Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Early Man, Shrinking, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original documentary The Devil on Trial. The film is written and directed by Chris Holt (The Hillside Strangler, Elizabeth I) and explores the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a US murder trial. The movie uses reenactments and home videos to investiagte the apparent possession of a young boy and the brutal murder that followed. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Howe Scoring Chris Holt’s Netflix Documentary ‘The Devil on Trial’
Posted: October 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Holt, Netflix, The Devil on Trial, Tom Howe
‘Rosenstrasse’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Loek Dikker, Margarethe von Trotta, Rosenstrasse, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2003 German historical drama Rosenstrasse co-written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta and starring Maria Schrader, Katja Riemann and Martin Wuttke. The album features the film’s original music composed, orchestrated and produced by Loek Dikker (The Babysitter, The Fourth Man, Body Parts, Pascali’s Island). Visit the label’s official website to check out audio samples and for more information about the CD release. Rosenstrasse premiered at the 2003 Toronto and Venice Film Festivals and was released in the U.S. the following year by IDP Distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sira’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apolline Traoré, Cyril Morin, score, Sira, Soundtrack
Editions Musicales Francois has released a soundtrack album for the drama Sira. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyril Morin (Samsara, The Syrian Bride, Last Film Show, Borgia, Angry Indian Godesses). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Check out the composer’s Song for Sira after the jump. Sira is written and directed by Apolline Traoré and stars Nafissatou Cissé, Mike Danon, Lazare Minoungou, Ruth Werner and Nathalie Vairac. The movie is set in Northern Africa and revolves around a young Muslim woman must survive her terrorist kidnapping and get retribution along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann to Score Max’s ‘Dune: The Sisterhood’
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dune, Dune: The Sisterhood, Max, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose) has signed on to score the upcoming Max original series Dune: The Sisterhood. The show is created by Diane Ademu-John (The Haunting of Bly Manor) based on the novel Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson and stars Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Jade Anouka, Chris Mason, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Aoife Hinds, Faoileann Cunningham and Chloe Lea The sci-fi drama is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and follows the Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen, Part Two’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Levy, Dustin Matthews, Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen - Part Two, score, Soundtrack, Yssa Badiola
The full details of the soundtrack album for the animated movie Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen, Part Two have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Levy (Red vs. Blue, Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods, Gen: Lock, Anna). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 17 by Gardener Recordings and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released Levy’s score from Part One this past April. Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen, Part Two is co-directed by Yssa Badiola & Dustin Matthews and stars Jamie Chung, David Dastmalchian, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Troy Baker, Ozioma Akagha, Jeannie Tirado, Lindsay Jones, Tru Valentino, Arryn Zech, Kara Eberle, and Barbara Dunkelman. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring Brad Peyton’s ‘Atlas’
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Atlas, Brad Peyton, Netflix
Over the last couple of days, Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Lioness: Special Ops, The Space Between Us) has been recording his score for the upcoming Netflix original film Atlas. The movie is directed by Brad Peyton and stars Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Lana Parrilla and Abraham Popoola. The sci-fi thriller follows an AI analyst who gets stranded on a distant planet and must learn to fight inside a military-grade mech suit in order to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Three Brothers’ (‘Tre Fratelli’) World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francesco Rosi, Piero Piccioni, score, Soundtrack, The Scientific Cardplayer, Tre Fratelli
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1981 Italian drama Three Brothers (Tre Fratelli) co-written and directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Andrea Ferréol. The album features the complete original score from the movie, which was Academy Award-nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 1982, composed by Piero Piccioni (Contempt, The 10th Victim, The Deserter, More Than a Miracle, Camille 2000, The Light at the Edge of the World). Visit the label’s official website to order the limited edition CD, to check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Of Money and Blood’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Canal+, D'Argent et de Sang, Of Money and Blood, Rone, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Giannoli
InFiné will release the official soundtrack album for the French limited series Of Money and Blood (D’Argent et de Sang). The album features the show’s original music composed by Rone (Night Ride, Paris, 13th District). The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl on January 12, 2024. Three first tracks are already available now as a digital single on all major digital music services (click here to stream/download) and can also be checked out below. Of Money and Blood is directed by Xavier Giannoli and stars Vincent Lindon, Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Judith Chemla, Olga Kurylenko, David Ayala and Yvan Attal. Read the rest of this entry »
Morricone Segreto Songbook (1962-1973) Album Announced
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ennio Morricone
CAM Sugar will release Morricone Segreto Songbook (1962-1973), a new collection of little-known gems composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight). Among the titles included are tracks from the composer’s scores for 1962’s Crazy Desire, 1963’s Gunfight in the Red Sands, 1966’s The Hawks and the Sparrows & Wake Up and Die, 1967’s Operation Kid Brother, 1968’s Partner & Teorema, 1969’s The Year of the Cannibals & Love Circle and 1973’s Revolver. The album will be released digitally and physically on November 10, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital, CD and double vinyl editions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take a Chance on Me’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guillaume Ferran, Jean-Pierre Améris, Marie-Line et son juge, score, Soundtrack, Take a Chance on Me
Guiguiboi & Grand Musique Management have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Take a Chance on Me (Marie-Line et son juge). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Ferran. 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. Take a Chance on Me is directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and stars Louane Emera and Michel Blanc. The movie revolves around a troubled young woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with the judge assigned to her case and helps her to get back on track. Read the rest of this entry »