Disney has revealed that the studio will submit the original song Wild Uncharted Waters from the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid for awards consideration. The song written by the film’s composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Moana, Encanto) is performed on screen by Jonah Hauer-King. It is one of three original songs from the movie, the others being For the First Time performed by Halle Bailey and The Scuttlebutt performed by Awkwafina & Daveed Diggs. Walt Disney Records has released the official soundtrack album featuring all the songs from the film in two different versions. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Wild Uncharted Waters’ from ‘The Little Mermaid’ to Be Submitted for Awards Consideration
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, The Little Mermaid
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‘Dangerous Beauty’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dangerous Beauty, George Fenton, Marshall Herskovitz, score, Soundtrack
Shogun Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1998 biographical drama Dangerous Beauty directed by Marshall Herskovitz and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Moira Kelly, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts and Jacqueline Bisset. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Restless Records has previously released a (now out-of-print) CD version when the movie opened in theaters in 1998. Read the rest of this entry »
David Boman Scoring Meg Ryan’s ‘What Happens Later’
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Boman, Meg Ryan, What Happens Later
David Boman (Moonshot, Wyrm, Please Hold) has provided the original score for the upcoming romantic comedy What Happens Later. The film marks the second directorial effort of actress Meg Ryan and stars Ryan herself and David Duchovny. The movie is based on the play Shooting Star by Steven Dietz and follows two ex-lovers who are reunited for the first time since their split decades prior when they both find themselves snowed in at an airport overnight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 2 – Volume 1 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, The Wheel of Time
Milan Records has announced a first soundtrack album for the Prime Video original series The Wheel of Time. The Volume 1 album is the first of an eventual two volumes of original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). The conceptual album features 11 key theme tracks, each tailored to a different character in the new season. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Egwene al’Vere) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. The label has previously released multiple albums featuring Balfe’s music from Season 1 back in 2021. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Live-Action Series to Be Released
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Giona Ostinelli, Netflix, One Piece, score, Sonya Belousova, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the manga One Piece have been revealed. The album features the show’s original score composed by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Witcher, The Mist, The Thing About Pam, The Romanoffs, Sacred Lies). Also included are the songs from the series written by the composers, including My Sails Are Set feat. AURORA, which has already been released as a digital single last week (listen to the full track below). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 31 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. One Piece is developed by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda and stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Taz Skylar, Jacob Romero Gibson, Jeff Ward, Vincent Regan and Morgan Davies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Songs of Earth’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fedrelandet, Margreth Olin, Rebekka Karijord, score, Songs of Earth, Soundtrack
OONA has released the official soundtrack album for the Norwegian documentary Songs of Earth (Fedrelandet). The album features the film’s original music composed by Rebekka Karijord (I Am Greta, All the Old Knives, Explorer, Pray, Obey, Kill) and performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Songs of Earth is directed by Margreth Olin who allows the audience experience Norway’s landscapes of mountains, fjords and glaciers, guided by her 84-year-old father, enabling viewers to escape the hyperactivity of modern times and absorb the profundity of nature. Read the rest of this entry »
First Tracks from ‘Outlander’ Season 7 Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Outlander, Soundtrack, Starz
Sony Classical has released three tracks from the soundtrack for the seventh season of the Starz original series Outlander. The 3-track EP features the new version of the opening titles theme The Skye Boat Song (performed by Sinéad O’Connor), as well as the score track Our History Is Now written by the show’s composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead) and the Scottish traditional song Tha Mi Sgith’n Fhogar Seo’ performed by Griogair Labhruidh. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all three tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
Graham Reynolds Scoring Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man’
Posted: August 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Graham Reynolds, Hit Man, Richard Linklater
Composer Graham Reynolds is reuniting with director Richard Linklater on the upcoming crime comedy Hit Man. The film starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio & Retta revolves around a philosophy professor by day, lecturing his students on theories of morality, while – in his downtime – also works with the police in surveillance vans as a tech-savvy staff investigator during undercover sting operations. Linklater and Powell also co-wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Swearing Jar’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kate Hewlett, Lindsay MacKay, score, Soundtrack, The Swearing Jar, Timothy Williams
BMG has released a soundtrack album for the romantic musical drama The Swearing Jar. The album features the film’s original score composed by Timothy Williams (Pearl, Brightburn, Finding You, Agent Elvis, Walking with the Enemy, Wild Horses). Also included are the movie’s original songs written by Kate Hewlett (who also wrote the screenplay). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Swearing Jar is directed by Lindsay MacKay and stars Adelaide Clemens, Douglas Smith, Patrick J. Adams and Kathleen Turner. The movie follows a would-be singer-songwriter who is reluctantly falling for a clerk at the local bookstore, while still deeply in love with her husband. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Stracey Scoring Christos Nikou’s ‘Fingernails’
Posted: August 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Stracey, Christos Nikou, Fingernails
Christopher Stracey (Maid, Cha Cha Real Smooth, War Pony) has composed the original score for the upcoming sci-fi romantic drama Fingernails. The film is directed by Christos Nikou (Apples) and stars Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Luke Wilson and Annie Murphy. The movie is set in a future, in which a test has been discovered that measures whether married couples are truly in love, and revolves around a woman who takes a position at a love testing institute. Read the rest of this entry »
