Lee Mendelson Film Productions will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1974 animated television special It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! created by Charles M. Schulz and directed by Phil Roman. The album features the premiere release of complete score from the twelfth Peanuts special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Boy Named Charlie Brown). Also included as a bonus track is Woodstock’s Medley performed byDavid Benoit (piano) with original Guaraldi sidemen Seward McCain (bass) and Mike Clark (drums), recorded fifty years later at the same Hyde Street studio where the soundtrack was recorded in San Francisco. The Peanuts 75th Anniversary Edition album will be released digitally and physically on March 21. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and vinyl edition. Read the rest of this entry »
‘It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: It's the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown, score, Soundtrack, Vince Guaraldi
‘American Primeval’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: American Primeval, Explosions in the Sky, Netflix, Peter Berg, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original limited American Primeval. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights, Prince Avalanche, Lone Survivor, Manglehorn). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the band’s first track (The Fort) below. American Primeval is created by Mark L. Smith and stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Joe Tippett, Saura Lightfoot Leon and Preston Mota. The 6-part western directed by Peter Berg follows a mother and son fleeing from their past to form a family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ahmad Mostafa Zaky, Khaled Mansour, score, Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo, Soundtrack
Aiemzy Productions has released a soundtrack album for the Egyptian comedy drama Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Ahmad Mostafa Zaky. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo is co-written and directed by Khaled Mansour and stars Essam Omar, Rakeen Saad, Samaa Ibrahim and Ahmed Bahaa. The movie follows an evicted man who embarks on a journey to save his dog and only friend from an unclear threat and is suddenly faced with much more than saving his dog as his neighbor and society turn on him. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Haslinger Scoring Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘In the Lost Lands’
Posted: January 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: In the Lost Lands, Paul Haslinger, Paul W.S. Anderson
Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Crank, Shoot ‘Em Up, Prom Night, Blue Crush) has composed the original score for the upcoming fantasy action adventure In the Lost Lands. The film is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Event Horizon) and stars Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich and Arly Jover. The movie is based on short story by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) and tells the story of a queen who – desperate to fulfill her love – sends a powerful and feared sorceress to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power, where the sorceress and her guide must outwit and outfight man and demon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Winter in Sokcho’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Delphine Malausséna, Hiver à Sokcho, Koya Kamura, score, Soundtrack, Winter in Sokcho
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Winter in Sokcho (Hiver à Sokcho). The album features the film’s original music composed by Delphine Malaussena (Final Set, The Blade, Moon, LaRoy, 66 Questions). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Envol) below. Winter in Sokcho is co-written and directed by Koya Kamura and stars Bella Kim, Roschdy Zem, Mi-Hyeon Park, Doyu Gong, Tae-Ho Ryu and Kyung-Soon Jung. The movie revolves around a young woman struggling to claim her independence and identity who has her routine disrupted when a French artist checks into the small guesthouse in snowy Sokcho where she works. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Kanal Scoring ABC’s ‘Shifting Gears’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Shifting Gears, Tony Kanal
Tony Kanal (of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar) is scoring the new ABC comedy Shifting Gears. The show is created by Mike Scully & Julie Thacker Scully (The Simpsons, Duncanville) and stars Tim Allen, Kat Dennings, Seann William Scott, Daryl Mitchell, Barrett Margolis and Maxwell Simkins. The series follows a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration whose life gets turned upside down when his estranged daughter and her kids move into his house. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harbin’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cho Young Wuk, Harbin, score, Soundtrack, Woo Min-ho
Genie Music & CJ Entertainment have released a soundtrack album for the South Korean historical/biographical spy thriller Harbin. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cho Young-Wuk (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, The Sympathizer, Thirst, Lady Vengeance, Decision to Leave, The Little Drummer Girl). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Battle of Kyung Heung) from the composer’s score below. Harbin is co-written and directed by Woo Min-ho and stars Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min, Jeon Yeo-been, Jo Woo-jin and Lee Dong-wook. The movie is set in 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, and tells the story of a group of freedom fighters who plot the daring assassination of Japan’s prime minister during their quest for independence. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Morrow Scoring Marc Webb’s ‘Snow White’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cristina Costantini, Jeff Morrow, Marc Webb, Sally, Snow White
Jeff Morrow (A Christmas Story Christmas, Science Fair,The Snoopy Show, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Ibiza) has recently been scoring the upcoming live-action musical reimagining of the 1937 animated classic Snow White. The film is directed by Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, (500) Days of Summer) and stars Rachel Zegler in the title role, Gal Gadot as her stepmother, the Evil Queen, and Andrew Burnap. As previously reported, Benj Pasek& Justin Paul have composed the movie’s original songs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whiskey on the Rocks’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Hulu, Jonas Wikstrand, score, Soundtrack, Whiskey on the Rocks
Skyverse WOTR has released a soundtrack album for the Nordic Disney+/Hulu limited series Whiskey on the Rocks. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jonas Wikstrand (The Evil Next Door, Take the Night, Super Charlie). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Celebration & Open Water) after the jump. Whiskey on the Rocks is written by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer based on a story by Jonas Jonasson, directed by Björn Stein and stars Rolf Lassgård, Elsa Saisio, Anders Mossling, Niklas Engdahl, Filip Berg, Adam Lundgren, Kęstutis Stasys Jakštas and Mark Noble. The political satire tells the true story of how Sweden’s prime minister, Thorbjörn Fälldin, faced the immense challenge of keeping peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan when a Soviet nuclear Whiskey class submarine was spotted inside a restricted Swedish military area in 1981. Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur Sharpe Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Prime Target’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Arthur Sharpe, Prime Target
Arthur Sharpe (Landscapers, Guilt, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Ghosts, Flowers, Dreamland) has composed the original music for the upcoming British Apple TV+ original series Prime Target. The show is created by Steve Thompson (Vienna Blood, Jericho) and stars Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea, Martha Plimpton, David Morrissey, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Harry Lloyd, Jason Flemyng, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell. The conspiracy thriller revolves around a brilliant young math postgraduate who is on the verge of a major breakthrough, when he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of a female NSA agent (who’s been tasked with watching mathematicians’ behavior. Read the rest of this entry »
