Joy Ngiaw (Glamorous, Rescued by Ruby) has been tapped to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original animated series WondLa. The show, which marks Skydance Animation’s first TV series, is based on the sci-fi fantasy novels by Tony DiTerlizzi (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and tells the coming-of-age story of a 16-year-old girl who goes on an epic journey with her robot caretaker and a cantankerous blue alien and learns that she might have the power to unite the world as she discovers fantastic civilizations. Read the rest of this entry »
Joy Ngiaw Scoring Skydance Animation’s Apple TV+ Series ‘WondLa’
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Joy Ngiaw, Skydance Animation, WondLa
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Soundtrack EP for Illumination Short ‘Mooned’ Released
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mooned, Orlando Pérez Rosso, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack EP for Illumination Entertainment’s short Mooned. The 4-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Orlando Pérez Rosso. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all four tracks after the jump. Mooned is directed by Jonathan del Val, written by Pierre Coffin and follows Despicable Me villain Vector as he is stuck on the moon and, joined by the franchise’s minions, tries to find a way to get back to Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gladiator, Gladiator 2, Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Chicken Run, Man on Fire, Mulan, The Meg) has been hired to score the upcoming historical drama Gladiator 2. The sequel to the Academy Award-winning 2000 feature (scored by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard) is directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Thelma & Louise) and stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Fred Hechinger Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal. The movie focuses on Lucius, the nephew of Commodus who – after being saved by Maximus – is now a grown man. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Porter’s Theme from Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘Echo’ Released
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dave Porter, Disney Plus, Echo, Hulu, Marvel Studios
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Echo. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the title track written by the show’s composer Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Disaster Artist, The Blacklist, Preacher, Hightown, Term Life). Also listen to the track after the jump. Echo is developed by Marion Dayre based on the Marvel Comics character and stars Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Zahn McClarnon, Devery Jacobs and Cody Lightning. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2024. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening todayto BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 12. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 will be announced on January 18 and the ceremony will take place on February 18. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What If…?’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laura Karpman, Marvel Studios, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, score, Soundtrack, What If
The full details of the new soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original animated series What If…? have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Laura Karpman (The Marvels, Ms. Marvel, American Fiction, Lovecraft Country, Taken, Underground) & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Prisoner’s Daughter, Regarding Susan Sontag, Bird Karma). The soundtrack will be released digitally later today by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The labels have previously released albums for each episode of the back in 2021, as well as an EP for the Season 2 episode What If… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laurent Bouzereau, Raphaelle Thibaut, score, Soundtrack, Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original documentary Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford. The album features the film’s original music composed by Raphaelle Thibaut (Secrets of the Whales, Introducing, Selma Blair, Heart of Invictus, Mama’s Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Also listen to the composer’s opening track below. Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and explores Ford’s enduring appeal and his upbringing, including his foray into the entertainment business, his casting in the Indiana Jones franchise, and the inspiration and impact generated by the films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arturo Perez Jr., Jeff Richmond, Mean Girls, Nell Benjamin, Samantha Jayne, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the stage musical Mean Girls have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film written by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Baby Mama, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva) & Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Explorers Club) and performed by cast members including Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika and Bebe Wood. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 12 by Interscope Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out next month (click here to order) and vinyl edition is set to be released in April (visit Amazon to order). A first song (Not My Fault performed by Rapp & Megan Thee Stallion) has already been released last month. Mean Girls is directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and also stars Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Christopher Briney, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey (who also wrote the screenplay). Read the rest of this entry »
Brocker Way Scoring Hulu’s ‘Death and Other Details’
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brocker Way, Death and Other Details, Hulu
Brocker Way (Wild Wild Country, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Untold) has composed the original score for the new Hulu original series Death and Other Details. The show is created by Mike Weiss (Code Black) & Heidi Cole McAdams and stars Violett Beane, Mandy Patinkin, Lauren Patten, Angela Zhou,Rahul Kohli, Pardis Saremi, Hugo Diego Garcia and Linda Emond. The 10-part murder mystery is set amidst the glamor of the global elite and follows a brilliant and restless woman who finds herself in the wrong place/wrong time and becomes the prime suspect in a locked room murder mystery. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Good Grief’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Levy, Good Grief, Netflix, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Good Grief. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, The Way Back, The Adam Project, (500) Days of Summer, Foxcatcher, Nerve). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 5. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Available separately as a digital single is the film’s cast’s rendition of William Bell’s Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday, which is available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Also listen to a track from Simonsen’s score after the jump. Good Grief is written and directed by Dan Levy (who has made his feature directorial debut on the project) and stars Levy himself, Ruth Negga, Himesh Patel, Luke Evans, Celia Imrie, Arnaud Valois, David Bradley, Emma Corrin and Kaitlyn Dever. Read the rest of this entry »
