Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BritBox/ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, Anne, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Domina, Home Fires). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track (Ruth Ellis) below. A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging and stars Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. The 4-part true crime drama directed by Lee Haven Jones tells the story of the last woman in Britain to be hanged and reveals hidden truths about a love triangle that ultimately ended in tragedy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, BritBox, ITV, Samuel Sim, score, Soundtrack
‘Breaking Walls’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aránzazu Calleja, Borja Cobeaga, Breaking Walls, Los aitas, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Breaking Walls (Los aitas). The album features the film’s original music composed by Aránzazu Calleja (The Platform, Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, Coven, Irati). 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 composer’s score below. Breaking Walls is co-written and directed by Borja Cobeaga and stars Quim Gutiérrez, Juan Diego Botto, Iñaki Ardanaz, Ramón Barea, Mikel Losada and Laura Weissmahr. The movie follows a group of fathers who must chaperone their daughters at a rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Berlin, despite having no experience or enthusiasm for the sport. Read the rest of this entry »
Laurent Couson’s ‘Blind Man’ Score Released
Posted: March 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: À l'aveugle, Blind Man, Laurent Couson, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Palud.
EuropCorp has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2012 French thriller Blind Man (À l’aveugle) directed by Xavier Palud, produced by Luc Besson and starring Jacques Gamblin, Lambert Wilson, Raphaelle Agogue, Antoine Levannier and Arnaud Cosson. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laurent Couson (Closer to the Moon, The Rest is Silence, What War May Bring, Everyone’s Life). 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. Also listen to the composer’s main title and end credits tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sarah, Plain and Tall’ & ‘Skylark’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, David Shire, Glenn Jordan, Joseph Sargent, Sarah Plain and Tall, score, Skylark, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for Hallmark Hall of Fame’s 1991 Emmy Award-nominated television movie Sarah, Plain and Tall directed by Glenn Jordan based Patricia MacLachlan’s book of the same name and starring Glenn Close & Christopher Walken and its 1993 sequel Skylark directed by Joseph Sargent. The album features the films’ original music composed and conducted by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Zodiac, All the President’s Men, Return to Oz, Short Circuit). Visit the label’s official website to check out audio samples and to learn more about the CD release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Light’ (‘Das Licht’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Das Licht, Johnny Klimek, score, Soundtrack, The Light, Tom Tykwer
umn Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Light. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johnny Klimek & director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Sense8, The Matrix Resurrections, Babylon Berlin, The International). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the main title track after the jump. The Light is written and directed by Tykwer and stars Lars Eidinger, Nicolette Krebitz, Tala Al-Deen, Julius Gause, Elke Biesendorfer and Elyas Eldridge. The movie follows a family whose world gets put to an unexpected test when a mysterious housekeeper enters their lives and brings to light feelings that have long been hidden. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 23, 2025)
Posted: March 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Road Trip, Amazon, Antonio Sanchez, Apple TV +, Camilo Lara, Debbie Wiseman, Disney Plus, Holland, Netflix, PBS, Side Quest, Takeshi Furukawa, The Life List, The Studio, Will Bates, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Premiering in the U.S tonight is the British TV series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light adapted for television by Peter Straughan, directed by Peter Kosminsky and starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Harriet Walter, Timothy Spall, Charlie Rowe, Kate Phillips, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilit Lesser, Harry Melling and Alex Jennings. The show’s original music is composed and conducted by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Dickensian, Father Brown, Vampire Killers, Haunted, Flood). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-part drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 26, is the Apple TV+ original anthology series Side Quest based on the streamer’s Mythic Quest and starring Rob McElhenney, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant, Rome Flynn, Bria Henderson, Ramon Reed, William Stanford Davis and Leonard Robinson. Takeshi Furukawa (Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Last Guardian, Planet of Lana) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 4-part comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Snow White’ Score Album Released
Posted: March 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Morrow, Marc Webb, score, Snow White, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a third soundtrack album for the live-action reimagining of Disney’s animated classic Snow White. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Morrow (A Christmas Story Christmas, George Carlin’s American Dream, Science Fair, The Snoopy Show, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music, including Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. All score tracks have previously been released as part of the deluxe edition soundtrack, which also includes Benj Pasek’s & Justin Paul’s original songs and new versions of the songs from the original animated movie, earlier this week. Also available now digitally is the original soundtrack featuring all the songs, with a vinyl edition scheduled to be released on May 9 (visit Amazon to pre-order). Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 21, 2025)
Posted: March 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ash, Being Maria, Benj Pasek, Benjamin Biolay, Bob Trevino Likes It, David Fleming, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Flying Lotus, Jacques Brautbar, Jason Hill, Jeff Morrow, Justin Paul, Locked, Magazine Dreams, Sergio de la Puente, Snow White, The Alto Knights, The Assessment, The Fishbowl, Timothy Williams
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Snow White directed by Marc Webb and starring Rachel Zegler, Gal Galdot, Andrew Burnap, Tituss Burgess, Jeremy Swift, Ansu Kabia, Martin Klebba, Andrew Barth Feldman, Jason Kravits, George Salazar and Andy Grotelueschen. The film’s original songs are written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Spirited) and the movie’s original score is composed by Jeff Morrow (A Christmas Story Christmas, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Science Fair, The Snoopy Show). Walt Disney Records has released multiple soundtrack albums featuring the songs and score. Click here for the details of the deluxe edition album and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the crime drama The Alto Knights directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Michael Rispoli, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci, Ed Amatrudo, Michael Adler, Joe Bacino, Anthony J. Gallo, Frank Piccirillo, Matt Servitto, Louis Mustillo, Wallace Langham and Robert Uricola. David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Unforgivable, Jim Henson: Idea Man, Damsel, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Adalita’s Original End Credits Song ‘In Red and Blue’ from Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Released
Posted: March 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adalita, Leigh Whannell, Raul Sánchez, Wolf Man
Back Lot Music has released the original end credits song In Red and Blue from the horror movie Wolf Man. The track written and produced (with Raul Sánchez) and performed by Adalita is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Benjamin Wallfisch’s original score was released this past January. Wolf Man is written and directed by Leigh Whannell and stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matlida Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, Zac Chandler, Beatriz Romilly, Benedict Hardie and Milo Cawthorne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Asian Persuasion’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Asian Persuasion, Jhett Tolentino, Soundtrack
Center Stage Records has released a soundtrack EP for the romantic comedy Asian Persuasion. The EP features three songs from the film: In Your Favor by Radha, Somebody Like You produced by August Rigo and performed by by SAB, as well as Back in Time produced by Wesley Hooker and perfomed by apl.de.ap. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all three tracks after the jump. Asian Persuasion is directed by Jhett Tolentino and stars Dante Basco, KC Concepcion, Kevin Kreider, Paolo Montalban, Scarlet Sherr, Geneva Carr and Celia Au. The movie tells the story of an underachiever who hatches a scheme to avoid paying alimony to his fashion-executive ex-wife. Read the rest of this entry »
