Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of the video game series Gran Turismo. The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) and stars David Harbour, Archie Madekwe, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Josha Stradowski, Daniel Puig, Thomas Kretschmann, Emelia Hartford, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Pepe Barroso, and Sang Heon Lee. The racing thriller follows a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race-car driver. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Gran Turismo’
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gran Turismo, Lorne Balfe, Neill Blomkamp
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Murray Gold to Return as Composer for BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Doctor Who, Murray Gold
BBC announced today that Murray Gold (Torchwood, Gentleman Jack, It’s a Sin, Quiz, A Very English Scandal) is returning to score the BBC series Doctor Who. The composer who previously scored all episodes between 2005 and 2017 will be collaborating with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to compose the music for three special episodes celebrating the shows 60th anniversary with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor (to premiere this November), before Ncuti Gatwa takes control of the TARDIS as the Fifteenth Doctor with his first episode airing over the 2023/2024 holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ada Twist Scientist, Dan Petty, Dara Taylor, Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis, Netflix, Paul Buckley, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack EP for the streamer’s animated series Ada Twist, Scientist. The 6-track EP features three new songs from the show, as well as the theme song written by Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis & Dan Petty. Also included are two score suites by series composers Paul Buckley (Happily N’Ever After, BFFs, Sago Mini Friends) and Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Strays, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, The Invitation). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Milan Records has previously released a first EP featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2021. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ TV Series Released
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Gaby Goldman, Journey to the Center of the Earth, score, Soundtrack, Viaje al centro de la tierra
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Latin American Disney+ original series Journey to the Center of the Earth (Viaje al centro de la tierra). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gaby Goldman. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Journey to the Center of the Earth is directed by directed by JM Craviotto and stars Sebastián García, Óscar Jaenada, Margarita Rosa de Francisco and Mauricio “El Diablito” Barrientos. The sci-fi adventure is inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel of the same name and follows a group of kids on a voyage through a parallel dimension in which they discover a fascinating world and fight to protect the ecological balance of the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, The Old Oak
Composer George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch) is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama The Old Oak. The film starring Dave Turner, Ebla Mari and Debbie Honeywood centers on the owner of a pub threatened with closure after the arrival of Syrian refugees, when he meets and strikes an unexpected friendship with a Syrian woman. Paul Laverty (The Olive Tree, Yuli) wrote the screenplay. Rebecca O’Brien (You Were Not Really Here, Sorry We Missed You) is producing the project for Sixteen Films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Brigade’ (‘B.R.I.’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: B.R.I., Canal+, Jérémie Guez, score, Séverin Favriau, Soundtrack, The Brigade
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series The Brigade (B.R.I.). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Séverin Favriau (Brothers by Blood, Kanun, A Bluebird in My Heart). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download overseas on all major digital music services, including Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. No word yet on a domestic release date. The Brigade is co-written and directed by Jérémie Guez and stars Sofian Khammes, Ophélie Bau, Rabah Nait Oufella, Théo Christine, Waël Sersoub, Nina Meurisse, Bruno Todeschini, Sami Outalbali, Vincent Elbaz and Emmanuelle Devos. The crime thriller revolves around the leader of a team of young elite police officers at the B.R.I Versailles, a historical special unit fighting organized crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2023)
Posted: April 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Belcher, Amazon, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, Citadel, Comedy Central, Dan Romer, Daniel Hart, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Love & Death, Osei Essed, Peter & Wendy, Saint X, Tangelene Bolton
Premiering on Wednesday, April 26, is the Hulu original series Saint X developed by Leila Gerstein based on the novel by Alexis Schaitkin and starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Jayden Elijah, Michael Park, Bre Francis, Kenlee, Anaya Townsend and Betsy Brandt. Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Station Eleven) & Osei Essed (Katrina Babies, How to Survive a Pandemic) have composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Thursday, April 27, is the HBO Max limited series Love & Death developed by David E. Kelley and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Krysten Ritter, Keir Gilchrist, Tom Pelphrey and Elizabeth Marvel. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Discovery, Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of, Legion). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicole Lecky, Bryan Senti & Kwame “KZ” Kwei-Armah Jr Win BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Mood’
Posted: April 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Bryan Senti, Jessica Jones, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, Kwame KZ Kwei-Armah Jr, Mood, Nicôle Lecky
Nicole Lecky, Bryan Senti & Kwame “KZ” Kwei-Armah Jr have won their first BAFTA TV Craft Award for their music from the BBC series Mood created by and starring Lecky herself at tonight’s awards ceremony at The Brewery in London. A soundtrack album featuring the songs from the show performed by Lecky has been released by EMI Records. Read the rest of this entry »
‘School’s Out Forever’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: April 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angus MacRae, Oliver Milburn, School's Out Forever, score, Soundtrack
Rebellion Music will release a soundtrack album for the British horror comedy School’s Out Forever. The album features the film’s original score composed by Angus MacRae (Fighting for a City, Gypsy’s Revenge). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. School’s Out Forever is written and directed by Oliver Milburn and stars Oscar Kennedy, Liam Lau Fernandez, Samantha Bond, Alex MacQueen, Jasmine Blackborow, Steve Oram and Anthony Head. The movie is based on the novel by Scott K Andrews and follows a 15-year old who flees to his school after an apocalyptic event. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Episode 4 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: April 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Justin Tranter, Paramount+, Soundtrack
Capitol Records has released the fourth soundtrack EP for the Paramount+ original series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. The EP features the songs from the fourth episode of the musical comedy (co-written by Justin Tranter who serves as the project’s executive music producer): Sorry to Distract & Pointing Fingers performed by Cheyenne Isabel Wells and Carelessly by Marisa Davila. Click here to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all three tracks below. The label has previously released the first EPs featuring the songs from Episode 1, Episode 2 & Episode 3 in the past few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
