The 97th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. While none of the Oscar-nominated original songs were performed live, the show featured several other musical performance. Highlights include Cynthia Erivo’s & Ariana Grande’s performance of Defying Gravity from the Academy Award-nominated Wicked (as well as their rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow & Home), a James Bond musical tribute featuring LISA, Doja Cat and RAYE performing the Bond theme songs Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever & Skyfall, as well as Queen Latifah’s rendition of Ease on Down the Road from the musical The Wiz as a tribute to composer/music producer Quincy Jones who passed away last year. Check out all three performances after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from the 97th Academy Awards
Posted: March 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
‘Roosters’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Reumers, Haantjes, Netflix, Roosters, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch Netflix original series Roosters (Haantjes). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Alexander Reumers (Boy 7, Sum of Histories, Don’t Shoot, Only You). 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. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Roosters is written by Luuk van Bemmelen & Richard Kemper and stars Jeroen Spitzenberger, Waldemar Torenstra, Benja Bruijning, Jelka van Houten, André Dongelmans and Eva Laurenssen. The comedy revolves around four friends facing a world that has evolved without them as they clumsily try to adapt while keeping their relationships and careers intact. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Blumberg Wins Academy Award for ‘The Brutalist’ Score
Posted: March 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Brady Corbet’s epic period drama The Brutalist at tonight’s 97th Oscar ceremony. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Volker Bertelmann (Conclave), Clément Ducol & Camille (Emilia Pérez), John Powell & Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot). Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Score Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’
Posted: March 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Dead Man's Wire, Gus van Sant
Producer Cassian Elwes has confirmed in a recent conversation with Deadline that Danny Elfman (Batman, SpiderMan, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland) is set to score the upcoming hostage thriller Dead Man’s Wire. The film is directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Bill Skarsgard, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino, Kelly Lynch, Myha’la, Cary Elwes and Colman Domingo. The movie is based on a true story and follows a former real estate developer who takes the mortgage banker who did him wrong hostage, demanding $5 million and a personal apology. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 2, 2025)
Posted: March 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BritBox, Chris Roe, Daredevil: Born Again, David Arnold, Disney Plus, Douglas Is Cancelled, Lost Boys & Fairies, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, MGM+, Netflix, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, Peter Gregson, Plankton: The Movie, The Newton Brothers
Premiering today is the MGM+ original series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue created by Anthony Horowitz and starring Eric McCormack, David Ajala and Siobhán McSweeney. The show’s original music is composed by Chris Roe (Blue Jean, After Love, Trigger Point, Payback, Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo, Wolf, Lancaster, Armstrong). The 6-part mystery thriller, which revolves around nine people who survive a plane crash into the Mexican jungle, but then begin to die in strange and violent ways and very soon they begin to realize that somebody wants them dead, will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 4, is Marvel Television’s Disney+ original series Daredevil: Born Again developed by Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman & Chris Ord and starring Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Margarita Levieva, Elden Henson, Nikki James, Ayelet Zurer, Zabryna Guevara, Genneya Walton, Clark Johnson, Arty Froushan, Michael Gandolfini and Jon Bernthal. The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Forever Purge) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the Daredevil revival, which is already in production on a second season and will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Girl Named Willow’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Girl Named Willow, Ein Mädchen namens Willow, Fabian Römer, Mike Marzuk, score, Soundtrack
Moviescores Records has released a soundtrack album for the German fantasy family adventure A Girl Named Willow (Ein Mädchen namens Willow). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fabian Römer (Generation War, Perfume, The Door, The Young Chief Winnetou). 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 and watch a video of the recording of his main theme below. A Girl Named Willow is directed by Mike Marzuk and stars Ava Petsch, Cora Trube, Anna von Seld, Golo Euler, Mary Tölle, Diana Amft, Sibylle Canonica and Max Giermann. The movie is based on the bestselling novel series by Sabine Bohlmann and tells the story of a girl who discovers a letter revealing her witch heritage and must awaken her witchcraft and save her great-aunt’s magical forest with the help of three other witches before time runs out and tragedy strikes. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Reivers’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, Mark Rydell, score, Soundtrack, The Reivers
La La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1969 period drama The Reivers directed by Mark Rydell and starring Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Will Geer, Michael Constantine, Mitch Vogel and Rupert Crosse. The 2-CD set features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), including previously unreleased music. Also included are several alternate cues, as well Williams’ concert suite for the movie as recorded for the 1994 Boston Pops album Music for Stage and Screen. The soundtrack, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 28, 2025)
Posted: February 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Taylor, Dan Romer, Ex-Husbands, Jon Ong, Last Breath, My Dead Friend Zoe, No Address, Paul Leonard Morgan, Phil Mossman, Riff Raff, Rob, Steve Wingfield, The Accidental Getaway Driver, The Golden Voice
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the survival thriller Last Breath co-written and directed by Alex Parkinson and starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Cliff Curtis and Finn Cole. The film’s original music is composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Boston Strangler, Fellow Travelers, Dredd, Bodkin, Dynasty, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.
Also opening wide is the drama My Dead Friend Zoe directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Morgan Freeman and Gloria Reuben. Dan Romer (Luca, Station Eleven, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation) has composed the film’s original score and also co-wrote the original song Beautiful Ruin (with Kaia Kater) for the project. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No Address’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: February 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julia Verdin, No Address, score, Soundtrack, Steve Wingfield
Red Street Records has released two soundtrack albums for the drama No Address. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a score album featuring the film’s original score composed by Steve Wingfield, as well as a song album featuring songs by artists such as Merripennie, Montell Jordan, Fred Hammond, Ashanti, Ryan Griffin & others. Listen to Wingfield’s first track after the jump. No Address is co-written and directed by Julia Verdin and stars Lucas Jade Zumann, Beverly D’Angelo, Isabella Ferreira, Xander Berkeley, William Baldwin, Ashanti, Kristanna Loken and Ty Pennington. The movie follows a group of individuals who unexpectedly fall into homelessness and bond together as an unconventional family, struggling to survive on the streets while warding off a harassing gang. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna’s & Nicholas Skalba’s ‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’ Score Released
Posted: February 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gideon Raff, Mychael Danna, Netflix, Nicholas Skalba, The Red Sea Diving Resort
Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Little Miss Sunshine, Capote,The Good Dinosaur, Girl, Interrupted, Onward) has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2019 spy thriller The Red Sea Diving Resort written and directed by Gideon Raff and starring Chris Evans, Michael Kenneth Williams, Haley Bennett, Michiel Huisman, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Hassell, Chris Chalk, Mark Ivanir, Greg Kinnear and Ben Kingsley. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danna and Nicholas Skalba. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first track (My Country Is Broken) below. Read the rest of this entry »
