Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Skyfall, Wall-E, Bridge of Spies) has signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original film The Thursday Murder Club. The movie is co-written and directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Mrs. Doubtfire) and stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays,Jonathan Pryce, Richard E. Grant, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Sarah Niles and Ingrid Oliver. The crime comedy is based on the novel series of the same title by Richard Osman and follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman to Score Chris Columbus’ ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Columbus, Netflix, The Thursday Murder Club, Thomas Newman
‘La Cocina’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alonso Ruizpalacios, La Cocina, score, Soundtrack, Tomas Barreiro
Tomás Barreiro (La Maquina, Museo, The Good Girls, Gueros) has released a soundtrack album for the drama La Cocina. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Barreiro’s end credits track after the jump. La Cocina is written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios and stars Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster and Oded Fehr. The movie based on the 1957 stage play The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker follows an undocumented cook in a busy midtown Manhattan restaurant in a relationship with a server who is pregnant with his child and gets in trouble when it’s discovered that money has been stolen from the cash register. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered Soundtrack Album for Brian De Palma’s ‘Sisters’ Announced
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Herrmann, Brian De Palma, Ennio Morricone, Le Ruffian, score, Sisters, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1973 psychological horror thriller Sisters co-written and directed by Brian De Palma and starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, Bill Finley and Lisle Wilson. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Psycho, North by Northwest, Marnie, Taxi Driver, Obsession). The CD, which also includes liner notes featuring a new interview with editor Paul Hirsch, is limited to 1,000 edition and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Waves’ (‘Vlny’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jirí Mádl, score, Simon Goff, Soundtrack, Vlny, Waves
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Czech/Slovak historical thriller Waves (Vlny). The album features the film’s original music composed by Simon Goff (The Gold). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Waves is written and directed by Jirí Mádl and stars Vojtech Vodochodský, Vojtech Kotek, Martin Hofmann, Tatiana Pauhofová, Stanislav Majer and Marika Soposká. The movie, which has been selected as the Czech entry in the International Feature category for next year’s Academy Awards, is set in Prague, 1668 and follows a radio station employee who finds himself caught between the secret services and his revolutionary brother as the station broadcasts a confidential recording, and finds himself obliged to face history. Read the rest of this entry »
Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones passed away yesterday at age 91 at his home in Bel Air. The composer, songwriter and record producer wrote numerous scores and songs for film over a six decade spanning-career. His film scoring credits include Richard Brooks’ In Cold Blood, Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz and Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple, for all of which he received Academy Award nominations, as well as Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night, Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway and Peter Collinson’s The Italian Job. In 1967, he was the first Black composer to be nominated in the Original Song category for The Eyes of Love from Banning. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nr. 24’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Andreas Andersen, Kristoffer Lo, Nr. 24, score, Soundtrack
Every Kind of Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian biographical World War II drama Nr. 24. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kristoffer Lo (Hometown – Stories from a Century, Makta). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Gunnar) below. Nr. 24 is directed by John Andreas Andersen and stars Sjur Vatne Brean, Erik Hivju, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Sigurd Solheim, Philip Helgar, Flo Fagerli and Ines Høysæter Asserson. The movie tells the story of Gunnar Sønsteby’s important contribution to the resistance movement in Norway during World War II, from the time he volunteered for resistance work after the German attack on Norway on April 9, 1940, when he became the leader of the “Oslo gang,” and his commitment to peace work Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 3, 2024)
Posted: November 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Cab, BritBox, Carly Paradis, Como agua para chocolate, Dario Valderrama, Gazelle Twin, HBO Latino, Like Water for Chocolate, Shudder, Until I Kill You
Premiering tonight is the HBO Latino original series Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) based on Laura Esquivel’s novel of the same title, executive produced by Salma Hayek Pinault and starring Irene Azuela, Azul Guaita, Ana Valeria Becerril, Andrés Baida, Andrea Chaparro, Ángeles Cruz, Ari Brickman, Mauricio García Lozano and Louis David Horné. The show’s original music is composed by Dario Valderrama (La Fortaleza, Nora’s Will, Paradise, Operation Goldenshell) The drama, which is set during the Mexican Revolution and revolves around two souls who are deeply in love, yet unable to be together due to entrenched family customs., will air on HBO Latino and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, November 7, is the British TV series Until I Kill You written by Nick Stevens based on Delia Balmer’s book Living with a Serial Killer and starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans. Carly Paradis (The Innocents, Line of Duty, The Rising, Typist Artist Pirate King, Whitstable Pearl, Sick Note, Showtrial, Prime Suspect 1973) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 4-part drama, which is premiering in the UK on ITV today and will make its domestic debut on BritBox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Woodwalkers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Kathrin Dern, Damian John Harper, score, Soundtrack, Woodwalkers
blue eyes Fiction has released a soundtrack album for the German/Austrian fantasy adventure Woodwalkers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne-Kathrin Dern (Fearless, The Devil Conspiracy, The Jade Pendant, The Legend of the War Horse, The Claus Family). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Woodwalkers is directed by Damian John Harper and stars Emile Cherif, Oliver Masucci, Martina Gedeck, Hannah Herzsprung, Lilli Falk, Johan von Ehrlich, Sophie Lelenta, Olivia Sinclair and Emil Bloch. The movie is based on Katja Brandis’ best-selling series and tells the story of a 13-year shapeshifter who grew up in the wilderness as a puma and now lives in his human form in the world of people. Read the rest of this entry »
Jake Kasdan’s ‘Red One’ to Feature Original Song ‘Christmas Magic’ by Laufey
Posted: November 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jake Kasdan, Laufey, Red One, Spencer Stewart
Grammy Award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter Laufey has recorded an original song for the action adventure comedy Red One. The track, entitled Christmas Magic, is co-written by Laufey & Spencer Stewart and will be featured in the movie directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Bonnie Hunt, Kiernan Shipka,Kristofer Hivju, Wesley Kimmel, Nick Kroll and J.K. Simmons. The film (scored by Henry Jackman) follows North Pole’s Head of Security who must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter in a mission to save Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Tobe Hooper’s & Wayne Bell’s ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Score Announced
Posted: November 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Wayne Bell
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre co-written and directed by Tobe Hooper and starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hooper and Wayne Bell (Eaten Alive, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on vinyl, CD and and cassette) in the coming months to coincide with the movie’s 50th anniversary. A first track (Main Title) is already available to stream/download now as a digital single on most major digital music platforms and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
