Hoeferle. The movie produced by James Wan & Jason Blum revolves around a former major league baseball player who is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness and moves into a new home with an iconic backyard swimming pool. Read the rest of this entry »
‘First Cut Is the Deepest’ Cover from Netflix’s ‘The Brothers Sun’ Released
Posted: January 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bo Wang, Netflix, Ross Flournoy, The Brothers Sun
Netflix Music has released the cover version of Cat Stevens’ song The First Cut is the Deepest from the streamer’s new original series The Brothers Sun. The track is produced by Ross Flournoy, performed by Bo Wang and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. As previously reported, the label has also released a full soundtrack album featuring Nathan Matthew David’s & Nick Lee’s original score from the show last week. The Brothers Sun is created by Brad Falchuk & Byron Wu and stars Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan and Joon Lee. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson Scoring HBO’s ‘The Synanon Fix’
Posted: January 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Nathan Larson, Rory Kennedy, The Synanon Fix
Nathan Larson (Dirty Pretty Things, Boys Don’t Cry, Margin Call, Tigerland, Vinyl, Juliet, Naked) is the composer of the upcoming HBO original documentary series The Synanon Fix. The show is directed by Rory Kennedy (Last Days in Vietnam, Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib) and explores the rise and fall of the Synanon organization through the eyes of the members who lived it, from its origin as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult. Read the rest of this entry »
