Wendy Wang (American Born Chinese, Clipped, How to Die Alone, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., Man Up) is the composer of the new Hulu original series Mid-Century Modern. The show is created by Max Mutchnick & David Kohan (Will & Grace) and stars Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham and Linda Lavin. The comedy follows three best friends – gay gentlemen of a certain age – who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. Read the rest of this entry »
Wendy Wang Scoring Hulu’s ‘Mid-Century Modern’
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Mid-Century Modern, Wendy Wang
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‘Everyone Is Going to Die’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Tuohy, Everyone Is Going to Die, score, Si Begg, Soundtrack
Noodles Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the British thriller Everyone Is Going to Die. The album features the film’s original music composed by Si Begg (Tour de France: Unchained, Jackdaw, Hard Tide, Madness in the Method, Alien Uprising). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Everyone Is Going to Die is written and directed by Craig Tuohy and stars Jaime Winstone, Brad Moore, Gladisa Arthur and Chiara D’Anna. The movie revolves around an entrepreneur whose attempt to reconnect with his daughter on her birthday takes a dark turn when two masked female robbers, fueled by anger toward the Patriarchy, hold them hostage. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s French ‘Ghosts’ TV Adaptation Released
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Ghosts, Ghosts: Fantômes en héritage, Matthieu Gonet, score, Soundtrack
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French adaptation of the British hit comedy Ghosts. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Matthieu Gonet (Madame, Santa & Cie, Serial (Bad) Weddings 3, The Canterville Ghost). 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 below. Ghosts: Fantômes en héritage is developed by Joris Goulenok & Arthur Sanigou and stars Camille Chamoux, Hafid F. Benamar, Frédéric Testot, Tiphaine Daviot, Bruno Sanches and Paul Scarfoglio. The series follows a band of ghosts who live in the Château de Mérudeaux, when their “peaceful death” is disrupted by couple who have just inherited the property and arrive with the firm intention of turning it into a hotel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Knack…and How to Get It’ 60th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Barry, Richard Lester, score, Soundtrack, The Knack...and How to Get It
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1965 British comedy The Knack…and How to Get It directed by Richard Lester and starring Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford and Donal Donnelly. The 60th Anniversary Archival Edition features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time, The Man with the Golden Gun, Body Heat), including a remastered version of the re-recording for the original soundtrack album, as well as the premiere release of most of the film versions of the score. Also included is Alan Haven’s single version of the title track arranged and conducted by Barry and Crawford’s performance of the Leslie Bricusse lyrics. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘100 Preludi’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 100 Preludi, Alessandra Pescetta, Lisa Gerrard, Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, score, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama 100 Preludi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Italia – Fire and Ashes) & Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider, Ali, The Insider, Jane Got a Gun, City of Dreams). Cellist Erica Piccotti is the featured soloist. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video for the track Nowhere after the jump. 100 Preludi is co-written and directed by Alessandra Pescetta and stars Piccotti, Giovanni Calcagno and Margherita Fortini. The movie follows a young cellist who sets extremely strict rules for composing 100 preludes to assert her genius, denied by an unscrupulous master. Read the rest of this entry »
John Lunn Scoring Simon Curtis’ ‘Downton Abbey 3’
Posted: March 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey 3, John Lunn, Simon Curtis
Earlier this month, John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, The White Queen, Belgravia, Jamestown, The White Princess) has recorded his score for the upcoming drama sequel Downton Abbey 3. The film is directed by Simon Curtis (Woman in Gold, My Week With Marilyn) and stars Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Paul Giamatti, Laura Carmichael, Joely Richardson,Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Alessandro Nivola, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Simon Russell Beale, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Arty Froushan, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Sophie McShera, Harry Hadden-Paton, Douglas Reith and Dominic West. Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, The Gilded Age) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghost Cat Anzu’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghost Cat Anzu, Keiichi Suzuki, Nobuhiro Yamashita, score, Soundtrack, Yōko Kuno
NBCUniversal Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese animated feature Ghost Cat Anzu. The album features the film’s original music composed by Keiichi Suzuki (Outrage, Beyond Outrage, Okko’s Inn, EarthBound). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the track list and to stream the soundtrack. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. Ghost Cat Anzu is directed by Yōko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita and follow a young girl whose father abandons her at a temple in rural Japan, when she meets a giant and notoriously lazy “ghost cat” tasked with looking after her who accidentally makes a deal with the devil. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘The Woman in the Yard’
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaume Collet-Serra, Lorne Balfe, The Woman in the Yard
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Top Gun: Maverick) has recently scored the new horror thriller The Woman in the Yard. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise, Non-Stop) and stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha and Peyton Jackson. The movie centers follows a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband who now must care for their 14-year-old son and 6-year-old-daughter, when – one day – a lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on their front lawn without explanation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Monolith’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Speed, Matt Vesely, Monolith, score, Soundtrack
Benjamin Speed (The Portable Door, 52 Tuesdays, Embrace, Make It Look Real) has released a soundtrack album for the Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the original song Monos Lithos written by Speed & Leigh Marsh and is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song and Speed’s first score track below. Monolith is directed by Matt Vesely and stars Lily Sullivan and (the voices of) Erik Thomson, Damon Herriman, Kate Box, Terence Crawford & Ling Cooper Tang. The movie revolves around a disgraced journalist trying to salvage her career who begins investigating a strange alien conspiracy theory. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Pippa Ehrlich’s ‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Netflix, Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey, Pippa Ehrlich
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Fate: The Winx Saga, Hijack, I.S.S., Dangerous Liaisons, Mrs. Wilson, Lost Girls, The Pale Horse) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original documentary Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey. The film is directed by Pippa Ehrlich (My Octopus Teacher) and follows a man finds new purpose when he helps rescue a baby pangolin, one of the most trafficked animals in the world, in a sting operation in South Africa and embarks on a mission to rehabilitate and prepare the vulnerable animal for a life of freedom in the wild. Read the rest of this entry »
