Tony Kanal (of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar) is making his television scoring debut on the Freeform original series Single Drunk Female. He is composing the music for the second season of the show created by Simone Finch and starring Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Lily Mae Harrington, Sasha Compere, Garrick Bernard and Ian Gomez. The new season of the comedy follows Samantha Fink as she finally feels like she has a life worth celebrating, but quickly learns that sometimes life has other plans for her. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Kanal Tapped as Composer of Freeform’s ‘Single Drunk Female’ Season 2
Posted: April 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Single Drunk Female, Tony Kanal
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Kevin Kiner to Score Disney+’s ‘Ahsoka’
Posted: April 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ahsoka, Dave Filoni, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Star Wars
Writer/director/producer Dave Filoni has revealed at a panel today at the Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London that Kevin Kiner (Doom Patrol, Narcos: Mexico, CSI: Miami, Making a Murderer) is scoring Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ original series Ahsoka. The show is written by Filoni stars Rosario Dawson in the title role, alongside Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla. The drama is set after the fall of the Empire and follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 7, 2023)
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Air, Brian Tyler, David Sardy, Ethan Rose, Gavin Brivik, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Lyle Workman, Nathan Wang, One Day as a Lion, One True Loves, Paint, Showing Up, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and starring Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black Black and Seth Rogen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast Five, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Iron Man 3) with original Nintendo themes by Koji Kondo. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music and two songs from the movie today. iam8bit will release physical editions in various formats. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.
Also already out since Wednesday is the biographical drama Air directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Affleck himself, Chris Tucker and Chris Messina. Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire) has contributed a few original score cues to the film, which mostly features tracks from 80s scores by Tangerine Dream, Harold Faltermeyer, among other composers . Sony’s Legacy Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the 80s hits from the movie by Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, The Clash, RUN DMC, Cyndi Lauper & other artists earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Video for Jack Black/Bowser’s ‘Peaches’ Song Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Horvath, Jack Black, Michael Jelenic, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Lyrical Lemonade has released a music video for the original song Peaches from Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The track co-written (with directors Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and Eric Osmond & John Spiker) and performed by Jack Black (as Bowser) is included on the official soundtrack album and has also just been released as a digital single today by Back Lot Music. Check out the music video (directed by Cole Bennett) after the jump. The Super Mario Bros. Movie starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson & Sebastian Maniscalco is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from ‘Riverdale’ Season 7 Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Drew Ray Tanner, Riverdale, The CW
WaterTower Music has released the first two songs from the seventh and final season of the CW drama Riverdale. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are the covers of Little Richard’s Tutti Frutti and Only You (written by Buck Ram and first recorded by The Platters), produced by Leonard Jay Jackson & Ryan Petersen and performed by Drew Ray Tanner (who stars as Fangs Fogarty) as featured in the second episode (Skip, Hop, and Thump) of the new season. More music from the seventh season is expected to be released in the coming weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Portable Door’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Speed, Jeffrey Walker, MGM+, score, Soundtrack, The Portable Door
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian fantasy adventure comedy The Portable Door. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Speed (52 Tuesdays, Monolith). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Portable Door is directed by Jeffrey Walker and starring Patrick Gibson, Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Jessica De Gou, Chris Pang and Rachel House. The movie follows two interns who begin working at a mysterious London firm and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarah Angliss to Score Romola Garai’s ‘Monstrous Beauty’
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Monstrous Beauty, Romola Garai, Sarah Angliss
British composer Sarah Angliss is attached to score the upcoming period drama Monstrous Beauty. The film is written and directed by Romola Garai and will star Bella Ramsey, Dominic West, Ruth Negga and Fiona Shaw. The movie is set in the 17th Century and tells the story of a unique young woman, born into poverty with a rare condition of being entirely covered in hair, who is offered the opportunity of a place in the luxurious and decadent court of King Charles II. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Praise This’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harvey Mason Jr., Peacock, Praise This, Soundtrack, Tina Gordon
Columbia Records has released the official soundtrack album for the musical comedy Praise This. The album features the songs from the film performed by cast members Chloe Bailey, Druski, Quavo, Crystal Hayslett & others. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Praise This is directed by Tina Gordon and also stars Philip Fornah, Anjelika Washington, Tristan Mack Wilds, Birgundi Baker, Loren Lott, Kiara Iman Heffner, Ilario Grant, Cocoa Brown, Vanessa Fraction, Jekalyn Carr and Koryn Hawthorne. The movie revolves around an aspiring musical superstar who is forced to join her cousin’s underdog praise team in the lead-up to a national championship competition. Read the rest of this entry »
Music from Magic Kingdom Park’s ‘TRON Lightcycle / Run’ Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daft Punk, Joseph Alfuso, Joseph Trapanese, Tron
Walt Disney Records has released a digital single for the new theme park attraction TRON Lightcycle / Run. The 2-track single features the ride’s music based on Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy score, produced and arranged by Joseph Trapanese (The Greatest Showman, Shadow and Bone, Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Witcher) who collaborated with the electronic music duo on their music from the 2010 feature and also composed the score for the animated series TRON: Uprising. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to both tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chupa’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Jonas Cuaron, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released the full soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Chupa. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks, Just Beyond) Also included is the original song Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños) written by Rivera & director Jonás Cuarón and performed by Julieta Venegas (previously released as a digital single last week). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Chupa starring Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Christian Slater, Nickolas Verdugo, Adriana Paz, Ashley Ciarra, Gerardo Taracena and Julio Cesar Cedillo the story of a lonely boy who befriends a mythical creature hiding on the ranch of his grandfather while visiting family in Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
