Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King, Dune, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, Interstellar, Man of Steel) has recently been scoring the upcoming comedy Ella McCay. The film is written and directed by James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News) and stars Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kumail Nanjiani, Jack Lowden, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Albert Brooks, Spike Fearn, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks and Woody Harrelson. The movie revolves around an idealistic young politician who has to juggle familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Scoring James L. Brooks’ ‘Ella McCay’
Posted: October 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ella McCay, Hans Zimmer, James L. Brooks
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‘Hedda’ Score Album Details
Posted: October 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hedda, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nia DaCosta, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official score album for the drama Hedda. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Women Talking, Chernobyl, Tar, A Haunting in Venice, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). Also included is the original song Stolen Tale written by the composer and director Nia DaCosta and performed by Mariam Wallentin. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to to the first score track and the song below. The label will also release a separate soundtrack EP featuring four more songs from the movie on the same day. Hedda is written and directed by DaCosta and stars Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock and Tom Bateman. The reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play of the same name follows the enigmatic newlywed title character who is outwardly composed but hiding a simmering discontent that threatens to explode when the brilliant and charismatic Eileen Lovberg reenters her life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Magnificent Life’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Magnificent Life, Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Bollani, Sylvain Chomet
Warner Music France has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol). The album features the film’s original music written by Italian jazz pianist, singer and composer Stefano Bollani (Il pataffio). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first two tracks after the jump. A Magnificent Life is written and directed by Sylvain Chomet and explores the life of playwright, novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974). The movie follows Pagnol at age 60 as his memory is failing him and is deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, when Little Marcel – the young boy he used to be – appears to him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harlan Coben’s Lazarus’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, Sarah Warne, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the British Prime Video limited series Harlan Coben’s Lazarus have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sarah Warne (The Long Shadow, Des, Time, Humans, Dark Money, Bookish. The Drowning, Hollington Drive, Steeltown Murders). Also included is Rumer’s cover version of the Michel Legrand-penned The Windmills of Your Mind, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 24 by Milan Recordes and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Harlan Coben’s Lazarus is is based on an original story idea and written by Coben & Danny Brocklehurst and stars Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, David Fynn, Karla Crome, Kate Ashfield and Alexandra Roach. The 6-part thriller follows a f
‘I’m Not Stiller’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Hohl, I'm Not Stiller, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Haupt, Stiller
SAD Records has released a soundtrack album for the Swiss/German drama I’m Not Stiller (Stiller). The album features the film’s original music composed by David Hohl (Sekuritas, Cats & Dogs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main theme below. I’m Not Stiller is co-written and directed by Stefan Haupt and stars Albrecht Schuch, Paula Beer, Sven Schelker, Max Simonischek and Marie Leuenberger. The movie is based on the classic novel of the same title by Max Frisch and follows an American who gets arrested upon entering Switzerland as he is mistaken for a missing Swiss sculptor accused of being involved in a dubious political affair. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Joel Schumacher’s ‘Flatliners’ Announced
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Flatliners, James Newton Howard, Joel Schumacher, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 sci-fi/horror thriller Flatliners directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt and Kevin Bacon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Fugitive, King Kong, The Village, The Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Signs, Defiance, Maleficent), as well as 18 minutes of demos and alternate cues. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more information about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ritual’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Midell, Jason Lazarus, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack, The Ritual
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for David Midell’s horror thriller The Ritual. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (The Witcher, Shadow and Bone, Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, Straight Outta Compton, Brilliant Minds, G20, The Raid: Redemption) & Jason Lazarus (Skull Island, The Gates, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. The Ritual is co-written and directed by Midell and stars Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Patricia Heaton and Abigail Cowen . The movie based on a true story follows two priests – one questioning his faith and one reckoning with a troubled past – who must work together to perform a series of terrifying exorcisms to save the young woman’s soul. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley Scoring Channel 5’s & PBS Masterpiece’s ‘The Forsytes’
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, Channel 5, Debbie Horsfield, PBS, The Forsytes
Anne Dudley (The Crying Game, American History X, The Full Monty, The Hustle, Benedetta, Pushing Tin) is the composer of the new Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece original series The Forsytes. The show is developed by Debbie Horsfield (Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Age Before Beauty) inspired by John Galsworthy’s Nobel Prize-winning Forsyte Saga novels and stars Francesca Annis, Stephen Moyer, Danny Griffin, Tuppence Middleton, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jack Davenport, Millie Gibson, Joshua Orpin, Tom Durant-Pritchard, Josette Simon OBE, Jamie Flatters, Owen Igiehon and Susan Hampshire. The 6-part drama follows the romances, family bonds and ambitions of the wealthy Forsyte family in 1880s London. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White, Scott Cooper, Soundtrack, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Columbia Records will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. The album produced by Dave Cobb includes twelve Bruce Springsteen songs performed by lead actor Jeremy Allen White and other members’s of the film’s cast and also features performances from Jake Kiszka & Sam F. Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on December 5 and is now available for pre-order in all formats on Amazon. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is written and directed by Scott Cooper and also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Marc Maron, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffman and David Krumholtz. The movie based on Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me from Nowhere chronicles the making of Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska album that marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his most enduring works. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Mousquet, Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog, Hopper et le secret de la marmotte, Puggy, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog (Hopper et le secret de la marmotte ). The album features the film’s original music composed by the Belgian band Puggy (The Son of Bigfoot, Bigfoot Family, The Inseparables) who previously scored 2022’s original Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the band’s Chickenhare II and Groundhog Theme after the jump. Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog directed by Benjamin Mousquet is based on the Dark Horse comics title Chickenhare by Chris Grine and follows the title character, along with his loyal sidekicks, Abe, a sarcastic turtle, and Meg, a martial arts expert skunk, as they embark on a new quest to find the legendary Groundhog, a creature rumored to have the power to reverse time. Read the rest of this entry »
