Dan Deacon (Hustle, Ascension, Twixt, Strawberry Mansion, Wedding Season, All Light, Everywhere) is currently recording his score for the upcoming superhero movie Venom: The Last Dance. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey) and stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham. The final installment in the Venom trilogy follows Eddie and Venom as they are on the run, hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, and are forced into a devastating decision. Marcel also wrote the screenplay based on a story by Hardy and herself. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Kelly Marcel’s ‘Venom: The Last Dance’
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Kelly Marcel, Venom, Venom: The Last Dance
‘Lucha: A Wrestling Tale’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: H. Scott Salinas, Jessica Childress, Lucha: A Wrestling Tale, Marco Ricci, score, Soundtrack, Tomás Videla
H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Warrior, Cartel Land, The Banker, Birth of the Dragon, Full Swing) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Lucha: A Wrestling Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Salinas, singer/songwriter Jessica Childress who has made her feature scoring debut on the project and Tomás Videla (Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main titles track below. Lucha: A Wrestling Tale is directed by Marco Ricci and follows four female high school students in the South Bronx whose experience on their wrestling team leads them on a journey of transformation and redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
Ty Roberts’ ‘You Gotta Believe’ to Feature Music by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mike McCready, Ty Roberts, You Gotta Believe
Mike McCready has contributed the original music to the new family sports drama You Gotta Believe. The Pearl Jam lead guitarist has written and performed several instrumental rock tracks, as well as the original credits song My Son for the film directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans, The Iron Orchard) and starring Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, Michael Cash, Lew Temple, Etienne Kellici and Molly Parker. The movie is based on a true story and follows a group of underdogs from Fort Worth, Texas who – after dedicating the season to a teammate’s ailing father – takes its Cinderella run all the way to a record-breaking showdown in the Little League World Series. Read the rest of this entry »
Maren Morris’ Original Song ‘Kiss the Sky’ from DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot’ Released
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Sanders, Dreamworks Animation, Maren Morris, The Wild Robot
Back Lot Music has released the original song Kiss the Sky from DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Wild Robot. The track is co-written (with Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi) and performed by Maren Morris is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Kris Bowers’ original score will be released next month by Back Lot Music. Waxworks Records will release a vinyl edition. The Wild Robot is written and directed by Chris Sanders and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames and Mark Hamill. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman Scoring Tyler Perry’s ‘The Six Triple Eight’
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Netflix, The Six Triple Eight, Tyler Perry
Composer Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia, The Proposal, John Q, Sex and the City, Wakefield, The Ugly Truth, Escape from Planet Earth) is reuniting with director Tyler Perry on the upcoming Netflix original film The Six Triple Eight. The movie is written and directed by Perry and stars Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Shanice Shantay, Kylie Jefferson, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Gregg Sulkin, Scott Daniel Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Dean Norris, Sam Waterston and Oprah Winfrey. The historical drama is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II and tells the story of an Army Captain and her historic battalion of female soldiers as they defy the odds to deliver hope to the front lines. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lord of the RIngs: The Rings of Power’ Season 2, Episodes 1-3 Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The full details of the soundtrack albums for the first three episodes of the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power have been revealed. The albums features the original score from Episode 1 (entitled Elven Kings Under the Sky), Episode 2 (Where the Stars Are Strange) and Episode 3 (The Eagle and the Sceptre) of Season 2 composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Happy Death Day). The soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, August 29 by Amazon Content Services. Click on the episode title to stream each album. The label has already released the Season 2 album featuring selections of the composer’s score from the new season last week. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Visiting Hours’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amine Bouhafa, La Prisonnière de Bordeaux, Patricia Mazuy, score, Soundtrack, Visiting Hours
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Visiting Hours (La Prisonnière de Bordeaux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Four Daughters, Along Came Love, Beauty and the Dogs, Gagarine, The Man Who Sold His Skin). Also included is the song Je sens tu mens written by the composer and performed by Sarah McCoy (listen to the track after the jump) The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Visiting Hours is co-written and directed by Patricia Mazuy and stars Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi. The movie revolves around two women have organized their lives around the prison they frequent to visit their respective partners and form an unlikely friendship when they meet in the room outside the visiting area. . Read the rest of this entry »
Valentin Hadjadj Scoring Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Families Like Ours’ TV Series
Posted: August 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Familier som vores, Families Like Ours, Thomas Vinterberg, Valentin Hadjadj
Valentin Hadjadj (Close, Girl, April and the Extraordinary World, A Bigger World, Under the Stars of Paris, Rialto) is the composer of the upcoming limited series Families Like Ours (Familier som vores). The show marks the television debut of writer/director Thomas Vinterberg (Far from the Madding Crowd, Another Round) and stars Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Paprika Steen, Magnus Millang, Thomas Bo Larsen, Esben Smed, David Dencik and Asta Kamma August. The drama tells the story of a family who must say goodbye to their home and each other as the Danish government evacuates the country due to rising water levels. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Blind’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hyatt, score, Sean Johnson, Soundtrack, The Blind
Delmas Music has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama The Blind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Philip Johnson (Sight, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, Full of Grace, All Those Small Things). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. The Blind is directed by Andrew Hyatt and stars Aron Von Andrian, Amelia Eve, Matthew Erick White and John Ales. The movie is set in the 1960s South and details Duck Commander’s Phil Robertson’s life (years before his Duck Dynasty fame) as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. Read the rest of this entry »
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Lamy, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, Richard Harvey, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Indian Netflix limited series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Alex Lamy with Richard Harvey (Luther, Arabian Nights, The Little Prince, Death of a President, Animal Farm). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the main titles track below. IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is created by Anubhav Sinha (who also directed the drama) & Trishant Shrivastava and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Vijay Varma, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Arvind Swamy and Dia Mirza. The 6-parter chronicles one of the longest hijackings in Indian history, as passengers faced mounting terror as the aircraft made emergency landings in four countries overnight . Read the rest of this entry »