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 »
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
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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 »
‘Edge of Space’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edge of Space, Jean de Meuron, Mark Baechle, score, Soundtrack
Joneswood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Oscar-shortlisted live action short Edge of Space. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Baechle (Frieda’s Case, Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae, Etienne!). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Opening Prologue) after the jump. Edge of Space is written and directed by Jean de Meuron and stars Chad Michael Collins and Kimberly Alexander. The short is set in 1961 during the height of the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union and follows an ambitious USAF test pilot who is recruited by NASA for a suborbital mission in a X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft with astronomical implications. Read the rest of this entry »
Jaeil Jung Scoring James Sweeney’s ‘Twinless’
Posted: January 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaeil Jung, James Sweeney, Twinless
Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Squid Game, Okja, Broker) is scoring the upcoming comedy Twinless. The film is written and directed by James Sweeney (Straight Up) and stars Dylan O’Brien, Sweeney himself, Lauren Graham, Aisling Franciosi, Chris Perfetti and Tasha Smith. The movie revolves around two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marinettte’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Fabien Dijoud, Marinette, score, Soundtrack, Virginie Verrier
Jean-Fabien Dijoud (Peshmerga) has released a soundtrack album for the French biographical sports drama Marinette. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Dijoud’s first track (Marinette Theme, Pt. 1) below. Marinette is written and directed by Virginie Verrier and stars Garance Marillier, Émilie Dequenne, Alban Lenoir, Sylvie Testud, Fred Testot and Caroline Proust. The movie tells the story of pioneering French female soccer star Marinette Pichon and traces the athlete’s battle to earn her homeland’s respect after achieving success in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
