Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi horror movie Alien: Romulus. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, The Flash, Hidden Figures, The Invisible Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. A physical version featuring six bonus tracks will be released by Mutant and will be available to order on the same day. Alien: Romulus is directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Renaux, Aileen Wu and Spike Fearn. The seventh installment in the Alien franchise follows a group of young space colonizers as they come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alien: Romulus’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alien: Romulus, Benjamin Wallfisch, Fede Alvarez, score, Soundtrack
Tony Doogan Scoring David Mackenzie’s ‘Relay’
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Mackenzie, Relay, Tony Doogan
Composer/record producer Tony Doogan is reuniting with director David Mackenzie on the upcoming thriller Relay. The film is directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Perfect Sense) and stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald. The movie follows a middleman who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin, when he meets a new client who seeks his protection to stay alive. Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere Vinyl Edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s ‘The Haunting’ Score Announced
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jan De Bont, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Haunting
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the score for the 1999 supernatural horror movie The Haunting directed by Jan de Bont and starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor. The 2-LP deluxe edition features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Patton, Basic Instinct) and will be available on a pressed on a Black/Gold/Grey Marble vinyl in North America and n Translucent Green vinyl, with brand-new artwork. Both editions are packaged in a gatefold jacket, featuring brand-new cover illustrations from artist Sina Grace, liner notes and stills from the film. The soundtrack will be released on October 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Hannah Peel Scoring Christopher Andrews’ ‘Bring Them Down’
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bring Them Down, Christopher Andrews, Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Insomnia, The Midwich Cuckoos, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, The Deceived) has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Bring Them Down. The film is written and directed by Christopher Andrews and stars Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Colm Meaney, Paul Ready and Nora-Jane Noone. The movie follows the last son of a shepherding family who has isolated himself from the world, when he gets drawn into a devastating chain of events as a conflict with a rival farmer and his son escalates.
‘Mind Game’ 20th Anniversary Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Masaaki Yuasa, Mind Game, score, Seiichi Yamamoto, Soundtrack
Beyond C has released a new soundtrack album for the 2004 Japanese experimental animated feature Mind Game written and directed by Masaaki Yuasa and based on the manga of the same title created by Robin Nishi. The album features the film’s original music composed by Seiichi Yamamoto (Ichi the Killer, Adrenaline Drive) and the Mysterious Robot. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download internationally for the first time on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the title track below. A CD version is being released in Japan today by Rambling Records and will be available to order in the U.S. as an import here within the next couple of days. Read the rest of this entry »
Brain and Melissa Scoring Joseph Kahn’s ‘Ick’
Posted: August 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brain and Melissa, Brain Mantia, Ick, Joseph Kahn, Melissa Reese
Brain and Melissa (aka Bryan ‘Brain’ Mantia & Guns N’ ‘Roses’ Melissa Reese) are currently recording their score for the upcoming sci-fi/horror satire Ick. The film is directed by Joseph Kahn (Torque) and stars Brandon Routh, Malina Weissman, Harrison Cone, Zeke Donovan Jones, Taia Sophia, Mena Suvari, Debra Wilson and Jeff Fahey. The movie follows a high school science teacher who must grapple with a terrifying alien anomaly (the titular “Ick”) invading his small town while discovering he may have a teenage daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Ebony McQueen’ to Feature Original Songs by Dave Stewart and Score by Stewart & A.R. Rahman
Posted: August 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Dave Stewart, Ebony McQueen, Shekhar Kapur
Deadline is reporting that Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics) is writing original songs for the upcoming movie musical Ebony McQueen. He will also co-score the film with A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Couples Retreat). Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, The Four Feathers) is set to direct the drama, which is based on Stewart’s album of the same name and is inspired by the rock musician’s 1960s-early ’70s teen years in the North East of England and the discs and soundtracks that sparked his journey to becoming a musician. Read the rest of this entry »
Devonté Hynes Scoring BBC’s ‘The Listeners’
Posted: August 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Devonté Hynes, Janicza Bravo, The Listeners
Devonté Hynes(aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, We Are Who We Are, Master Gardener, Palo Alto, Passing, Mainstream) is the composer of the upcoming BBC drama The Listeners. The show is written by Jordan Tannahill based on his novel of the same title and stars Rebecca Hall, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Gayle Rankin, Mia Tharia, Amr Waked, Ollie West, Franc Ashman, Karen Henthorn, Samuel Edward-Cook, Lucy Sheen and Ian Mercer. The series directed by Janicza Bravo (Zola) revolves around a popular English teacher who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear and strikes up an unlikely and intimate friendship with a student of hers who can also hear the sound. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Murder: Laci Peterson’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: American Murder: Laci Peterson, Jimmy Stofer, Netflix, score, Skye Borgman, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original true crime documentary series American Murder: Laci Peterson. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jimmy Stofer (Girl in the Picture, Icahn: The Restless Billionaire, The Truth About Jim). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 14 and will be available to stream/download here. Also check out the composer’s first track (Because of Laci) below. American Murder: Laci Peterson is directed by Skye Borgman and explores the murder of Laci Peterson, the beloved young woman who disappeared on Christmas Eve of 2002, while eight months pregnant with her first child. The 3-parter uses news clips, interrogation footage, and courtroom cameras to bring the dramatic disappearance, investigation, and trial that captured the nation’s attention into focus. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Scoring Nick Hamm’s ‘William Tell’
Posted: August 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Hamm, Steven Price, William Tell
Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Fury, Suicide Squad, Our Planet, Baby Driver, The World’s End) has composed the original music for the upcoming historical epic drama William Tell. The film is written and directed by Nick Hamm (The Hole, Godsend) and stars Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Jonah Hauer-King, Golshifteh Farahani, Ellie Bamber, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley. The movie tells the story of the legendary 14th century warrior marksman, a formerly peaceful hunter who finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords. Read the rest of this entry »
