Elliot Leung (Operation Red Sea, The Rescue, Warriors of Future) has composed the original score for the upcoming action comedy Freelance. Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Christopher Robin) has provided the themes for the movie directed by Pierre Morel (Taken, Peppermint) and starring John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Marton Csokas, Alice Eve and Christian Slater. The film follows an ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job who reluctantly takes on a job to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless dictator. Read the rest of this entry »
Pierre Morel’s ‘Freelance’ to Feature Themes by Geoff Zanelli and Score by Elliot Leung
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elliot Leung, Freelance, Geoff Zanelli, Pierre Morel
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John Carpenter’s ‘Anthology II’ (Movie Themes 1976-1988) Album to Be Released
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, John Carpenter
Sacred Bones Records will a new soundtrack album featuring fourteen themes by director/composer John Carpenter. Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988) includes fourteen classic themes (newly recorded with his regular musical collaborators Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies) from such films as the first three Halloween movies, Assault on Precint 13, Escape From New York, The Fog, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China and Prince of Darkness. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on both CD on vinyl) on October 6, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album on all formats. Read the rest of this entry »
Milo’s Original Song ‘Getting Even with Steven’ from ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 2 Released
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Mike O, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Will Spencer
Amazon Content Services has released the original song Getting Even with Steven from the Amazon original series The Summer I Turned Pretty. The track (featured in the Season 2 finale) is co-written (with Mike O) and performed by Will Spencer (as Milo) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. The Summer I Turned Pretty is created by Jenny Han based on her book of the same name and stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Sean Kaufman, Colin Ferguson, Gavin Casalegno, Tom Everett Scott, Rain Spencer, Elsie Fisher and Kyra Sedgwick. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes Scoring Michael Keaton’s ‘Knox Goes Away’
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Knox Goes Away, Michael Keaton
Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Roots, Queen of Katwe, State of Play) has recently been scoring the upcoming noir thriller Knox Goes Away. The film is directed by Michael Keaton and stars Keaton himself, Al Pacino, James Marsden, Marcia Gay Harden, John Hoogenakker, Suzy Nakamura, Joanna Kulig, Ray Mckinnon and Lela Loren. The movie follows a hitman losing his memory, putting him in a race against time to help his estranged son cover up a messy crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Good Omens’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, David Arnold, Good Omens, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced the details of the second soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Good Omens. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, Sherlock, The World Is Not Enough, Godzilla, Shaft). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 25 (click here to stream/download) and on CD on October 13 (visit Amazon to pre-order). A vinyl edition is also in the works. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2019. Good Omens is created by Neil Gaiman based on his & Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel and stars Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Jon Hamm, Gloria Obianyo, Doon Mackichan, Miranda Richardson, Nina Sosanya, Maggie Service, Quelin Sepulveda, Liz Carr and Shelley Conn. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippe Jakko Scoring Phil Allocco’s ‘5lbs of Pressure’
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 5lbs of Pressure, Phil Allocco, Philippe Jakko
Last week, Philippe Jakko (Enemy Lines, Allies, Kaufman’s Game, Notre Dame) has recorded his score for the upcoming crime thriller 5lbs of Pressure. The film is written and directed by Phil Allocco (The Truth About Lies) and stars Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer, Rory Culkin and Rudy Pankow. The movie revolves around a man on a quest for redemption who returns to his old neighborhood to put his inner demons to rest while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Beast in the Jungle’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La bête dans la jungle, Miles Oliver, Patric Chiha, Renzo S, score, Soundtrack, The Beast in the Jungle, Yelli Yelli
CRYBABY has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Beast in the Jungle (La bête dans la jungle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Yelli Yelli, Renzo S & Miles Oliver. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Beast in the Jungle is co-written and directed by Patric Chiha and stars Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier, Béatrice Dalle, Sophie Demeyer, Martin Vischer and Pedro Cabanas. The movie is based on Henry James’ novella of the same title and follows a man and woman who – for 25 years – frequent a huge nightclub in anticipation of a mysterious event. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 20, 2023)
Posted: August 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ahsoka, Apple TV +, Disney Plus, Hulu, Jack Halama, Kevin Kiner, Mark Mothersbaugh, MGM+, Mogwai, Netflix, Rob Lane, The Winter King, Vacation Friends 2, Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn, Who Is Erin Carter?
Premiering today is the MGM+ original series The Winter King developed by Kate Brooke& Ed Whitmore based on Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell and starring Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Stuart Campbell, Daniel Ings, Valene Kane, Jordan Alexandra and Simon Merrells. The show’s original music is composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, A Discovery of Witches, The Damned United, Merlin, Atlantis, Beowulf). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+.
Premiering on Tuesday, August 22, is the Disney+ limited series Ahsoka developed by Dave Filoni and starring Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ivanna Sakhno, Ray Stevenson, Diana Lee Inosanto, Lars Mikkelsen, Eman Esfandi and David Tennant. Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Peacemaker, Making a Murderer). Click here for more information about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who Killed the KLF?’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Atkins, score, Soundtrack, Vincent Watts, Who Killed the KLF?
Wattsonic has released a soundtrack album for the British documentary Who Killed the KLF?. The album features the film’s original music composed by Vincent Watts (We Are the Freaks, Janapar, Starsuckers). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Who Killed the KLF? is directed by Chris Atkins and explores the rise and fall of the British electronic band KLF in the 1980s and 1990s, using previously unheard tapes, touching upon themes that perfectly capture the 21st century zeitgeist. Read the rest of this entry »
David Holmes Scoring BBC’s ‘The Woman in the Wall’
Posted: August 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, David Holmes, Paramount+, Showtime, The Woman in the Wall
David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Logan Lucky, Haywire, Analyze That) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Woman in the Wall. The show is written by Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses) and stars Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack. The 6-part gothic thriller follows a woman who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house, but has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder. Read the rest of this entry »
