Actor Christoph Waltz has revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland) will be scoring the upcoming gothic horror movie Dracula: A Love Tale. The film is directed by Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and stars Caleb Landry Jones in the title role, alongside Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Zoë Bleu Sidel and Haymon Maria Buttinger. The new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel tells the story of 15th century Prince Vladimir who cursed God following his wife’s death and is turned into a vampire, and decades later discovers his wife’s doppelgänger in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Score Luc Besson’s ‘Dracula: A Love Tale’
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Dracula: A Love Tale, Luc Besson
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Quavo’s, Ty Dolla $ign’s & Are We Dreaming’s Original Song ‘If I Fall’ from ‘Transformers One’ Released
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Are We Dreaming, Brian Tyler, Josh Cooley, Quavo, Transformers One, Ty Dolla $ign
Quality Control Music & Motown Records have released the original song If I Fall from the animated feature Transformers One. The track co-written (with Nicholas James McGuinn & Justin Andrew Lay) and performed by Quavo, Ty Dolla $ign and the film’s composer Brian Tyler (as Are We Dreaming) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A full soundtrack album featuring Tyler’s original score will be released later this month by Milan Records. Transformers One is directed by Josh Cooley and stars Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Taylor Scoring Dito Montiel’s ‘Riff Raff’
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Taylor, Dito Montiel, Riff Raff
Adam Taylor (The Handmaid’s Tale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Before I Fall, Meadowland, The Right Stuff, Black Cake) has recently scored the upcoming crime comedy Riff Raff. The film is directed by Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting) and stars Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Lewis Pullman, Pete Davidson, Emanuela Postacchini, Miles J. Harvey, Michael Angelo Covino and Bill Murray. The movie follows a former criminal whose ordinary life is thrown upside down when his family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning. Read the rest of this entry »
Vinyl Edition of Trent Reznor’s & Atticus Ross’ ‘Challengers’ Score Announced
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Challengers, Luca Guadagnino, score, Soundtrack, Trent Reznor
Milan Records has announced a vinyl edition of the soundtrack album for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. The album featuring the film’s original score composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Gone Girl, Soul, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mank), as well as the original song Compress / Repress is pressed on 180 gram black audiophile vinyl and includes a custom interior gatefold collage featuring on-set photos by photographer Alessio Bolzoni, a collectible set of three player trading cards featuring the three lead actors, as well as an exclusive Phil’s Tire Town bumper sticker. The soundtrack is set to be released on November 1, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Owen Pallett Scoring José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço’s ‘Young Werther’
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, Owen Pallett, Young Werther
Owen Pallett (Her, Dream Scenario, Life, The Box, Alice/Darling, Spaceship Earth, On the Count of Three) has composed the original score for the upcoming Canadian romantic comedy Young Werther. The film is written and directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço and stars Douglas Booth, Alison Pill, Iris Apatow, Jaouhar Ben Ayed, Amrit Kaur and Patrick J. Adams. The movie based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 1770s novella The Sorrows of Young Werther is set in modern-day Toronto and follows charmingly irresponsible and enthusiastic young man who finds himself at the mercy of a woman whose commitment to her fiancé Albert turns his life upside down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Agatha All Along’ Dave Audé Remix Released
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Agatha All Along, Dave Audé, Disney Plus, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Marvel Studios, Robert Lopez
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel Television’s new Disney+ limited series Agatha All Along. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a remix of the song Agatha All Along (originally written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez for 2021’s WandaVision) by Dave Audé. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the track, which is also embedded after the jump. Agatha All Along is developed by Jac Schaeffer and stars Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, Maria Dizzia, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Paul Adelstein, Debra Jo Rupp, Okwui Okpokwasili, Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Starve Acre’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Kokotajlo, Matthew Herbert, score, Soundtrack, Starve Acre
Accidental Editions has released a soundtrack album for the British supernatural folk horror drama Starve Acre. The album features the film’s original score composed by Matthew Herbert (The Wonder, Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, The Beast Must Die, Gloria Bell, The Responder, The Cave, Temple). Also included is the original song Let Me In in two different version performed by lead actor Matt Smith and Crewdson & Cevanne. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme and Smith’s version of the song after the jump. Starve Acre is written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and stars Smith, Morfydd Clark and Erin Richards. The movie based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel of the same name is set in rural 1970s England and follows a couple whose son starts acting strangely, when they unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening an ancient evil. Read the rest of this entry »
Pharrell Williams’ ‘Piece by Piece’ Title Song Released
Posted: September 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Morgan Neville, Pharrell Williams, Piece by Piece
Columbia Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the animated documentary Piece By Piece. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the film’s title song written and performed by Pharrell Williams (feat.Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be released in October. Check back on this page for the full album details. Piece by Piece is directed by Morgan Neville and tells Williams’ life story through LEGO pieces featuring the voices of Williams himself, Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Timbaland & others. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Kara Talve to Compose Music for BBC’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ TV Series
Posted: September 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Hans Zimmer, Jack Thorne, Kara Talve, Lord of the Flies, Stan
BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Dune, Inception, The Lion King) and Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, Faraway Downs, The Simpsons) for Bleeding Fingers Music are set to compose the music for the upcoming BBC/Stan original drama Lord of the Flies. The show is developed by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials, Enola Holmes) based on William Golding’s classic novel of the same title and stars David McKenna, Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, Isaac Talbut, Thomas Connor, Noah & Cassius Flemyn, Cornelius Brandreth and Tom Page-Turner. The series directed by Marc Munden (Utopia, The Third Day) tells the story of a group of young schoolchildren who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with no adults, following a deadly plane crash. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Uglies’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edward Shearmur, McG, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Uglies
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Uglies. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Edward Shearmur (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Escape from Dannemora, Charlie’s Angels, Johnny English, The Count of Monte Cristo, Cruel Intentions, Reign of Fire). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 6 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Uglies is directed by McG and stars Joey King, Keith Powers, Brianne Tju, Chase Stokes, Charmin Lee, Jan Luis and Laverne Cox. The sci-fi thriller based on Scott Westerfeld’s novel of the same title is set in a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards and centers on a teenager awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery who embarks on a journey to find her missing friend. Read the rest of this entry »
