The post-rock band Explosions in the Sky is reuniting with director Peter Berg on the new Netflix limited series American Primeval. The show is created by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters), directed by Berg and stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Shea Whigham, Jai Courtney, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Preston Mota and Joe Tippett. The 6-part western drama tells the story of a mother and son fleeing from their past who form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West. Read the rest of this entry »
Explosions in the Sky Scoring Netflix’s ‘American Primeval’
Posted: December 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Primeval, Explosions in the Sky, Netflix
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‘Empire Waist’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claire Ayoub, Empire Waist, Kovás, score, Soundtrack
Art School Rebellion has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age comedy drama Empire Waist. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kovas (On My Block, Boo, Bitch, Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Start of the Day) below. Available to stream download separately as a digital single is the original song (Never Trust) The Quiet Ones performed by Kassandra Tellez. Empire Waist is written and directed by Claire Ayoub and stars Mia Kaplan, Jemima Yevu, Jolene Purdy, Rainn Wilson and Missi Pyle. The movie revolves around a a plus size, insecure teen whose talent for fashion is discovered by her confident classmate, forcing her into the spotlight and into the path of both bullies and new friends. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Peacock’s & Sky’s ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’
Posted: December 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Peacock, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Sky
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Perfect Couple, Smallfoot, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Hotel Rwanda) has composed the original score for the new Peacock/Sky limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. The show is developed by David Harrower based on the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph and stars Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Rosanna Adams, Jemma Carlton, Sam Troughton, Harry Redding, Mark Bonner, Ardalan Esmaili and Selwa Jghalef. The 5-part drama is based on the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and chronicles the search for justice by Dr. Jim Swire and his wife Jane, who tragically lost their beloved daughter in the devastating event. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Make a Killing’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Franck Dubosc, How to Make a Killing, score, Soundtrack, Sylvain Goldberg, Un ours dans le Jura
Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French crime comedy How to Make a Killing (Un ours dans le Jura). The album features the film’s original music composed by Sylvain Goldberg (Rolling to You, Champagne!, We Have a Dream). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. How to Make a Killing is co-written and directed by Franck Dubosc and stars Dubosc himself, Laure Calamy, Benoit Poelvoorde, Kim Higelin, Joséphine de Maux and Emmanuelle Devos. The movie follows a married couple whose lives take an unpredictable turn when they accidentally kill two drug dealers and discover their €2 million loot. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Viaplay’s ‘End of Summer’ Released
Posted: December 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: End of Summer, Matti Bye, score, Slutet på sommaren, Soundtrack, Viaplay
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Viaplay original series End of Summer (Slutet på sommaren). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Matti Bye (Young Royals, Tove, The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, Young Wallander, Everlasting Moments, A Serious Game). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. End of Summer is written by Stefan Thunberg & Björn Carlström based on the crime novels by former police officer Anders de la Motte and stars Julia Ragnarsson, Erik Enge, Vilhelm Blomgren, Henrik Norlén and Torkel Petersson. The 6-part psychological thriller directed by Jens Jonsson & Henrik Georgsson follows a woman who meets a hauntingly familiar young man, which forces her to unravel the truth behind the disappearance of her brother in rural southern Sweden twenty years earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabe Witcher Scoring Fox’s ‘Going Dutch’
Posted: December 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Gabe Witcher, Going Dutch
Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger/music producer and multi-instrumentalist Gabe Witcher (best known as a former member of the acoustic band Punch Brothers) is scoring the new Fox comedy Going Dutch. The show is created by Joel Church-Cooper (Brockmire) and stars Denis Leary, Taylor Misiak, Danny Pudi, Laci Mosely, Hal Cumpston, Catherine Tate, Joe Morton and Dempsey Bryk. The series revolves around an arrogant U.S. Army Colonel who – after an epically unfiltered rant – is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world and tries to reinstate discipline with the help of the base’s previous interim leader who just happens to be his estranged daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Legends of Paris’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amélie Harrault, L'Armée des Romantiques, Olivier Daviaud, score, Soundtrack, The Legends of Paris
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated limited series The Legends of Paris (L’Armée des Romantiques). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Olivier Daviaud (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Little Vampire, Footnotes, The Rabbi’s Cat, Claire Darling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles track below. The Legends of Paris is directed by Amélie Harrault is set in 19th century bustling Paris and follows the adventures and destinies of legendary artists including Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Louis-Hector Berlioz, George Sand, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jaeil Jung, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Squid Game
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Squid Game. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Okja, Mickey 17, Broker), as well as tracks written by Kim Sungsoo and Park Min Joo. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 27 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Genie Music Corperation has previously released an album featuring the Emmy Award-nominated composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2021. Squid Game is created by Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, Gong Yoo, Yim Si-wan, Park Gyu-young, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Jin-uk, Yang Dong-geun, Park Sung-hoon, Kang Ae-sim, Choi Seung-hyun, Lee David, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri and Won Ji-an. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Somewhere in Love’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Chalmin, Morgan Simon, score, Somewhere in Love, Soundtrack, Une vie rêvée
La Fabrique des Ondes has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Somewhere in Love (Une vie rêvée). The album features the film’s original music composed by David Chalmin (The Gig is Up, Hausen, Rabia). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Somewhere in Love is written and directed by Morgan Simon and stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Félix Lefebvre and Lubna Azabal. The movie is set in a low income housing estate in the suburbs of Paris and explores the relationship between a mother and her 19 year-old son whose lives get turned upside down when the mother has her checkbook and credit card confiscated. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+ UK’s ‘Curfew’ Released
Posted: December 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Price, Curfew, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the British Paramount+ original series Curfew. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adam Price (Apartment 7A, The Crow Girl). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Curfew is developed by Lydia Yeoman based on Jayne Cowie’s novel After Dark and stars Sarah Parish, Mitchell Robertson, Mandip Gill, Lucy Benjamin, Alexandra Burke, Larry Lamb and Bobby Brazier. The 6-part thriller is set in a world where men live under a strict curfew and centers on a woman’s murder during curfew that challenges the system. Read the rest of this entry »
