Toei Company has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese action adventure Revolver Lily. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yoshihiro Hanno (Mountains May Depart, The Best Is Yet to Come, Winter Boy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Check out the composer’s opening theme after the jump. Revolver Lily is directed by Isao Yukisada and stars Haruka Ayase, Hiroki Hasegawa, Shishido Kavka, Jinsei Hamura and Kotone Furukawa. The movie is set in 1924 and centers on a woman who killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel, where she encounters an orphan who holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Revolver Lily’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isao Yukisada, Revolver Lily, score, Soundtrack, Yoshihiro Hanno
Hannah Parrott Scoring Amazon’s ‘Harlan Coben’s Shelter’
Posted: August 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Hannah Parrott, Harlan Coben’s Shelter
Hannah Parrott (Head Count, The Croods: Family Tree, When Jeff Tried to Save the World, Last Three Days, Golden Arm) is the composer of the new Amazon original series Harlan Coben’s Shelter. The show is created by Coben (The Stranger, Stay Close) and stars Jaden Michael, Constance Zimmer, Adrian Greensmith, Tovah Feldshuh, Abby Corrigan, Sage Linder and Brian Altemus. The 8-part thriller follows a teenager who – after the sudden death of his father – leads him to start a new life in Kasselton, New Jersey, where he quickly finds himself tangled in the mysterious disappearance of a new student at his school, which leads to uncovering unimaginable secrets within their quiet suburban community. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2023)
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aporia, Bear McCreary, Between Two Worlds, Evgueni Galperine, Frank Hall, H. Scott Salinas, Heart of Stone, Inside Man, Jules, Lionel Cohen, Mathieu Lamboley, Miranda y Tobar, Operation Napoleon, Sacha Galperine, Steven Price, The Eternal Memory, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, The Monkey King, The Pod Generation, Toby Chu, Volker Bertelmann
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of Demeter directed by André Øvredal and starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Jon Jon Briones, Liam Cunningham, Javier Botet and David Dastmalchian. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening in around 800 theaters is the sci-fi comedy drama Jules directed by Marc Turtletaub and starring Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Zoe Winters, Harriet Sansom Harris, Anna George, Cody Kostro and Donald Paul. Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sonoma Film Festival and is being distributed by Bleecker Street. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Excessive Force II: Force on Force’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Excessive Force II: Force on Force, Jonathan Winfrey, Kevin Kiner, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has released a digital version of the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1995 action thriller Excessive Force II: Force on Force directed by Jonathan Winfrey and starring Stacie Randall, Dan Gauthier, David Hugghins, Bradford Tatum and Michael Wiseman. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, Ahsoka, Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami). The soundtrack, which has previously been released as a limited edition CD version earlier this summer (click here to order), is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Dad the Bounty Hunter’ Season 2 Title Song Released
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jordan Mosley, Joshua Mosley, Keke Palmer, MC Lyte, My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Netflix, Taylor Mosley
Netflix Music has released the title song from the second season of the Netflix original animated series My Dad the Bounty Hunter. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Mom the Bounty Hunter written by the show’s composer Joshua Mosley, as well as Jordan Mosley & Taylor Mosley and performed by Keke Palmer feat. MC Lyte. Also listen to the full track after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring songs and score from Season 1 earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Eternal Memory’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maite Alberdi, Miranda y Tobar, score, Soundtrack, The Eternal Memory
MTV Entertainment Group has released a soundtrack EP for the documentary The Eternal Memory. The 6-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Miranda y Tobar (aka José Miguel Miranda & José Miguel Tobar) (Machuca, Nostalgia for the Light, The Pearl Button). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Eternal Memory is directed by Maite Alberdi and tells the story of an elderly couple who struggle to come to terms with their memories and reality as those memories slowly begin to disappear. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong Scoring Anand Tucker’s ‘The Critic’
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anand Tucker, Craig Armstrong, The Critic
Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet, The Incredible Hulk, Ray, The Quiet American) is composing the original music for the upcoming British thriller The Critic. The film is directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary & Jackie, Shopgirl) and stars Gemma Arterton, Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Alfred Enoch. The movie based on Anthony Quinn’s classic novel Curtain Call is set in the theatre world in 1934 London and follows two adversaries who are forced to take desperate measures to save their careers. Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Take the World by Storm’ from Netflix’s ‘The Monkey King’ Released
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Stacchi, Lucy Moss, Netflix, The Monkey King, Toby Marlow
Netflix Music has released the original song Take the World by Storm from the Netflix animated film The Monkey King. The track written by Tony Award winners Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss (SIX), produced by Ali Dee and performed by Bowen Yang, Ron Yuan & Jo Koy (who also star in the movie) is now available to stream/download (in two different versions) on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs and Toby Chu’s original score from the animated comedy will be coming out next week. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blue Beetle’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Ma, Blue Beetle, Bobby Krlic, score, Soundtrack, The Haxan Cloak
The details of the soundtrack album for the the superhero movie Blue Beetle have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, Beef, Snowpiercer, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Triple 9, Returnal, Paper Girls). Also included are songs by Damian Castroviejo
& Juventud Crasa. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 18 by WaterTower Music (click here to stream/download). A first track (Blue Beetle Suite) is already available to stream/download now. Blue Beetle is directed by Angel Manuel Soto and stars Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Susan Sarandon, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Belissa Escobedo, Harvey Guillén, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Raoul Max Trujillo. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Breaking Point’ Score Album Album Released
Posted: August 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Point, C Palmer, Dania Pasquini, Max Giwa, Ollie Howell, score, Sky Cinema, Soundtrack
Rhino Records has released a soundtrack album for the British drama Breaking Point. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ollie Howell (Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, Forced Out) and C Palmer (aka Swindle) (Champion). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie is also being released today. Breaking Point is directed by Max Giwa & Dania Pasquini and stars Karam Singh, Kelvin Clarke, Jilou, Hannah John-Kamen, Emily Carey and Lucian Msamati. The movie follows two adopted brothers and breakdancers filled with resentment for each other after the loss of their mother who find themselves thrust together as they embark on a journey for the Gold. Read the rest of this entry »
