Songwriter/record producer Damon Elliott has released two original songs from the animated feature Glisten and the Merry Mission. Available to stream/download now on most major digital music services are Merry Mission written and produced Elliott and performed by Dionne Warwick, as well as We Go to Work written and produced by Elliott and performed by the movie’s voice cast. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. Glisten and the Merry Mission is directed by Cory Morrison and features the voices of Freddie Prinze Jr., Chevy Chase, Billy Ray Cyrus and Michael Rapaport. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Songs ‘Merry Mission’ & ‘We Go to Work’ from ‘Glisten and the Merry Mission’ Released
Posted: February 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cory Morrison, Damon Elliott, Dionne Warwick, Glisten and the Merry Mission
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‘Pol Pot Dancing’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christoph M. Kaiser, Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Julian Maas, Pol Pot Dancing, score, Soundtrack
Oblique Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Pol Pot Dancing. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas (The People vs. Fritz Bauer, The Silent Revolution, Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything, Two Lives, 3 Days in Quiberon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. Pol Pot Dancing is directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch and interweaves the stories of classical Cambodian dance and the violent Khmer Rouge regime through the lineage and multigenerational legacy of star dancer Chea Samy. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Wins Grammy Award for ‘Dune: Part Two’ Score
Posted: February 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Symphony, Dan Wilson, Dune: Part Two, Grammy Awards, Hans Zimmer, Jon Batiste, Maestro
Hans Zimmer has won his fifth Grammy Award for his score from Dune Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 67th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. He was previously honored with a Grammy in the same category for his music for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson received the award for the original song It Never Went Away from the documentary American Symphony in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Super Charlie’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Holmberg, Jonas Wikstrand, score, Soundtrack, Super Charlie
GL Music Entertainment & Warner Music Denmark has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Super Charlie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonas Wikstrand (The Evil Next Door, Whiskey on the Rocks, Take the Night, Håkan Bråkan). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. Super Charlie written and directed by Jon Holmberg is based on the book series by author Camilla Läckberg and tells the story of a boy dreaming of becoming a superhero and fighting crime alongside his policeman father whose aspirations are shattered by the arrival of a baby brother, until they must team up to defeat a supervillain and a deranged scientist. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 2, 2025)
Posted: February 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple Cider Vinegar, Cassandra, Clean Slate, Common Side Effects, Cornel Wilczek, Kinda Pregnant, Mathieu Lamboley, Max, Netflix, Nicolas Snyder, Pierre Charles, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Premiering tonight is the Adult Swim original series Common Side Effects created by Joe Bennett & Steve Hely and starring Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Joseph Lee Anderson and Martha Kelly. The show’s original music is composed by Nicolas Snyder (Scavengers Reign). The animated comedic thriller, which follows two former high school lab partners who share a secret after one of them discovers the world’s greatest medicine: a mushroom that can heal almost anything, will air every Sunday night on Adult Swim and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 5, is the Netflix original film Kinda Pregnant directed by Tyler Spindel and starring Amy Schumer (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Jillian Bell, Will Forte, Brianne Howey, Damon Wayans Jr., Urzila Carlson, Lizze Broadway, Chris Geere, Alex Moffa and Joel David Moore. Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Over the Hedge, The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, The Perfect Couple, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Boat in the Garden’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Boat in the Garden, Jean-François Laguionie, Pascal Le Pennec, score, Slocum et moi, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature A Boat in the Garden (Slocum et moi). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Le Pennec (The Painting, The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess, Peekaboo, Louise by the Shore) and performed by the Orchestre National de Bretagne. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s end titles track after the jump. A Boat in the Garden directed by Jean-François Laguionie is set in the 1950s and tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who is intrigued to discover that his parents are building a boat in their little garden, a replica of the famous sailor Joshua Slocum’s sailboat. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 31, 2025)
Posted: January 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Backus, Companion, Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, David Longstreth, Dog Man, Gordy Haab, Hrishikesh Hirway, Love Me, Tom Howe, Valiant One
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Dog Man written and directed by Peter Hastings and starring Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Poppy Liu, Isla Fisher, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Root and Billy Boyd. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Knuckles, Early Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Book Club: The New Chapter). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song by Yung Gravy feat. James Brown today. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi/horror movie Companion written and directed by Drew Hancock and starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén, Megan Suri and Rupert Friend. Hrishikesh Hirway (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date) has composed the film’s original music, including a main theme performed by Thatcher. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Clinton Shorter to Score USA’s ‘The Rainmaker’ TV Series
Posted: January 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clinton Shorter, The Rainmaker, USA
Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, Pompeii, Contraband, Copshop, Boss Level, Colony) has been hired to score the upcoming USA original series The Rainmaker. The show is developed by Michael Seitzman (Incarnate, Intelligence) based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham (which has previously been adapted into a feature directed by Francis Ford Coppola and scored by Elmer Bernstein) and stars Milo Callaghan, John Slattery, Madison Iseman, Lana Parrilla, Wade Briggs, P.J. Byrne, Dan Fogler and Robyn Cara. The legal drama follows an attorney fresh out of law school as he goes head-to-head with a courtroom lion and his law school girlfriend to uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son. Read the rest of this entry »
‘King of the Apocalypse’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Parsons, Dan Vernon, King of the Apocalypse, MSNBC, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary King of the Apocalypse. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Parsons (Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm, Curse of the Chippendales, Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track ( The Right Place for Armageddon) below. King of the Apocalypse is directed by Dan Vernon, produced by Ted Bourne and traces the origins of Stewart Rhodes – whose sentence for sedition was commuted earlier this month – and his evolution from little-known libertarian blogger to leader of the militant group the Oath Keeper. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Thundermans: Undercover’ Theme Song Released
Posted: January 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Elizabeth Ashley Gerrard, Matthew Gerrard, Nickelodeon, The Thundermans, The Thundermans: Undercover
Republic Records Kids & Family has released the theme song from the new Nickelodeon original series The Thundermans: Undercover. The track written by Matthew Gerrard & Elizabeth Ashley Gerrard is now available to stream/download now on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. The Thundermans: Undercover is developed by Jed Spingarn, Sean W. Cunningham & Marc Dworkin and stars Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo, Maya Le Clark, Kinley Cunningham, Nathan Broxton, Daran Norris, as well as Dana Snyder as the voice of Dr. Colosso. Read the rest of this entry »
