Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s sixth and final season composed by Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, Napoleon, The Honourable Woman, War & Peace, Victoria, The AftermathPeaky Blinders) who has previously scored the last three seasons. The soundtrack will be released on December 14, 2023 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to a first track (Holding Hands) below. The label has previously released three albums featuring Phipps’ score from Season 3Season 4 & Season 5, as well as two soundtracks featuring Rupert Gregson-Williams’ & Lorne Balfe’s music from  Season 1 and Season 2. Season 6 of The Crown created by Peter Morgan stars Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles, Bertie Carvel as Tony Blair, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, Salim Daw as Mohamed Al Fayed, and Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed. Read the rest of this entry »

Aquí y Allí Films has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Romanian thriller Something Is About to Happen (Que nadie duerma). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zeltia Montes (Bird Box BarcelonaThe Good Boss, The Wait, Adiós, Sad Hill UnearthedTraces of Sandalwood). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the first track (Lucía 2) below. Something Is About to Happen is co-written and directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza and stars Malena Alterio, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Mariona Ribas, José Luis Torrijo and Rodrigo Poisón. The movie revolves around an unemployed woman looking for freedom in her newly-found life as a taxi driver. Read the rest of this entry »

Roger Mason Scoring CBS’ ‘NCIS: Sydney’

Posted: November 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Roger Mason is scoring the new CBS drama NCIS: Sydney. The show is created by Morgan O’Neill (Drift, The Factory) and stars Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Tuuli Narkle, Sean Sagar, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes. The fifth series (and first-ever international edition) of the NCIS franchise follows a team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) who are grafted into a multinational taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundling Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian sci-fi thriller Time Addicts. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Orr (2:22, West of Sunshine, Secret Bridesmaids’ BusinessPaper Champions). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the composer’s first track (Time Addicted) on the album below. Time Addicts is written and directed by Sam Odlum and stars Freya Tingley, Charles Grounds, Elise Jansen and Joshua Morton. The movie follows two best friends who are in desperate debt to their volatile drug dealer and agree to a into a decrepit stash house to steal a bag of mysterious time-traveling drugs in order to pay off their last hit. Read the rest of this entry »

Composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, God of War) is reuniting with director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Truth or Dare) on the upcoming supernatural horror thriller Imaginary. The film stars DeWanda Wise as a woman who moves back into her childhood home with her family and becomes concerned when her youngest stepdaughter  develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear she finds in the basement. Taegan Burns, Matthew Sato, Pyper Braun and Veronica Falcón are also starring in the movie. Read the rest of this entry »

Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy Just One Small Favor (El Favor). The album features the film’s original music composed by Vanessa Garde (What Lucia Saw, Venus, Parot, Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?, A Normal World, If I Were a Rich Man). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Just One Small Favor is directed by Juana Macías and stars Inma Cuesta, Diego Martín, Sara Sálamo, Pere Ponce, Alfonso Bassave, Gonzalo de Castro, Isabel Ordaz and Luisa Gavasa. The movie revolves around a rich and respected family who spend their summers in a swanky farmhouse. Read the rest of this entry »

Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (Gnome AloneBlack Friday, Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing FriendsChangeland, & Mark, Mary & Some Other People) has provided the original music for the upcoming animated holiday special Merry Little Batman. The film is directed by Mike Roth and features the voices of Luke Wilson, Yonas Kibreab, James Cromwell and David Hornsby. The Warner Bros. Animation production follows Damian Wayne as he is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s supervillains on Christmas Eve, when he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Yorgos Lanthimos’ fantasy comedy Poor Things. The album features the movie’s original music written by pianist, violinist, songwriter and composer Jerskin Fendrix who has made his film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released on December 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Bella/Lisbon) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. A vinyl edition will be released by Waxwork Records. Poor Things is directed by Lanthimos, written by Tony McNamara and stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef and Jerrod Carmichael. The movie follows  a young woman brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist who runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Read the rest of this entry »

Jon Chau is making his feature scoring debut on Nickelodeon’s upcoming Paramount+ original animated film Baby Shark’s Big Movie! The animated comedy is directed by Alan Foreman and stars Kimiko Glenn, Luke Youngblood, Eric Edelstein, Natasha Rothwell, Debra Wilson & Patrick Warburton (who all reprise their roles from the Baby Shark’s Big Show! animated series), Ashley Tisdale, Ego Nwodim, Aparna Nancherla, Chloe Fineman, Lance Bass, as well as Cardi B, Offset, Kulture as Kulture Sharki and Wave. The movie follows the title character as he is forced to leave the world he loves behind after his family’s move to the big city, where he encounters an evil pop starfish who plans to steal his gift of song in order to dominate all underwater music. Read the rest of this entry »

BMM Records has released a soundtrack album for the French-Canadian romantic comedy The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain). The album features the film’s original music composed by Forever Pavot (aka Emile Sornin) (Babysitter, Faithful). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track (Les amants) after the jump. The Nature of Love is written and directed by Monia Chokri and stars Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume and Chokri herself. The movie revolves around a married 40-something professor who embarks on a steamy and all-consuming affair with a charming handyman at her new chalet. Read the rest of this entry »