Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story, The Old Man & the Gun, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) has composed the original music for the upcoming thriller The Dutchman. The film is directed by Andre Gaines (The One and Only Dick Gregory, After Jackie) and stars André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, Aldis Hodge, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Lauren E. Banks. The movie based on the 1964 play of the same title by Amiri Baraka is set on a New York subway and centers on an encounter between a a successful, but troubled black businessman and a seductive white woman who match wits in a sexualized game of cat and mouse that leads to a violent conclusion. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Hart Scoring Andre Gaines’ ‘The Dutchman’
Posted: January 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andre Gaines, Daniel Hart, The Dutchman
‘Grace Point’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grace Point, Rory Karpf, score, Soundtrack, Theron Kay
Ryokiki Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Grace Point. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theron Kay. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Grace Point is co-written and directed by Rory Karpf and stars Edward Barbanell, Sean Carrigan, John Owen Lowe, Harlan Drum, Andrew McCarthy, Din Thomas, Colin Norris, Aljamain Sterling, James Storm and Chris Weidman. The movie centers on a young man on his way to a remote drug rehab who finds himself in a strange town being chased by the locals, as well as his own personal demons. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Tranter to Write Original Songs for Disney+’s ‘Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie’
Posted: January 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Disney Plus, Jessica Yu, Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie, Justin Tranter
Disney Branded Television announced today that Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Justin Tranter is writing original songs for the upcoming Disney+ holiday comedy Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie (working title). He also serves as the executive music producer of the film directed by Jessica Yu (Quiz Lady, Misconception) and written by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger (This Is Us, Love, Simon). The movie follows Kevin, Joe & Nick Jonas facing a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+’s ‘The Crow Girl’ to Be Released
Posted: January 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Price, Lorne Balfe, Paramount+, score, Slash, Soundtrack, The Crow Girl
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ UK original series The Crow Girl. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adam Price (Apartment 7A, Curfew). Lorne Balfe serves as the score producer and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (who is also an executive producer of the series) is the featured soloist on several tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Price’s title track below. The Crow Girl is developed by Milly Thomas based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Erik Axl Sund and stars Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly, Dougray Scott and Elliot Edusah. The crime thriller follows a DCI investigating the murder of a teenage boy who joins forces with the prime suspect’s psychotherapist, despite opposition from her superiors. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All for One’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All for One, Amine Bouhafa, Ben Violet, Emilie Gassin, Houda Benyamina, score, Soundtrack, Toutes pour une
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French adventure comedy drama All for One (Toutes pour une). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Beauty and the Dogs, Ad Vitam, Four Daughters,The Man Who Sold His Skin, Gagarine), Emilie Gassin (Tomorrow Is Ours) & Ben Violet (Mad Mom). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. All for One is co-written and directed by Houda Benyamina and stars Oulaya Amamra, Sabrina Ouzani, Daphne Patakia and Déborah Lukumuena. The movie loosely based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers is set in 1625 France and follows four women who are tasked with protecting the Queen of France. Read the rest of this entry »
Gracie Lawrence’s ‘Never Enough’ Cover from ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Season 3 Released
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gracie Lawrence, Max, The Sex Lives of College Girls
WaterTower Music has released the cover version of the song Never Enough from the Season 3 finale of the Max original series The Sex Lives of College Girls. The track (originally written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul for the 2017 movie musical The Greatest Showman) performed by Gracie Lawrence (from the band Lawrence) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The Sex Lives of College Girls is created by Mindy Kaling & Justin Noble and stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Christopher Meyer, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Renika Williams, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Lawrence herself and Mia Rodgers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Cry, Butterfly’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diego Ayala Raffalli, Don't Cry Butterfly, Dương Diệu Linh, score, Soundtrack
Momo Film Co. has released a soundtrack album for the Vietnamese fantasy comedy Don’t Cry, Butterfly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Diego Ayala Raffalli. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen the composer’s first track (Greetings, Master) below. Don’t Cry, Butterfly is written and directed by Dương Diệu Linh and stars Lê Tú Oanh, Nguyễn Nam Linh, Lê Vũ Long and Bùi Thạc Phong. The movie tells the story of a homemaker and breadwinner who learns through live TV that her husband is having an affair and tries to turn her situation around by inviting a mysterious presence into her home. Read the rest of this entry »
Lia Ouyang Rusli Scoring Eva Victor’s ‘Sorry, Baby’
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eva Victor, Lia Ouyang Rusli, Love Me
Lia Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Problemista, Test Pattern, Fantasmas, Bruiser, Photographer) has recently scored the upcoming drama Sorry, Baby. The film is written and directed by Eva Victor and stars Victor herself, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, Louis Cancelmi, John Carroll Lynch and Kelly McCormack. The movie follows a graduate student-turned-professor dealing with trauma of a sexual assault. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grafted’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grafted, Lachlan Anderson, Sasha Rainbow, score, Shudder, Soundtrack
Lachlan Anderson (Tabula Rasa, 6 Days, Mister Organ, The Boat, The Dead Lands) will release a soundtrack album for the body horror feature Grafted. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally this Friday, January 31 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Grafted is co-written and directed by Sasha Rainbow and stars Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Jared Turner, Mark Mitchinson and Eden Hart. The movie follows a Chinese university student who arrives in New Zealand through an exchange program to finish the work started by her biologist father and discovers that she needs human bodies to conduct bloody experiments. Read the rest of this entry »
Ariel Marx Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Happy Face’
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ariel Marx, Happy Face, Paramount+
Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Candy, Sanctuary, A Small Light, A Friend of the Family, A Friend of the Family, The Tale) has been tapped to score the upcoming Paramount+ original series Happy Face. The show is inspired by the Happy Face true-crime podcast and stars Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, James Wolk, Khiyla Aynne, Tamera Tomakili and Benjamin Mackey. The 8-part crime drama is based on the the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore and her incarcerated father, known as the Happy Face Killer who – after decades of no contact – finally finds a way to force himself back into the life of her daughter who must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. Read the rest of this entry »