La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 animated sci-fi fantasy anthology feature Heavy Metal directed by Gerald Potterton and starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Rodger Bumpass, Alice Playten, John Vernon, Jackie Burroughs, Don Francks, Joe Flaherty, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Percy Rodriguez, Susan Roman, August Schellenberg, Richard Romanus and Zal Yanovsky. The 2-CD set features the newly remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Far from Heaven, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Airplane, Stripes), including the score presentation on the first disc and the content of the original 1981 score album on the second disc. The soundtrack is limited to 1,500 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sleeping Woman’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, La mujer dormida, Laura Alvea, score, Soundtrack, The Sleeping Woman
La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish psychological thriller The Sleeping Woman (La mujer dormida). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, You Keep the Kids, Superagente Makey, The Wedding Unplanner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Sleeping Woman is directed by Laura Alvea and stars Almudena Amor and Javier Rey. The movie revolves around a nursing assistant who starts to feel attracted to the husband of the woman in a coma whom she’s caring for, when she begins to be harassed by strange, paranormal phenomena. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video Documentary ‘I Am: Celine Dion’ Announced
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Celine Dion, I Am: Celine Dion, Irene Taylor, Redi Hasa, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music Entertainment & Legacy Recordings will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary I Am: Celine Dion. The album features thirteen hits by the Canadian singer, including My Heart Will Go On, The Power of Love, Because You Loved Me, A New Day Has Come, among others. Also included are seven tracks from the film’s original score composed by Redi Hasa and produced by Alberto Fabris. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on June 21 and is now available for pre-oder on Amazon. A vinyl edition is scheduled to come out on August 9 and is available to order here. I Am: Celine Dion is directed by Irene Taylor who gives a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar’s struggle with a life-altering illness. The movie highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kill Your Lover’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alix Austin, Keir Siewert, Kill Your Lover, score, Soundtrack, Thibault Chavanis
Thibault Chavanis (The Impact) has released a soundtrack album for the British body horror feature Kill Your Lover. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Chavanis’ main theme after the jump. Kill Your Lover is written and directed by Alix Austin & Keir Siewert and stars Paige Gilmour, Shane Quigley Murphy, Chloe Wigmore, May Kelly and Joshua Whincup. The movie follows a woman who tries to break off her toxic relationship with her boyfriend, when he starts transforming into a monster with increased aggression. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video’s ‘Dom’ Released
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Antonio Pinto, Dom, Gabriel Ferreira, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services has released the first soundtrack album for the Brazilian Prime Video original series Dom. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Senna, Nine Days, Lord of War, Amy, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) and Gabriel Ferreira (Pele). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Dom is inspired by the true story of a father and son on opposite sides of the war on drugs in Rio de Janeiro and stars Gabriel Leone, Flavio Tolezani, Filipe Bragança, Raquel Villar, Ramon Francisco, Isabella Santoni, Digão Ribeiro, Julia Konrad, Fabio Lago and André Mattos. The crime drama follows the titular handsome boy from Rio’s middle class who is introduced to cocaine in his teen years, putting him on the path to becoming a criminal gang’s leader. Read the rest of this entry »
Isobel Waller-Bridge Scoring Starz’s ‘Three Women’
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Isobel Waller-Bridge, Starz, Three Women
Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Emma, Wicked Little Letters, The Phantom of the Open, Vita & Virginia, Munich: The Edge of War, Roar) has composed the original music for the upcoming Starz limited series Three Women. The show is created by Lisa Taddeo based on her own bestselling novel and stars Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, Gabrielle Creevy, Jason Ralph, Blair Underwood and John Patrick Amedori. The drama follows a writer grieving the loss of her family who persuades three “ordinary” women, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast and a student in North Dakota, to tell her their stories. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘The Humanoid’ & ‘What Have You Done to Solange?’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aldo Lado, Cosa avete fatto a solange?, L'umanoide, Massimo Dallamano, score, Soundtrack, The Humanoid, What Have You Done to Solange?
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1979 Italian sci-fi film The Humanoid (L’umanoide) directed by Aldo Lado and starring Giorgio Venturini, Richard Kiel, Leonard Mann, Corinne Cléry, Barbara Bach and Arthur Kennedy. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight, The Untouchables). The CD, which being released to coincide with the film’s 45th anniversary, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Gregson Scoring BBC’s ‘Lost Boys & Fairies’
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Daf James, Lost Boys & Fairies, Peter Gregson
Peter Gregson (A Little Chaos, Blackbird, Waco: The Aftermath, Adolescence) is the composer of the new BBC drama Lost Boys & Fairies. The show is created by Daf James and stars Sion Daniel Young, Fra Fee, Sharon D Clarke, Elizabeth Berrington, Emrys, Arwel Gruffydd, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Shaheen Jafargholi, Mali Ann Rees, Leo Harris and Gwyneth Keyworth. The 3-part series directed by James Kent (The Aftermath, Testament of Youth) tells the story of a singer and artiste-extraordinaire at Cardiff’s queer club-space ‘Neverland’ as he embarks upon a journey of self-discovery when he – together with his partner – longs to adopt a child and has to convince their social worker that they’re up to the task. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All and Eva’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: All and Eva, Allt och Eva, Frid & Frid, Karl Frid, Pär Frid, score, Soundtrack, Viaplay
Frid & Frid (aka Karl Frid & Pär Frid) (Wild Nights with Emily, Pleasure, Alena, Crimes of Passion: Death of a Loved One, Citizen Schein) have released a soundtrack album for the Swedish/Danish Viaplay original series All and Eva (Allt och Eva). The album features selections of the composers’ original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to their main theme after the jump. All and Eva is written and directed by Johanna Runevad and stars Tuva Novotny, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sanna Sundqvist, Sissela Kyle, Bengt Braskered and Jason Diakité. The 6-part drama follows a woman who tracks down and grows close to her sperm donor, without telling him she is carrying his baby.. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 2, 2024)
Posted: June 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Cortés, Am I OK?, Annie Clark, Anthony D'Amario, Ari Balouzian, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Clipped, Craig Wedren, Disney Plus, Edouard Rigaudière, Evgueni Galperine, Fantasmas, FX, HBO, Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, How to Rob a Bank, Hulu, Leo Birenberg, Max, Michael Abels, Netflix, Queenie, Ren Faire, Robert Ouyang Rusli, Sacha Galperine, Serj Tankian, Swindle, The Acolyte, Under Paris, Vincent Pedulla, Wendy Wang
Premiering tonight is the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and executive produced by Elara Pictures. The show’s original music is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The 3-parter, which explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn kingpin, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Tuesday, June 4, is the Disney+ original live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte created by Leslye Headland and starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, CManny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss. Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Bad Education, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
