Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Limonov: The Ballad. The album features the film’s original music composed by Massimo Pupillo. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Revolution) after the jump. Limonov: The Ballad is co-written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and stars Ben Whishaw, Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Tomas Arana, Masha Mashkova and Sandrine Bonnaire. The movie tells poet/politician Eduard Limonov’s life story, from his beginnings as a revolutionary militant an underground writer in Russia, to his time as a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan and his rise as a political agitator and novelist. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kirill Serebrennikov, Limonov: The Ballad, Massimo Pupillo, score, Soundtrack
Daniel Pemberton Scoring National Geographic’s ‘Endurance’ Documentary
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewitt, National Geographic
Composer Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Ocean’s 8, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is reteaming with directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, Nyad) on the upcoming documentary Endurance. The film is directed by Vasarhelyi & Chin and Natalie Hewit and centers on the titular ship that sank near Antarctica in 1915, with explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew miraculously surviving, and was discovered in 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Perfect Couple’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Perfect Couple
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original limited series The Perfect Couple. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge, Smallfoot, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Hotel Rwanda). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Perfect Couple is developed by Jenna Lamia based on Elin Hilderbrand’s novel of the same title and stars Nicole Kidman, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning, Liev Schreiber, Meghann Fahy, Billy Howle, Jack Reynor, Ishaan Khatter, Michael Beach, Sam Nivola and Isabelle Adjani. The mystery drama directed by Susanne Bier centers on a woman who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, when a shocking death derails the wedding, and turns everyone into a suspect. Read the rest of this entry »
New Vinyl Edition of ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruces Beresford, Driving Miss Daisy, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced first-ever wide vinyl release of the soundtrack album for the 1989 comedy drama Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle and Patti LuPone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Dune, Gladiator, The Lion King, Interstellar). Also included is Louis Armstrong’s Kiss of Fire and Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby. The soundtrack will be released as a “Transparent Violet” vinyl on November 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and other retailers in North America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lord of the RIngs: The Rings of Power’ Season 2, Episode 4 (‘Eldest’) Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The full details of the soundtrack album for the fourth episode of the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power have been revealed. The albums features the original score from Episode 4 (entitled Eldest) of Season 2 composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day). The soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, September 5 by Amazon Content Services exclusively on Amazon Music before becoming available on all major digital music services after the full season has premiered. The label has previously released three albums for the first three episodes of the new season last week, as well as the Season 2 album featuring selections of the composer’s score from the new season last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to Score Jared Hess’ ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Minecraft Movie, Jared Hess, Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21/22 Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age) has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy adventure A Minecraft Movie. The film is directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) and stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Coolidge and Sebastian Eugene Hansen. The movie based on the hit video game follows four misfits who find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mi Bestia’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Camila Beltrán, Mi Bestia, score, Soundtrack, Wissam Hojeij
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the Columbian/French fantasy thriller Mi Bestia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wissam Hojeij (Headbang Lullaby, The Dog Thief, Good Morning). 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 track (Mila vuela) below. Mi Bestia is directed by Camila Beltrán and stars Stella Martínez, Mallerly Murillo, Marcela Mar and Hector Sánchez. The movie is set in 1996 Bogotá and follows a 13 year-old girl who is grappling with adolescence as everyone around her grows frightened of an approaching red moon lunar eclipse believed to bring the devil to earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Scott Bomar Scoring Peacock’s ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’
Posted: September 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Brewer, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Peacock, Scott Bomar
Composer Scott Bomar (Mississippi Grind, Here Comes Rusty) is reuniting with director Craig Brewer (Coming 2 America, Footloose) on the new Peacock limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The show is created by Shaye Ogbonna (God’s Country, Lowlife) and stars Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and Terrence Howard. The 8-parter is based on the iHeart true-crime podcast and tells the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” Read the rest of this entry »
‘T P BON’ (‘Time Patrol Bon’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Michiru Oshima, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, T・P BON, Time Patrol Bon
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original anime series T・P BON (aka Time Patrol Bon). The album features selections of the original music from both seasons of the show composed by Michiru Oshima (Star Wars Vision: The Twins & The Elder, The Tatami Galaxy, Little Witch Academia, Ride Your Wave, Memories of Tomorrow). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the title song BON BON BON (feat. Seiya Harada) after the jump. T・P BON is based on the manga by Fujiko F. Fujio and stars Akihisa Wakayama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Mamoru Miyano and Yoko Hikasa. The series directed by Masahiro Ando revolves around an ordinary junior high school student who accidentally intervenes in a Time Patrol case and must join an agent in saving innocent lives from the past – while watching history unfold. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Netflix’s ‘What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates’
Posted: September 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Netflix, What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Dan Deacon (Hustle, Ascension, Strawberry Mansion, Twixt, All Light, Everywhere, Wedding Season) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original documentary series What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates. The show follows the visionary philanthropist as he delves into pressing global issues and uncovers cutting-edge technologies that will transform the world. Across five five episodes, Gates delves into the promise and risks of A.I.; the pervasive challenge of misinformation in an era of social media; the scale of the climate crisis and the potential of new technologies to solve it; the injustice of income inequalityL and how science and innovation is leading to cures for deadly diseases. Read the rest of this entry »
