Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series Outlander. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s seventh season composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power10 Cloverfield Lane,  Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica). Also included is the new version of the opening titles theme The Skye Boat Song performed by Sinéad O’Connor, an alternate “fife and drum version” performed by Raya Yarbrough & Griogair Labhruidh, as well as lead actress Caitríona Balfe’s rendition of Ave Maria. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 22. A CD version will be coming out on December 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a digital EP featuring three tracks from the new season last year, as well as the Season 6 album back in 2022, while Madison Gate Records has released the soundtracks for the first five seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Netflix original film Pedro Páramo. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Last of UsThe Motorcycle Diaries, The Book of LifeAugust: Osage County). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Pedro Páramo marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and stars Manuel García-Rulfo, Tenoch Huerta, Ilse Salas, Roberto Sosa, Mayra Batalla, Noé Hernández, Dolores Heredia, Héctor Kotsifakis, Giovanna Zacarías and Yoshira Escárrega. The drama is based on Juan Rulfo’s landmark novel and tells of a man as he searches for his father in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love. Read the rest of this entry »

22D Music will release a soundtrack album for the French psychological thriller 37 (37: L’ombre et la proi). The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Boccadoro(ViolationThe Legionnaire, After the Fire, Astrologaster). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 20. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. 37 is co-written and directed by Arthur Môlard and stars Guillaume Pottier, Melodie Simina, Ary Gabison, Agnès Sourdillon, Arnaud Churin, Christophe Vandevelde, Sandra Macedo and Lisa Perrio. The movie centers a diabolical game that unfolds when a truck driver picks up a mysterious young woman. Read the rest of this entry »

Susan DiBona & Salvatore Sangiovanni have released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Say a Little Prayer. The album features the composers’ original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to DiBona’s & Sangiovanni’s first track (The Friendship and the Love) after the jump. Say a Little Prayer is directed by Patrick Perez Vidauri and stars Luis Fonsi (in his acting debut), Vivian Lamolli, Angelica Maria, Vannessa Vasquez and Jackie Cruz. The movie (executive produced by Edward James Olmos) follows three best friends who recite an ancient prayer to the patron saint of all things lost to find their true loves, unleashing an unexpected turn of events that will put their friendship to the test. Read the rest of this entry »

Martin Phipps (The Crown, Napoleon, Woman in Gold, Victoria, War & Peace, Peaky Blinders, The Honourable Woman, The Aftermath) has composed the original music for the upcoming British Netflix original series Black Doves. The show is created by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project) and stars Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Koji, Andrew Buchan, Sam Troughton, Kathryn Hunter, Omari Douglas, Ella Lily Hyland and Gabrielle Creevy. The spy thriller is set against the backdrop of London at Christmas and follows a quick-witted, down-to-earth, dedicated wife and mother who also happens to be professional spy who – for the past ten years – has been passing her politician husband’s secrets to the shadowy organisation she works for. Read the rest of this entry »

Hippocampus has released a soundtrack album for the first French Max limited series The Confidante (Une amie dévouée). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (RevengeManiac, Gretel & Hansel, Other People’s Children, Never Let Go, Horns, Amityville: The AwakeningTroy: Fall of a City). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Novembre 13) after the jump. The Confidante is directed by Just Philippot , written by Fanny Burdino, Jean-Baptiste Delafon, Samuel Doux & Alexandre Kauffmann based on Kauffmann’s book La Mythomane du Bataclan and stars Laure Calamy, Arieh Worthalter, Annabelle Lengronne, Alexis Manenti, Ava Baya and Anne Benoît. The 4-part psychological thriller follows a rock music-obsessed Parisian who – after witnessing the harrowing November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks – quickly latches onto a community of survivors. Read the rest of this entry »

Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 Showtime neo-noir anthology series Fallen Angels developed by Steve Golin, created by William Horberg and executive produced by Sydney Pollack. The album features selections of the original music from the drama’s second season composed by Peter Bernstein (21 Jump Street, Bolero, The Ewok AdventureMy Science Project). Also included is the project’s main title theme written by Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, GhostbustersAirplaneFar from Heaven). The Vol. 2 soundtrack on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »

Heard & Seen has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Never Look Away. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Sölve Steven (Come to Daddy, Bookworm, The Justice of Bunny King, The Girl on the Bridge, UproarThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!)  and Jason Smith (The Nuclear Comeback). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Stormchasing) below. Never Look Away is directed by actress Lucy Lawless and centers on New Zealand–born groundbreaking CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth who risks it all to show the reality of war from inside the conflict, staring down danger and confronting those who perpetuate it. Read the rest of this entry »

‘John Williams: In Concert’ Album Announced

Posted: November 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Deutsche Grammophon has announced John Williams: In Concert, a unique collection of the label’s recordings with the Hollywood icon. The album brings together performances of film music from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Saito Kinen Orchestra and Wiener Philharmoniker, as well as the world premiere recording of Williams’s Second Violin Concerto, with soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The record is being released as a 7-LP vinyl (180-gram) boxset in butterfly fan packaging and is now available to order on Amazon. In addition, the label has also announced a 12-inch picture disc vinyl, cut in the shape of the iconic Darth Vader’s helmet, featuring four different recordings of John Williams’ Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, including the premiere release of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s version of the track, which is also available as a digital single in most international markets. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Grotesquerie’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: November 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original series Grotesquerie. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Morgan Kibby (The Watcher, Mothering SundayThe Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, QueensWildernessTales of the Walking Dead). Also included is actresses Niecy Nash’s & Micaela Diamond’s rendition of I Don’t Know How to Love Him (written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice for the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to Kibby’s main title theme and the song after the jump. Grotesquerie is created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz & Joe Baken and also stars Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Lesley Manville, Raven Goodwin and Travis Kelce. Read the rest of this entry »