Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts 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 »
Dan Romer Scoring Sam Boyd’s ‘Genie’
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Genie, Peacock, Sam Boyd
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‘Thanksgiving’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Roberts, Eli Roth, score, Soundtrack, Thanksgiving
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, Underwater, Fear 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 »
‘At the Gates’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: At the Gates, Augustus Meleo Bernstein, Julia Newman, score, Soundtrack
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 »
‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Murder at the End of the World, Brit Marling, Danny Bensi, FX, Hulu, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, Zal Batmanglij
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 Staircase, The 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 »
Original Song ‘Knowing What I Know Now’ from Disney’s ‘Wish’ Released
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Rice, Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn, Julia Michaels, Wish
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 »
‘The Crown’ Season 6 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Martin Phipps, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Crown
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 Aftermath, Peaky 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 3, Season 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 »
‘Something Is About to Happen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antonio Méndez Esparza, Que nadie duerma, score, Something Is About to Happen, Soundtrack, Zeltia Montes
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 Barcelona, The Good Boss, The Wait, Adiós, Sad Hill Unearthed, Traces 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 AssignmentsTags: CBS, NCIS: Sydney, Roger Mason
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 »
‘Time Addicts’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Orr, Sam Odlum, score, Soundtrack, Time Addicts
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’ Business, Paper 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 »
Bear McCreary Scoring Jeff Wadlow’s ‘Imaginary’
Posted: November 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreaery, Imaginary, Jeff Wadlow
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 »
