Composers Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow(Luce, Archive 81, Hanna, Free Fire) are reteaming with writer/director Alex Garland on the upcoming action drama Civil War. The film is written and directed by Garland and stars Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Nick Offerman. The movie is being described as revolving around a race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge. Read the rest of this entry »
29th Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the film category nominations for the 29th Critics Choice Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 14, 2024 at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles and will broadcast in the U.S. live on The CW.
The Best Score nominees are:
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Roussel, Les trois mousquetaires: Milady, Martin Bourboulon, score, Soundtrack, The Three Musketeers: Part II - Milady
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure drama The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady (Les trois mousquetaires: Milady). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, The Spy, Expend4bles, Happy!, 3 Days to Kill, November, The Man with the Iron Heart). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. A CD version will be released overseas this Friday, December 15. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Vers la Rochelle & Milady et d’Artagnan) after the jump. The label has previously released Roussel’s music from the first part (D’Artagnan) earlier this year. The Three Musketeers: Part II – Milady is directed by Martin Bourboulon and stars François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï and Eva Green. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ceiri Torjussen, Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever, Ole Bornedal, score, Soundtrack
Wenallt Records will release a soundtrack album for the Danish psychological thriller Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (Nattevagten – Dæmoner går i arv). The album features the film’s original score composed by Ceiri Torjussen (The Canal, The Bombardment, Jack Goes Home, American Night, All Creatures Here Below, Delhi Crime). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD version will be coming out next year and is available for pre-order here. Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is written and directed by Ole Bornedal and stars Fanny Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Kim Bodnia. The sequel to Bornedal’s original 1994 hit movie follows a young student who has taken the job as the night watch in a forensic department and tries to investigate her parents’ dark past. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring National Geographic’s Disney+ Series ‘A Real Bug’s Life’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Real Bug's Life, Disney Plus, Mark Mothersbaugh, National Geographic
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age) has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary series A Real Bug’s Life. The show is inspired by Pixar’s animated feature A Bug’s Life (scored by Randy Newman) and takes a look into nine different micro bug worlds around the globe, where the forces of nature play out on a miniature scale and where tiny creatures rely on amazing powers and extraordinary alliances to make it through each day. The 5-parter narrated by Awkwafina tells stories of the tiny heroes — from a jumping spider looking for a home on the streets of New York to a Costa Rican orchid bee’s first day on the job making perfume. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Walden’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Carratier, Mick Davis, score, Soundtrack, Walden
Mathieu Carratier (Delirium, Night of the Hunted, I Lived, For Love) has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Walden. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon, Apple Music/iTunes, Spotify and most other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Pristine) after the jump. Walden is written and directed by Mick Davis and stars Emile Hirsch, Shane West, Kelli Garner, Tania Raymonde, David Keith and Luke Davis. The movie revolves around a stenographer who – upon discovering he has a terminal illness that sends him into a rage that has been simmering deep within him for years – decides to take justice into his own hands. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro Scoring DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 4, Mike Mitchell, Steve Mazzaro
Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Dune,Inception, Interstellar) and Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section) have recently recorded their score for the upcoming animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell (Trolls, Sky High), co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and stars Jack Black who returns in the title role, as well as Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane and Ke Huy Quan. The movie follows Po as he embarks on a journey to fulfill his destiny as the next Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, but must first find a worthy successor to carry on the legacy of the Dragon Warrior. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Santa Clauses’ Season 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Rechtshaid, Disney Plus, Soundtrack, The Santa Clauses
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the Disney+ original series The Santa Clauses. The 5-track EP features the cover versions of Dancing with Myself & Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and We Wish You a Merry Christmas from show’s second season, as well as the previously unreleased covers of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s If You Leave and the holiday classic Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (both produced by series composer Ariel Rechtshaid). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to both new tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley & Luke Richards Scoring Netflix’s ‘Fool Me Once’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Fool Me Once, Luke Richards, Netflix
David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife, Papillon, Nobody, Angel Has Fallen, The Forbidden Kingdom,Greenland) & Luke Richards (Six Four) have teamed up to score the upcoming British Netflix limited series Fool Me Once. The show is based on Harlan Coben’s bestseller and stars Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan, Dino Fetscher and Joe Armstrong. The 8-part crime thriller follows an ex-soldier who uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches into the past after she sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Berlin’ Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Berlin, Frank Montasell, Lucas Peire, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s Spanish original series Berlin. The album features the show’s original score composed by Lucas Peire & Frank Montasell (Nowhere, Malasaña 32). Also included is the “main theme” song Bullets and Flowers performed by Francis White feat. Nikki Garcia, Goa’s cover of What a Wonderful World, lead actors Pedro Alonso’s & Tristan Ulloa’s rendition of Felicidad & other songs. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to Bullets and Flowers and Peire’s & Montasell’s title score track below. Berlin is created by Álex Pina & Esther Martínez Lobato and also stars Michelle Jenner, Julio Peña Fernández, Begoña Vargas and Joel Sánchez. The spin-off to the streamer’s hit show Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) follows the title character and a masterful gang as they gather in Paris for one of his greatest plans ever: to steal 44 million euros in jewels in one night. Read the rest of this entry »
