Suad Bushnaq (Crashing Eid, Salma’s Home, Basma, Montreal Girls, From the Ashes, Queen Tut) has released a soundtrack album for the Saudi drama Hobal. 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 Bushnaq’s main theme (Assaf’s Prayer) below. Hobal is directed by Abdulaziz Alshlahei and stars Ibrahim Al-Hasawi, Mishal Almutairi, Hamdy Alfridi, Hamad Farhan, Mila Al Zahrani and Amal Sami. The movie centers a Bedouin family whose members are forced to live in isolation in the desert due to fear of an infectious disease during the 1990s when Saudi was starting to open up to the outside world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hobal’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abdulaziz Alshlahei, Hobal, score, Soundtrack, Suad Bushnaq
‘Presence’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Presence, score, Soundtrack, Steven Soderbergh, Zack Ryan
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Presence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zack Ryan (Full Circle, I Smile Back, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Leavenworth, Malibu Rescue, A Christmas Prince, Just Add Magic). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Presence is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Julia Fox, Eddy Maday, Callina Liang and West Mulholland. The movie written by David Koepp revolves around a family who moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. Read the rest of this entry »
97th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
‘Flight Risk’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antonio Pinto, Flight Risk, Mel Gibson, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Flight Risk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Lord of War, Amy, Nine Days, Self/Less, Joe Bell, Shot Caller). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 24. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the composer’s first track (Alaska) below. Flight Risk is directed by Mel Gibson and stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace. The movie centers on a pilot transporting an Air Marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, trust is tested and tensions soar, as not everyone on board is who they seem. Read the rest of this entry »
Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington Scoring Max Walker-Silverman’s ‘Rebuilding’
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jake Xerxes Fussell, James Elkington, Max Walker-Silverman, Rebuilding
Singer, guitarist and folk artist Jake Xerxes Fussell and guitarist James Elkington have made their feature scoring debut on the upcoming drama Rebuilding. The film is written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman (A Love Song) and stars Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Kali Reis, Meghann Fahy and Amy Madigan. The movie revolves around a rancher who seeks a way forward after a wildfire takes his family farm. Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey (Nomadland, Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Paul Mezey (Beach Rats, After Yang) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Matt Wolf’s ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ to Feature Music by Jon Brion & Michael Penn
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jon Brion, Matt Wolf, Michael Penn, Pee-wee as Himself
Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Lady Bird, Paranormal) and Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Masters of Sex, Sunshine Cleaning, The Last Kiss) have contributed original music to the upcoming documentary Pee-wee as Himself. The 2-part film is directed by Matt Wolf (Spaceship Earth) and chronicles the life of artist and performer Paul Reubens and his alter ego Pee-wee Herman. The movie features interviews with Reubens recorded prior to his recent death, revealing his creative influences and the personal struggles he faced to persevere as an artist. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe & Peter Adams Scoring Babak Anvari’s ‘Hallow Road’
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babak Anvari, Hallow Road, Lorne Balfe, Peter Adams
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, His Dark Materials, Black Adam) has teamed up with Peter Adams (A Violent Man, Survive, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache) to score the upcoming British psychological thriller Hallow Road. The film is directed by Babak Anvari (Wounds, I Came By) and stars Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys and Megan McDonnell. The movie revolves around two parents who enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brave the Dark’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brave the Dark, Damian Harris, Jacob Yoffee, Roahn Hylton, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Brave the Dark. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Jacob Yoffee & Roahn Hylton (The Wonder Years, Bel-Air, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Vampire Academy, Sherwood, Free Meek) who recorded their orchestral score at the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage in Burbank (and the rhythm section at Mason Jar Studios in Brooklyn, NY & The Church Studio in Pittsburgh, PA). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the composers’ end titles track below. Brave the Dark is co-written and directed by Damian Harris and stars Jared Harris, Nicholas Hamilton (who also contributed the original song Never Alone), Jamie Harris, Will Edward Price, Sasha Bhasin and Kimberly S. Fairbanks. The movie is based on a true events in 1986, small town USA and tells the story of a homeless teen who is struggling to find his purpose and the courage to confront the darkness of his past. Read the rest of this entry »
David Fleming Scoring ‘Bucks County, USA’ Documentary Series
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barry Levinson, Bucks County USA, David Fleming, Robert May
David Fleming (The Last of Us, Jim Henson: Idea Man, Damsel, The Unforgivable, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, The Night Logan Woke Up, The Perfect Guy) is scoring the upcoming documentary series Bucks County, USA. The show is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning, Vietnam) & Robert May (Kids for Cash) and focuses on two 14-year-olds living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who are best friends despite their opposing political beliefs. The 5-parter follows the girls and others in their community as they fight to discover the humanity in “the other side” when nationwide disputes over public education explode into division in their hometown. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Starz’s & Channel 4’s ‘The Couple Next Door’ to Be Released
Posted: January 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Channel 4, Hannes De Maeyer, score, Soundtrack, Starz, The Couple Next Door
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Starz/Channel 4 original series The Couple Next Door. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Hannes De Maeyer (Gangsta, Rebel, Noise, Professor T, Torpedo, The Racer, Rafaël). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Couple Next Door is written by David Allison and stars Sam Heughan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch and Jessica De Gouw. The psychological thriller directed by Dries Vos follows a couple who move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety, but soon find friendship in the shape of the couple next door: an alpha traffic and his glamorous yoga instructor wife. Read the rest of this entry »
