Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Heels, White House Plumbers, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Franchise, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) is composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Ransom Canyon. The show is created by April Blair (All American, Gossip Girl) and stars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Lizzy Greene, Eoin Macken, Andrew Liner, Garrett Wareing, Marianly Tejada and Jack Schumacher. The western drama charts the intersecting lives and loves of three ranching families set against the sweeping tundras and rolling rivers of Texas hill country. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Netflix’s ‘Ransom Canyon’
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Cardoni, Netflix, Ransom Canyon
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‘Melo Movie’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Melo Movie, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Genie Music Corporation has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Melo Movie. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as Seo Young-ju, Heo Hoy-kyung, Leeseon, MOONY, Doko, PL & others. Also included are score tracks by Kim Dong-yeok, Yu Hui-hyeon, Park Se-yjun, Woo Ji -hoon, Na Yoon-sik, Lee Nyeom and other composers. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Melo Movie is created by Oh Choong-hwan & Lee Na-eun and stars Choi Woo-shik, Park Bo-young, Jeon So-nee, Lee Jun-young and Kim Jae-uck. The romantic drama follows a movie buff who falls for an aspiring director, igniting a romance that fizzles out too soon. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of ‘The Shuttered Room’, ‘The Deathhead Virgin’ & ‘Hand of Death’ Scores Announced
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basil Kirchin, David Greene, Gene Nelson, Gil Melle, Hand of Death, Harry Sukman, Hot Target, Jealousy, Norman Foster, Richard LaSalle, score, Sonny Burke, Soundtrack, The Deathhead Virgin, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, The Shuttered Room
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of three scores from 1960/70s cult horror movies. Titles on the album include 1967’s The Shuttered Room directed by David Greene and starring Gig Young & Carol Lynley featuring music by Basil Kirchin (I Start Counting, Assignment K), 1974’s The Deathhead Virgin directed by Norman Foster and starring Jock Gaynor, Larry Ward & Diane McBain feat. music by Richard LaSalle (Twice Told Tales, Flight That Disappeared, Ambush Bay), as well as 1962’s Hand of Death directed by Gene Nelson and starring John Agar, Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne & John A. Alonzo feat. music by Sonny Burke. The Golden Age of Horror – Vol. 2 is now available to order as a limited edition CD on 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 »
‘Jade’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jade, James Bamford, Not a Robot, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the action thriller Jade. The album features the film’s original music composed by Not a Robot (Berneen Cereska, Augustus “Jahsetbeats” Honders & Nathaniel “KEYZ” Flowers) . Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to a score track (D Day) and the title song (performed by LilNiyNDaCut) after the jump. Jade is directed by James Bamford and stars Mickey Rourke, Katherine McNamara, Mark Dacascos and Shaina West. The movie revolves around a woman who comes between a powerful businessman and a gang leader in their search for a hard drive that could damage the operations of Interpol. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay’s ‘We Are Storror’
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Michael Bay, We Are Storror
Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Black Adam) is reteaming with director Michael Bay (The Rock, Transformers) on the upcoming documentary We Are Storror. The film centers on the seven members of the parkour team Storror as they embark on what could be their final project: a globetrotting quest to conquer four extreme environments. The movie follows the group as they are faced with harrowing accidents and personal conflicts and grapple to maintain the bonds that have united them since their beginnings as ragtag street kids. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Spermageddon’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christian Wibe, Jesper Sundnes, Rasmus A. Sivertse, Spermageddon, Tommy Wirkola
Virgin Music Group has released the first song from the Norwegian adult animated musical feature Spermageddon. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music service is Her i Pungen produced by the film’s composer Christian Wibe (What Happened to Monday, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead), written by Jesper Sundnes and feat. vocals by lead (voice) actors Aksel Hennie & Mathilde Storm. Also listen to the full track below. Spermageddon is directed by Tommy Wirkola & Rasmus A. Sivertse and follows an awkward teenage boy as he navigates his first sexual experience, while – inside his scrotum – a nervous sperm prepares to embark on the journey of a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No Beast. So Fierce.’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Burhan Qurbani, Dascha Dauenhauer, Kein Tier. So Wild., No Beast. So Fierce., score, Soundtrack
Dascha Dauenhauer (Golda, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Swarm, Tatami, Blood Red Sky, Bliss, A Million Minutes, Souls) has released a soundtrack album for the German crime drama No Beast. So Fierce. (Kein Tier. So Wild.). The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. No Beast. So Fierce. is co-written and directed by Burhan Qurbani and stars Kenda Hmeidan, Verena Altenberger, Hiam Abbass, Mona Zarreh Hoshyari Khah, Meriam Abbas, Mehdi Nebbou and Banafshe Hourmazdi. The movie takes place in the aftermath of a bloody gang war and follows the youngest daughter of the victorious Arab clan as she begins to plot against the men of her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Main Title Theme from HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Released
Posted: February 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cristobal Tapia de Veer, HBO, The White Lotus
WaterTower Music has released the main title theme from the third season of the HBO original series The White Lotus. The track, entitled Enlightenment, is written by the show’s Emmy Award-winning composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Smile, Babygirl, Utopia, The Girl with All the Gifts, The Third Day, National Treasure) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the theme below and check back on this page for updates on the release of a full soundtrack album for the new season. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Blumberg Wins BAFA Award for ‘The Brutalist’ Score
Posted: February 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist in the Original Score category at today’s 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He is also up for an Academy Award for his score for the epic drama. Check out his acceptance speech below. The other composers nominated in the category were Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Clément Ducol & Camille for Emilia Pérez, Robin Carolan for Nosferatu and Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2025)
Posted: February 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, A Thousand Blows, Acorn TV, Best Interests, BritBox, Elliott Wheeler, Federico Jusid, Good Cop / Bad Cop, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Netflix, Ramin Djawadi, Samuel Sim, Stephen Rennicks, The CW, Win or Lose, Zero Day
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 17, is the British limited series Best Interests created by Jack Thorne and starring Sharon Horgan, Michael Sheen, Alison Oliver, Noma Dumezweni, Niamh Moriarty, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Chizzy Akudolu, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Lucian Msamati, Shane Zaza and Lisa McGrillis. The show’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks (Normal People, Room, Frank, Conversations with Friends, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Little Stranger, The Quiet Girl) . Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK back in 2023 on BBC One and will make its make U.S. debut on Acorn TV.
Also premiering tomorrow is the BritBox original drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s novel A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and starring Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. Samuel Sim (The Bay, The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Domina, Anne, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 4-part series, which will debut in the U.S. on BritBox and will air in the UK later this year on ITV. Read the rest of this entry »
