Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, Heels, The Kominsky Method, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Franchise, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film A Merry Little Ex-Mas. The movie is directed by Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care, Paul Blart: Mall Cop) and stars Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Melissa Joan Hart, Jameela Jamil and Pierson Fode. The romantic comedy revolves around a recently divorced woman who is determined to pull off one last perfect family holiday before selling her beloved home, but her holiday dream spirals into chaos when her ex-husband shows up with his younger, picture-perfect new girlfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Steve Carr’s Netflix Film ‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas’
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Merry Little Ex-Mas, Jeff Cardoni, Netflix, Steve Carr
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‘It Follows’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Robert Mitchell, Disasterpeace, It Follows, Rich Vreeland, score, Soundtrack
Infin et al. will release a new soundtrack album for the 2014 psychological horror movie It Follows written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi and Lili Sepe. The album features the film’s original score composed by Disasterpeace (aka Rich Vreeland) (Bodies Bodies Bodies, Under the Silver Lake, Triple Frontier, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), as well as around 50 minutes of previously unreleased music, including sketches and unused cues The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first of the previously unreleased tracks (Pool (Extended)) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Milan Records has previously released the original 2015 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid Scoring MGM+’s ‘Robin Hood’
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Federico Jusid, MGM+, Robin Hood
Federico Jusid (The English, The Secret in Their Eyes, Watership Down, The Penguin Lessons, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Eternaut, Misconduct, The Head, Life Itself) has been tapped to score the upcoming MGM+ original series Robin Hood. The show is created by John Glenn (SEAL Team, Hatfields & McCoys) & Jonathan English (Ironclad, A Good Woman) and stars Jack Patten, Lauren McQueen, Sean Bean, Lydia Peckham, Connie Nielsen, Steve Waddington, Marcus Fraser, Angus Castle-Doughty, Richard Lintern, Erica Ford, Ian Pirie and Henry Rowley. The 10-part adventure drama follows the tumultuous journey of a Saxon forester’s son turned legendary outlaw as he navigates the corridors of power and leads a daring fight for justice and freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Truce’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La tregua, Miguel Angel Vivas, score, Soundtrack, The Truce, Victor Reyes
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Kazakh/Spanish war drama The Truce (La tregua). The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Victor Reyes (The Night Manager, Buried, Perfect Strangers, Red Lights, Grand Piano, Red Queen, Down a Dark Hall). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. A CD version is available to order on the label’s official website. The Truce is co-written and directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and stars Miguel Herrán, Arón Piper, José Pastor and Javier Pereira. The movie tells the story of two soldiers who fought on opposing sides during the Spanish Civil War and – years later – are forced to endure both suffering and hope together in a Soviet gulag during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Matley Scoring Simon Cellan Jones’ ‘The Family Plan 2’
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Kevin Matley, Simon Cellan Jones, The Family Plan 2
Kevin Matley (Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Concrete Cowboy, Path of the Panther) has composed the original music for the upcoming action comedy sequel The Family Plan 2. The film is directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Some Voices, Years and Years) and stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Zoe Colletti, Kit Harington, Van Crosby, Peter Lindsey, Reda Elazouar and Theodore Lindsey. The movie follows the Morgan family on a holiday vacation in Europe, when a mysterious figure from Dan’s past shows up with unfinished business and an international game of cat-and-mouse ensues. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heads or Tails?’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 14, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alessio Rigo de Righi, Heads or Tails?, Matteo Zoppis, score, Soundtrack, Testa o Croce?, Vittorio Giampietro
Folkgang Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian western Heads or Tails? (Testa o Croce?). The album features the film’s original music composed by Vittorio Giampietro (The Tale of King Crab, The Land of Women, Il complottista). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Heads or Tails? is co-written and directed by Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis and stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Alessandro Borghi, John C. Reilly, Mirko Artuso, Peter Lanzani, Gabriele Silli and Gianni Garko. The movie follows a young woman trapped in a stifling marriage to a powerful and violent landowner who – together with her cowboy lover – flees across the Italian wilderness, pursued by Buffalo Bill. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mannequin’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Arntzen, John Berardo, score, Soundtrack, The Mannequin
Alpha 7 Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller The Mannequin. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Arntzen (Last Man Down, Initiation, Herd, Beyond the Woods, Behemoth, Follow Her). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles track below. The Mannequin is written and directed by John Berardo and stars Isabella Gomez, Krystle Martin, Jack Sochet, Lindsay LaVanchy, Shireen Lai and Gabriella Rivera. The movie follows a young women who discovers the downtown Los Angeles building where her sister died is haunted by the ghost of a mutilation-obsessed killer and – togteher with her friends -must uncover the building’s secrets before they lose their own body parts. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Stump Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Bat-Fam’
Posted: October 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Bat-Fam, Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Gnome Alone, Sick Girl, Black Friday, Changeland) is returning to score the upcoming Prime Video original animated series Bat-Fam. The show is developed by Mike Roth (Regular Show) & Jase Ricci ((Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham) and features the voices of Luke Wilson (as Batman/Bruce Wayne), Yonas Kibreab (as Damian Wayne), James Cromwell (as Alfred Pennyworth), as well as Haley Tju, London Hughes, Michael Benyaer, Bobby Moynihan and guest stars Reid Scott, Kevin Michael Richardson, Diedrich Bader and Natasha Leggero. The animated action comedy is a follow-up to 2023’s Merry Little Batman (scored by Stump) and follows Batman, Alfred, and young Damian Wayne (now having taken on the mantle of “Little Batman”) as they navigate the fun and frustrations of ordinary life while protecting the streets of Gotham City. Read the rest of this entry »
Remixed & Remastered ‘Touching the Void’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack, Touching the Void
Buck Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2003 documentary Touching the Void directed by Kevin Macdonald. The album features the remixed and newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Regime, 11.22.63, Roots, The Rite, State of Play). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s opening title and end title tracks after the jump. Harkit Records has previously released the original 2003 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi Scoring Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’
Posted: October 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Death by Lightning, Netflix, Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (Westworld, Iron Man, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix limited series Death by Lightning. The show is created by Mike Makowsky (Bad Education, I Think We’re Alone Now) based on Candice Millard’s 2011 novel Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, and stars Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham and Betty Gilpin. The 4-part historical drama tells the story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America’s 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him. Read the rest of this entry »
