Carly Paradis (The Innocents, The Rising, Sick Note, Whitstable Pearl, Prime Suspect 1973) has recently been recording her score for the upcoming ITV original series Delia Balmer. The show is written by Nick Stevens (In Plain Sight) based on Balmer’s book Living with a Serial Killer and stars Anna Maxwell Martin and Shaun Evans. The 4-part true crime drama is directed by Julia Ford and tells the true story of Delia Balmer who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney. Read the rest of this entry »
Carly Paradis Scoring ITV’s ‘Delia Balmer’
Posted: July 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carly Paradis, Delia, Delia Balmer, ITV, ITVX
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 30, 2023)
Posted: July 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Christopher Bear, Hania Rani, MGM+, Netflix, River Wild, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, The Passenger, Tristan Clopet
Premiering on Tuesday, August 1, is the thriller River Wild directed by Ben Ketai and starring Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Taran Killan. The film’s original music is composed by Tristan Clopet (StartUp). Back Lot Music 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 movie, which will be available to stream on Netflix and will also be coming out on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD on the same day.
Premiering on Friday, August 4, is the Australian Amazon limited series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Sigourney Weaver, Asher Keddie, Frankie Adams, Leah Purcell, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Xavier Samuel, Alyla Browne and Sebastián Zurita. Polish pianist, singer and composer Hania Rani (I Never Cry, Subuk) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the 7-part drama , which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bird Box Barcelona’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Àlex Pastor, Bird Box Barcelona, David Pastor, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Zeltia Montes
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Netflix original film Bird Box Barcelona. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Zeltia Montes (The Good Boss, Sad Hill Unearthed, Adiós, Traces of Sandalwood). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Bird Box Barcelona is directed by Àlex & David Pastor and stars Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva Hernández, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth and Patrick Criado. Read the rest of this entry »
Mato Wayuhi Scoring Marvel Studios’ Disney+ Series ‘Echo’
Posted: July 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Echo, Marvel Studios, Mato Wayuhi
Update: December 7: Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Blacklist) has confirmed to be the new composer of the show.
Update: July 31 & August 1: Mato Wayuhi appears to not be involved in scoring the project anymore and might have left the production since the original announcement (quoted below) has been made.
Original article: Native American hip-hop artist/composer Mato Wayuhi (Reservation Dogs) has been tapped to score Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ limited series Echo. The show is directed by Sydney Freeland & Catriona McKenzie and stars Alaqua Cox (who reprises her role of Echo/aka Maya Lopez from 2021’s Hawkeye), as well as Chaske Spencer, Devery Jacobs, Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tantoo Cardinal, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene and Zahn McClarnon. The 6-parter tells the origin story of the title character whose ruthless behavior in New York City catches up with her in her hometown. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 28, 2023)
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 10-FEET, Alexis Marsh, Bobi Wine: The People's President, Chris Stracey, Cornel Wilczek, Dan Jones, Haunted Mansion, Ishai Adar, Kris Bowers, Mato Wayuhi, Neil Halstead, Olivier Arson, Samuel Jones, Satoshi Takebe, Sympathy for the Devil, Talk to Me, The Beasts, The First Slam Dunk, The Unknown Country, War Pony
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror family comedy Haunted Mansion directed by Justin Simien and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Chase W. Dillon, Rosario Dawson and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film’s original score is composed by Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, Secret Invasion, King Richard, Queen Charlotte). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie.
Also opening wide is the Australian supernatural horror thriller Talk to Me directed by Danny & Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Joe Bird and Miranda Otto. Cornel Wilczek (Clickbait, These Final Hours, Nowhere Boys) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed in the U.S. by A24. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Barbie’ “Best Weekend Ever Edition” Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has released a “deluxe” version of the soundtrack album for Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy Barbie. The Best Weekend Ever Edition features two additional songs recorded for the movie: a cover of Matchbox Twenty’s Push produced by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt & George Drakoulias and performed by Ryan Gosling (who stars as Ken), as well as a cover of Indigo Girls’s Closer to Fine performed by Brandi Carlile & Catherine Carlile. The new edition of the soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to both additional tracks below. The original Barbie The Album is now also available digitally, on CD, vinyl and cassette. Read the rest of this entry »
Digital Version of ‘The Last Starfighter’ Expanded Edition Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Safan, Nick Castle, score, Soundtrack, The Last Starfighter
WaterTower Music has released a digital version of the expanded edition soundtrack album for the 1984 sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter directed by Nick Castle and starring Lance Guest, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Preston and Catherine Mary Stewart. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Craig Safan (Cheers, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Stand and Deliver, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins…). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Intrada Records has previously released a (now out-of-print) CD version of the expanded edition back in 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman’ Cover from Disney’s ‘The Slumber Party’ Released
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alana Da Fonseca, Disney Channel, Disney Plus, The Slumber Party
Walt Disney Records has released the cover version of Britney Spears’ I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman from the new Disney original movie The Slumber Party. The track (originally written by Max Martin, Dido Armstrong & Rami Yacoub) is produced by Alana Da Fonseca, performed by the film’s cast and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. The Slumber Party is directed by Veronica Rodriguez and stars Darby Camp, Emmy Liu-Wang, Dallas Liu, Valentina Herrera, Alex Cooper Cohen, Ramon Jose Rodriguez, Tituss Burgess, Caroline Valencia and Paula Pell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Justified: City Primeval’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Hulu, Justified: City Primeval, Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original series Justified: City Primeval. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Crash, Miracle, Judas and the Black Messiah, 42, The Accountant). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Justified: City Primeval is developed by Dave Andron & Michael Dinner based on Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit and stars Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Marin Ireland, Adelaide Clemens, Victor Williams and Norbert Leo Butz. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Netflix’s ‘Hilda’ Released
Posted: July 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Mangan, Hilda, Netflix, Ryan Carlson, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released two soundtrack albums for the Netflix animated series Hilda. The album features the songs (including Grimes’ main title theme) and selections of the score from the first two seasons of the show. Dan Mangan (Hector and the Search for Happiness) and Ryan Carlson (Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher) composed the music for the first season and Carlson scored the second season. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the Season 1 album and click here for the Season 2 soundtrack. The label has previously released Carlson’s score from the feature Hilda and the Mountain King earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
