Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, Stargirl, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Shotgun Wedding, Slumberland, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original film Lonely Planet. The movie is written and directed by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Catch and Release) and stars Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Diana Silvers, Younès Boucif, Adriano Giannini and Rachida Brakni. The romantic drama follows a young man who accompanies his girlfriend to her prestigious writers retreat in Morocco, but struggles to find his place with the intellectual elite and finds solace with a renowned but reclusive writer that evolves into a forbidden and intoxicating love affair. Read the rest of this entry »
Pinar Toprak Scoring Susannah Grant’s ‘Lonely Planet’
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lonely Planet, Netflix, Pinar Toprak, Susannah Grant
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‘Deliver Us’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cru Ennis, Deliver Us, Lee Roy Kunz, score, Soundtrack, Tóti Guðnason
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Deliver Us. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tóti Guðnason (Lamb, Cold Copy, Azrael). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Deliver Us is directed by Lee Roy Kunz & Cru Ennis and stars Maria Vera Ratti, Kunz himself, Aleksander Mikoš McCarthy, Alexander Siddig, Hans Robert Varts, Jaune Kimmel and Thomas Kretschmann. The movie follows a team of priests who get sent to investigate a nun’s claim of immaculate conception in a remote convent by the Vatican, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: the Messiah and the Anti-Christ. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Scoring Ben Taylor’s ‘Joy’
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Taylor, Joy, Netflix, Steven Price
Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Suicide Squad, Fury, Our Planet, The World’s End, Baby Driver) has recently scored the upcoming British Netflix original film Joy. The movie is directed by Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Renegade Nell) and stars Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy. The period drama tells the true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube-baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Finalement’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claude Lelouch, Finalement..., Ibrahim Maalouf, score, Soundtrack
Mister Ibé has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Finalement. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ibrahim Maalouf (Yves Saint Laurent, Leave No Traces, Who You Think I Am, Radiance, One Man and His Cow). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the trumpeter/composer’s first track (Thème de Lino) after the jump. Finalement is co-written and directed by Claude Lelouch and stars Kad Merad, Elsa Zylberstein, Michel Boujenah, Sandrine Bonnaire, Françoise Gillard and Barbara Pravi. The movie follows a lawyer who lost his ability to lie as he embarks on a road trip across France during Les 24 du Mans cycling race and falls in love with a woman while pursuing his true passion, playing trumpet. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring Dea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘April’
Posted: August 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: April, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Matthew Herbert
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, The Wonder, A Fantastic Woman, The Beast Must Die, Gloria Bell, The Responder, The Cave, Temple) has composed the original music for the upcoming Georgian/French/Italian drama April. The film is written and directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning) and stars Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili and Merab Ninidze. The movie tells the story of an ob-gyn in eastern Georgia who performs illegal abortions and comes under scrutiny after a newborn dies during delivery. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The First Day of My Life’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Il primo giorno della mia vita, Maurizio Filardo, Paolo Genovese, score, Soundtrack, The First Day of My Life
Lotus Production has released a soundtrack album for the Italian comedy drama The First Day of My Life (Il primo giorno della mia vita). The album features the film’s original music composed by Maurizio Filardo (The Place, The Lions of Sicily, All You Need Is Crime, Supereroi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to thec composer’s main theme after the jump. The First Day of My Life is co-written and directed by Paolo Genovese based on his own novel and stars Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Margherita Buy, Gabriele Cristini, Sara Serraicco, Vittorria Puccini and Lino Guanciale. The movie revolves around a group of individuals who meet a stranger at the worst moment in their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan Dewitt Scoring Andrew DeYoung’s ‘Friendship’
Posted: August 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew DeYoung, Friendship, Keegan DeWitt
Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Sorry for Your Loss, A Teacher, Love Again, The Hero, Divorce) is scoring the upcoming comedy Friendship. The film is written and directed by Andrew DeYoung and stars Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer. The movie follows a suburban dad obsessively pursuing camaraderie with his charming neighbor and whose childlike nature threatens to ruin the friendship, and possibly everything else in his life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Absent Voice’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, La voz ausente, score, Sergei Grosny, Soundtrack, The Absent Voice
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Argentinian Disney+/Hulu original series The Absent Voice (La voz ausente). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sergei Grosny (Intertwined, FreeKs, Coppola, the Agent, Ringo: Glory and Death, The Roar of the Butterflies). 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. The Absent Voice is created by Gustavo Hernández and stars Benjamín Vicuña, Gimena Accardi, Jazmín Stuart, Susú Pecoraro and Federico Olivera. The crime drama follows a psychoanalyst as he investigates the mysterious death of his brother. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman & Julia Newman Scoring Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
Posted: August 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Julia Newman, MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Netflix, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Road to Perdition, 1917, Skyfall, Finding Nemo) & Julia Newman (At the Gates, American Horror Stories) have teamed up to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix limited series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The show is created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story) & Ian Brennan (Glee, The Watcher) and stars Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny, Cooper Koch, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Nathan Lane, Ari Graynor, Leslie Grossman and Dallas Roberts. The second season of the Monster true crime anthology series (following 2022’s Nick Cave- & Warren Ellis-scored Dahmer) chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘If You Were the Last’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Bear, If You Were the Last, Kristian Mercado, Peacock, score, Soundtrack
The Foolshed has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi romantic comedy If You Were the Last. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Rinse and Repeat) below. If You Were the Last is directed by Kristian Mercardo and stars Anthony Mackie, Zoë Chao, Natalie Morales and Geoff Stults. The movie centers on two astronauts three years into a failed NASA mission as they begin a friendly, flirty debate about whether they’re better off spending their remaining days as friends.. Read the rest of this entry »
