Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Welcome to Chippendales, Looking for Alaska, Rabbit Hole, Runaways, Queenpins) has teamed up with Garrett Gonzales (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Lioness) to score the new Amazon original series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Khosla has composed the music for the first episode and Khosla & Gonzales have co-scored the other seven episodes of the show created by Aaron Mark based on his podcast of the same name and his one-woman play, Empanada Loca and starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, K. Todd Freeman and Kita Updike. The horror comedy drama follows the title character who – after an unjust 16-year prison sentence – returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, who lets her live and work as a masseuse, and is driven to shocking extremes to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla & Garrett Gonzales Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Garrett Gonzales, Siddhartha Khosla, The Horror of Dolores Roach
‘Murder Syndicate’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grant Kirkhope, Michael Matteo Rossi, Murder Syndicate, score, Soundtrack
Grant Kirkhope (Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Civilization: Beyond Earth, GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong 64, The King’s Daughter) has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Murder Syndicate. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Murder Syndicate is written and directed by Michael Matteo Rossi and stars Jessica Morris, Steven Martini, Mark Justice, Diane Robin and Vernon Wells. The movie follows the three children and the younger boyfriend of a family of assassins’ matriarch as they scheme and fight among themselves to take over her empire after she falls ill. Read the rest of this entry »
Haim Mazar Scoring Nadine Crocker’s ‘Desperation Road’
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Desperation Road, Gray Matter, Haim Mazar, Max, Meko Winbush, Nadine Crocker
Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, Woke, The Taking of Deborah Logan, I Am Wrath) has been tapped to score the upcoming southern noir thriller Desperation Road. The film is directed by Nadine Crocker and stars Garrett Hedlund, Mel Gibson, Willa Fitzgerald, Ryan Hurst, Kat Foster, Woody McClain and Pyper Braun. The movie follows an ex-con who attempts to rebuild his life with help from his father, but when a young woman arrives and throws his life into chaos, the pair end up on the run. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Runes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Runes, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated series Runes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Silo, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Edge of Seventeen, Defending Jacob). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Runes is created by Sébastien Oursel & Guillaume Mautalent based on Marion Bulot’s graphic universe and follows a 12-year-old boy who is heir to the throne of Normandy and must go on the run to save himself from evildoers trying to assassinate him. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 25, 2023)
Posted: June 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Anthem, Apple TV +, HBO, Hijack, Hulu, Kenji Kawai, Kris Bowers, Laura Karpman, Marcus Whale, Mark Bradshaw, Netflix, Paramount+, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, Run Rabbit Run, Simon Goff, The Gold
Premiering in the U.S. today is the British limited series The Gold written by Neil Forsyth and starring Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Tom Cullen, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Ellora Torchia and Stefanie Martini. The show’s original music is composed by Simon Goff. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-parter, which premiered in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, June 28, is the British Apple TV+ limited series Hijack created by George Kay & Jim Field Smith and starring Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams and Max Beesley. Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, The Dropout, Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaison) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 7-parter, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Digital Score Album Released
Posted: June 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Tennant, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Sweet Home Alabama
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the score album for the 2002 romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart and Candice Bergen. The album features the original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Hitch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The album has previously been released as a (now out-of-print) CD edition in early 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
Mimi Webb’s Original Song ‘This Moment’ from ‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ Released
Posted: June 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Kirk DeMicco, Mimi Webb, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken
Back Lot Music has released the original song This Moment from DreamWorks Animation’s feature Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. The track written by Kiddo AI, JKash, DallasK & Lauv (aka Ari Neff) and performed by Mimi Webb is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Stephanie Economou’s original score from the movie is expected to be released next week. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 23, 2023)
Posted: June 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaroon Zigman, Angelo Badalementi, Christophe Beck, God Is a Bullet, Jeff Cardoni, Jessica Rose Weiss, Maximum Truth, Mychael Danna, Nimona, No Hard Feelings, William Ross, Wonderwell
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy No Hard Feelings directed by Gene Stupnitsky and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti. The film’s original score is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Where the Crawdads Sing, Moneyball, Onward) & Jessica Rose Weiss (Cinderella, Don’t Make Me Go, The Independent). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as two songs from the movie today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Opening in a few hundred theaters today is the thriller God Is a Bullet directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Jamie Foxx, January Jones, Karl Glusman, Paul Johansson and David Thornton. Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge of Terabithia, Sex and the City, The Proposal, John Q) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a score release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which is being released by Wayward Entertainment/XYZ Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring J.C. Chandor’s ‘Kraven the Hunter’
Posted: June 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, J.C. Chandor, Kraven the Hunter
Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Hidden Figures, The Invisible Man) has recently been scoring the upcoming action adventure Kraven the Hunter. The film is directed by J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost) and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Fred Hechinger and Russell Crowe. The movie tells the story about how and why the title character came to be, before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man. Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man, Uncharted) and Richard Wenk (The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) wrote the screenplay based on the Marvel Comics. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Idol’ Episode 4 Soundtrack Single Released
Posted: June 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, The Idol, The Weeknd
Republic Records has released a digital single featuring the songs from the fourth episode of the HBO original series The Idol. The 3-track single includes the tracks One of the Girls performed by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye (who also co-wrote the song), JENNIE & Lily-Rose Depp, The Weeknd’s cover of John Lennon’s Jealous Guy and Fill the Void by The Weeknd, Depp & Ramsey. 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 three singles featuring music from Episode 1, Episode 2 & Episode 3 over the last few weeks and a full album is scheduled to come out on June 30. Read the rest of this entry »
