Composers Brooke Blair & Will Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Informer, Sweet Virginia, Black Christmas) are reteaming with director Jeremy Saulnier on the upcoming Netflix original film Rebel Ridge. The movie is written and directed by Saulnier and stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Emory Cohen, David Denman, James Cromwell, Zsané Jhé, Steve Zissis and Dana Lee. The thriller follows a former Marine who confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin’s bail. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke & Will Blair Scoring Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Rebel Ridge’
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Jeremy Saulnier, Netflix, Rebel Ridge, Will Blair
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‘Don’t Hang Up’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Hang Up, Francesco Motta, Motta, Non riattaccare, score, Soundtrack
CAM Sugar has released a soundtrack album for the Italian thriller Don’t Hang Up (Non riattaccare). The album features the film’s original music composed by Motta (The Land of the Sons, The Cage – Nella Gabbia, Letto numero 6). The soundtrack is now available on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Don’t Hang Up is co-written and directed by Manfredi Lucibello and stars Barbara Ronchi and Claudio Santamaria. The movie is set during the early days of the COVID pandemic and follows a troubled young Italian translatot in a race against time to reach her ex-boyfriend, without hanging up the phone. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2024 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories of Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song. The winners will be announced at the 24th World Soundtrack Awards ceremony, which will take place on October 16, 2024 at the Capitole Ghent as the closing night of the Film Fest Gent. Elliot Goldenthal has previously been announced to receive Lifetime Achievement Award. The rest of the nominations will be revealed on September 13. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Super Papa’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Perez Del Mar, Léa Lando, score, Soundtrack, Super Papa
Bonne Pioche Music has released a soundtrack album for the French family comedy Super Papa. The album features the film’s original score composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, The Mystery of Henri Pick, My Son, Zarafa, The Kitchen Brigade). 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 track after the jump. Super Papa is co-written and directed by Léa Lando and stars Ahmed Sylla, Ismaël Bangoura, Louise Coldefy, Julien Pestel, Claudia Tagbo and Zabou Breitman. The movie follows a father who accidentally gives his kid a book with blank pages for his birthday and makes up a story that the book is magical and fulfills the dreams of those who write in it. Read the rest of this entry »
Vittoria Schisano’s ‘Gloria’ Cover from Netflix’s ‘The Life You Wanted’ Released
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: La vita che volevi, Netflix, The Life You Wanted, Vittoria Schisano
Netflix Music has released the cover version of the Umberto Tozzi song Gloria from the Italian Netflix limited series The Life You Wanted (La vita che volevi). The track (originally written by Tozzi & Giancarlo Bigazzi) is performed by lead actress Vittoria Schisano and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Gabriele Roberto’s original score from the show this past June. The Life You Wanted is created by Ivan Cotroneo & Monica Rametta and also stars Giuseppe Zeno, Pina Turco, Alessio Lapice, Nicola Bello, Michele De Virgilio, Bellarch and Francesca Pia Di Nola. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yo Gabba GabbaLand!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Soundtrack, Yo Gabba Gabbaland
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ Yo Gabba GabbaLand! have been revealed. The album includes the songs from the first season of the show featuring appearances by Portugal. The Man, Paul Williams, Lucius, mxmtoon, Local Natives, Thundercat, Kurt Vile, Twin Shadow, Ty Segall, Betty Who, Big Daddy Kane, Reggie Watts, Cory Wong and Antwaun Stanley, Claud, Dayglow, Miyavi, Prestyn Smith, ROMderful, The Drums, and The Interrupters. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 9 by BMG and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (by The Linda Lindas) has already been released as a digital single last month (click here to listen) and a second track (We’re All Connected feat. Anderson .Paak) has just been released today (listen to the track below). Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Aziz Ansari’s ‘Good Fortune’
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aziz Anzari, Carter Burwell, Good Fortune
Carter Burwell (Carol, True Grit, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin,Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight) has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Good Fortune. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor/comedian Aziz Ansari (Master of None) and stars Ansari himself, Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh. The movie follows a down-on-his luck guy who is struggling financially, when an angel appears and swaps his life with that of his wealthy rich friend who lives in the Hollywood Hills. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Umbrella Academy’ Seasons 3 & 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Russo, Netflix, Perrine Virgile, score, Soundtrack, The Umbrella Academy
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and fourth seasons composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, Legion, The Night Of) and Perrine Virgile (Long Slow Exhale). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released two albums featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 and Season 2. The Umbrella Academy is created for television by Steve Blackman based on the comics/graphic novels by Gerard Way and stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Justin H. Min, Aidan Gallagher, Ritu Arya, Nick Offerman, Colm Feore, Megan Mullally and David Cross. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli Scoring Dougal Wilson’s ‘Paddington in Peru’
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dario Marianelli, Dougal Wilson, Paddington, Paddington in Peru
Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Darkest Hour, Anna Karenina, Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee) is returning to score the upcoming family adventure Paddington in Peru. The film is directed by Dougal Wilson and stars Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Madeleine Harris, Carla Tous and Jim Broadbent, as well as Ben Whishaw and Imelda Staunton as the voices of Paddington and Aunt Lucy. The movie follows the title character as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears, when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mouse Trap’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Darren Morze, Jamie Bailey, score, Soundtrack, The Mouse Trap
Klaatu Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie slasher movie The Mouse Trap. The album features the film’s original music composed by Darren Morze (Mass, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, The Last Victim, The Greatest Night in Pop, Enter Nowhere). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. A limited edition CD version is available to order on the label’s official website. The Mouse Trap is directed by Jamie Bailey and stars Sophie McIntosh, Nick Biskupek, Mackenzie Mills and Simon Phillips (who also wrote the screenplay). The movie follows a young woman who gets stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift on her 21st birthday, when her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as a mouse (based on the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse that is now in the public domain) decides to play a game of his own with them. Read the rest of this entry »
