Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Deadpool 2, Watchmen, X, Dawn of the Dead, MaXXXine) & Joel J. Richard (Books of Blood, Quantico) have taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action thriller Ballerina. The film is directed by Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard, Underworld) and stars Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Keanu Reeves. The movie takes place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and follows Eve Macarro who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richard Scoring ‘John Wick’ Spin-Off Film ‘Ballerina’
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ballerina, Chad Stahelski, Joel J. Richard, John Wick, Len Wiseman, Tyler Bates
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‘Bolt from the Blue’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bolt from the Blue, Jack Martin, score, Soundtrack, Xander Rodzinski
Xander Rodzinski (Willow, Dead for a Dollar, Light & Magic) has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi adventure comedy Bolt from the Blue. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the Rodzinski’s title track after the jump. Bolt from the Blue is written and directed by Jack Martin and stars Page Tudyk Gomez, Kevin Michael Martin, Evan Holtzman, Kate Flannery and Matt Walsh. The movie follows an overlooked engineer who is sent to Alaska to scope out an eccentric scientist’s claim that capturing lightning can be a new source of renewable energy and discovers the research center is just one guy and his technology that consists of toys, trash, and duct tape. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Killer Heat’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Joseph Shirley, Killer Heat, Philippe Lacôte, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services will release the official soundtrack album for the noir thriller Killer Heat. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Shirley (Creed III, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Bad Trip, The Underdoggs, Fairfax, The Mysterious Benedict Society). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Killer Heat Suite below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Killer Heat is directed by Philippe Lacôte and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden, Abbey Lee, Clare Holman and Bobou Ceesay. The movie is based on Jo Nesbø ‘sshort story The Jealousy Man and follows an American expat in Greece working as a private eye who gets hired to investigate the supposed accidental death of a young shipping magnate on the island of Crete. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weekend in Taipei’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Huang, Matteo Locasciulli, score, Soundtrack, Weekend in Taipei
Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Weekend in Taipei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matteo Locasciulli (Rumba Therapy, Home Sweet Rome!, Champagne, We Have a Dream, Inestimable). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to two tracks (Joey and Kwang’s Theme & John’s Theme) after the jump. Weekend in Taipei is directed by George Huang, produced by Luc Besson and stars Luke Evans, Gwei Lun Mei, Sung Kang, Wyatt Yang and Pernell Walker. The EuropaCorp production follows a pit-bull DEA agent and a top “Transporter” who – 15 years after they fell in love and were forced to separate – are put on a collision course during a weekend in Taipei. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lord of the RIngs: The Rings of Power’ Season 2, Episode 7 (‘Doomed to Die) Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The details of the soundtrack album for the seventh episode of the second season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power have been revealed. The album features the original music from Episode 7 (entitled Doomed to Die) of Season 2 composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Outlander, The Walking Dead, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 26 by Amazon Content Services and will be available to stream/download on Amazon Music. The label has previously released the composer’s scores from the first six Season 2 episodes (Elven Kings Under the Sky, Where the Stars Are Strange, The Eagle and the Sceptre, Eldest, Halls of Stone & Where Is He?), as well as the Season 2 album featuring selections of the McCreary’s music from the new season over the last couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sparrow in the Chimney’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Balz Bachmann, Der Spatz im Kamin, Ramon Zürcher, score, Soundtrack, The Sparrow in the Chimney
iMusician & Noi Music Publishing have released a soundtrack album for the Swiss drama The Sparrow in the Chimney (Der Spatz im Kamin). The album features the film’s original music composed by Balz Bachmann (Yalom’s Cure, When We Were Sisters, Hidden Reserves). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Sparrows Theme below. The Sparrow in the Chimney is written and directed by Ramon Zürcher and stars Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein, Luise Heyer, Lea Zoe Voss, Andreas Döhler, Milian Zerzawyand Ilja Bultmann. The movie revolves around two sisters whose reunion at a family gathering reignites old conflicts and deep-seated emotional turmoil. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Chorus’ 20th Anniversary Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier, Les Choristes, score, Soundtrack, The Chorus
Peermusic France will release a new soundtrack album for the French 2004 musical drama The Chorus (Les Choristes) co-written and directed by Christophe Barratier and starring Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad and Jean-Baptiste Maunier. The album features the newly remastered score from the film composed by Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration, Wolfwalkers, Wendell & Wild, Gemma Bovery) and the choir music performed by Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc, including two new tracks: an English language version of the Academy Award-nominated song Vois sur ton chemin (Children of Oblivion), as well as an instrumental version of In Memoriam (listen to the track after the jump). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. A CD and vinyl edition is also in the works. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pimp My Bride’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank Bellocq, L'heureuse élue, Maxime Desprez, Michaël Tordjman, Pimp My Bride, score, Soundtrack
BOriginal has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic comedy Pimp My Bride (L’heureuse élue). The album features the film’s original music composed by Maxime Desprez & Michael Tordjman (Babysitting, Momo, Break, Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Do You Do You Saint-Tropez, A Very Bad Friend). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. Pimp My Bride is directed by Frank Bellocq and stars Camille Lellouche, Gérard Darmon, Lionel Erdogan and Michèle Laroque. The movie follows a young man who finds himself in debt and – in order to have his parents help him out financially – makes them believe he’s getting married to his model friend, but is forced to invite his Uber driver friend instead when she backs out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Score Album Details
Posted: September 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker 2, Joker: Folie à Deux, score, Soundtrack, Todd Phillips
The full details of the score album for Todd Phillips’ psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Chernobyl, Women Talking, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Tar, Mary Magdalene) who received her first Academy Award for 2019’s original Joker movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 27 by WaterTower Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (There Is No Joker) has already been released as a digital single earlier this month. Interscope Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring Lady Gaga’s songs next Friday, October 4 and a companion album by Gaga this Friday. Joker: Folie à Deux is co-written and directed by Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz. Read the rest of this entry »
Nami Melumad Scoring Pixar’s Disney+ Series ‘Dream Productions’
Posted: September 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Dream Productions, Nami Melumad, Pixar
Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Prodigy, Thor: Love and Thunder, An American Pickle, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Absentia) has composed the original music for Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series Dream Productions. The show is written and directed by Mike Jones (screenwriter of Soul & Luca) and features the voices of Paula Pell, Richard Ayoade, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Kensington Tallman, Alli Maki, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Phyllis Smith and Lewis Black. The series is set between the events of Pixar’s features Inside Out & Inside Out 2 and follows Riley who gets sent to Dream Productions, where acclaimed director Paula Persimmon is trying to create the next hit dream after being paired up with a smug daydream director looking to step up into the big leagues of night dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
