Vitamin AS has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian TV series Requiem for Selina. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by songwriter/record producer Espen Lind (who has made his television scoring debut on the project) and performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Requiem for Selina is created by Ingunn Rensel & Emmeline Berglund and stars Elli Müller Osborne, Veslemøy Mørkrid, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jon Øigarden and Oliver Sletvold Andersen. The 8-part drama tells the story of a 17-year old teenager as she transforms from a naive bullied school girl to Norway’s biggest beauty blogger and most dangerous role model. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Requiem for Selina’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Espen Lind, Requiem for Selina, score, Soundtrack
New Recording of ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein/the Keystone Kops’ Scores Released
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Charles Barton, Charles Lamont, Frank Skinner, Henry Mancini
Intrada Records has released the label’s new recordings of the scores for the 1948 horror comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein directed by Charles Barton and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr. & Bela Lugosi and 1955’s Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops directed by Charles Lamont and starring Abbott, Costello, Fred Clark & Mack Sennett. The album features the music from Meet the Frankenstein composed by Academy Award nominee Frank Sinner (Saboteur, Arabian Nights, The House of the Seven Gables) and Meet the Keystone Kops by William Lava (Looney Tunes, Dracula vs. Frankenstein), Herman Stein (Revenge of the Creature) & Academy Award winner Henry Mancini ((The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Thorn Birds), newly recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of William T. Stromberg. The CD version of the Kickstarter-funded project is now available to order on Intrada’s official website and a digital version is available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to the main title track of each score below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Neil Young: Coastal’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daryl Hannah, Neil Young, Neil Young: Coastal, Soundtrack
Reprise Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Neil Young: Coastal. The album features eleven Neil Young songs including Song X, Expecting to Fly, I Am a Child, Throw Your Hatred Down and Prime of Life. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on April 18. Visit Amazon to preorder the album in all formats. A first track (Vampire Blues) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Neil Young: Coastal is directed by Daryl Hannah and follows Young as he cruises the coast on his 2023 solo US tour. The movie gives an intimate view of the maverick musician, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid, from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid banter with his audience. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Mother, God, and Sylvie Vartan’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ken Scott, Ma mère Dieu et Sylvie Vartan, My Mother God and Sylvie Vartan, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack
Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French/Canadian comedy drama My Mother, God, and Sylvie Vartan (Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Hidden Man, Raging Fire, Survive, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Adoring, Shaolin, The Serpent’s Path, Mountain Cry). 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 after the jump. My Mother, God, and Sylvie Vartan is written and directed by Ken Scott and stars Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Sylvie Vartan, Naïm Naji, Milo Machado Graner, Lionel Dray, Jeanne Balibar, Joséphine Japy and Anne Le Ny. The movie is based on Roland Perez’s novel of the same name and tells the story of a boy born with a clubfoot and his mother who decides to do everything in her power to ensure that her son is not handicapped all his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Themes for ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Released
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emilie Blichfeldt, Soundtrack, The Ugly Stepsister, Vilde Tuv
Poesy has released an EP featuring the themes from the Norwegian horror comedy The Ugly Stepsister. The 3-track EP featuring music composed by Norwegian songwriter Vilde Tuv is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all three tracks below. The Ugly Stepsister is written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt and stars Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Isac Calmroth, Flo Fagerli and Malte Gårdinger. The movie is set in a fairy-tale kingdom, where beauty is a brutal business, and follows a woman as she battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister. Read the rest of this entry »
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ (Part 2) Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Soundtrack, When Life Gives You Tangerines
Kakao Entertainment has released a second soundtrack EP for the South Korean Netflix original series When Life Gives You Tangerines. The 4-track EP features the songs from the second chapter (Summer) of the show performed by Hwang Soyoon and Choi Beck Ho. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to several tracks below. A first EP featuring the songs from Chapter 1 has previously been released earlier this month. When Life Gives You Tangerines is created by Kim Won-suk & Lim Sang-choon and stars IU, Park Bo-gum, Park Hae-joon and Moon So-ri. The drama follows the adventures of a spirited girl and a steadfast boy through four vibrant seasons on Jeju Island. Read the rest of this entry »
Ariel Marx Scoring FX’s ‘Dying for Sex’
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ariel Marx, Dying for Sex, FX, Hulu
Ariel Marx (Candy, Shiva Baby, Sanctuary, A Small Light, A Friend of the Family, Birth/Rebirth, The Tale) is the composer of the upcoming FX limited series Dying for Sex. The show is created by Kim Rosenstock & Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout, New Girl) based on the Podcast by Wondery & Nikki Boyer and stars Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Kelvin Yu, Esco Jouléy, David Rasche, Rob Delaney and Sissy Spacek. The comedy drama revolves around a woman who after receiving a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer decides to leave her husband begins to explore the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Road Trip, Camilo Lara, Disney Plus, Marvin Lemus, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip. The album features the film’s original score composed by Camilo Lara (aka Mexican Institute of Sound) (A Million Miles Away, Gentefied, Going Varsity in Mariachi, La Liberación) . Also included the song Me Vale written aby Alex González, produced by Lara and performed by Tropa Magica . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Lara’s first score track and the song after the jump. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip is directed by Marvin Lemus and stars Eva Longoria, Jesse Garcia, Thom Nemer, Cristo Fernández, Paulina Chávez, Rose Portillo, Michelle Buteau, Harvey Guillén, Mabel Cadena and Cheech Marin. Read the rest of this entry »
David Fleming Scoring David Freyne’s ‘Eternity’
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Fleming, David Freyne, Eternity
David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, Jim Henson: Idea Man, Hillbilly Elegy, The Unforgivable, Blue Planet II, The Night Logan Woke Up) has recently been scoring the upcoming romantic comedy Eternity. The film is directed by David Freyne (Dating Amber, The Cured) and stars Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, John Early and Olga Merediz. The movie follows a group of characters who – during a week-long period after death – have to choose where to spend eternity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The 8th Day’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Chando, Chromosomes, score, Soundtrack, The 8th Day
Chromosomes Records has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama The 8th Day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chase Kuker & Ryan D. Wood (as Chromosomes) (The Fall), as well as original songs performed by Zach Day and Hudson Laird. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the score below. The 8th Day is directed by Alexandra Chando and stars Darren Mann, Phoebe Tonkin, Mustafa Speaks, Tanner Beard, Lindsey Morgan and Valerie Mahaffey. The movie follows two small-time thugs, an old woman living with a dark secret and a young woman desperate to get out, who find themselves in a remote town in West Texas. Read the rest of this entry »
