Composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Philomena, Godzilla) is reteaming with director Guillermo del Toro on the upcoming Netflix original film Frankenstein. The movie is written and directed by del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) and stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Lars Mikkelsen, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Charles Dance and Christoph Waltz. The gothic horror film is based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in an experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
Posted: January 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein, Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix
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‘Bridget Jones’s Diary: The Mixtape’ Album Announced
Posted: January 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones's Baby, Bridget Jones's Diary, Soundtrack
Universal Music has announced Bridget Jones’s Diary: The Mixtape, a new compilation featuring a selection of songs from across the Bridget Jones film franchise. Among the artists featured on the album are Aretha Franklin, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Geri Halliwell, Barry White, Ellie Goulding, Al Green, Dinah Washington, Chaka Khan, Jamie O’Neal & others. Also included is the original song It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be co-written (with Bastian Langebæk & Max Wolfgang) and performed by Olivia Dean from the latest installment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (listen to a preview of the track after the jump). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 14 and will also be available as a limited edition 2LP color gatefold and on CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’
Posted: January 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruno Stagnaro, El Eternauta, Federico Jusid, Netflix, The Eternaut
Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, A Gentleman in Moscow, The English, Watership Down, The Head, Misconduct, Life Itself) is the composer of the upcoming Argentinian Netflix original series The Eternaut (El Eternauta). The show is created and directed by Bruno Stagnaro and stars Ricardo Darín, Carla Peterson, César Troncoso, Ariel Staltari, Andrea Pietra, Marcelo Subiotto, Orianna Cárdenas, Claudio Martínez Bel and Mora Fisz. The drama based on the graphic novel of the same title by Héctor G. Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López takes place after a deadly snowfall kills millions and follows a band of survivors who fight against an alien threat controlled by an invisible force. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dog Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dog Man, Dreamworks Animation, Peter Hastings, score, Soundtrack, Tom Howe
The full details of the soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s feature Dog Man have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Knuckles, Early Man, Shrinking, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six, Book Club: The New Chapter). Also included is the song SUPA GOOD!!! performed by Yung Gravy feat. James Brown (already out now as a digital single). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 31 by Back Lot Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from Howe’s score below. Dog Man is directed by Peter Hastings and stars Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Isla Fisher, Ricky Gervais and Billy Boyd. The animated action comedy is based on the bestselling literary phenomenon of the same title by Dav Pilkey and follows a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner who – after getting injured together on the job – are fused together by a life-saving surgery. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Never Alone’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ei koskaan yksi, Klaus Härö, Matti Bye, Never Alone, score, Soundtrack
OONA has released a soundtrack album for the Finnish historical drama Never Alone (Ei koskaan yksin). The album features the film’s original music composed by Matti Bye (Young Royals, The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, Tove, Young Wallander, A Serious Game, Everlasting Moments). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles track below. Never Alone is co-written and directed by Klaus Härö and stars Ville Virtanen, Nina Hukkinen, Rony Herman, Kari Hietalahti, Naemi Latzer, Peter Kanerva, Carl-Kristian Rundman, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Tomi Salmela, Satu-Tuuli Karhu and Rain & Ruben Tolk. The movie tells the true story of a group of Jewish refugees seeking safety in Finland during World War II and Finnish-Jewish businessman Abraham Stiller who risked everything to protect the refugee community. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Ferrell’s & Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Islands in the Stream’ Cover from ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Released
Posted: January 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Nicholas Stoller, Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, You're Cordially Invited
Republic Records has released the cover versions of Kenny Rogers’ & Dolly Parton’s song Islands in the Stream (written by the Bee Gees) from the Prime Video original movie You’re Cordially Invited. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a digital single featuring the “end credits” version performed by lead actors Will Ferrell & Reese Witherspoon and the “wedding” version performed by Ferrell & Geraldine Viswanathan. Also listen to both tracks (produced by the film’s composer Michael Andrews) after the jump. You’re Cordially Invited is written and directed by Nicholas Stoller and also stars Meredith Hagner, Jimmy Tatro, Jack McBrayer, Celia Weston, Leanne Morgan, Rory Scovel, Stony Blyden, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Ramona Young. Read the rest of this entry »
Takeshi Furukawa Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Side Quest’
Posted: January 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Mythic Quest, Side Quest, Takeshi Furukawa
Takeshi Furukawa (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Planet of Lana, The Last Guardian) is scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original anthology series Side Quest. The show is a spinoff to the streamer’s Mythic Quest (which is making its fourth season premiere today) and stars Rob McElhenney, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant, Bria Henderson, Ramon Reed, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson and William Stanford Davis. The 4-part comedy explores the lives of employees, players and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Devil and the Daylong Brothers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon McCormick, Nicholas Kirk, score, Soundtrack, The Brothers Bright, The Devil and the Daylong Brothers
Whitestone Nocturne has released a soundtrack album for the southern gothic thriller The Devil and the Daylong Brothers. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nicholas Kirk (who also produced the project). Also included are the songs from the movie written by Kirk and performed by The Brothers Bright. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first song and score track below. The Devil and the Daylong Brothers is co-written and directed by Brandon McCormick and stars Brendan Bradley, Nican Robinson, Jordon Bolden, Rainey Qualley and Keith Carradine. The movie follows three brothers on a blood-soaked quest for revenge against their father who sold their souls to the Devil before they were born. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Paradise’ to Be Released
Posted: January 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Fogelman, Hulu, Paradise, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Paradise. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Welcome to Chippendales, The Idea of You, Rabbit Hole, Looking for Alaska, No Good Deed, Your Place or Mine) Also included is an instrumental interpretation of Phil Collins’ Another Day in Paradise and Wendy Wang’s cover of Poison’s Every Rose Has Its Thorn. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 31 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Khosla’s first track (Welcome to Paradise) below. Paradise is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Percy Daggs IV, Aliyah Mastin and Nicole Brydon Bloom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert’ Concert Film Announced
Posted: January 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer, Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert, Paul Dugdale
Trafalgar Releasing has announced the concert film Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert, a global event that captures a live performance of some of Zimmer’s most revered compositions, including music from Dune, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King & other titles. The movie is directed by Paul Dugdale and features footage from recent concerts by Zimmer, his band and a world-class orchestra at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena, the Al Wasl Plaza dome at Expo City Dubai and beyond. The film also features conversations with some of his collaborators, including Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Jerry Bruckheimer (who also serves as an executive producer), Johnny Marr, Pharrell Williams, Tanya Lapointe, as well as Billie Eilish, Finneas, Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. Read the rest of this entry »
