Composer Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, Secret Invasion, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Haunted Mansion, Dear White People) is reteaming with director Reinaldo Marcus Green on the upcoming biographical drama Bob Marley: One Love. The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir in the title role, as well as Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Anthony Welsh, Tosin Cole, Umi Myers, Michael Gandolfini and Nadine Marshall. The movie chronicles Marley’s story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Reinaldo Marcus Green’s ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bob Marley: One Love, Kris Bowers, Reinaldo Marcus Green
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‘Phase IV’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Gascoigne, Phase IV, Saul Bass, score, Soundtrack
Paramount Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1974 sci-fi horror cult classic Phase IV directed by Saul Bass and starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport and Lynne Frederick. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Gascoigne (The Emerald Forest, Under Milk Wood, Blueblood). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music/iTunes. Also listen to all four tracks below. La-La Land Records has previously released a limited edition CD featuring Cascoigne’s music (coupled with Johnny Douglas’ Crack in the World score) back in 2016, while Waxwork Records has released a vinyl edition in 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
Chanda Dancy Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chanda Dancy, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Paramount+
Chanda Dancy (Devotion, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated, Aftershock) is scoring the upcoming Paramount+ original series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. The show is created by Chad Feehan (Beneath the Dark) and stars David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Forrest Goodluck, Demi Singleton, Barry Pepper, Donald Sutherland and Dennis Quaid. The western drama tells the untold story of the legendary titular lawman and follows his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anselm’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anselm, Leonard Küßner, score, Soundtrack, Wim Wenders
Groenland Records will release the official soundtrack album for the German documentary Anselm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Leonard Küßner (Dear Future Children) and performed by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released this Friday, October 13. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital version and vinyl edition. Anselm is directed by Wim Wenders and centers on Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative painter and sculptor of our time. The movie was shot in 3D and 6K-resolution and explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli, Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret, Nina et le secret du hérisson, score, Serge Besset, Soundtrack
Parmi Les Lucioles Films has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret (Nina et le secret du hérisson). The album features the film’s original music is composed by Serge Besset (A Cat in Paris, Phantom Boy, Mia and the Migoo). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Also check out the first track (Un hérisson parmi les hommes) below. Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret is directed by Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli and features the voices of Loan Longchamp, Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet. The movie tells the story of a 10-year-old girl who embarks on a search for a hidden treasure when her father loses his job. Read the rest of this entry »
Miya Folick’s Original Song ‘What We Wanna’ from Apple TV+’s ‘The Buccaneers’ Released
Posted: October 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Miya Folick, The Buccaneers
Interscope Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the British Apple TV+ original series The Buccaneers. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is What We Wanna co-written (with Zachary Dawes, Courtney Barnett & Stella Mozgawa) and performed by Miya Folick. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album, which also features songs by Gracie Abrams, Sharon Van Etten, among others, will be released on November 8. The Buccaneers is created by Katherine Jakeways inspired by an unfinished novel by Edith Wharten and stars Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Christina Hendricks, Josie Totah, Imogen Waterhouse, Aubri Ibrag. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mister Organ’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Farrier, Lachlan Anderson, Mister Organ, score, Soundtrack
Lachlan Anderson (Tabula Rasa, 6 Days, The Boat, The Dead Lands) will release a soundtrack album for the New Zealand documentary Mister Organ. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, October 10 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Mister Organ is directed by David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist) and follows the filmmaker as he is unwittingly drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mystery man named Michael Organ who is creating havoc in his neighborhood by wheel clamping cars at a local antique store. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky Scoring ‘Borderlands’ Film Adaptation
Posted: October 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Borderlands, Eli Roth, Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Deepwater Horizon, Ender’s Game, Lone Survivor, DC League of Super-Pets, Skyscraper, Desperate Housewives) has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of the video game Borderlands. The movie is directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, The House with a Clock in Its Walls) and stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Haley Bennett, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu and Édgar Ramírez. The sci-fi action comedy follows the Vault Hunters who must travel to the distant planet of Pandora to retrieve an advance alien vault before it falls into the hands of the Atlas Corporation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Deluxe Edition Cast Recording Album Announced
Posted: October 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, Back to the Future: The Musical, Glen Ballard, Soundtrack
Masterworks Broadway has announced a new cast recording album for the stage production Back to the Future: The Musical. The 2-CD set features the content of the original album, as well as thirteen previously unreleased demos and early versions of many of the musical’s songs written by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri and Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard, most of which are performed by Ballard himself. The Deluxe Edition also features a new booklet, including rehearsal photos and a track by track commentary with stories about the how songs were created for the show. The album will be released next Friday, October 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How I Got There’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How I Got There, Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack, Zeyad Alhusaini
Music and Texture has released a soundtrack album for the Kuwaiti/Saudi action thriller How I Got There. The album features the film’s original score composed by Reza Safinia (Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Filly Brown, The Trust). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s main theme below. How I Got There is written and directed by Zeyad Alhusaini and stars Hamad Alomani, Yaqoub Abdulla, Ron Perlman, Bobby Naderi, Rawan Mahdi, Ernie Reyes Jr and Faisal Al-Ameeri. Read the rest of this entry »
