Benjamin Backus (A Week Away) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller Homestead. The film is directed by Ben Smallbone (Priceless) and stars Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, Bailey Chase, Kearran Giovanni, Susan Misner and Tyler Lofton. The movie takes place after a nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos and follows an ex-Green Beret and his family as they escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Move’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Schindler, Brian Netto, Don't Move, Mark Korven, Michelle Osis, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Don’t Move. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Black Phone, The First Omen, The Lighthouse, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Cube, The Peripheral) and Michelle Osis (Abandoned, Billy the Kid, Bloodthirsty, Knuckleball, True Fiction). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Korven’s main title track and Osis’ first score track (Ant Hill) below. Don’t Move is directed by Adam Schindler & Brian Netto and stars Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock, Moray Treadwell and Daniel Francis. The thriller revolves around a grieving woman in a secluded forest who encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug and has to fight for survival as her body shuts down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Better Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Better Man, Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams, Soundtrack
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical musical drama Better Man. The album features the songs from the film by Robbie Williams, including such hits as Angels, She’s the One & Let Me Entertain You (re-recorded and newly arranged for the movie), his cover of My Way & more. Also included is Williams’ original song Forbidden Road (co-written with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler), which is already available to stream/download now. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 27 and on CD and cassette in early 2025. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Also check out the official lyric video for Forbidden Road after the jump. Better Man is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Williams himself, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Raechelle Banno, Damon Herriman, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney, Tom Budge, Frazer Hadfield and Anthony Hayes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Maestra’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Chmelewsky, Maestra, Maggie Contreras, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music Entertainment UK has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Maestra. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne Chmelewsky (Where Hands Touch, The Shepherd, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Only People). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Paris (Part I & II)) below. Maestra is directed by Maggie Contrerasa and follows an international group of women orchestra conductors as they prepare for La Maestra in Paris, the only competition in the world for female conductors. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Onono Scoring Netflix’s ‘Missing You’
Posted: November 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Onono, Harlan Coben, Missing You, Netflix
Composer Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Ridley Road, Spell, Paranoid, Safe, Trust Me) is reuniting with author/writer/producer Harlan Coben on the upcoming British Netflix limited series Missing You. The show is based on Coben’s novel of the same name and stars Rosalind Eleazar, Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage, Jessica Plummer, Sir Lenny Henry, Marc Warren, Steve Pemberton, Samantha Spiro, Lisa Faulkner, Mary Malone and James Nesbitt. The 5-part mystery thriller follows a detective who matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before and forces her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Prodigies’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Levy, Frédéric Potier, Prodigieuses, score, Soundtrack, Valentin Potier
Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Prodigies (Prodigieuses). The album features the film’s original score composed by Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Breaking Point, Meanwhile on Earth, Vesper, Star Wars Visions: Sith, Empire of the Wolves, For My Country). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Concertante 3) below. Prodigies is co-written and directed by Frédéric Potier and Valentin Potier and stars Camille Razat, Mélanie Robert, Isabelle Carré and Franck Dubosc. The movie tells the true story of two twin sisters who are training to become piano soloists at a prestigious music university, when they discover they are suffering from an illness that causes them to lose the use of their hands. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘The Franchise’ Released
Posted: November 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, HBO, Jeff Cardoni, score, Soundtrack, The Franchise, Trent Reznor
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Franchise. The album features the show’s main title theme written by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, Challengers, Mank). Also included are selections of the comedy’s original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, Heels, The Kominsky Method, CSI :Miami, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the theme (in two versions) and first score track below. The Franchise is created by Jon Brown and stars Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Isaac Powell and Darren Goldstein. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 24, 2024)
Posted: November 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron M. Fernandez Olson, Carly Paradis, Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey, David Schweitzer, Dear Santa, Get Millie Black, HBO, Hulu, Jonathan Sadoff, Max, National Geographic, Netflix, Nutcrackers, Paramount+, Philip Klein, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Serj Tankian, Sweethearts, The Madness, Tsunami: Race Against Time, Vincent Pedulla
Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original documentary series Tsunami: Race Against Time directed by Daniel Bogado and executive produced by Tanya Winston & Danny Horan about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that took over 225,000 lives. The show’s original music is composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, The Reluctant Traveler, The Afterparty, Our Great National Parks, World War II: From the Frontline, Sanditon). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 4-parter, which will air on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu tomorrow.
Premiering tomorrow, November 25, is the Paramount+ original movie Dear Santa directed by Bobby Farrelly and starring Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Post Malone, P.J. Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech. Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Gilded Age, Smallfoot, The Perfect Couple, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the holiday comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moana 2’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abigail Barlow, Dave Derrick Jr, Emily Bear, Mark Mancina, Moana, Moana 2, Opetaia Foa’I, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Moana 2. The album features all of the film’s original songs written by Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical), Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Twister, Bad Boys, Speed, August Rush, Brother Bear). Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Mancina, as well as six instrumental versions of the songs. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 25. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the first score track below. The original album featuring the songs was released digitally and physically this past Friday. Moana 2 is directed by Dave Derrick Jr., co-directed by Jason Hand and stars Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Gerald Faitala Ramsey, Alan Tudyk, Hualālai Chung, Awhimai Fraser, Rose Matafeo, Awhimai Fraser, David Fane, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temuera Morrison and Nicole Scherzinger. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Adoration’ Released
Posted: November 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adoration, Adorazione, Giulia Tagliavia, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original series Adoration (Adorazione). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Giulia Tagliavia (The King Who Never Was, My True Brilliant Friend. Also included is the original title song by Fabri Fibra and the song Ghost Town by Madame. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Adoration is based on the novel of the same title by Alice Urciuolo and stars Noemi Magagnini, Alice Lupparelli, Beatrice Puccilli,, Penelope Raggi and Giulio Brizzi. The teen mystery drama directed by Stefano Mordini centers on the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl that casts a shadow over a small community on the Roman coast. Read the rest of this entry »
