Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals, Upload, Flower) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original series Running Point. The show is created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz & David Stassen (Central Intelligence, The Oath) and stars Kate Hudson, Drew Tarver, Brenda Song, Justin Theroux, Scott MacArthur, Chet Hanks, Fabrizio Guido, Toby Sandeman and Max Greenfield. The comedy follows a reformed party girl who must prove herself as a businesswoman when she’s unexpectedly put in charge of the pro basketball team of her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Stephens Scoring Netflix’s ‘Running Point’
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Stephens, Netflix, Running Point
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New Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Mad Dogs’ Released
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ben Bartlett, Mad Dogs, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Sky Music has released a new soundtrack album for the 2011 Sky original drama Mad Dogs created by Cris Cole and starring Max Beesley, Philip Glenister, John Simm, Marc Warren and Ben Chaplin. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and fourth season composed by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Tunnel, Walking with Beasts, Vera, Lucan, The Loch). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services services to stream/download the soundtrack also listen to the composer’s main titles and end credits tracks after the jump. Red Stamp Records has previously released an album featuring Samuel Sim’s score from the first two seasons back in 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Belcanto’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Belcanto, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Lentini
COLOORA has released a soundtrack album for the Italian TV series Belcanto. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Stefano Lentini (The Red Door, The Sea Beyond, Studio Battaglia, The Nest of the Turtledove), as well as reworks of classics arranged by the composer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Lentini’s first track below. Belcanto is directed by Carmine Elia and stars Vittoria Puccini, Carmine Recano, Giacomo Giorgio, Caterina Ferioli, Adriana Savarese, Vincenzo Ferrera, Andrea Verticchio, Nicolò Pasetti, Serena De Ferrari, Andrea Bosca and Antonio Gerardi. The period drama is set in 1798 and tells the story of two teenage sisters who seek refuge in the city of Milan with their mother after stabbing their violent father to death and whose close friendship is tested by desires to become Italian opera singers.. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wicked’, ‘A Complete Unknown’ & ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Posted: February 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The 15th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Maggie Rodford received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films for her work on Jon M. Chu’s Wicked. Steven Gizicki received the award in the Mid-Level Budget Films category for his music supervision on James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown and Jessica Berndt & Chris Swanson were honored in the Low Budget Films category for their music supervision on Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Tyng Scoring NBC’s ‘Suits LA’
Posted: February 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Tyng, NBC, Suits LA
Christopher Tyng (Futurama, The O.C., Covert Affairs, Kazaam, Rescue Me) is returning to score the new NBC drama Suits LA. The show is created by Aaron Korsh and stars Stephen Amell, Lex Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt and Bryan Greenberg. The spinoff of USA’s original Suits series, which ran between 2011 and 2019, follows a former federal prosecutor from New York who has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles and – in order to survive – must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Roundup (February 23, 2025)
Posted: February 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Berlin ER, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Hans Zimmer, Ian Hultquist, Jan Miserre, John Gürtler, NBC, Netflix, Sion Trefor, Sofia degli Alessandri, The Americas, Toxic Town
Premiering tonight is the NBC comedy drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society created by Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs and starring Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, AnnaSophia Robb, Ben Rappaport, Nancy Travis, Matthew Davis,, Alexander Hodge and Felix Wolfe. The show’s original music is composed by Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Dickinson, Cobweb, Good Girls) & Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Walking Dead: Dead City, One of Us Is Lying). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on NBC and will also be available to stream on Peacock.
Also premiering tonight is the NBC natural history event series The Americas narrated by Tom Hanks and executive produced by Mike Gunton. Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, Rain Man, Man of Steel, Interstellar) has contributed original music to the show and other composers from Bleeding Fingers Music are expected to be involved in scoring the project. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 10-parter, which will also air every Sunday on NBC and be available to stream on Peacock the next day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The team behind the sound mixing of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 61st annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Scoring mixer Nick Baxter (who also serves as the movie’s executive music producer), along with production sound mixer Tod A. Maitland, re-recording mixers Paul Massey & David Giammarco, ADR mixer David Betancourt and foley mixer Kevin Schultz received the award for the Academy Award-nominated film. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Alan Meyerson was honored as part of the sound mixing team of DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot (scored by Kris Bowers). Read the rest of this entry »
‘1923’ Season 2 – Vol. 1 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 1923, Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack, Taylor Sheridan
Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series 1923. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3) & Breton Vivian (Yellowstone, Five Feet Apart, Redeeming Love). The Vol. 1 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main titles and first score track below. The label has previously released an album featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2023. Season 2 of 1923 is created by Taylor Sheridan and stars Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Darren Mann, Jerome Flynn, Timothy Dalton, Brian Geraghty, Michelle Randolph, Aminah Nieves, Sebastian Roché and Jennifer Carpenter. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 21, 2025)
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aldo Shllaku, Andrew Simon McAllister, Cleaner, Edo Van Breemen, Invasion, Martin Dirkov, Old Guy, Pancho Burgos-Goizueta, Segun Akinola, The Bayou, The Comeback Trail, The Monkey, The Quiet Ones, The Unbreakable Boy, Tom Hodge, Zero VU
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy The Monkey co-written and directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Levy, Christian Convery,Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien and Rohan Campbell. The film’s original music is composed by Edo Van Breemen (Air, Hollow in the Land, Afflicted, The Backward Class). 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 Neon.
Also opening wide is the family drama The Unbreakable Boy written and directed by Jon Gunn and starring Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval and Patricia Heaton. Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Ordinary Angels, Wheels, Righteous Thieves, People You May Know, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, My True Fairytale) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released by Lionsgate Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Kingdom Company production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moana 2’ Score Album Released
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Derrick Jr, Mark Mancina, Moana 2, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Moana 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mancina (Twister, Speed, Tarzan, Bad Boys, August Rush, Brother Bear), including a previously unreleased bonus track. 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 bonus track (The Eye of Nalo) after the jump. The label has previously released a deluxe edition soundtrack featuring both the songs and score from the movie, as well as the original soundtrack featuring the songs only. Read the rest of this entry »
