Skyverse WOTR has released a soundtrack album for the Nordic Disney+/Hulu limited series Whiskey on the Rocks. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jonas Wikstrand (The Evil Next Door, Take the Night, Super Charlie). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Celebration & Open Water) after the jump. Whiskey on the Rocks is written by Henrik Jansson-Schweizer based on a story by Jonas Jonasson, directed by Björn Stein and stars Rolf Lassgård, Elsa Saisio, Anders Mossling, Niklas Engdahl, Filip Berg, Adam Lundgren, Kęstutis Stasys Jakštas and Mark Noble. The political satire tells the true story of how Sweden’s prime minister, Thorbjörn Fälldin, faced the immense challenge of keeping peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan when a Soviet nuclear Whiskey class submarine was spotted inside a restricted Swedish military area in 1981. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whiskey on the Rocks’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Hulu, Jonas Wikstrand, score, Soundtrack, Whiskey on the Rocks
Arthur Sharpe Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Prime Target’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Arthur Sharpe, Prime Target
Arthur Sharpe (Landscapers, Guilt, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Ghosts, Flowers, Dreamland) has composed the original music for the upcoming British Apple TV+ original series Prime Target. The show is created by Steve Thompson (Vienna Blood, Jericho) and stars Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea, Martha Plimpton, David Morrissey, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Harry Lloyd, Jason Flemyng, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell. The conspiracy thriller revolves around a brilliant young math postgraduate who is on the verge of a major breakthrough, when he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of a female NSA agent (who’s been tasked with watching mathematicians’ behavior. Read the rest of this entry »
61st Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Nick Baxter for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (on which Baxter also served as the executive music producer), Peter Cobbin for Shawn Levy’s Deadpool vs. Wolverine (music by Rob Simonsen), Alan Meyerson for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (scored by Hans Zimmer) & Gladiator II (scored by Harry Gregson-Williams) and John Michael Caldwell for Jon M. Chu’s Wicked (music by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz). Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Tyler Spindel’s ‘Kinda Pregnant’
Posted: January 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kinda Pregnant, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Tyler Spindel
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, The Perfect Couple, Hotel Rwanda) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Kinda Pregnant. The movie is directed by Tyler Spindel (The Wrong Missy, Father of the Year) and stars Amy Schumer, Jillian Bell, Brianne Howey, Will Forte, Damon Wayans Jr., Lizze Broadway, Chris Geere, Urzila Carlson, Joel David Moore and Alex Moffat. The romantic comedy follows a woman who puts on a fake baby bump after her plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, when she accidentally falls for her dream guy. Read the rest of this entry »
Piano Version of Bryce Dessner’s ‘Perfect Place’ from ‘Sing Sing’ Released
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice Sara Ott, Bryce Desner, Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
A24 Music has released a new version of the track Perfect Place from the drama Sing Sing. The piece written by the film’s composer (and The National member) Bryce Dessner and performed by pianist Alice Sara Ott is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Dessner’s score last July and a digital single featuring Adrian Quesada’s & Abraham Alexander’s original song Like a Bird from the movie. Sing Sing is co-written and directed by Greg Kwedar and stars Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci and Sean San José. Read the rest of this entry »
New Soundtrack Release for Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Old Joy’ Announced
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy, score, Soundtrack, Yo La Tengo
Mississippi Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2006 indie drama Old Joy written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Lars Knudsen, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Jay Van Hoy. The 6-track EP features the film’s original score composed by the indie rock band Yo La Tengo (Junebug, Adventureland, Shortbus, Far from the Tree). The soundtrack will be released digitally and (for the first time) on vinyl on February 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack in both formats and also listen the band’s first track (Leaving Home) below. The music has previously been released as part of Yo La Tengo’s compilation album They Shoot, We Score. Old Joy follows two old friends as they reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vanished Out of Sight’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carissa Stutzman, Lifetime, Lily Marlovits, Saun Santipreecha, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers, Vanished Out of Sight
SNEM Music has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama Vanished Out of Sight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lily Marlovits & Saun Santipreecha and produced by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks (The River & Opening) below. Vanished Out of Sight is written and directed by Carissa Stutzman and stars Annalise Basso, Steven Ogg, Jay Huguley, Tracy Campbell and Avalon Reign. The movie tells the story of a blind woman who faces her worst nightmare when her six-year-old daughter goes missing on Christmas day and sets out in darkness to find her. Read the rest of this entry »
James S. Levine Scoring Fox’s ‘Doc’
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Doc, Fox, James S. Levine
James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, La Brea, The Weather Man, Running with Scissors, Damages, The New Look, Star, Rizzoli & Isles) has been tapped to score the new FOX drama Doc. The show is based on Lux Vide’s Italian series Doc – Nelle tue mani and stars Molly Parker, Omar Metwally, Jon Ecker, Amirah Vann, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker. The series follows a hard-charging, brilliant Chief of Internal Medicine who suffers a brain injury that erases the last eight years of her memory and affords her a second chance to do things differently. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hard Truths’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gary Yershon, Hard Truths, Mike Leigh, Peterloo, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack album for Mike Leigh’s drama Hard Truths. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Gary Yershon (Mr. Turner, Happy-Go-Lucky, Brighton, Another Year, Trial and Retribution, 23 Walks). Also included is the composer’s score from Leigh’s previous feature Peterloo (partially released as a digital EP back in 2018), as well as the director’s stage plays Grief and Two Thousand Years. Visit the label’s official website to listen to audio samples and for more information about the CD release. A digital version is also expected. Hard Truths is written and directed by Leigh and stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Ani Nelson, Sophia Brown and Jonathan Livingstone. Read the rest of this entry »
Sofia degli Alessandri & Ian Hultquist Scoring NBC’s ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’
Posted: January 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drum & Lace, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Ian Hultquist, NBC, Sofia degli Alessandri
Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Cobweb, Summering) and Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation,Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, One of Us Is Lying) are teaming up to score the upcoming NBC drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society. The show is created by Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs and stars Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, Ben Rappaport, AnnaSophia Robb, Nancy Travis, Alexander Hodge, Matthew Davis and Felix Wolfe. The series follows four members of a suburban garden club who find their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret – a murder no one wants to talk about. Read the rest of this entry »
