WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated movie Craig Before the Creek. The album features the film’s original score and songs composed by Jeff Rosenstock (Craig of the Creek). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 15 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Craig Before the Creek is directed by Craig of the Creek creators Ben Levin & Matt Burnett and features the voices of Philip Solomon, Noël Wells, Vico Ortiz, H Michael Croner, Byron Marc Newsome, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Phil LaMarr and Lucia Cunningham. The Cartoon Network Studios production tells the origin story of Craig as he sets off on a journey into the Creek to find a lost treasure – while being pursued by a band of pirates who want to destroy the Creek itself. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Craig Before the Creek’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Levin, Cartoon Network, Craig Before the Creek, Jeff Rosenstock, Matt Burnett, score, Soundtrack
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 14, 2024)
Posted: January 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Baranowski, Amazon, AMC, Andrew Underberg, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Brian Irvine, Brocker Way, Carlos Rafael Rivera, David Holmes, Death and Other Details, Hazbin Hotel, HBO, Hulu, John Lunn, Labrinth, MGM+, Monsieur Spade, Netflix, Paramount+, Sam Haft, Showtime, The Kitchen, The Woman in the Wall, True Detective: Night Country, Vince Pope
Premiering today is the HBO original series True Detective: Night Country written and directed by Issa López and starring Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Isabella Star Lablanc, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Christopher Eccleston, Aka Niviâna, Joel D. Montgrand, Anna Lambe and John Hawkes. The show’s original music composed by Vince Pope (No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Misfits, Resistance,You & Me, Wolfe). Check out our previous article to learn more about the fourth installment of the True Detective anthology series, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Also premiering today is the AMC limited series Monsieur Spade created by Scott Frank & Tom Fontana and starring Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Chiara Mastroianni, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Stanley Weber, Rebecca Root and Matthew Beard. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Hacks, Chupa) has composed the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in the coming weeks. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the crime drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+. Read the rest of this entry »
John Lunn Scoring MGM+’s ‘Belgravia: The Next Chapter’
Posted: January 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Belgravia, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, John Lunn, MGM+
John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, Shetland, The White Queen, The White Princess) is returning to score the new MGM+ original series Belgravia: The Next Chapter. The show is developed by Helen Edmundson (Dalgliesh, Mary Magdalene) based on the original 2020 series created by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) and stars Harriet Slater, Benjamin Wainwright, Toby Regbo, Sophie Thompson, Hannah Onslow, Claude Perron, Alice Eve, Sophie Winkleman, Elaine Cassidy and Richard Goulding. The drama picks up in 1871, three decades after the events depicted in the original series (scored by Lunn) and tells the love story of Frederick Trenchard, the third Lord Trenchard, and his new love interest, Clara Dunn, who is a newcomer to London society. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 12, 2024)
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brett Morris, David Sardy, Dominic Lewis, Driving Madeleine, Guillaume Roussel, Jared Michael Fry, Jeff Richmond, Jeymes Samuel, Lift, Mean Girls, Philippe Rombi, Ram Khatabakhsh, Ryan Kattner, The Beekeeper, The Book of Clarence, The Night They Came Home
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the musical comedy Mean Girls directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and starring Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Avantika, Jaquel Spivey, Jenna Fischer, Bebe Wood. Christopher Briney, Busy Philipps, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey. The film’s original score is composed by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Baby Mama, Girls5eva). Interscope Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie written by Richmond & Nell Benjamin today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biblical comedy drama The Book of Clarence directed by Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall) and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Anna Diop, Omar Sy, David Oyelowo, Micheal Ward, RJ Cyler, Teyana Taylor, James McAvoy, Alfre Woodard, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Benedict Cumberbatch. Jeymes has also composed the film’s original music. Roc Nation Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie and Milan Records has released a separate album featuring Samuel’s score today. Click here for the details of the song album and click here for the details of the score album. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sofia Exarchou’s ‘Animal’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Animal, score, Sofia Exarchou, Soundtrack, Wolfgang Frisch
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the drama Animal. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wolfgang Frisch (Silentium, Der Knochenmann, Cops). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s prologue/opening titles track below. Animal is written and directed by Sofia Exarchou and stars Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Flomaria Papadaki, Ahilleas Hariskos and Voodoo Jürgens. The movie is set in Greece and follows a group of entertainers who spend an increasingly wild summer at an all-inclusive island resort. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi Scoring Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3 Body Problem, Netflix, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Eternals, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series 3 Body Problem. The show is created by David Benioff (25th Hour, The Kite Runner), D.B. Weiss (The Chair), Alexander Woo (True Blood, The Terror) based on Liu Cixin’s bestselling book trilogy and stars Jess Hong, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jovan Adepo, Benedict Wong, Jonathan Pryce, Alex Sharp, Rosalind Chao and John Bradley. The sci-fi drama follows a a close-knit group of brilliant scientists who join forces with an unorthodox detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gravity Falls’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brad Breeck, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Gravity Falls, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Brad Breeck (We Bare Bears, Voltron: Legendary Defender, The Owl House, Kiff), as well as numerous songs from both seasons of the Disney Television Animation production. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. iam8bit has previously released a vinyl edition featuring the same content back in. Gravity Fall is created by Alex Hirsch and features the voices of Kristen Schaal, Hirsch himself, Linda Cardellini and J.K. Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »
Full Version of Original Song ‘Meet in the Middle’ from ‘Flora and Son’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Eve Hewson, Flora and Son, Gary Clark, John Carney, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Lakeshore Records has released the full version of the Academy Award-shortlisted original song Meet in the Middle from the musical comedy drama Flora and Son. The track co-written (with Gary Clark, John Carney & Robert John Ardiff) and performed by lead actors Eve Hewson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now available as a digital single, which also includes a previously unreleased score track (Hug Through Park by Clark), on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both the song and new score track after the jump. The full soundtrack album featuring all songs from the movie was released digitally last September and on vinyl today (click here to order). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘Echo’ Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dave Porter, Disney Plus, Echo, Marvel Studios, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the full soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ limited series Echo. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, The Disaster Artist, Better Call Saul, Preacher, The Blacklist, Hightown, Term Life). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Echo is created by Marion Dayre based on the Marvel Comics character and stars Alaqua Cox, Chaske Spencer, Graham Greene, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarno and Cody Lightning. The 5-parter follows the title character (aka Maya Lopez) as she is pursued by Wilson Fisk’s criminal empire and must confront her own family and legacy when the journey brings her home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cristóbal Balenciaga’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Disney Plus, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Disney+ limited series Cristóbal Balenciaga. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener, Volver, The Kite Runner, Parallel Mothers, The Skin I Live In). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Cristóbal Balenciaga is created by Lourdes Iglesias, Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenag and stars Alberto San Juan, Belén Cuesta, Josean Bengoetxea, Adam Quintero, Cecilia Solaguren, Gemma Whelan, Thomas Coumans, Gabrielle Lazure, Anouk Grinberg, Nine d’Urso, Patrice Thibaud and Anna-Victoire Olivier. The 6-part biographical drama explores the life and legacy of the titular Guetaria-born Spanish creator, one of the most iconic fashion designers of all time. Read the rest of this entry »
