Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Meet the Barbarians (Les barbares). The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Jakko (Enemy Lines, 5lbs of Pressure, Notre Dame, Kaufman’s Game, Allies). 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 first two tracks after the jump. Meet the Barbarians is co-written and directed by Julie Delpy and stars Delpy herself, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte, Ziad Bakri, India Hair, Dalia Naous, Jean-Charles Clichet and Mathieu Demy. The movie follows a group of inhabitants of a small town in France as they are preparing to welcome a Ukrainian refugee family and are surprised when a Syrian family shows up instead. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hold Your Breath’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Colin Stetson, Hold Your Breath, Hulu, Karrie Crouse, score, Soundtrack, Will Joines
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the psychological horror thriller Hold Your Breath. The album features the film’s original music composed by Colin Stetson (Hereditary, The Menu, Uzumaki, Color Out of Space, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Mayday, The First). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 3 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Prayer) below. Hold Your Breath is directed by Will Joines & Karrie Crouse (who also wrote the screenplay) and stars Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Bill Heck, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Amiah Miller. The Searchlight Pictures production is set in 1930s Oklahoma amid the area’s horrific dust storms and revolves around a woman who is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Hrishikesh Hirway Scoring Drew Hancock’s ‘Companion’
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Companion, Drew Hancock, Hrishikesh Hirway
Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date), best known as the host/founder of Song Exploder, has composed the original music for the upcoming thriller Companion. The film is written and directed by Drew Hancock and stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén, Megan Suri and Rupert Friend. No plot details have been announced yet for the New Line Cinema production. Zach Cregger (Barbarian), Raphael Margules & J.D. Lifshitz (Becky, The Vigil) are producing the project for BoulderLight Pictures, alongside Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (It, The Lego Batman Movie). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lord of the RIngs: The Rings of Power’ Season 2, Episode 8 (‘Shadow and Flame’) Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The details of the soundtrack album for the eighth and final episode of the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power have been revealed. The album features the original music from Episode 8 (entitled Shadow and Flame) of Season 2 composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, Outlander, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 3 by Amazon Content Services and will be available to stream/download on Amazon Music. The label has previously released the composer’s scores from Epiodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7), as well as the full Season 2 album featuring selections of the McCreary’s music from the new season over the last couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Am Scrooge’ (‘Ich bin Dagobert’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: I Am Scrooge, Ich bin Dagobert, Michael Klaukien, RTL, score, Soundtrack
RTL Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the German limited series I Am Scrooge (Ich bin Dagobert). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Michael Klaukien (Goebbels and the Fuhrer, Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood, Hotel Europa, Reformation). 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. I Am Scrooge is written by Ronny Schalk, directed by Hannu Salonen and stars Friedrich Mücke, Mišel Matičević, Sonja Gerhardt, Doğuhan Kabadayı, Moritz Führmann, Carol Rovira, Ronald Kukulies, Martin Feifel, Clelia Sarto, Karsten Antonio Mielke and Tobias Schenke The 6-part drama and tells the story of department store extortionist Arno Funke, also known under the pseudonym “Scrooge McDuck” (Dagobert), who planted bombs, fooled the police and blackmailed department stores in the early 1990s Read the rest of this entry »
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker 2, Joker: Folie à Deux, Lady Gaga, Soundtrack, Todd Phillips
The track list of the soundtrack album for Todd Phillips’ psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux has been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie performed by lead actors Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, including covers versions of classics such as For Once in My Life, If My Friends Could See Me Now, That’s Entertainment, That’s Life, When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You), among other tracks, as well as the original song Folie à Deux written, produced and performed by Gaga. The soundtrack, which is produced by Phoenix, Gaga (who is also credited as the project’s music consultant), executive music producer Jason Ruder and executive produced by Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix and music supervisors Randall Poster & George Drakoulias, will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) this Friday, October 4 by Interscope Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album in all formats. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Read the rest of this entry »
Christoph Zirngibl & Ralf Wengenmayr Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Where’s Wanda?’
Posted: October 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Christoph Zirngibl, Ralf Wengenmayr, Where's Wanda?
Christoph Zirngibl (Jerry Cotton, Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia, Luna’s Revenge) & Ralf Wengenmayr (Manitou’s Shoe, Love, Rosie, Balloon, Hotel Lux) have teamed up to score the first German Apple TV+ original series, Where’s Wanda?. The show is created by Oliver Lansley (Flack) & Zoltan Spirandelli (Vaya con Dios) and stars Heike Makatsch, Axel Stein, Lea Drinda, Leo Simon, Palina Rojinski, Nikeata Thompson, Kostja Ullmann and Harriet Herbig-Matten. The 8-part comedy follows a father and mother who are desperate to locate their missing 17-year-old daughter who disappeared months ago without a trace and disguise themselves as employees of an electrical company to bug their neighborhood, finding out that behind closed doors, none of their neighbors are who they pretend to be. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Industry’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Industry, Nathan Micay, score, Soundtrack
LUCKYME® Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Industry. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Nathan Micay (Reality, Sexy Beast, Time Bomb Y2K, The Last Bus). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. The label has previously released two soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 and Season 2 back in 2020 and 2022. Industry is created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay and stars Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Ken Leung, Sagar Radia, Kit Harington, Sarah Goldberg, Conor MacNeill, Sarah Parish, Indy Lewis, Adam Levy,Trevor White, Elena Saurel, Miriam Petche, Irfan Shamji, Andrew Havill, Roger Barclay, Fady Elsayed and Fiona Button. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scarygirl’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ack Kinmonth, Ricard Cussó, Scarygirl, score, Soundtrack, Tania Vincent
Harsh Lessons Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian animated feature Scarygirl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ack Kinmonth (Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal, Combat Wombat, The Wishmas Tree). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first (intro) track below. Scarygirl is directed by Ricard Cussó & Tania Vincent and features the voices of Jillian Nguyen, Sam Neill, Anna Torv, Tim Minchin, Liv Hewson, Mark Coles Smith, Dylan Alcott and Deborah Mailman. The movie tells the story of a young girl who must overcome her fears and journey to a fantastical city to save her father from a mysterious scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Caitlin Yeo Scoring Disney+’s & Hulu’s ‘Last Days of the Space Age’
Posted: October 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Caitlin Yeo, Disney Plus, Hulu, Last Days of the Space Age
Caitlin Yeo (Danger Close, Bad Behaviour, Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story, The Butterfly Tree, The Rocket) has provided the original score for the new Australian Disney+ original series Last Days of the Space Age. The show is created by David Chidlow and stars Radha Mitchell, Jesse Spencer, Deborah Mailman, Iain Glen, Linh-Dan Pham, Thomas Weatherall, George Mason, Vico Thai, Ines English and Jacek Koman. The 8-part comedy drama is set in 1979 Western Australia and follows three families in a tight-knit coastal community who find their marriages, friendships and futures put to the test. Read the rest of this entry »
