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 »
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
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‘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 »
‘Sebastian’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilari Heinilä, Mikko Mäkelä, score, Sebastian, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the British/Finnish/Belgian drama Sebastian. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilari Heinilä (Bull by the Horns). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Sebastian is written and directed by Mikko Mäkelä and stars Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi and Leanne Best. The movie revolves around a young writer living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine who begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominik Scherrer Scoring BBC’s ‘Miss Austen’
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Dominik Scherrer, Miss Austen, PBS
Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Tourist, The Widow, Baptiste, Primeval, The Serpent, Ripper Street, The Confessions of Frannie Langton) has provided the original score for the new BBC drama Miss Austen. The show is written by Andrea Gibb (Dear Frankie, Swallows and Amazons) based on Gill Hornby’s bestselling novel and stars Keeley Hawes, Rose Leslie, Synnøve Karlsen, Patsy Ferran, Phyllis Logan, Alfred Enoch, Max Irons, Jessica Hynes, Mirren Mack, Calam Lynch, Kevin McNally and Liv Hill. The 4-part period drama directed by Aisling Walsh (Maudie) reimagines the historic literary mystery of the notorious burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister Cassandra. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stealing Angel’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La pie voleuse, Robert Guédiguian, score, Soundtrack, Stealing Angel
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Stealing Angel (La pie voleuse). The album features the film’s original music composed by Michel Petrossian (The Marching Band, And the Party Goes On). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. Stealing Angel is co-written and directed by Robert Guediguian and stars Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan. The movie follows a woman who wants her grandson to become a great pianist and – in order to pay for a piano – starts stealing from the people she takes care of, until the day charges are pressed against her. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 26, 2025)
Posted: January 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, CBS, Disney Plus, Hulu, Leo Birenberg, Michael Andrews, Paradise, Paul Leonard Morgan, Siddhartha Khosla, Watson, You're Cordially Invited, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Zach Robinson
Premiering tonight is the new CBS drama Watson developed by Craig Sweeny and starring Morris Chestnut, Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Inga Schlingmann, Ritchie Coster and Rochelle Aytes. The show’s original music is composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Dynasty, Boston Strangler, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood). The series, which takes place six months after the death of the title character’s friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty and follows Dr. John Watson as he resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders, will air Sunday nights on CBS and will also be available to stream on Paramount+.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 28, is the Hulu original series Paradise created by Dan Fogelman and starring Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Aliyah Mastin, Sarah Shahi, Percy Daggs IV and Nicole Brydon Bloom. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, The Idea of You, Rabbit Hole, Welcome to Chippendales, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on Friday. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Between Borders’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Between Borders, Hanan Townshend, Mark Freiburger, score, Soundtrack
Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Went Up the Hill, Blue Miracle, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Outcry) has released a soundtrack album for the drama Between Borders. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Between Borders is co-written and directed by Mark Freiburger and stars Elizabeth Tabish, Patrick Sabongui and Elizabeth Mitchell. The movie follows the Petrosyan family who finds themselves as outcasts in their home country of Azerbaijan and then in Russia and – after finding their eternal hope through a church planted by American missionaries – are pushed to seek refuge in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Davis Scoring Bill Condon’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’
Posted: January 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Condon, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sam Davis
Composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Sam Davis has written the underscore for the new film adaptation of the stage musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. The movie is written and directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters) and stars Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Josefina Scaglione, Bruno Bichir and Aline Mayagoitia. The film based on the 1992 stage musical of the same title written by Terrence McNally and featuring music by John Kander & lyrics by Fred Ebb (which is based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig) tells the story of a political prisoner and his cellmate, a window dresser convicted of public indecency, who form an unlikely bond as the latter recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 24, 2025)
Posted: January 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andy Fosberry, Antonio Pinto, Aurélie Saada, Brave the Dark, Flight Risk, Inheritance, Into the Deep, Jacob Yoffee, Kensuke Ushio, Paul Leonard Morgan, Presence, Roahn Hylton, Rose, Sunray: Fallen Soldier, The Colors Within, Tristan Clarke, Zack Ryan
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Flight Risk directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace, Monib Abhat and Leah Remini. The film’s original music is composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Nine Days, Lord of War, McFarland, USA, Amy, Self/Less, Shot CallerJoe Bell). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening nationwide is the supernatural thriller Presence directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by David Koepp and starring Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, West Mulholland, Eddy Maday and Callina Liang. Zack Ryan (Full Circle, I Smile Back, Leavenworth, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Malibu Rescue, A Christmas Prince) has composed the film’s original music . Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »
