La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Norbert(a). The album features the film’s original music composed by Arnau Bataller (The Vault, A Perfect Day, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, Wake Up, Killer Book Club, Prey, The Chosen). 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 below. Norbert(a) is directed by Sonia Escolano (who also wrote the screenplay) & Belén López Albert and stars Luis Bermejo, Adriana Ozores, Mariona Terés and María Romanillos. The movie centers on a seemingly normal married couple with a secret: at night, the husband dresses up as a woman and carries out small-scale robberies, while the wife waits for him in the getaway car. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Norbert(a)’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arnau Bataller, Belén López Albert, Norbert(a), score, Sonia Escolano, Soundtrack
‘Kleo’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Klimek, Kleo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the German Netflix original series Kleo. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Johnny Klimek (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Sense8, Babylon Berlin, The International, One Hour Photo, The Matrix Resurrections). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 26 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2022. Kleo is created by Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad & Richard Kropf and stars Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Steffi Kühnert, Vincent Redetzki, Alli Neumann, Marta Sroka and Anna Stieblich. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Two to One’ (‘Zwei zu Eins’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amaury Laurent Bernier, Hannah von Hübbenet, Natja Brunckhorst, score, Soundtrack, Two to One, Zwei zu Eins
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy Two to One (Zwei zu Eins). The album features the film’s original music composed by Hannah von Hübbenet (Charité) & Amaury Laurent Bernier (Totem, Elli and Her Monster Team, Princess Emmy, Atomic Puppet). Also included are songs by The Dead South, William Fitzsimmons, Brown Bird and Sir Simon. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Jetzt habt ihr den Salat) below. Two to One is written and directed by Natja Brunckhorst and stars Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursula Werner and Peter Kurth. The movie is based on a true story and follows a group of clever East Germans as they seize the chaotic post-GDR era in 1990 to retrieve hidden millions from an underground vault. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary Scoring Kevin Smith’s ‘The 4:30 Movie’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Kevin Smith, The 4:30 Movie
Composer Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, God of War) is reuniting with director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats) on the upcoming coming-of-age comedy The 4:30 Movie. The film is written and directed by Smith and stars Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong and Ken Jeong. The movie is set in the summer of 1986 and follows three 16-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tokyo Swindlers’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hitoshi One, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Takkyu Ishino, Tokyo Swindlers
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original series Tokyo Swindlers. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Takkyu Ishino (of the Japanese electronic music group Denki Groove) who has made his television scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Ishino’s main theme below. Tokyo Swindlers is based on the novel of the same title by Ko Shinjo and stars Go Ayano, Etsushi Toyokawa, Kazuki Kitamura, Pierre Taki, Eiko Koike and Shota Sometani. The 7-part crime thriller written and directed by Hitoshi One revolves around a team of swindlers who get wind of prime real estate worth 10 billion yen and will stop at nothing to pull off their most ambitious scam yet. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daredevil, Daredevil: Born Again, Disney Plus, Marvel Studios, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge) are currently scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series Daredevil: Born Again. The show based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name stars Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdoc, Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, Jon Bernthal as The Punisher, as well as Deborah Ann Woll, Michael Gandolfini, Margarita Levieva, Genneya Walton, Elden Henson and Wilson Bethel. Dario Scardapane (The Punisher, Memory) serves as the project’s showrunner and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (Synchronic, The Endless) are the lead directors. Read the rest of this entry »
‘False Flag’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: False Flag, Gilad Benamram, Hulu, Kfulim, score, Soundtrack
D-Music has released two soundtrack albums for the Israeli TV series False Flag (Kfulim). The albums feature selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Gilad Benamram (Fauda, Bard of Blood, The Girl on the Train, 1992, Club Life) who also scored the 2022 English language remake Suspicion for Apple TV+. Visit Amazon to stream/download the Season 1 soundtrack and click here to stream/download the Season 2 album. False Flags is created by Maria Feldman & Amit Cohen and stars Ishai Golan, Maggie Azarzar, Ania Bukstein, Orna Salinger, Angel Bonanni and Mickey Leon The Keshet Media production follows five Israeli citizens who find themselves plunged into an international espionage affair overnight, when they wake up one morning to discover that they are implicated in a kidnapping operation following the disappearance of the Iranian Defence Minister while on a secret visit to Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe & Stuart Michael Thomas Scoring Sean Ellis’ ‘The Cut’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Sean Ellis, Stuart Michael Thomas, The Cut
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) & Stuart Michael Thomas (Midnight Bayou, Northern Lights, Bustin’ Down the Door, Blue Smoke) have composed the original music for the upcoming boxing drama The Cut. The film is directed by Sean Ellis (Anthropoid, Cashback) and stars Orlando Bloom, John Turturro and Caitríona Balfe. The movie follows a retired fighter who is obsessed with getting back in the ring and goes through a grueling and unsanctioned weight cut program with a coach who knows no limits. Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere Vinyl Edition of Randy Newman’s ‘Pleasantville’ Score Announced
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gary Ross, Pleasantville, Randy Newman, score, Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the score to the 1998 fantasy comedy drama Pleasantville written and directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Don Knotts and J. T. Walsh. The 2-LP deluxe edition features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., The Princess and the Frog, A Bug’s Life, Marriage Story, Avalon, Cars) and will be available on Red, White and Blue swirl vinyl in North America, while the international edition is pressed on Translucent Tan vinyl. The soundtrack will be released on September 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. The 2-LP gatefold package includes a brand-new illustration by artist Sim Sim on the cover. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Sadoff Scoring Dave & John Chernin’s Netflix Film ‘Incoming’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chimp Crazy, Dave Chernin, HBO, Incoming, John Chernin, Jonathan Sadoff, Netflix
Jonathan Sadoff (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Ingrid Goes West, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Dollface, Under the Boardwalk, Angelyne) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film Incoming. The movie is written and directed by Dave & John Chernin (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and stars Mason Thames, Ramon Reed, Raphael Alejandro, Isabella Ferreira, Loren Gray, Bardia Seiri, Ali Gallo, Scott MacArthur, Kaitlin Olson, Thomas Barbusca and Bobby Cannavale. The comedy follows four freshmen who are faced with the greatest challenge for their young lives: their first high school party. Read the rest of this entry »
