Kris Bowers was honored with his first Annie Award in the Feature category for his music from DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot at tonight’s 52nd Annie Awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Bowers’ score was released by Back Lot Music. The other contenders in the category were Stuart Hancock for Kensuke’s Kingdom, Pharrell Williams & Michael Andrews for Piece by Piece, John Powell, Ed Sheeran & Johnny McDaid for That Christmas and Lorne Balfe & Julian Nott for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Wins Annie Award for ‘The Wild Robot’ Score
Posted: February 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
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‘Detective Chinatown 1900’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chen Sicheng, Dai Mo, Detective Chinatown 1900, Hu Xiaoou, Nathan Wang, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the Chinese mystery comedy Detective Chinatown 1900. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hu Xiaoou and Nathan Wang (She’s All That, The Game Plan, You Again, Playing with Fire, Chinese Zodiac). Also included is the song Welcome to San Francisco performed by Rennie Wang. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the song and first score track from each composer below. Detective Chinatown 1900 is directed by Chen Sicheng & Dai Mo and stars Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Xincheng, Ke Bai and Yue Yunpeng. The fourth installment in the Detective Chinatown series follows Qin Fu & Ah Gui as they investigative the murder of a white woman in Chinatown in 1900 San Francisco. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2025)
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexis Marsh, Armand, Bring Them Down, Dominic Lewis, Ella van der Woude, Hannah Peel, Heart Eyes, I Love You Forever, Jay Wadley, Jazzy, Lele Marchitelli, Love Hurts, Michael Penn, Neil Halstead, Parthenope
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Love Hurts directed by JoJo Eusebio and starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Lio Tipton, Sean Astin, Mustafa Shakir, Marshawn Lynch, André Eriksen and Rhys Darby. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, The Man in the High Castle, Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, Money Monster, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Spirited). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the slasher movie Heart Eyes directed by Josh Ruben and starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Devon Sawa Jordana Brewster and Michaela Watkins. Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Swan Song, Tell Me Lies, Franklin, Indignation, We Grown Now, I Carry You with Me, Fire Island) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Win Critics Choice Award for ‘Challengers’ Score
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross were honored with their third Critics Choice Award in the Best Score category for their music for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers at tonight’s 30th Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. They previously received the award for The Social Network and Soul. The other composers nominated in the category were Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot, Clément Ducol & Camille for Emilia Pérez, Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist and Hans Zimmer for Dune: Part Two. Read the rest of this entry »
‘New Wave’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Upton, Elizabeth Ai, Greg Bernall, New Wave, score, Soundtrack
If This Then Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary New Wave. The album features the film’s original score composed by Greg Bernall (Social Animals) & Chris Upton (Ba). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (There Is a New Wave) from the composers’ score below. New Wave is directed by Elizabeth Ai and centers on a group of displaced Vietnamese refugees who fled their country by boat and in the 1980s redefined their identities in suburban Orange County, California, through New Wave music. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Levy to Score Alexandre Castagnetti’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Castagnetti, Dan Levy, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, The Phantom of the Opera
Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Meanwhile on Earth, Breaking Point, Vesper, Star Wars Visions: Sith, Empire of the Wolves, For My Country) is set to score a new contemporary French film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l’Opéra). The movie is directed by Alexandre Castagnetti (Love Is in the Air, Tamara) and will star Deva Cassel, Julien De Saint Jean and Romain Duris. The film tells the story of a young woman newly-arrived in Paris and full of hopes and dreams as she takes up a position as a ballet dancer at the opera house, where she meets the place’s mythical phantom and they embark on an impossible love story. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Schweitzer, Netflix, Nic Stacey, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, The Afterparty, The Reluctant Traveler, Tsunami: Race Against Time, Our Great National Parks, Sanditon, World War II: From the Frontline). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy is directed by Nic Stacey and pulls back the curtain on the secretive world of the most influential brands. The movie features a group of insiders and whistleblowers as they expose the covert manipulation tricks to keep you buying, no matter the cost. Read the rest of this entry »
Title Theme from Netflix’s ‘The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan’ Released
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: C. Girinandh, Chandradev Bhagat, Netflix, Stewart Sugg, The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan
Netflix Music has released the title theme from the new Indian Netflix original documentary series The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan. The track is written by the show’s composer C. Girinandh and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the theme below. The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan is directed by Chandradev Bhagat & Stewart Sugg and traces the cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan. The 3-parter explores the passion, drama, and high-stakes intensity of this rivalry on the home soil of both nations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inheritance’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inheritance, Neil Burger, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the spy thriller Inheritance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Boston Strangler, Bodkin, Fellow Travelers, Tales from the Loop, Dynasty, Wormwood). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s final track after the jump. Inheritance is directed by Neil Burger and stars Phoebe Dynevor, Rhys Ifans, Kersti Bryan, Kashyap Shangari, Necar Zadegan, Cilara Baxendale, Amit Rajindar Grover and Majd Eid. The movie follows a woman who – after learning her father was once a spy – suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy and must quickly learn the skills of her father as she becomes a target herself. Read the rest of this entry »
Zachary Dawes & Tyler Parkford Scoring Katie Aselton’s ‘Magic Hour’
Posted: February 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Katie Aselton, Magic Hour, Tyler Parkford, Zachary Dawes
Zachary Dawes (Big Time Adolescence, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Peanut Butter Falcon, There’s Someone Inside Your House, A League of Their Own, The Big Door Prize) has teamed up with Tyler Parkford (Kate Can’t Swim) to score the upcoming drama Magic Hour. The film is directed by Katie Aselton (Black Rock, Mack & Rita) and stars Daveed Diggs, Katie Aselton, Brad Garrett and Susan Sullivan. The movie revolves around a couple who escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
