Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Sexy Beast, The Commuter, 30 Coins, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) has recently been scoring the upcoming action comedy The Killer’s Game. The film is directed by JJ Perry (Day Shift) and stars Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Scott Adkins, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff and Ben Kingsley. The movie follows a top hitman who – after geting diagnosed with a terminal illness – decides to take matters into his own hands by taking a hit out on himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos Scoring J.J. Perry’s ‘The Killer’s Game’
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: J.J. Perry, Roque Banos, The Killer's Game
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‘Butterfly in the Sky’ Digital Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb, Butterfly in the Sky, score, Soundtrack, The Octopus Project
Earth Libraries will release a digital version of the soundtrack album for the documentary Butterfly in the Sky. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Octopus Project (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, Sasquatch Sunset, Damsel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28. A vinyl edition has previously been announced (for this year’s Record Store Day) and is now available to order on Amazon. Listen to the band’s Reading Rainbow Theme Song (feat. The Flaming Lips) after the jump. Butterfly in the Sky is directed by Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb and tells the story of the beloved PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow, its host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Read the rest of this entry »
‘5lbs of Pressure’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 5lbs of Pressure, Phil Allocco, Philippe Jakko, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller 5lbs of Pressure. The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Jakko (Enemy Lines, Kaufman’s Game, Notre Dame, Allies). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, June 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 5lbs of Pressure is written and directed by Phil Allocco and stars Luke Evans, Rory Culkin, Rudy Pankow, Stephanie Leonidas, Zac Adams, Savannah Steyn, Lorraine Burroughs and Alex Pettyfer. The movie follows an ex-con who returns back to his old neighborhood walking the path of forgiveness when he crosses destinies with an unhappy drug dealer, resulting in violence and redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Monster High’ Animated Series Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Monster High, Nickelodeon, Soundtrack, Stef Fink
Arts Music has released a new soundtrack album for Nickelodeon animated series Monster High. The album features the original songs from secon season of the show written by Stef Fink, Jason Gleed, German Briseno Julia Piker, Sheléa, Isiah Carter, Jacqueline Rose and Gizzle. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 last year. Monster High is based on Mattel’s fashion doll franchise and features the voices of Gabrielle Nevaeh, Courtney Lin, Tony Revolori, Iris Menas, Anna Cathcart, Jonathan Melo, Kausar Mohammed, and Rutina Wesley, Valeria Rodriguez, Alexander Polinsky, Alexa Kahn, and Debra Wilson. Read the rest of this entry »
National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ to Feature Music by Nainita Desai
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nainita Desai, National Geographic, OceanXplorers
Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Deepest Breath, The Tower, Crossfire, The Reason I Jump, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Funny Woman) is scoring the upcoming National Geographic documentary series OceanXplorers. The show is executive produced and narrated by James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar, Aliens) and takes audiences aboard the OceanXplorer, OceanX’s state-of-the-art scientific research and exploration vessel, to investigate the farthest frontiers of the world’s oceans, 80% of which are entirely unknown. The BBC Studios Natural History Unit production follows a group of National Geographic Explorers and other ocean experts as they embark on a global odyssey to solve some of the ocean’s greatest mysteries through the lives of its animals and their ecosystems. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui, Paco Cabral & Matias Tozolla Scoring Jayson McNamara’s & Andrea Tortonese’s ‘Norita’
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Tortonese, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jayson McNamara, Juan Luqui, Matias Tozolla, Norita, Paco Cabral
Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Last of Us, The Book of Life) has teamed up with Juan Luqui (Wild Life, (Monsterland, Dear Child), Paco Cabral (Diego: The Last Goodbye) and Matias Tozolla (Messenger on a White Horse) to score the upcoming documentary Norita. He also serves as an executive producer on the film directed by Jayson McNamara & Andrea Tortonese and tells the story of Norita Cortiñas who helped found a movement of Argentinian mothers in the 1970s whose children had been “disappeared” by the country’s right-wing military regime and is seen as a fundamental fixture in the movement’s success during the country’s 2020 vote to legalize abortion. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Life You Wanted’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gabriele Roberto, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Life You Wanted
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix limited series The Life You Wanted (La vita che volevi). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gabriele Roberto (The Music of Silence, A Five Star Life, Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s title track below. The Life You Wanted is created by Ivan Cotroneo & Monica Rametta and stars Vittoria Schisano, Giuseppe Zeno, Pina Turco, Nicola Bello, Alessio Lapice, Michele De Virgilio, Francesca Pia Di Nola and Bellarch. The 6-part drama revolves around a woman who finally happy after transitioning and settling down, when a longtime friend reappears with disrupting news and throws her world into chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli Scoring Asif Kapadia’s & Joe Sabia’s ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Asif Kapadia, Dario Marianelli, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Joe Sabia
Composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina, Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) is reuniting with director Asif Kapadia on the new documentary Federer: Twelve Final Days. The film is directed by Kapadia (Amy, Senna) & Joe Sabia and captures the final chapter in Roger Federer’s legendary tennis career. The movie, which was originally a home video never intended for public viewing, features interviews from his rivals and friends, inclduing Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jean de Florette’ & ‘Manon of the Spring’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claude Berri, Jean de Florette, Jean-Claude Petit, Manon des Sources, Manon of the Spring, score, Soundtrack
Pathé Films has released a new soundtrack album for the French 1986 drama classics Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) directed by Claude Berri based on Marcel Pagnol’s two-volume novel The Water of the Hills and starring Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart and Hippolyte Girardot. The album features the films’ original score composed and conducted by Jean-Claude Petit (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Horseman on the Roof, The Return of the Musketeers, Dalida). 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 for Jean de Florette after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Pattishall, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, HBO, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson, Samora Pinderhughes, score, Soundtrack
Machel Projects will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. The album features the film’s original music composed by Samora Pinderhughes (Whose Streets?) & Chris Pattishall (The Strike). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is directed by Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson and reveals the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets and social commentators. The movie, which was shortlisted in the Feature Documentary for this year’s Academy Awards, follows Giovanni as he reckons with the inevitable passing of time through intimate vérité and archival footage, revealing the lasting impact of Giovanni’s work on American culture. Read the rest of this entry »
