Editions Musicales Francois has released a soundtrack album for the nature documentary Antarctica Calling (Voyage au pôle sud). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, A Royal Affair, Splice, The Other Story, Heart of Oak, Ombline). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Continent magnétique & Les condors) below. Antarctica Calling is directed by Luc Jacquet and follows the filmmaker (best known for his 2005 hit March of the Penguins) as he returns to the South Pole (30 years after his first mission), across Patagonia and the southernmost end of the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Antarctica Calling’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antarctica Calling, Cyrille Aufort, Luc Jacquet, score, Soundtrack, Voyage au pôle sud
Soundtrack Album for Stan’s ‘C*A*U*G*H*T’ to Be Released
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: C*A*U*G*H*T, ITVX, Richard Breakspear, score, Soundtrack, Stan
Richard Breakspear (Held, Prey, Night of the Missing) will release a soundtrack album for the Stan original series C*A*U*G*H*T. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and will be released digitally tomorrow, December 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. C*A*U*G*H*T is created by Kick Gurry and stars Gurry himself, Sean Penn, Matthew Fox, Bryan Brown, Ben O’Toole, Alexander England, Lincoln Younes, Mel Jarnson, Dorian Nkono, Fayssal Bazzi and Susan Sarandon. The satirical comedy follows four Australian soldiers who are sent on a secret mission to the war-torn island nation of Behati-Prinsloo, where they are mistaken for Americans and captured by freedom fighters. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard to Return for National Geographic’s ‘Genius: MLK/X’
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Genius, Genius: MLK/X, Hulu, National Geographic, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, The Woman King, Perry Mason, Inside Man, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails) is returning to score the fourth season of the National Geographic original anthology series Genius. The new season, entitled Genius: MLK/X stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Aaron Pierre in the title roles, alongside Weruche Opia, Jayme Lawson and Ron Cephas. The drama focuses on two iconic geniuses – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X – and explores how their dueling philosophies helped usher America through the Civil Rights Movement. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Birth/Rebirth’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Marx, Birth/Rebirth, Laura Moss, score, Soundtrack
Sea Level Music has released a soundtrack album for the psychological horror drama Birth/Rebirth. The album features the film’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Ariel Marx (A Small Light, Sanctuary, Shiva Baby, Candy, A Friend of the Family, The Tale). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Birth/Rebirth is co-written and directed by Laura Moss and stars Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister and Breeda Wool. The movie revolves around a single mother and a childless morgue technician who are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Chiwetel Ejiofor’s ‘Rob Peace’
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Russo, Rob Peace
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, Legion, Lucy in the Sky, The Night Of, For All Mankind, Love & Death) has composed the original music for the upcoming biographical drama Rob Peace. The film marks actor Chiwetel Ejiofor’s second feature directorial effort (following 2019’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) and stars Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, Ejiofor himself, Camila Cabello, Mare Winningham and Michael Kelly. The movie is based on Jeff Hobbs’ bestselling biography and tells the story of a young man who grew up in an impoverished section of Newark, NJ and later graduated from Yale before leading a dual life in academia and research while also earning six figures selling marijuana. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Battle Over Britain’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battle Over Britain, Ben Thatcher, Callum Burn, score, Soundtrack
Ben Thatcher has released a soundtrack album for the British war drama Battle Over Britain. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Thatcher’s title track after the jump. Battle Over Britain is co-written and directed by Callum Burn and stars Arnold Voysey, Vin Hawke and Hannah Harris. The movie follows a handful of heroic Spitfire pilots as they fight to the last man in the skies of Britain against overwhelming odds when their airfield comes under direct attack. Read the rest of this entry »
Oli Julian & Nick Foster Scoring Disney+’s ‘Renegade Nell’
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, Renegade Nell
Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, The Full Monty, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl) & Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Misha and the Wolves, Greatest Days, In My Skin) have teamed up to score the upcoming British Disney+ original series Renegade Nell. The show is created by Sally Wainwright (Gentleman Jack, Happy Valley) and stars Louisa Harland, Nick Mohammed, Frank Dillane, Adrian Lester, Alice Kremelberg, Joely Richardson, Pip Torrens, Ényì Okoronkwo, Jake Dunn, Bo Bragason and Florence Keen. The 8-part fantasy adventure centers on a quick-witted and courageous young woman who finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious highwaywoman in 18th Century England. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Universal Theory’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Die Theorie von Allem, Diego Ramos Rodriguez, score, Soundtrack, The Universal Theory, Timm Kröger
Oscilloscope Laboratories has released a soundtrack album for the German thriller The Universal Theory (Die Theorie von Allem). The album features the film’s original score composed by Diego Ramos Rodriguez. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the prologue and epilogue cues after the jump. The Universal Theory is directed by Timm Kröger and stars Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Gottfried Breitfuss, Hanns Zischler, Philippe Graber, David Bennent and Imogen Kogge. The movie is set in 1962 at a quantum mechanics conference in the Swiss Alps and tells the story of a gifted young physicist, his curmudgeonly mentor and an jazz pianist who knows things about the scientist that he’s never told anybody. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Toyne Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Palm Royale’
Posted: December 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abe Sylvia, Apple TV +, Jeff Toyne, Palm Royale
Jeff Toyne (Rogue, Dirty Girl, 9/11, You Me Her, Butter) is the composer of the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Palm Royale. The show is developed by Abe Sylvia (George & Tammy) based on the novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel and stars Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Leslie Bibb, Josh Lucas, Mindy Cohn, Amber Chardae Robinson, Julia Duffy and Kaia Gerber. The comedy is set in the powder keg year of 1969 and follows a woman as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society and attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Journey to Bethlehem’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Anders, Journey to Bethlehem, Nikki Anders, Peer Astrom, score, Soundtrack
Capitol Christian Music Group has released a second soundtrack album for the musical adventure Journey to Bethlehem. The Deluxe Edition album features the original songs from the film written by music producer Adam Anders (Glee, Rock of Ages, Dirty Dancing) who also directed the movie, Nikki Anders & Peer Astrom and performed by the project’s cast. Also included is the previously unreleased original score from the movie composed by Astrom and Adam Anders. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first score track (Meet the Wisemen) after the jump. The label has previously released original soundtrack album last month. Read the rest of this entry »
