The full details of the soundtrack album for the comedy Dream Scenario have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Owen Pallett (Her, Life, The Box, Spaceship Earth, On the Count of ThreeAlice/Darling). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 17 by A24 Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Dream Scenario is written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula, Tim Meadows and Dylan Baker. The movie produced by Ari Aster revolves around a hapless family man who finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams and he is forced to navigate his newfound stardom. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official score album for Emerald Fennell’s comedic thriller Saltburn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anthony Willis (Promising Young Woman, M3GAN, How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming) and performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 17 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Saltburn is written and directed by Fennell and stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Richard E. Grant, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. The movie follows a student struggling to find his place at Oxford University who finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic young man who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports comedy Next Goal Wins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, Lost, The Batman, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Jojo Rabbit, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange). Also included are songs by Jerome Grey, LEAO and The Feelstyle. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Next Goal Wins is directed by Taika Waititi and stars Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss, Oscar Kightley, Will Arnett, Rachel House, Uli Latukefu, David Fane, Kaimana, Beulah Koale, Chris Alosio, Waititi himself and Rhys Darby. The movie follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001 when they hired a down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around. Read the rest of this entry »

Les Films du Poisson has released a soundtrack album for the French docudrama Little Girl Blue. The album features the film’s original music composed by Valentin Couineau. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can always check out the track list. Check out the composer’s final track (Le funambule) after the jump. Little Girl Blue is directed by Mona Achache and stars Marion Cotillard. The movie follows Achache as she discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings from her mother, photographer Carole Achache, and through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation, brings her back to life to retrace her journey. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original film In Love and Deep Water (Kureiji Kuruzu). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu (When Marnie Was There, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Lu Over the Wall, The 8-Year Engagement). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. In Love and Deep Water is directed by Yusuke Taki and stars Ryo Yoshizawa, Aoi Miyazaki, Yo Yoshida, Rinko Kikuchi, Kento Nagayama and Yuki Izumisawa. The romantic mystery comedy follows a butler and a passenger as they try to solve a baffling murder on a luxury liner heading for the Aegean Sea. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Romer Scoring Sam Boyd’s ‘Genie’

Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Dan Romer (LucaBeasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Station Eleven, Superman & Lois, Maniac) has composed the original score for the new holiday comedy Genie. The film is directed by Sam Boyd (In a Relationship) and stars Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu, Marc Maron, Denée Benton, Jordyn McIntosh, Luis Guzmán and Alan Cumming. The movie tells the story of a genie who has been trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box because of a misunderstanding with a sorcerer back in 77 B.C. and is accidentally called to service by a workaholic who has lost sight of his marriage and the childhood of his daughter. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Eli Roth’s slasher movie Thanksgiving. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brandon Roberts (Chaos Walking, Motherland: Fort Salem, UnderwaterFear Street Part 2: 1978, The Twilight Zone, On a Wing and a Prayer). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 17. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Thanksgiving is directed by Roth and stars Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Gina Gershon, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque and Rick Hoffman.The movie centers on a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer who terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the holiday. Read the rest of this entry »

Julia Newman has released a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller At the Gates. The album features the film’s original score written by the composer (and daughter of Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman) who has made her feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. At the Gates is written and directed by Augustus Meleo Bernstein and stars Miranda Otto, Noah Wyle, Ezekiel Pacheco, Vanessa Benavente and Sadie Stanley. The movie revolves around a Salvadoran housekeeper and her teenage son who begin to question whether they’re being protected or imprisoned after an affluent couple offers to hide them from immigration officers in their basement. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX limited series A Murder at the End of the World. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominees Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Enemy, The StaircaseThe Gift, Fear the Walking Dead, Boy Erased) . The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A Murder at the End of the World is created and directed by Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij and stars Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, Marling herself, Raúl Espanza, Jermaine Fowler, Joan Chen, Pegah Ferydoni, Javed Khan, Ryan J. Haddad, Louis Cancelmi and Edoardo Ballerini. The 7-part mystery thriller follows a Gen Z amateur hacker who  is invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote location and – when one of the other guests is found dead – must use all of her skills to prove it was murder. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records has released the fifth original song from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Wish. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Knowing What I Know Now written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice and performed by Ariana DeBose & Angelique Cabral and other members of the film’s voice cast. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. The label has previously released four first songs (This Wish,  This Is the Thanks I Get?!, Welcome to Rosas & I’m a Star) over the last few weeks and will release a full soundtrack album this Friday, November 17 (click here for the full details). Read the rest of this entry »