Amazon Content Services has released the track from the soundtrack for the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Available to stream/download now on most major digital music services is Old Tom Bombadil by the show’s composer Bear McCreary (Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead) feat. vocals by Rufus Wainwright. A first track (The Last Ballad of Damrod by McCreary & Jens Kidman) has already been released last Thursday and the full soundtrack album will be coming out on August 23. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary’s & Rufus Wainwright’s Song ‘Old Tom Bombadil’ from ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Released
Posted: August 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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‘Jackpot!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Jackpot, Paul Feig, score, Soundtrack, Theodore Shapiro
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Jackpot!. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder, Marley & Me, Destroyer, Ghostbusters). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 16 and will be available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks below and also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Jackpot! is directed by Paul Feig and stars Awkwafina, John Cena, Ayden Mayeri, Murray Hill, Donald Elise Watkins, Sam Asghari and Simu Liu. The movie follows a woman who mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket of the “Grand Lottery” (a competition with the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot) and reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann Scoring Netflix’s ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4
Posted: August 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darren Star, Emily in Paris, Gabriel Mann, Netflix
Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Better Nate Than Never, Rosewood , Rectify, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series) is the new composer of the Netflix original series Emily in Paris. He has composed the score for the fourth season of the show created by Darren Star and starring Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Ashley Park, Camille Razat, Samuel Arnold, William Abadie, Bruno Gouery and Lucien Laviscount. Chris Alan Lee has previously scored the first three seasons of the comedy and James Newton Howard is credited as providing the “original theme music.” Read the rest of this entry »
‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, HBO, Rob Reiner, score, Soundtrack
Marc Shaiman (Hairspray, Mary Poppins Returns, Sister Act, Sleepless in Seattle, Misery, An American President, City Slickers, Patch Adams) will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. The album features the Academy Award-nominated and Grammy, Emmy & Tony Award-winning composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, August 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Shaiman has recently received an Emmy Award nomination for his music for the movie. Check out the composer’s main theme below. Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is directed by Rob Reiner and explores the origins and evolution of Brooks’ career, from stand-up to his seven iconic original motion pictures,. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bookworm’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ant Timpson, Bookworm, Karl Sölve Steven, score, Soundtrack
Karl Sölve Steven (Come to Daddy, The Justice of Bunny King, Uproar, The Girl on the Bridge, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!) will release a soundtrack album for the New Zealand adventure comedy Bookworm. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally on August 29. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Steven’s main theme (which features musician Molly Lewis contributing her otherworldly whistling) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Bookworm is co-written and directed by Ant Timpson and stars Elijah Wood, Nell Fisher, Michael Smiley, Morgana O’Reilly, Vanessa Stacey, Nikki Si’ulepa and Theo Shakes. The movie tells the story of a washed-up American illusionist and his long-estranged precocious daughter, who in the midst of a family crisis, venture into the New Zealand wilderness in search of a mythical black panther. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shōgun’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, FX, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, score, Shogun, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX original series Shōgun. The album features previously unreleased music from the show’s first season composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl), Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Book of Eli, Death Note) and Nick Chuba (Thelma, The Girl from Plainville, Dr. Death) who have recently received an Emmy Award nomination for their score. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released the original soundtrack back in February and Mutant has announced a vinyl edition. Shōgun is developed by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks based on James Clavell’s classic novel and stars Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Takehiro Hira, Hiroto Kanai, Tadanobu Asano, Shinnosuke Abe, Tokuma Nishioka, Moeka Hoshi, Yuka Kouri, Yuki Kura and Fumi Nikaido. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alien: Romulus’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alien: Romulus, Benjamin Wallfisch, Fede Alvarez, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi horror movie Alien: Romulus. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, The Flash, Hidden Figures, The Invisible Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. A physical version featuring six bonus tracks will be released by Mutant and will be available to order on the same day. Alien: Romulus is directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu and Spike Fearn. The seventh installment in the Alien franchise follows a group of young space colonizers as they come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Doogan Scoring David Mackenzie’s ‘Relay’
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Mackenzie, Relay, Tony Doogan
Composer/record producer Tony Doogan is reuniting with director David Mackenzie on the upcoming thriller Relay. The film is directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Perfect Sense) and stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald. The movie follows a middleman who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin, when he meets a new client who seeks his protection to stay alive. Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere Vinyl Edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s ‘The Haunting’ Score Announced
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jan De Bont, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Haunting
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the score for the 1999 supernatural horror movie The Haunting directed by Jan de Bont and starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. The 2-LP deluxe edition features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Patton, Basic Instinct) and will be available on a pressed on a Black/Gold/Grey Marble vinyl in North America and n Translucent Green vinyl, with brand-new artwork. Both editions are packaged in a gatefold jacket, featuring brand-new cover illustrations from artist Sina Grace, liner notes and stills from the film. The soundtrack will be released on October 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Hannah Peel Scoring Christopher Andrews’ ‘Bring Them Down’
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bring Them Down, Christopher Andrews, Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Insomnia, The Midwich Cuckoos, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, The Deceived) has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Bring Them Down. The film is written and directed by Christopher Andrews and stars Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Colm Meaney, Paul Ready and Nora-Jane Noone. The movie follows the last son of a shepherding family who has isolated himself from the world, when he gets drawn into a devastating chain of events as a conflict with a rival farmer and his son escalates.
