Netflix Music has released the original song P*ssy Don’t Lie from the seventh season of the streamer’s original animated series Big Mouth. The track is co-written (with the show’s composer Mark Rivers) and performed by Megan Thee Stallion and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. The label has previously released the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Esperando Pelitos and Sofia Ashraf’s Badi Baddy from the animated comedy’s latest season over the last couple of months and a full soundtrack album featuring music from Seasons 1-6 last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Spanish/French animated feature Robot Dreams. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso de Vilallonga (Transsiberian, BlancanievesThe Bookshop, Abracadabra, It Snows in Benidorm). The soundtrack is already available to stream/download overseas and will be released in the U.S. next year (visit Amazon to stream/download the album). Robot Dreams is written and directed by Pablo Berger based on the graphic novel by Sara Varon and tells the story of the friendship between a lonely dog and a robot who become separated during an ill-fated day-trip to Long Island in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music has released the first soundtrack album for the Turkish Netflix original series The Gift (Atiye). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sertaç Özgümüş (Persona, Hot Skull, Last Call for Istanbul, Mahkum). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. The Gift is written by Jason George & Nuran Evren Şit based on a novel by Şengül Boybaş and stars Beren Saat, Mehmet Günsür, Metin Akdülger, Başak Köklükaya, Melisa Şenolsun and Civan Canova. The mystery thriller centers on a painter in Istanbul who embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past. Read the rest of this entry »

Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the MGM+/ITVX original series The Winter King. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, A Discovery of Witches, Merlin, The Damned United, AtlantisBeowulf) and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s first track (Battlefield Defeat (Arthur’s Theme) after the jump. The Winter King is developed by Kate Brooke & Ed Whitmore based on the Warlord Chronicles trilogy of novels by Bernard Cornwell and stars Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Stuart Campbell, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Jordan Alexandra, Daniel Ings, Valene Kane and Simon Merrells. Read the rest of this entry »

Nominations for 5th Annual SCL Awards Announced

Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 45h Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 13, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 8.

Here are the nominees:

Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:

Joe Hisaishi – The Boy and the Heron
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman – American Fiction Read the rest of this entry »

Altus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Indian drama The Last Farmer (Kadaisi Vivasayi). The album features the film’s original score composed by Richard Harvey (Luther, The Little PrinceArabian Nights, Death of a President, Animal Farm). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (The Old Tree & Finding the Peacock) after the jump. Maajja has previously released a digital single featuring two songs from the movie by Santhosh Narayanan. The Last Farmer is written and directed by M. Manikandan and stars Nallandi, Muneeshwaran, Kali Muthu, Chaplin Sunda, Vijay Sethupathi and Yogi Babu. Read the rest of this entry »

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 96th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2024 and the awards show will be held on March 10. Read the rest of this entry »

Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Anyone But You. The album features the film’s original score composed by Este Haim (of the rock band HAIM) (Maid, Cha Cha Real SmoothYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah) & Christopher Stracey (FingernailsManodromeWar Pony). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to a track from the score below. Anyone But You is co-written and directed by Will Gluck and stars Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Hadley Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Darren Barnet, Michelle Hurd, Rachel Griffiths and Dermot Mulroney. The movie follows a a woman and a man who – after an amazing first date – find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia and decide to pretend to be a couple. Read the rest of this entry »

Perseverance Records has teamed up with Spectral Shimmers Productions and the James Horner Estate to record and release renditions of the legendary film composer’s early, unreleased musical works. The label will produce original arrangements of Horner’s previously unreleased scores for Peter Yates’ 1983 British drama The Dresser starring Albert Finney & Tom Courtenay, and Oliver Stone’s 1981 horror movie The Hand starring Michael Caine & Andrea Marcovicci, and the first in a series of original concert pieces, followed by the composer’s score for the Lewis Teague’s 1979 crime drama The Lady in Red starring Pamela Sue Martin & Robert Conrad, plus a surprise fourth previously unreleased work, written in the early phase of Horner’s iconic career. Grammy-nominated conductor Matt Dunkley and prolific orchestrator Nikiforos Chrysoloras are involved in the project. Read the rest of this entry »

A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical sports drama The Iron Claw. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (Eileen, The Nest). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track (The Claw) below. The Iron Claw is written and directed Sean Durkin and stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Holt McCallany, Stanley Simons, Maura Tierney and Lily James. The movie tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s, as they seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports. Read the rest of this entry »