SDR Inc. has released the theme song from the Netflix original anime series Sakamoto Days. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Run Sakamoto Run written and performed by Vaundy. Also listen to the full track and watch the title opening sequence after the jump. Sakamoto Days is based on the original manga by Yuto Suzuki, directed by Masaki Watanabe and stars (in its English language version) Matthew Mercer, Dallas Liu, Rosalie Chiang, Xolo Maridueña, Rosie Okumura, Aleks Le and Lexi Cabrera. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sakamoto Days’ Opening Theme Song Released
Posted: January 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Sakamoto Days, Vaundy
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Expanded ‘The Dark Crystal’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, score, Soundtrack, The Dark Crystal, Trevor Jones
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1982 fantasy adventure The Dark Crystal directed by Jim Henson & Frank Oz and starring Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Dennen and Percy Edwards. The 3-CD set features the expanded original score written for the film’s initial cut composed by Trevor Jones (The Last of the Mohicans, Cliffhanger, Labyrinth, Mississippi Burning, Merlin, Dark City, Excalibur) and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marcus Dods, including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5,000 copies, is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the album. A digital version will be available in the coming months (click here to stream/download) The Dark Crystal is now available on VOD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring NBC’s ‘The Hunting Party’
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, NBC, The Hunting Party
Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Station Eleven, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Superman & Lois, The Good Doctor) is scoring the new NBC drama The Hunting Party. The show is created by JJ Bailey and stars Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Josh McKenzie, Patrick Sabongui and Sara Garcia. The series revolves around a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake)’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Steckler, score, Sierra Falconer, Soundtrack, Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake)
Brian Steckler (The Rumba Kings, Deadly DILF) has released a soundtrack album for the drama Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake). The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Steckler’s first track (Running) below. Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake) is directed and produced by Sierra Falconer and stars Maren Heary, Jim Kaplan, Karsen Liotta, Tenley Kellogg, Dominic Bogart and Emily Hall. The movie centers on five people whose lives intertwine around Green Lake: a girl who learns to sail, two sisters who operate a bed-and-breakfast, a boy who fights for first chair and a fisherman who is after the catch of his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Cornel Wilczek Scoring Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple Cider Vinegar, Cornel Wilczek, Netflix
Cornel Wilczek (Talk to Me, Clickbait, These Final Hours, Nowhere Boys, Cut Snake, Glitch, The Mule) has composed the original music for the upcoming Australian Netflix limited series Apple Cider Vinegar. The show is created by Samantha Strauss (The End, Dance Academy) and stars Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Ashley Zukerman, Mark Coles Smith, Susie Porter, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Matt Nable, Phoenix Raei and Chai Hansen. The 6-part drama directed by Jeffrey Walker (Ali’s Wedding, The Portable Door) follows two young women as they advocate for wellness remedies to cure deadly illnesses, unraveling their lives as they unknowingly – and knowingly – mislead the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Confessions of a Police Captain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Confessions of a Police Captain, Damiano Damiani, Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, score, Soundtrack, Tre colonne in cronaca
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1971 Italian thriller Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica) co-written and directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Franco Nero, Martin Balsam and Marilù Tolo. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed by Riz Ortolani (Mondo Cane, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, The 7th Dawn, The Spy with the Cold Nose, The Glory Guys), including previously unreleased music. The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Kenny Beats Scoring Alex Russell’s ‘Lurker’
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Russell, Kenny Beats, Lurker
Record producer, DJ and songwriter Kenny Beats (aka Kenneth Blume) has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming thriller Lurker. The film is written and directed by Alex Russell and stars Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Havana Rose Liu, Zach Fox, Sunny Suljic and Daniel Zolghadri. The movie revolves around a retail employee who infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom and – as he gets closer to the budding music star – access and proximity become a matter of life and death. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kugel’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Assa Raviv, Izzy, Kugel, score, Soundtrack, Tom Armony
Kame’a has released a soundtrack album for the Israeli TV series Kugel. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Assa Raviv & Tom Meira Armony (The Motive, Sublet, Losing Alice, Beaches and Cream, Buried). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Mori) below. Kugel is written and directed by Yehonatan Indursky and stars Sasson Gabai, Hadas Yaron and Mili Avital. The spin-off to the hit drama Shtisel and follows the father/daughter duo Nuchem & Libi Shtisel as they navigate hijinks and heartbreak in Europe’s ultra-Orthodox community. Read the rest of this entry »
Elliott Wheeler Scoring The CW’s & Stan’s ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elliott Wheeler, Good Cop / Bad Cop, Stan, The CW
Elliott Wheeler (Elvis, The Get Down, Every Day, Restraint) is the composer of the upcoming CW dramedy Good Cop/Bad Cop. The show is created by John Quaintance (Hot Pursuit, Aquamarine) and stars Leighton Meester, Luke Cook, Clancy Brown, Devon Terrell, Scott Lee, Blazey Best and William McKenna. The series follows an odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force as they must contend with colorful residents and their very complicated dynamic with each other and their police chief who also happens to be their father. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All We Imagine as Light’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia, score, Soundtrack, Topshe
Topshe (aka Dhritiman Das) has released a soundtrack EP for the drama All We Imagine as Light. The 6-track EP features the composer/singer/songwriter’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Topshe’s first track (Anu’s Song 1) after the jump. All We Imagine as Light is written and directed by Payal Kapadia and stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Hridhu Haroon, Chhaya Kadam and Azees Nedumangad. The movie tells the story of two women in who work together in a hospital in Mumbai: a troubled nurse who receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband and her roommate who is seeking a place with her boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
