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 »
‘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
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 »
61st Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Nick Baxter for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (on which Baxter also served as the executive music producer), Peter Cobbin for Shawn Levy’s Deadpool vs. Wolverine (music by Rob Simonsen), Alan Meyerson for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (scored by Hans Zimmer) & Gladiator II (scored by Harry Gregson-Williams) and John Michael Caldwell for Jon M. Chu’s Wicked (music by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz). Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Tyler Spindel’s ‘Kinda Pregnant’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kinda Pregnant, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Tyler Spindel
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, The Perfect Couple, Hotel Rwanda) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Kinda Pregnant. The movie is directed by Tyler Spindel (The Wrong Missy, Father of the Year) and stars Amy Schumer, Jillian Bell, Brianne Howey, Will Forte, Damon Wayans Jr., Lizze Broadway, Chris Geere, Urzila Carlson, Joel David Moore and Alex Moffat. The romantic comedy follows a woman who puts on a fake baby bump after her plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, when she accidentally falls for her dream guy. Read the rest of this entry »
Piano Version of Bryce Dessner’s ‘Perfect Place’ from ‘Sing Sing’ Released
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice Sara Ott, Bryce Desner, Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
A24 Music has released a new version of the track Perfect Place from the drama Sing Sing. The piece written by the film’s composer (and The National member) Bryce Dessner and performed by pianist Alice Sara Ott is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Dessner’s score last July and a digital single featuring Adrian Quesada’s & Abraham Alexander’s original song Like a Bird from the movie. Sing Sing is co-written and directed by Greg Kwedar and stars Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci and Sean San José. Read the rest of this entry »
New Soundtrack Release for Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Old Joy’ Announced
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy, score, Soundtrack, Yo La Tengo
Mississippi Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2006 indie drama Old Joy written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Lars Knudsen, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Jay Van Hoy. The 6-track EP features the film’s original score composed by the indie rock band Yo La Tengo (Junebug, Adventureland, Shortbus, Far from the Tree). The soundtrack will be released digitally and (for the first time) on vinyl on February 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack in both formats and also listen the band’s first track (Leaving Home) below. The music has previously been released as part of Yo La Tengo’s compilation album They Shoot, We Score. Old Joy follows two old friends as they reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. Read the rest of this entry »
