Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney Channel animated series Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The album features the original songs from the second part of the show’s second season of the show co-written by series composer and executive music producer Raphael Saadiq (Lovecraft Country, Insecure, Underground). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the music videos for the tracks I Am Who I Am and Level Up after the jump. The label has previously released two albums featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2023 and the first part of Season 2 in early 2024. Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is developed by Steve Loter, Jeffrey M. Howard & Kate Kondell and stars Diamond White, Fred Tatasciore, Alfre Woodard, Sasheer Zamata, Libe Barer, Jermaine Fowler, Gary Anthony Williams and Laurence Fishburne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Season 2 – Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Raphael Saadiq, Soundtrack
Jeff Russo Scoring Jon Avnet’s ‘The Last Rodeo’
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Jon Avnet, The Last Rodeo
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, The Umbrella Academy, Legion, The Night Of) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Last Rodeo. The film is directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal) and stars Neal McDonough, Derek Presley, Mykelti Williamson, Sarah Jones, Christopher McDonald and professional bull riding champion Daylon Swearingen. The movie tells the story of a retired rodeo legend facing his own painful past and the fears of his family who enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition as the oldest contestant ever to save his grandson. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Cape Fear’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Herrmann, Cape Fear, Elmer Bernstein, Martin Scorsese, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1991 psychological thriller Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peack. The album features the film’s newly remastered and expanded original score composed by Bernard Herrmann (originally written for the 1962 feature of the same title) adapted, arranged and conducted by Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Age of Innocence, Airplane, Far from Heaven), including around 15 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as alternate cues. The 2-CD set is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘G’wed’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: G'wed, ITVX, Jamal Green, score, Soundtrack
Jamal Green (TOEM, Breeders, Take Cover, Something We Made, Skelattack) has released a soundtrack album for the ITVX comedy G’Wed. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show’s first season and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Green’s first track (Mum) below. G’wed is created by Danny Kenny and Dylan Thomas-Smith, Jake Kenny-Byrne, Max Ainsworth, Zak Douglas, Dominic Murphy, Amber Harrison and Gemma Barraclough. The series centers on the lives of a group of working-class teenagers from Liverpool and explores issues like grief, sex, diversity and class differences.
‘Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown’ Expanded Edition Album Announced
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Peanuts, Vince Guaraldi
Craft Recordings has announced an expanded reissue of the album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The 6th album from jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was originally recorded for an unreleased Peanuts TV special and includes the first recording of Linus and Lucy. The new expanded edition is released to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts and features the original album, as well as eleven unreleased outtakes, newly remastered and mixed by Paul Blakemore. Also included are new liner notes by Derrick Bang. The album will be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on April 4. Visit Amazon to pre-order the record in both formats. A limited edition Sky Blue color vinyl LP, Alternative Takes, will be available exclusively for Record Store Day 2025, on Saturday, April 12. A first track (Linus and Lucy (Studio Test)) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ TV Series Released
Posted: February 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, The Count of Monte Cristo, Volker Bertelmann
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the new television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Patrick Melrose, Adrift, The Crow, The Old Guard, One Life). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track after the jump. The Count of Monte Cristo is directed by Bille August and stars Sam Claflin, Jeremy Irons, Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Karla-Simone Spence, Blake Ritson, Michele Riondino, Gabriella Pession, Lino Guanciale and Nicolas Maupas. Read the rest of this entry »
Brandi Carlile’s Original Song ‘Wandering’ from NBC’s ‘The Americas’ Released
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brandi Carlile, NBC, The Americas
Atlantic Records has released the original song Wandering from the NBC nature documentary series The Americas. The track co-written (wit Catherine Carlile) and performed by Brandi Carlile feat. The Makah Singers is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full song after the jump. The Americas is narrated by Tom Hanks, executive produced by Mike Gunton and reveals the spectacular landscapes of Earth’s most varied landmass the only one to stretch between both poles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Åre Murders’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anders Herrlin, Åremorden, Jennie Löfgren, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Åre Murders
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix original series The Åre Murders (Åremorden). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jennie Löfgren & Anders Herrlin (Beck, Heder, For Better and Worse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ main theme after the jump. The Åre Murders is written by Karin Gidfors & Jimmy Lindgren based on Viveca Sten’s novels Hidden in Snow & Hidden in the Shadow)from the book series of the same name and stars Carla Sehn, Kardo Razzazi, Charlie Gustafsson, Pia Johansson, Francisco Sobrado, Maxida Märak, Cora Watson and Cecilia Forss. The crime drama directed by Joakim Eliasson & Alain Darborg revolves around a Stockholm detective under internal investigation who heads to a ski resort to unwind, until a young girl’s disappearance compels her back to work. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe & Andrew Kawczynski Scoring Dan Berk’s & Robert Olsen’s ‘Novocaine’
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Kawczynski, Dan Berk, Lorne Balfe, Novocaine, Robert Olsen
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning & Fallout, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F ) has teamed up with Andrew Kawczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Corrupted, Sky Hunter) to score the upcoming action comedy Novocaine. The film is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen (Villains, Significant Others) and stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Matt Walsh, Betty Gabriel, Lou Beatty Jr., Conrad Kemp, Van Hengst and Jacob Batalon. The movie follows an everyman whose dream girls gets kidnapped and turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Battlefield’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battlefield, Campo di battaglia, Franco Piersanti, score, Soundtrack
CAM Sugar has released a soundtrack album for Italian war drama Battlefield (Campo di battaglia). The album features the film’s original music composed by Franco Piersanti (Me and You, Terraferma, Dry, Ordinary Happiness, The Caiman). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. Battlefield is directed by Gianni Amelio and stars Alessandro Borghi, Gabriel Montesi and Federica Rosellini. The movie is set during World War I and revolves around two doctors who work in a Milanese military, where simulation and self-inflicted injuries are rife. Read the rest of this entry »
