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 »
Themes for ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Released
Posted: March 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emilie Blichfeldt, Soundtrack, The Ugly Stepsister, Vilde Tuv
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‘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 »
Rael Jones Scoring BBC’s ‘This City Is Ours’
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Rael Jones, Saul Dibb, This City is Ours
Rael Jones (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Harlots, My Cousin Rachel, My Lady Jane, Role Play, Kids in Love) has composed the original music for the new BBC drama This City Is Ours. The show is created by Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, The Child in Time) and stars Sean Bean, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow, Jack McMullen, Julie Graham, Laura Aikman, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Kevin Harvey, Bobby Schofield, Mike Noble, Darci Shaw and Stephen Walters. The 8-part crime drama tells the story of man who for all of his adult life has been involved in organized crime who must navigate the chaos when his boss hinting is at retirement and rivals vying for control to protect the woman he loves and the child he’s always wanted. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stenbeck’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andreas Tengblad, Goran Kapetanović, score, Soundtrack, Stenbeck
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish limited series Stenbeck. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andreas Tengblad (The Conference, Knutby, The Final Race, Second Act, Sune vs. Sune). 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. Stenbeck is directed by Goran Kapetanović, written by Alex Haridi, Lotta Erikson & Helene Lindholm and stars Jakob Oftebro, Zoe Boyle, Malin Crepin, Iggy Malmborg, Julia Marko Nord and Niklas Engdahl. The 5-part biographical drama chronicles the rise of a media mogul Jan Stenbeck’s journey from wall street to Nordic power player. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 16, 2025)
Posted: March 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Ariel Marx, BE@RBRICK, BritBox, Finn Keane, Geremy Jasper, Good American Family, Happy Face, Hulu, Jason Binnick, JimiJame$, Jina Hyojin An, Ludwig, Marcelo Zarvos, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nathan Klein, Netflix, O'Dessa, Paramoun+, Shirley Song, The Residence, Tyler Perry’s Duplicity, Wow Jones
Premiering on Wednesday, March 19, is the Hulu limited series Good American Family created by Katie Robbins and starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Imogen Faith Reid, Sarayu Blue, Dulé Hill, Jenny O’Hara and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Equalizer 3, The Affair, Wonder, May December, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, Emancipation). Hollywood Record will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday, March 21. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Thursday, March 20, is the Netflix limited series The Residence created by Paul William Davies and starring Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Randall Park, Molly Griggs, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Ken Marino, Jason Lee, Edwina Findley and Al Mitchell. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Lego Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the murder mystery comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Foster Scoring Netflix Documentary ‘The Twister: Caught in the Storm’
Posted: March 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandra Lacey, Nick Foster, Soundtrack, The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Renegade Nell, Greatest Days, Lover, Stalker, Killer, Misha and the Wolves, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin) has provided the original score for the new Netflix original documentary The Twister: Caught in the Storm. The film directed by Alexandra Lacey (The Fake Sheikh) is set against a backdrop of end-of-the-world predictions on May 22, 2011, and is told from the perspective of a group of young people in Joplin, Missouri, as they encounter the extreme power of Mother Nature when a rare EF-5, monster tornado hits their hometown on high school graduation day. Read the rest of this entry »
