Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Noah, Moon, The Wrestler, Doom Patrol) is the composer of the new ITV limited series Playing Nice. The show is written by Grace Ofori-Attah (Malpractice) based on the best-selling novel by JP Delaney and stars James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay. The 4-part psychological thriller directed by Kate Hewitt follows two couples who discover their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and have to decide on whether they keep the sons they have raised and love or reclaim their biological child. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 5, 2025)
Posted: January 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, American Primeval, Amine Bouhafa, Atli Orvarsson, Explosions in the Sky, Gavin Brivik, Max, Netflix, The Pitt
Premiering on Thursday, January 9, is the Netflix limited series American Primeval created by Mark L. Smith, directed by Peter Berg and starring Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham,Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, Preston Mota, Saura Lightfoot Leon and Joe Tippett.The show’s original music is composed by the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Manglehorn, Prince Avalanche). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Max original series The Pitt created by R. Scott Gemmill and starring Noah Wyle, Tracey Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden, Katherine LaNasa and Shabana Azeez. Gavin Brivik (How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Wild Indian, The Seventh Day, Cam, Living Undocumented, Minor Premise) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Max. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Split: Barcelona’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: January 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Olivia Broadfield, Soundtrack, The Split
Cherry Bang has released a soundtrack EP for the BBC drama special The Split: Barcelona. The 4-track EP features the original songs from the 2-parter written and performed by Olivia Broadfield. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all four songs after the jump. A CD version will be released in the UK on January 31. The Split: Barcelona is written by Abi Morgan, directed by Giulia Gandini and stars Nicola Walker, Toby Stephens, Manu Fullola and Romina Cocca. The special (scored by Evan Jolly) is set two years after the events from the finale of the original series and follows family lawyer Hannah Defoe attending a wedding at a vineyard, nestled in Catalonia’s wine region with her family, where she is compelled to banish the ghosts of her past and open herself up to the possibility of love again. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2025)
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Logan Nelson, Stephen McKeon, The Damned, The Last Republican
Opening semi-wide in around 700 U.S. theaters this weekend is the period psychological horror drama The Damned directed by Thordur Palsson and starring Odessa Young and Joe Cole. The film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, The Cellar, Rose Plays Julie). Moonflower Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last July following the movie’s premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film, which is being distributed by Vertical. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryce Dessner Scoring Clint Bentley’s ‘Train Dreams’
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryce Dessner, Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Bryce Dessner (of The National) (We Live in Time, The Two Popes, Bardo, Cyrano Manhunt, A Good Person, She Came to Me, Widow Cliquot) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Train Dreams. The film is directed by Clint Bentley and stars Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy. The movie follows an American railroad laborer at the start of the 20th century as he experiences profound love, shocking defeat, and a world irrevocably transforming before his very eyes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘From Darkness’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Erik K Skodvin, From Darkness, Philip W. da Silva, score, Soundtrack, Ur mörkret
Miasmah Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish horror thriller From Darkness (Ur mörkret). The album features the film’s original music composed by Erik K Skodvin (Darling, Schächten, Anbessa). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. From Darkness is directed by Philip W. da Silva and stars Oscar Skagerberg, Rakel Benér Gajdusek, Peter Mörlin and Archana Khanna. The movie follows a park ranger who seeks the help of her former boyfriend to search for a missing woman in a dangerous nature reserve, complicated by a disturbing myth about the Cave Banshee, a vengeful spirit from Nordic folklore that once lured miners to their deaths. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Benstead Scoring Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain of Youth’
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Chris Benstead, Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie
Chris Benstead has recently recorded his score for the upcoming action adventure Fountain of Youth. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch) and stars John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, Carmen Ejogo, Laz Alonso and Stanley Tucci. The movie follows two estranged siblings who partner on a global heist and must use their knowledge of history to follow clues to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. Read the rest of this entry »
2025 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2025. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. 118 films were submitted for consideration. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening today to BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 12. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 will be announced on January 15 and the ceremony will take place on February 16. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ark of the Sun God’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aldo Tamborrelli, Antonio Margheriti, Ghein, I sopravvissuti della città morta, score, Soundtrack
CAM Sugar has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1984 Italian action movie The Ark of the Sun God (I sopravvis suti della città morta) directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring David Warbeck, John Steiner, Susie Sudlow and Luciano Pigozzi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aldo Tamborrelli (as Ghein) (First Action Hero, The Sweet Charm of Sin, La puritana). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first score track and the song Future written by the composer and performed by Josette Martia below. The Ark of the Sun God follows a safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Ward Scoring Sophie Hyde’s ‘Jimpa’
Posted: January 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jimpa, Nick Ward, Sophie Hyde
Sydney-based singer/songwriter Nick Ward has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming drama Jimpa. The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 52 Tuesdays) and stars Olivia Colman, John Lithgow and Aud Mason-Hyde. The movie follows a mother who takes her nonbinary teenager to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather and is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past. Hyde also co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Cormack (The Hunting). Read the rest of this entry »
