Music Box Records has announced a soundtrack album for the French animated feature The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour (Les As de la Jungle 2 – Opération tour du monde) The album features the film’s original music composed and orchestrated by Olivier Cussac (Terra Willy, Epic Tails, Pil) who previously scored the original 2017 movie. Also included is the composer’s score from the 2013 TV series The Jungle Bunch: To the Rescue (Les As de la Jungle à la rescousse!). The CD version of the soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. A digital version is expected to come out within the next two weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benoît Somville., Laurent Bru, Les As de la Jungle 2 - Opération tour du monde, Olivier Cussac, score, Soundtrack, The Jungle Bunch 2, The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour, Yannick Moulin
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Yair Elazar Glotman Scoring Grant Singer’s ‘Reptile’
Posted: August 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Grant Singer, Netflix, Reptile, Yair Elazar Glotman
Yair Elazar Glotman (False Positive, Last and First Men) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Reptile. The movie marks the narrative feature debut of music video director Grant Singer (Shawn Mendes: In Wonder) and stars Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Domenick Lombardozzi, Ato Essandoh, Frances Fisher, Karl Glusman, Michael Carmen Pitt and Matilda Lutz. The crime thriller follows a hardened detective who – after the brutal murder of a young real estate agent – attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tropic’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edouard Salier, score, Sebastian, Soundtrack, Tropic
Ed Banger Records/Because Music have released a soundtrack album for the French sci-fi drama Tropic. The album features the film’s original music composed by SebastiAn (aka Sebastian Akchoté) (The World Is Ours). Also included is the original song Twin by SebastiAn & Oliver Sim. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Tropic is co-written and directed by Edouard Salier and stars Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres and Marta Nieto. The movie follows two twin brother training at the Astronaut Academy, when one of them is contaminated by a strange residue, which changes him both physically and psychologically. Read the rest of this entry »
Jack Halama Scoring Netflix’s ‘Who Is Erin Carter?’
Posted: August 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jack Halama, Netflix, Who Is Erin Carter?
Jack Halama (Traces, Kindred, Rogue, Too Close) is the composer of the new British Netflix limited series Who Is Erin Carter? The show is created by Jack Lothian (Strike Back, The Halcyon) and stars Evin Ahmad, Sean Teale, Denise Gough, Indica Watson, Douglas Henshall, Susannah Fielding, Pep Ambròs and Charlotte Vega. The 7-part thriller revolves around a British woman whose tranquil life in Barcelona spirals out of control when an armed robbery at a supermarket exposes her secret. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 6, 2023)
Posted: August 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Drum & Lace, HBO, Isabella Summers, Jeff Beal, Love in Taipei, Matt Morton, Max Aruj, Mech Cadets, Netflix, Painkiller, Paramount+, Red White & Royal Blue, Robert Glasper, Roger Suen, Strange Planet, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Premiering tonight is the second season of the HBO original series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty created by Max Borenstein & Jim Hecht and starring John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Adrien Brody, Gaby Hoffmann, Hadley Robinson, Jason Segel, Michael Chiklis and Rob Morgan. Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock) has joined Robert Glasper (who shared scoring credit on Season 1 with Nicholas Britell) to co-score the new season. The drama will air Sunday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 9, is the Apple TV+ original animated series Strange Planet created by Dan Harmon & Nathan W. Pyle and starring Tunde Adebimpe, Demi Adejuyigbe, Danny Pudi, Lori Tan Chinn and Hannah Einbinder. Isabella Summers (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Offer, Physical, Sex/Life, Call Jane) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the animated comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sixth Commandment’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Rael Jones, Saul Dibb, score, Soundtrack, The Sixth Commandment
Banijay Music has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Sixth Commandment. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Rael Jones (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Harlots, Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, The Salisbury Poisonings, Kids in Love). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services. The Sixth Commandment is written by Sarah Phelps and stars Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Annabel Scholey, Éanna Hardwicke, Ben Bailey Smith, Conor MacNeill, Sheila Hancock, Adrian Rawlins and Amanda Root. The 4-part true crime series directed by Saul Dibb explores the deaths of Peter Farquhar & Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevon Cronin Scoring Kevin Grevioux’s ‘King of Killers’
Posted: August 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kevin Grevioux, Kevon Cronin, King of Killers, Polarized
Kevon Cronin (Hunter Hunter, The Return, Small Group) has recently scored the upcoming action thriller King of Killers. The film is directed by Kevin Grevioux (Underworld, I, Frankenstein) and stars Frank Grillo, Alain Moussi, Stephen Dorff, Grevioux himself and Marie Avgeropoulos. The movie based on Grevioux’s graphic novel of the same title follows a a former hitman who is offered a $10 million contract to eliminate the world’s greatest assassin, but – after traveling to Tokyo to meet the client – discovers other professional killers have been invited as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EP for Netflix’s ‘D.P’ Season 2 Released
Posted: August 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: D.P., Netflix, Primary, Soundtrack
Genie Music has released a soundtrack EP for the South Korean Netflix original series D.P. The EP features five songs from the second season of the show written and performed by Primary, Kevin Oh, Kriz and Meego. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to all five tracks below. A first full album featuring the songs from Season 1 has previously been released back in 2021. D.P. is created by Han Jun-hee & Kim Bo-Tong and stars Jung Hae-in as a young private whose assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 4, 2023)
Posted: August 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Corner Office, Craig Wedren, David Bateman, Donnie Emerson, Dreamin' Wild, Frans Bak, Gene Back, Harry Gregson-Williams, Keld Haaning Ibsen, Leopold Ross, Meg 2: The Trench, Passages, Shortcomings, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Collective, Trent Reznor, What Comes Around
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem directed by Jeff Rowe and starring Micah Abbey, Hannibal Buress, Shamon Brown Jr, Nicolas Cantu, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Natasia Demetriou, Ice Cube, Jackie Chan, Giancarlo Esposito and Ayo Edebiri. The film’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Soul, Watchmen, Mank, Bone and All). The Null Corporation has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Meg 2: The Trench directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Sophia Cai, Skyler Samuels and Cliff Curtis. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run, Mulan, The Last Duel). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and a song by Page Kennedy (who also stars in the movie) last week. Click here fort he full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Komodo’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, Komodo, Michael Lantieri, score, Soundtrack
BSX Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1999 horror thriller Komodo directed by Michael Lantieri and starring Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke, Nina Landis, Kevin Zegers and Simon Westaway. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, The Emperor’s New Groove, Hocus Pocus). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released the world premiere commercial release of the score as a (now out-of-print) limited edition CD back in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
