Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring three scores composed by John Ottman (X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Superman Returns, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects, Fantastic Four). The album features the composer’s remastered and expanded score from the 1997 crime thriller Incognito directed by John Badham and starring Jason Patric & Irene Jacob, including previously unreleased music. Also included is the world premiere release of Ottman’s music from the 2004 short Lonely Place directed by Kevin Ackerman and starring Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith &Tomas Arana, as well as his score from the 2002 television movie Brother’s Keeper directed by Badham and starring Jeanne Tripplehorn, Corin Nemec, Leland Orser & Evan Parke. The limited edition 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also learn more about the release and order the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
The John Ottman Collection – Volume 1 Album Announced
Posted: December 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Television Music AlbumsTags: Brother's Keeper, Incognito, John Badham, John Ottman, Lonely Place, score, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Murder Is Easy’ to Be Released
Posted: December 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BritBox, Murder Is Easy, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Murder Is Easy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room, Girl You Know It’s True, The Last Tree, Stephen). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Murder Is Easy is written by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie and stars David Jonsson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Riley, Morfydd Clark, Douglas Henshall, Mark Bonnar, Mathew Baynton, Nimra Bucha, Tamzin Outhwait and Phoebe Licorish. The 2-part thriller centers on a man who arrives in England and unexpectedly finds himself investigating a series of mysterious deaths, determined to prove that they are not accidents but murders. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Final Race’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andreas Tengblad, Edward af Sillén, Ett sista race, score, Soundtrack, The Final Race
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish action comedy The Final Race (Ett sista race). The album features the film’s original score composed by Andreas Tengblad (The Conference, Knutby, Second Act, Sune vs. Sune). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Final Race is co-written and directed by Edward af Sillén and stars David Hellenius, Malin Åkerman, Elsa Öhrn, Jonas Karlsson, Peter Dalle, Johan Glans, Johan Ulveson, Sara Soulié, Ola Forssmed, Sissela Kyle and Malte Gårdinger. Read the rest of this entry »
Rael Jones Scoring Thomas Vincent’s ‘Role Play’
Posted: December 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Rael Jones, Role Play, Seize Them!, Thomas Vincent
Rael Jones (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Suite Francaise, Harlots, My Cousin Rachel, Kids in Love, The Salisbury Poisonings) has composed the original music for the new action comedy Role Play. The film is directed by Thomas Vincent (Reacher) and stars Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy. The movie revolves around a mother of two kids living the suburbs of New Jersey who leads has a secret life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Night My Dad Saved Christmas’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francisco Lorenzo Alonso, Joaquín Mazón., La Navidad en sus manos, score, Soundtrack, The Night My Dad Saved Christmas
Francisco Lorenzo Alonso has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish family comedy The Night My Dad Saved Christmas (La Navidad en sus manos). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Alonso’s title track below. The Night My Dad Saved Christmas is directed by Joaquín Mazón and stars Santiago Segura, Ernesto Sevilla, Unax Hayden, Pablo Chiapella, María Botto and Emilio Gavira. The movie follows Santa recovering after an accident on his sleigh in the days leading up to Christmas in a hospital, where he meets a guy who willing to step in and take on his all important work. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Crashing Eid’ Released
Posted: December 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Crashing Eid, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Suad Bushnaq
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Saudi Netflix original series Crashing Eid. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Suad Bushnaq (Montréal Girls, Hanging Gardens). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Crashing Eid is created by Nora Aboushousha & Ali Alattas and stars Summer Shesha, Hamza Haq, Bateel Qamlo, Khalid Alharbi, Yasir Alsaggaf and Amani Aljameel. The comedy follows a woman who attempts to convince her Saudi family that her British Pakistani fiance who crashes their Eid celebrations is a suitable match. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gyeongseong Creature, Netflix, Soundtrack
Kakao Entertainment has released a soundtrack EP for the South Korean Netflix original series Gyeongseong Creature. The 6-track EP features the songs FOREVER performed by Suho, as well as Time by Baek A in several versions. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the original version of both songs below. Gyeongseong Creature is created by Kang Eun-kyung & Chung Dong-yoon and stars Park Seo-jun, Han So-hee, Claudia Kim, Cho Han-cheul, Kim Hae-sook and Wi Ha-jun. The supernatural horror drama is set in 1945 and follows an entrepreneur and a sleuth as they fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Girl You Know It’s True’ Score Album Released
Posted: December 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Girl You Know It's True, score, Segun Akinola, Simon Verhoeven, Soundtrack
Sony Music Germany has released a score album for the German biographical drama Girl You Know It’s True. The album features the film’s original score composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, Stephen, Murder Is Easy, The Last Tree, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a separate album featuring the Milli Vanilli songs from the movie last month. Girl You Know It’s True is written and directed by Simon Verhoeven and stars Tijan Njie, Elan Ben Ali, Bella Dayne, Matthias Schweighöfer, Graham Rogers, Tijan Marei and Ashley Dowds. The movie chronicles the meteoric rise of the Grammy-winning German/French R&B duo who took the world by storm in the late 1980s before it all came crashing down when it was exposed that they lip-synched their songs. Read the rest of this entry »
John Gürtler & Jan Miserre Scoring Nora Fingscheidt’s ‘The Outrun’
Posted: December 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jan Miserre, John Gürtler, Nora Fingscheidt, The Outrun
John Gürtler & Jan Miserre (A Mouthful of Air, For Jojo, Space Dogs, Kids Run, Fig Tree) have teamed up to score the upcoming drama The Outrun. The film is directed by Nora Fingscheidt (The Unforgivable) and stars Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Stephen Dillane and Saskia Reeve. The movie is based on Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir and follows a woman who returns to Scotland’s wild Orkney Islands after coming out of rehab and reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up. Fingscheidt & Liptrot co-wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tabby McTat’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Jac Hamman, René Aubry, Sarah Scrimgeour, score, Soundtrack, Tabby McTat
Magic Light Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the animated special Tabby McTat. The album features the film’s original score composed by René Aubry (The Gruffalo, The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily, The Smeds and the Smoos, Zog, Superworm, Under the Bombs, Room on the Broom). Also included is the Tabby McTat Song written by Julia Donaldson and performed by Rob Brydon & Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísú (check out the official music video after the jump). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Tabby McTat is directed by Sarah Scrimgeour & Jac Hamman and features the voices of Brydon, Dìrísú, Cariad Lloyd, Joanna Scanlan, Susan Wokoma, as well as Jodie Whittaker as the narrator. Read the rest of this entry »