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 »
Christopher Tyng Scoring NBC’s ‘Suits LA’
Posted: February 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Tyng, NBC, Suits LA
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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 »
Desi Trill’s Song ‘Higher Love’ from the ‘Smurfs’ Movie Released
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cardi B, Chris Miller, DJ Khaled, Natania, Smurfs, Subhi
Roc Nation Records has released the first song from the upcoming animated feature Smurfs. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Higher Love produced by Ethan Roberts and performed by Desi Trill feat. DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania & Subhi. Also listen to the full track, which includes a sample of Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven Is a Place on Earth, after the jump. Smurfs is directed by Chris Miller and features the voices of Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Daniel Levy, Kurt Russell, JP Karliak, Amy Sedaris, Sandra Oh, Natasha Lyonne, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Alex Winter, Hannah Waddingham, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña and John Goodman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mickey 17’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bong Joon-ho, Jung Jaeil, Mickey 17, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jung Jaeil (Parasite, Squid Game, Okja, Twinless, Broker). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, February 28 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first track (Multiple) is already available to stream/download now. Waxwork Records will release a vinyl and CD version (click here to order the vinyl edition). Mickey 17 is written and directed by Bong Joon Ho and stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo and Steven Yeun. The movie follows an unlikely hero who finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job: to die, for a living. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Old Guy’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Simon McAllister, Old Guy, score, Simon West, Soundtrack, Zero VU
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Old Guy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Simon McAllister (Nowhere Special, The Devil’s Doorway, The Secret, Agatha and the Truth of Murder, 37 Days) & Zero VU (Tuff Money, The Drifters). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. Old Guy is directed by Simon West and stars Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman, Ann Akinjirin, Ryan McParland, Jason Done, Kate Katzman, Tony Hirst, Conor Mullen and Rory Mullen. The movie revolves around an aging hitman who is forced to train a young prodigy when his employer moves to replace the old guard, but when they learn they are being betrayed, the unlikely pair turns into a lethal team. Read the rest of this entry »
Opening Titles Track from ‘A Thousand Blows’ Released
Posted: February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Thousand Blows, Disney Plus, Federico Jusid, Hulu, Steven Knight
Hollywood Records has released the opening titles track from the British Disney+/Hulu original series A Thousand Blows. The theme written by the show’s composer Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, The English, A Gentleman in Moscow, Misconduct, Watership Down, The Head, Life Itself) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. A Thousand Blows is created by Steven Knight and stars Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham, Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Darci Shaw, Hannah Walters and Daniel Mays. Read the rest of this entry »
