Over the last couple of days, Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Lioness: Special Ops, The Space Between Us) has been recording his score for the upcoming Netflix original film Atlas. The movie is directed by Brad Peyton and stars Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Lana Parrilla and Abraham Popoola. The sci-fi thriller follows an AI analyst who gets stranded on a distant planet and must learn to fight inside a military-grade mech suit in order to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring Brad Peyton’s ‘Atlas’
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Atlas, Brad Peyton, Netflix
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‘Three Brothers’ (‘Tre Fratelli’) World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francesco Rosi, Piero Piccioni, score, Soundtrack, The Scientific Cardplayer, Tre Fratelli
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1981 Italian drama Three Brothers (Tre Fratelli) co-written and directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Andrea Ferréol. The album features the complete original score from the movie, which was Academy Award-nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 1982, composed by Piero Piccioni (Contempt, The 10th Victim, The Deserter, More Than a Miracle, Camille 2000, The Light at the Edge of the World). Visit the label’s official website to order the limited edition CD, to check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Of Money and Blood’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Canal+, D'Argent et de Sang, Of Money and Blood, Rone, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Giannoli
InFiné will release the official soundtrack album for the French limited series Of Money and Blood (D’Argent et de Sang). The album features the show’s original music composed by Rone (Night Ride, Paris, 13th District). The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl on January 12, 2024. Three first tracks are already available now as a digital single on all major digital music services (click here to stream/download) and can also be checked out below. Of Money and Blood is directed by Xavier Giannoli and stars Vincent Lindon, Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Judith Chemla, Olga Kurylenko, David Ayala and Yvan Attal. Read the rest of this entry »
Morricone Segreto Songbook (1962-1973) Album Announced
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone
CAM Sugar will release Morricone Segreto Songbook (1962-1973), a new collection of little-known gems composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight). Among the titles included are tracks from the composer’s scores for 1962’s Crazy Desire, 1963’s Gunfight in the Red Sands, 1966’s The Hawks and the Sparrows & Wake Up and Die, 1967’s Operation Kid Brother, 1968’s Partner & Teorema, 1969’s The Year of the Cannibals & Love Circle and 1973’s Revolver. The album will be released digitally and physically on November 10, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital, CD and double vinyl editions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take a Chance on Me’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Ferran, Jean-Pierre Améris, Marie-Line et son juge, score, Soundtrack, Take a Chance on Me
Guiguiboi & Grand Musique Management have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Take a Chance on Me (Marie-Line et son juge). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Ferran. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Take a Chance on Me is directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and stars Louane Emera and Michel Blanc. The movie revolves around a troubled young woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with the judge assigned to her case and helps her to get back on track. Read the rest of this entry »
Labrinth & Alex Baranowski Scoring Kibwe Tavares’ & Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘The Kitchen’
Posted: October 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Baranowski, Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares, Labrinth, The Kitchen
Labrinth (Euphoria, Malcolm & Marie) has collaborated with Alex Baranowski (True Things, The Windmere Children, Rain Dogs) on the score for the upcoming British Netflix original film The Kitchen. The movie is directed by Kibwe Tavares (Noughts + Crosses) & actor Daniel Kaluuya (in his feature directorial debut) and stars Kane Robinson, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Jedaiah Bannerman, Teija Kabs and Demmy Ladipo. The dystopian drama is set in London, 2044, in a future where all forms of social housing have been eradicated and the city’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation and follows a resident who is desperately trying to find a way out and 12-year-old boy who has lost his mother and is searching for a family. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 15, 2023)
Posted: October 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bodies, Christopher Bear, Gavin Friday, If You Were the Last, Jon Opstad, Maurice Seezer, Max, Neon, Netflix, Nicolas Snyder, Peacock, Peter and the Wolf, Scavengers Reign
Premiering on Thursday, October 19, is the animated special Peter and the Wolf directed by Elliot Dear and Stephen McNally. The Blink Industries’ music is arranged by Maurice Seezer & Gavin Friday (based on Sergei Prokofiev’s symphony) and performed by The Friday-Seezer Ensemble. BMG will release a soundtrack album featuring the animated short’s music this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the special, which will make its U.S. debut on Max.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Max original animated series Scavengers Reign created by Joseph Bennett & Charles Huettner and starring Wunmi Mosaku, Bob Stephenson, Ted Travelstead, Sunita Mani and Alia Shawkat. Nicolas Snyder has composed the show’s original music. The animated sci-fi adventure, which follows the remaining crew of a damaged interstellar freighter ship who find themselves stranded on an alien planet, will be available to stream on Max. Read the rest of this entry »
Jon Opstad Scoring Netflix’s ‘Bodies’
Posted: October 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bodies, Jon Opstad, Netflix
Jon Opstad (Black Mirror: White Bear & White Christmas, The Woman in White, We Hunt Together, Safe House, The Feed) is the composer of the new British Netflix limited series Bodies. The show is created by Paul Tomalin and stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amaka Okafor, Stephen Graham, Kyle Soller, Tom Mothersdale and Greta Scacchi. The 8-part crime drama is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Si Spencer and follows four detectives in four different time periods (1890, 1941, 2023 & 2053) who find themselves investigating the same murder in London’s East End’s Longharvest Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The American Buffalo’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ken Burns, PBS, Soundtrack, The American Buffalo
Makoché Records will release a soundtrack album for Ken Burns’ new documentary The American Buffalo. The album features selections of the music used in the film by artists such as Joseph Fire Crow, Bobby Horton, Lakota Thunder, Keith Bear, Randy Granger, Will Duncan, Skip Gorman and Robbie Robertson. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Monday, October 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is available to order on PBS’ webshop. The American Buffalo is executive produced and directed by Burns and and takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history, tracing the animal’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, relationship to the Indigenous People of North America and near demise. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 13, 2023)
Posted: October 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexander Arntzen, Alexei Aigui, Anatomy of a Fall, Carlos José Alvarez, Christopher Willis, Danny Bensi, Dean Hurley, Divinity, DJ Muggs, Herd, Old Dads, Saunder Jurriaans, Silver Dollar Road, The Mission, The Road Dance
Opening in select U.S. theaters today is the French drama Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une chute) co-written and directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado Graner. The film doesn’t feature an original score and no soundtrack release is expected. The movie, which tells the story of an author who trying to prove her innocence in her husband’s death, premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Palme d’Or, and is being released by Neon.
Opening in New York today before expanding to more markets in the coming weeeks is the sci-fi thriller Divinity written and directed by Eddie Alcazar and stars Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Bella Thorne, Jason Genao, Scott Bakula and Karrueche Tran. The film’s original music is composed by DJ Muggs (of Cypress Hill) & Dean Hurley (Looks That Kill). Sacred Bones Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Utopia release. Read the rest of this entry »
