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 »
‘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
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Bear McCreary Scoring Christopher Landon’s ‘Drop’
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Christopher Landon, Drop
Composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, God of War) is reteaming with director Christopher Landon on the upcoming thriller Drop. The film starring Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Travis Nelson & Ed Weeks, follows a widowed mother who goes on her first date in years and is relieved that her date is more charming and handsome than she expected, but their chemistry begins to curdle as she begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moominvalley’ Score Album Released
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jarmo Saari, Moominvalley, Pekka Kuusisto, Samuli Kosminen, score, Soundtrack
Gutsy has released a new soundtrack album for the animated series Moominvalley. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Samuli Kosminen, Pekka Kuusisto & Jarmo Saari. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Moomintroll) below. Columbia Records has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2019 and Gutsy has released an album featuring the songs from Season 2 the following year. Moominvalley is created by Marika Makaroff & Steve Box based on the classic Moomin books by Tove Jansson and features the voices of Taron Egerton, Jack Rowan, Rosamund Pike, Bel Powley, Matt Berry, Richard Ayoade, Warwick Davis, Akiya Henry and Kate Winslet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Better Place’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Better Place, Isola Music, Jasmin Reuter, score, Soundtrack
Edition Komplizen has released a soundtrack album for the German TV series A Better Place. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Jasmin Reuter (24 Weeks, The Heartbreak Agency, Kiss Me Kosher) and Isola Music (Martin Glos & Smörre Ziegler). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ opening titles track below. A Better Place is created by Alexander Lindh & Laurent Mercier and stars Maria Hofstätter, Steven Sowah, Katharina Schüttler, Sandra Borgmann, Johannes Kienast, Richard Sammel, Alev Irmak, Ulrich Brandhoff, Youness Abbaz, Aysima Ergün and Cynthia Micas. The drama set in a fictional city, where a a scientist and liberal Mayor and introduce a revolutionary rehabilitation program that aims at closing down the city’s correctional facility and reintegrating its prisoners into society. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Tony Benna’s ‘André is an Idiot’
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: André Is an Idiot, Dan Deacon, Tony Benna
Dan Deacon (Venom: The Last Dance, Hustle, The Changeling, Ascension, Rez Ball, Twixt, Strawberry Mansion, All Light, Everywhere,Wedding Season) has provided the original score for the upcoming documentary André is an Idiot. The film is directed by Tony Benna and centers on a brilliant idiot who is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy and chronicles his unexpected journey as he is learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor. Read the rest of this entry »
Trailer and Main Theme from Akaki Popkhadze’s ‘In the Name of Blood’ Released
Posted: January 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Akaki Popkhadze, Brûle le Sang, Guillaume Ferran, In the Name of Blood
Music Box Publishing has released a digital single featuring the trailer and main title theme from the French/Belgian/Georgian crime thriller In the Name of Blood (Brûle le Sang). The tracks written by the film’s composer Guillaume Ferran (Take a Chance on Me, Escort Boys, The Scammers, Marie-Line et son juge, Jusant) are now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both versions after the jump. In the Name of Blood is co-written and directed by Akaki Popkhadze and stars Nicolas Duvauchelle, Florent Hill and Denis Lavant. The movie revolves around two brothers who plunge into the criminal underworld of Nice, where revenge and faith ignite a deadly showdown. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Prosecutor’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Choi Chul-ho., Donnie Yen, score, Soundtrack, The Prosecutor
Mandarin Motion Pictures Production has released a soundtrack album for the Hong Kong action drama The Prosecutor. The album features the film’s original music written by Choi Chul-ho and other composers. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check audio samples. Also listen to the first track below. The Prosecutor is directed by Donnie Yen and stars Yen himself, Julian Cheung, Francis Ng, Kent Cheng, Adam Pak, Kang Yu and Locker Lam. The movie is inspired by an actual legal case in Hong Kong involving a man who falsely pleads guilty to drug trafficking after being framed and follows a veteran policeman-turned-prosecutor handling the case who is convinced of the man’s innocence and pursues his own investigation. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 12, 2025)
Posted: January 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Back in Action, Christopher Lennertz, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Hannes De Maeyer, Henry Danger: The Movie, Hulu, Jacob Yoffee, Mokadelic, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, Paul Edward-Francis, Peacock, Public Disorder, Roahn Hylton, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Starz, The Couple Next Door
Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, January 15, is the Spanish limited series Cristóbal Balenciaga created by Lourdes Iglesias, Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenag and starring Alberto San Juan, Belén Cuesta, Josean Bengoetxea, Cecilia Solaguren, Adam Quintero, Gemma Whelan, Gabrielle Lazure, Thomas Coumans, Anouk Grinberg, Patrice Thibaud, Nine d’Urso and Anna-Victoire Olivier. The show’s original music is composed by Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Volver, The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner, The Skin I Live In, The Room Next Door). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last January when the series premiered overseas on Disney+. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-part drama, which will make its U.S. debut on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Italian Netflix original series Public Disorder (ACAB) created by Filippo Gravino based on Carlo Bonini’s novel ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards and starring Marco Giallini, Adriano Giannini, Valentina Bellè, Pierluigi Gigante, Fabrizio Nardi, Donatella Finocchiaro, Chiara Muscato, Daniele Natali, Federico Mainardi and Flavia Leone. Mokadelic (Citadel: Diana, Gomorrah, Django, Romulus, The Immortal) have composed the show’s original music. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer collective’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album and for more information about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Planet B’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aude Léa Rapi, Bertrand Bonello, Planet B, Planète B, score, Soundtrack
Love Theme Music has released a soundtrack album for the French sci-fi thriller Planet B (Planète B). The album features the film’s original music composed by Bertrand Bonello (Saint Laurent, The Beast, Nocturama, Zombi Child, On War). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Bonello’s first two tracks below. Planet B is written and directed by Aude Léa Rapi and stars Adèle Exarchopoulos, Souheila Yacoub, India Hair, Eliane Umuhire and Paul Beaurepaire. The movie is set in a futuristic Paris in 2039 and follows a group of environmental activists who disappear after being attacked during a protest and one of them wakes up in an entirely unfamiliar place called Planet B. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 10, 2025)
Posted: January 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andreas Dominguez, Andrew Wyatt, Birdeater, Caitlin Yeo, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Diane Warren: Relentless, Every Little Thing, Gary Yershon, Hard Truths, Kevin Matley, Lesley Barber, Nicolas Errèra, Survive, The Last Showgirl
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Den of Thieves 2: Pantera written and directed by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Swen Temmel, Meadow Williams and Salvatore Esposito. The film’s original music is composed by Kevin Matley (The Family Plan, Concrete Cowboy, Arthur the King, Path of the Panther, Daniel). Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Opening semi-wide in around 800 theaters following an awards-qualifying release in December is the drama The Last Showgirl directed by Gia Coppola and starring Pamela Anderson, Billie Lourd, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Dave Bautista and Jamie Lee Curtis. Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song written (with Wyatt & Lykke Li) and performed by Miley Cryus last month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Roadside Attractions release. Read the rest of this entry »
