Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish drama Foremost by Night (Sobre todo de noche). The album features the film’s original music composed by Maite Arroitajauregi (Irati). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s final track (Piano final) below. Foremost by Night is co-written and directed by Víctor Iriarte and stars Ana Torrent, Lola Dueñas and Manuel Egozkue. The movie centers on the relationship between two women who meet for the first time, one who was forced to give up her child for adoption when she was young, the other who adopted a child she raised as her own. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Superpower. The album features the film’s original music composed by Justin Melland (The Innocence Files, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Wrong Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Superpower is directed by Sean Penn & Aaron Kaufman and centers on Ukraine’s fight to maintain freedom from Russia. The movie documents the months before the invasion, the hours leading up to the moment Vladimir Putin launched rockets into Kyiv and the aftermath that continues today. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Eileen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (The Nest, The Iron Claw). Also included is the song All These Things performed by Art Neville. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Eileen is directed by William Oldroyd and stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague and Siobhan Fallon Hogan. The movie based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel of the same name is set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter and follows a young secretary who becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Read the rest of this entry »

440Hz/Grande Ourse have released a soundtrack album for the French drama Spirit of Ecstasy (La Vénus d’argent). The album features the film’s original music composed by Aamourocean (aka Ulysse Klotz) (Diamantino, Terrible Jungle, Atomic Age). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Spirit of Ecstasy is co-written and directed by Héléna Klotz and stars Claire Pommet, Niels Schneider, Anna Mouglalis, Sofiane Zermani, Grégoire Colin, as well as Mathieu Amalric. The movie revolves a young non-binary person who lives on a military base with an abrasive father who forced to care for their younger siblings while dreaming of becoming a financial analyst. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for the Spanish Netflix original film Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) have been revealed. The album features the original music from the survival drama composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Ratatouille, The Batman, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Spider-Man: No Way HomeThe Incredibles). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1 by Netflix Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A first track (Found) was released back in September and a second track (Andes Ascent) was released earlier this month and can be checked out below. Society of the Snow is co-written and directed by J.A. Bayona and stars Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Fenando Contigiani García and Diego Vegezzi. The movie tells the true story of the 1972 air crash in the Andes that forced its survivors to extreme measures. Read the rest of this entry »

Ecce Films has released a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure She Is Conann (Conann). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pierre Desprats (Olga, Rouge, The Wild BoysPerfect NannyThe Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (or most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track (Un océan de regret) below. She Is Conann is written and directed by Bertrand Mandico and stars Elina Löwensohn, Christa Theret, Julia Riedler, Sandra Parfait, Claire Duburcq, Agata Buzek, Françoise Brion, Nathalie Richard, Audrey Bonnet and Christophe Bier. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the holiday horror comedy There’s Something in the Barn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lasse Enersen (Tom of Finland, Cold Courage, Legend of the Ancient Sword, The MisfitsThe MachineryThe Unknown Soldier). The soundtrack will be released digitally and CD on Demand this Friday, December 1. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrakc. There’s Something in the Barn is directed by Magnus Martens and stars Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, Zoe Winther-Hansen, Henriette Steenstrup, Townes Bunner, Kiran Shah and Jeppe Beck Laursen. The movie follows a father who moves his American family to Norway after inheriting a remote estate with the intentions of turning the adjoining barn into a bed and breakfast, where they get disturbed by an unexpected resident: a mischievous barn elf who will go to deadly lengths to drive them away. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian drama Along Came Love (Le temps d’aimer). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (TimbuktuFour Daughters, Gagarine, Beauty and the DogsThe Man Who Sold His Skin). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Check out the composer’s title track after the jump. Along Came Love is co-written and directed by Katell Quillévéré and stars Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste and Morgan Bailey. The movie centers on the relationship between a young waitress and a wealthy, cultivated student who meet in 1947 post-war Normandy. Read the rest of this entry »

Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, Sense8, Babylon BerlinThe International, The Matrix Resurrections) and Gabriel Mounsey (Breaking In, Messiah, This Is Congo) have teamed up to score the upcoming Australian Netflix limited series Boy Swallows Universe. The show is written by John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet) based on Trent Dalton’s novel of the same title and stars Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Simon Baker, Felix Cameron, Zac Burgess, Lee Tiger Halley, Sophie Wilde, Bryan Brown and Anthony LaPaglia. The 8-part drama is set in 1980s Brisbane and tells the story of a teenager who answers a red telephone in a room below his house and begins a journey that will break his heart before rebuilding it. Read the rest of this entry »

2024 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions

Posted: November 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 96th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, historical data, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »