WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the CW drama Arrow. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s fourth season composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Blindspot, Everwood, The Pacific). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously released soundtrack albums for the show’s first, second and third season. A physical version will be released on October 11 by La-La Land Records. Arrow based on the DC Comics series starring Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Willa Holland will return for its fifth season next Wednesday, October 5. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrow’ Season 4 Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrow, Blake Neely, score, Soundtrack, The CW
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nate Parker, Soundtrack, The Birth of a Nation
Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album for Nate Parker’s historical drama The Birth of a Nation. The album features songs inspired by the film by artists including Nas, Gucci Mane & Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Trey Songz, Lecreae & Leon Bridges, Vic Mensa, Ne-Yo, Sir the Baptist & more. The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Birth of a Nation is directed by Nate Parker who also stars in the film alongside Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gabrielle Union, Penelope Ann Miller and Jackie Earle Haley. The movie tells the true story of Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained owner accepts an offer to use his preaching to subdue unruly slaves and devises a plan to lead his people to freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Disappointments Room’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, D.J. Caruso, score, Soundtrack, The Disappointments Room
Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Disappointments Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Eagle Eye). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Disappointments Room is directed by D.J. Caruso and stars Kate Beckinsale, Gerald McRaney, Lucas Till, Mel Raido, Michaela Conlin and Michael Landes. The movie follows a couple who move from Brooklyn to a once-grand southern mansion with their five-year-old son looking for a fresh start and discover a secret room hidden within the attic. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Honey’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Honey, Andrea Arnold, Soundtrack
Universal Music has announced a soundtrack album for Andrea Arnold’s drama American Honey. The album features the songs from the film by artists including E-40, Rae Sremmurd, Lapsley, MadeinTYO, Sam Hunt, Mazzy Star, Lady Antebellum & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 30 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. American Honey is written and directed by Arnold and stars Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough. The movie follows an adolescent girl from a troubled home who runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door to door and soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law-bending days, and young love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney XD, Kevin Kiner, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels
Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars Rebels. The album features selections of the music from the show’s second season composed by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels, Jane the Virgin, Making a Murderer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 30 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music from the first season a few weeks ago. Star Wars Rebels executive produced by Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni & Greg Weisman and featuring the voice talent of Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taylor Gray, Steve Blum, Tiya Sircar and Vanessa Marshall just returned for its third season last week on Disney XD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Street Cat Named Bob, Charlie Fink, David Hirschfelder, Roger Spottiswoode, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the Britsh comedy A Street Cat Named Bob. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Shine, Australia, The Railway Man, The Water Diviner). Also included are the original songs from the movie written by Charlie Fink (best known for fronting the indie band Noah and the Whale) and performed by lead actor Luke Treadaway. The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 28, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Street Cat Named Bob is directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) and stars Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt and Anthony Head. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Hans Zimmer, The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Boss Baby. The film is directed by Tom McGrath and features the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow. The movie is based on the book by Marla Frazee and follows a suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Michael McCullers (Austin Powers) has written the screenplay. Ramsey Naito is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrival’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, Johann Johannsson, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi drama Arrival have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners) who worked with several singers and vocal ensembles and combined both classical and avant-garde elements in his compositions for the project. Among those appearing are the Theatre of Voices, conducted by Paul Hillier, and artists such as Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Hildur Guonadottir. Also included is Max Richter’s piece On the Nature of Daylight, as featured at the beginning and end of the movie. The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2016 by Deutsche Grammophon and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson to Score NBC’s ‘Chicago Justice’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Chicago Justice, NBC
Atli Orvarsson has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC drama Chicago Justice. The latest spin-off in the network’s Chicago franchise is created by Dick Wolf (Law & Order) and stars Philip Winchester, Carl Weathers, Nazneen Contractor, Joelle Carter and Ryan-James Hatanaka. The show follows the State’s Attorney’s dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators who navigate heated city politics and controversy head-on while fearlessly pursuing justice. Wolf is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Peter Jankowski (Law & Order: SVU), Matt Olmstead (Prison Break), Derek Haas & Michael Brandt (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted) and Arthur Forney. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC’s ‘Imaginary Mary’ to Feature Music by Michael Wandmacher
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Imaginary Mary, Michael Wandmacher
Michael Wandmacher is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy Imaginary Mary. The show is created by Adam F. Goldberg & David Guarascio and stars Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider, Rachel Dratch, Nicholas Coombe, Matreya Scarrwener and Erica Trembay. The series follows a a fiercely independent career woman who meets the love of her life, which triggers the imaginary friend she created as a child to suddenly reappear to help her transition from single girl to a woman ready for a family. Read the rest of this entry »
