Rocket Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the BBC period drama The Gallows Pole. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by the Swedish psychedelic rock band Goat. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Gallows Pole is written and directed by Shane Meadows and stars Michael Socha, Sophie McShera, Thomas Turgoose, Anthony Welsh, Yusra Warsama, Samuel Edward-Cook, Adam Fogerty, Joe Sproulle, Nicole Barber-Lane, Fine Time Fontayne and Ralph Ineson. The 3-parter is based on the novel of the same title by Benjamin Myers and tells the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners – a community of weavers and land-workers in 18th Century Yorkshire that embarked upon one of the biggest frauds in British history. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘The Gallows Pole’ to Be Released
Posted: July 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Goat, score, Shane Meadows, Soundtrack, The Gallows Pole
Mark Orton Scoring Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
Posted: July 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Payne, Mark Orton, The Holdovers
Composer Mark Orton (The Good Girl, 12 Mighty Orphans, My Old Lady, Love Hard) is reuniting with director Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Election, Sideways) on the upcoming comedy drama The Holdovers. The film starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph & Dominic Sessa is set in the early 1970s and follows a universally disliked professor at a prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go and forms an unlikely bond with one of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Jesso’s ‘Sound of Freedom’ Title Song Released
Posted: July 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alejandro Monteverde, Justin Jesso, Sound of Freedom
Angel Studios has released the original title song from the thriller Sound of Freedom. The track is co-written (with Fernando Garibay, Daniel Padilla, Ramiro Padilla & Paul Ahlstrom) and performed by Justin Jesso and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Sound of Freedom is directed by Alejandro Monteverde and stars Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Kurt Fuller, José Zúñiga and Eduardo Verástegui. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Idol’ Episode 5 Part 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, The Idol, The Weeknd
Republic Records has released a digital EP featuring three songs from the fifth episode of the HBO original series The Idol. The 3-track EP includes the tracks Dollhouse written by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Mike Dean & Ramsey and performed by The Weeknd & Lily-Rose Depp, Troye Sivan’s cover of George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord, as well as Crocodile Tears written and performed by Suzanna Son. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all three tracks below. The label has previously released two other songs from the episode last Friday and four other singles featuring the music from the first four episodes over the last few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 2, 2023)
Posted: July 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adult Swim, Amazon, Daniel Futcher, Dominic Lewis, Garrett Gonzales, My Adventures with Superman, Siddhartha Khosla, The Horror of Dolores Roach
Premiering on Thursday, July 6 (at midnight), is the Adult Swim animated series My Adventures with Superman based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster and starring Jack Quaid, Alice Lee and Ishmel Sahid. The show’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, The King’s Man, Violent Night, Money Monster) and Daniel Futcher. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Warner Bros. Animation production, which will air weekly on Adult Swim and will also be available to stream on Max. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Magnificat’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Magnificat, Nathaniel Mechaly, score, Soundtrack, Virginie Sauveur
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller Magnificat. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nathaniel Méchaly (Taken, Colombiana, The Grandmaster, Taxi Brooklyn, Shut In, Transporter: The Series). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Magnificat is co-written and directed by Virginie Sauveur and stars Karin Viard, François Berleand, Maxime Bergeron and Anaïde Rozam. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Anne-Isabelle Lacassange about the head of the Paris Diocese of the catholic church who is called to a priest’s deathbed and finds out the the priest was a woman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bee and PuppyCat’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: July 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bee and PuppyCat, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Will Wiesenfeld
Milan Records has announced the first two soundtrack albums for the Netflix animated series Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space. The albums feature the show’s original music composed by Will Wiesenfeld (Neo Yokio) and are set to be released digitally on Friday, July 14. Visit Amazon to pre-order the Vol. 1 album and click here to order the Vol. 2 soundtrack. Two first tracks (What’s Your Favorite Color? (Extended) & Galactic Boom) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Bee and PuppyCat is created by Natasha Allegri and stars Allyn Rachel, Kent Osborne and Alexander James Rodriguez. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 30, 2023)
Posted: June 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amanda Yamate, Every Body, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams, Munch, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Prisoner's Daughter, Roque Banos, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Stephanie Economou, The Man from Rome, The Out-Laws, Tim Atack, Tim Fain, Wham!
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action adventure Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny directed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones and Mads Mikkelsen. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Star Wars, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List, Jaws, Jurassic Park). 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 Lucasfilm production.
Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken directed by Kirk DeMicco and starring Lana Condor, Annie Murphy, Toni Collette, Sam Richardson, Will Forte, Liza Koshy, Blue Chapman and Colman Domingo. Stephanie Economou (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, About My Father, Jupiter’s Legacy, The Chair) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two original songs by Mimi Webb and Freya Ridings today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the DreamWorks Animation production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘iNumber Number: Jozi Gold’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brendan Jury, iNumber Number: Jozi Gold, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s South African original film iNumber Number: Jozi Gold. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Brendan Jury (I Am All Girls, Trackers, Avenged). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. iNumber Number: Jozi Gold is directed by Donovan Marsh and stars S’dumo Mtshali, Presley Chweneyagae, Brenda Ngxoli, Deon Lotz, Mxolisi Nodom and Noxolo Dlamini. The action comedy revolves around an undercover cop who is forced to choose between his conscience and the law when he is tasked with investigating a historic gold heist in Johannesburg. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Main Titles (Live) from ‘Hans Zimmer LIVE’ Released
Posted: June 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Top Gun: Maverick
Sony Classical has released an additional track from Hans Zimmer LIVE, the Academy Award-winning composer’s international concert tour and album of the same title. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Top Gun: Maverick Main Titles (Live), a reimagined version of the main titles music from Joseph Kosinki’s 2022 hit movie featuring the classic theme (written for the 1986 original movie) by Harold Faltermeyer. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
