Valdés Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure drama Kina & Yuk (Kina & Yuk, renards de la banquise). The album features the film’s original music composed by Julien Jaouen (Ailo’s Journey, A Cat’s Life, Playground, Bis). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track after the jump. Kina & Yuk is directed by Guillaume Maidatchevsky, narrated by Virginie Efira and tells the story of an arctic fox couple who are separated when the male gets trapped on a piece of breakaway ice, leaving his pregnant partner to survive on her own, as hunger and predators close in. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kina & Yuk’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Maidatchevsky, Julien Jaouen, Kina & Yuk, score, Soundtrack
Ludwig Göransson Wins Critics Choice Award for ‘Oppenheimer’ Score
Posted: January 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
Ludwig Göransson was honored with his first Critics Choice Award in the Best Score category for his music for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer at tonight’s 29th Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the category were Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things, Michael Giacchino for Society of the Snow, Daniel Pemberton for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Robbie Robertson for Killers of the Flower Moon and Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt for Barbie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Craig Before the Creek’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Levin, Cartoon Network, Craig Before the Creek, Jeff Rosenstock, Matt Burnett, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated movie Craig Before the Creek. The album features the film’s original score and songs composed by Jeff Rosenstock (Craig of the Creek). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 15 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Craig Before the Creek is directed by Craig of the Creek creators Ben Levin & Matt Burnett and features the voices of Philip Solomon, Noël Wells, Vico Ortiz, H Michael Croner, Byron Marc Newsome, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Phil LaMarr and Lucia Cunningham. The Cartoon Network Studios production tells the origin story of Craig as he sets off on a journey into the Creek to find a lost treasure – while being pursued by a band of pirates who want to destroy the Creek itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 12, 2024)
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brett Morris, David Sardy, Dominic Lewis, Driving Madeleine, Guillaume Roussel, Jared Michael Fry, Jeff Richmond, Jeymes Samuel, Lift, Mean Girls, Philippe Rombi, Ram Khatabakhsh, Ryan Kattner, The Beekeeper, The Book of Clarence, The Night They Came Home
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the musical comedy Mean Girls directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and starring Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Avantika, Jaquel Spivey, Jenna Fischer, Bebe Wood. Christopher Briney, Busy Philipps, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey. The film’s original score is composed by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Baby Mama, Girls5eva). Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie written by Richmond & Nell Benjamin today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biblical comedy drama The Book of Clarence directed by Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall) and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Anna Diop, Omar Sy, David Oyelowo, Micheal Ward, RJ Cyler, Teyana Taylor, James McAvoy, Alfre Woodard, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Benedict Cumberbatch. Jeymes has also composed the film’s original music. Roc Nation Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie and Milan Records has released a separate album featuring Samuel’s score today. Click here for the details of the song album and click here for the details of the score album. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sofia Exarchou’s ‘Animal’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Animal, score, Sofia Exarchou, Soundtrack, Wolfgang Frisch
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the drama Animal. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wolfgang Frisch (Silentium, Der Knochenmann, Cops). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s prologue/opening titles track below. Animal is written and directed by Sofia Exarchou and stars Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Flomaria Papadaki, Ahilleas Hariskos and Voodoo Jürgens. The movie is set in Greece and follows a group of entertainers who spend an increasingly wild summer at an all-inclusive island resort. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi Scoring Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3 Body Problem, Netflix, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Eternals, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series 3 Body Problem. The show is created by David Benioff (25th Hour, The Kite Runner), D.B. Weiss (The Chair), Alexander Woo (True Blood, The Terror) based on Liu Cixin’s bestselling book trilogy and stars Jess Hong, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jovan Adepo, Benedict Wong, Jonathan Pryce, Alex Sharp, Rosalind Chao and John Bradley. The sci-fi drama follows a a close-knit group of brilliant scientists who join forces with an unorthodox detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gravity Falls’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brad Breeck, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Gravity Falls, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Brad Breeck (We Bare Bears, Voltron: Legendary Defender, The Owl House, Kiff), as well as numerous songs from both seasons of the Disney Television Animation production. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. iam8bit has previously released a vinyl edition featuring the same content back in. Gravity Fall is created by Alex Hirsch and features the voices of Kristen Schaal, Hirsch himself, Linda Cardellini and J.K. Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »
Full Version of Original Song ‘Meet in the Middle’ from ‘Flora and Son’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Eve Hewson, Flora and Son, Gary Clark, John Carney, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Lakeshore Records has released the full version of the Academy Award-shortlisted original song Meet in the Middle from the musical comedy drama Flora and Son. The track co-written (with Gary Clark, John Carney & Robert John Ardiff) and performed by lead actors Eve Hewson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now available as a digital single, which also includes a previously unreleased score track (Hug Through Park by Clark), on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both the song and new score track after the jump. The full soundtrack album featuring all songs from the movie was released digitally last September and on vinyl today (click here to order). Read the rest of this entry »