Provident Films will release a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama The Forge. The album features the film’s original score composed by Zack Leffew (Halloween Be Thy Name, A Murder of Innocence, Palau the Movie). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A separate soundtrack featuring songs from and inspired by the movie can be checked out here. The Forge is co-written (with Stephen Kendrick) and directed by Alex Kendrick and stars Cameron Arnett, Priscilla Shirer, Aspen Kennedy, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie, BJ Arnett, Ken Bevel, Jonathan Evans, Benjamin Watson, Jerry Shirer and Tommy Woodard. The movie follows a young man who – a year out of high school with no plans for his future – is challenged by his single mom and a successful businessman to start charting a better course for his life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Forge’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Kendrick, score, Soundtrack, The Forge, Zack Leffew
‘Music by John Williams’ Documentary to Debut at AFI Fest Before Premiering on Disney+
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Disney Plus, John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, Music by John Williams
AFI announced today that the documentary Music by John Williams will open the 38th AFI Fest in Hollywood on October 23, 2024.The film directed by Laurent Bouzereau chronicles the prolific life and career of the legendary Academy Award-winning composer. The movie features interviews with directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Chris Columbus, J.J. Abrams,, James Mangold, Lawrence Kasdan, producers Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, composers Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, musicians Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Branford Marsalis, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Strange Darling’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: JT Mollner, Soundtrack, Strange Darling, Z Berg
Warner Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller Strange Darling. The album features the original songs from the film written and performed by Z Berg. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 23 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A first track (Love Hurts feat. Keith Carradine) has already been released as a digital single last month and can be checked out after the jump. Strange Darling is written and directed by JT Mollner and stars Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Giovanni Ribisi, Barbara Hershey, Madisen Beaty, Ed Begley Jr., Bianca Santos and Steven Michael Quezada. The movie chronicles one day in the twisted love life of a serial killer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Trap’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Herdís Stefánsdóttir, M. Night Shyamalan, score, Soundtrack, Trap
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller Trap. The album features the film’s original score composed by Herdís Stefánsdóttir (Knock at the Cabin, Y: The Last Man, The Sun Is Also a Star, The Essex Serpent, We’re Here). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 23. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Atlantic Records has previously released an album featuring Saleka’s original songs from the movie earlier this month. Trap is written and directed by Shyamalan and stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill, Tim Russ, Kid Cudi, Vanessa Smythe and Marnie McPhail. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blink Twice’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blink Twice, Chanda Dancy, score, Soundtrack, Zoë Kravitz
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Blink Twice. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chanda Dancy (Devotion, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Aftershock, The Defeated). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Blink Twice is co-written and directed by Zoë Kravitz and stars Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Kyle MacLachlan, Adria Arjona, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis and Alia Shawkat. The movie follows a tech billionaire who meets cocktail waitress at his fundraising gala and invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island, where strange things start to happen. Read the rest of this entry »
Clara Sofie’s Original Song ‘Anything for You’ from Netflix’s ‘Baby Fever’ Season 2 Released
Posted: August 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Baby Fever, Clara Sofie, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Anything for You from the second season of the Danish Netflix original series Baby Fever. The track co-written (with Andreas Arenholt Bindslev) and performed by Clara Sofie is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Baby Fever is created by Amalie Næsby Fick & Nikolaj Feifer and stars Josephine Park, Olivia Joof, Simon Sears, Tammi Øst, Charlotte Munck, Mikael Birkkjær, Oscar Töringe, Emil Prenter, Trisha Fernández and Lars Mikkelsen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Selenkay’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Damián Mahler, Disney Plus, score, Selenkay, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Argentinian Disney+ original series Selenkay. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Damián Mahler (Aruna’s Magic). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s credits track after the jump. Selenkay is directed by Martín Sabban, Joaquín Cambre & Eduardo Pinto and stars Gina Mastronicola, Manuel Ramos, Julián Mateo Caballero, María Zubiri, Luisina Arito and Alejandro Paker. The coming-of-age fantasy drama follows a 16-year old teenager who is constantly traveling due to her parents’ work and looking for stability who moves to a small town in the mountains, where a strange water-bound power threatens the normal teenage life she’s worked so hard to achieve. Read the rest of this entry »
David Sardy Scoring John Swab’s ‘Long Gone Heroes’
Posted: August 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Sardy, John Swab, Long Gone Heroes
Composer David Sardy (Zombieland, 21, End of Watch, Premium Rush, Bright, The Beekeeper, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Monster Trucks) is reteaming with director John Swab on the upcoming action thriller Long Gone Heroes. The film is written and directed by Swab (Body Brokers, Run with the Hunted) and stars Frank Grillo, Josh Hutcherson, Eden Brolin, Melissa Leo, Mekhi Phifer and Andy García. The movie follows a special forces soldier who is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece, who is being held in South America, and discovers that her disappearance is part of a corrupt private operation that hits way too close to home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Killer’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Woo, Marco Beltrami, Peacock, score, Soundtrack, The Killer
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for John Woo’s reimagining of his 1989 Hong Kong action classic The Killer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Scream, A Quiet Place, The Hurt Locker, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine). Also included is the original song Introuvable co-written (with Beltrami, Giampiero Ambrosi, Eloi Painchaud & Buck Sanders) and performed by Jorane and actress Diana Silvers’s rendition of Let’s Live for Today. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 23. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Also listen to the first score track and both songs below. The Killer is directed by Woo and stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Silvers, Eric Cantona, Saϊd Taghmaoui, Grégory Montel and Tchéky Karyo. The movie centers on a mysterious and infamous assassin who – during an assignment from her shadowy mentor – refuses to kill a blinded young woman in a Paris nightclub and gets plunged into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Couple’
Posted: August 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Perfect Couple
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, Smallfoot, Over the Hedge, Hotel Rwanda) has recently scored the new Netflix limited series The Perfect Couple. The show is developed by Jenna Lamia (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) based on the book of the same title by Elin Hilderbrand and stars Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning, Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, Billy Howle, Liev Schreiber, Ishaan Khatter, Sam Nivola, Michael Beach, Meghann Fahy, Mia Isaac, Donna Lynne Champlin and Isabelle Adjani. The mystery drama directed by Susanne Bier (The Night Manager, In a Better World) follows a woman who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, until a shocking death derails the wedding — and turns everyone into a suspect. Read the rest of this entry »
