Dan Deacon (The Changeling, Ascension, Twixt, Wedding Season, Strawberry Mansion, All Light, Everywhere) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Rez Ball. The movie is directed by Sydney Freeland (Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, Drunktown’s Finest) and stars Jessica Matten, Kauchani Bratt, Cody Lightning, Amber Midthunder, Ernest David Tsosie, Dallas Goldtooth, Zoey Reyes, Kusem Goodwind and Julia Jones. The sports drama inspired by the book Canyon Dreams and the New York Times article by Michael Powell tells the story of the Chuska Warriors, a high school basketball team rich in Native American heritage who – after losing their star player – must bounce back to keep their championship dreams alive. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Sydney Freeland’s ‘Rez Ball’
Posted: August 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Netflix, Rez Ball, Sydney Freeland
‘In Camera’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clark, In Camera, Naqqash Khalid, score, Soundtrack
Throttle Records will release a soundtrack album for the British drama In Camera. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clark (aka Chris Clark) (Daniel Isn’t Real, Lisey’s Story, The Last Panthers, National Treasure: Kiri, Rellik) who reworked his score for the record, as well as a cover of Carpenters / Sonic Youth classic Superstar. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on September 13. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album in both versions. A first track (Green Breaking) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. In Camera is written and directed by Naqqash Khalid and stars Nabhaan Rizwan, Amir El-Masry, Rory Fleck Byrne and Antonio Aakeel. The movie revolves around a struggling British-Asian actor in a cycle of nightmarish auditions who takes it upon himself to find a new role. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna Drubich, Brandon Roberts, Fear Street, Fear Street Part 1: 1994, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy based on R.L. Stine’s book series of the same title and directed by Leigh Janiak. The 5-CD set features the expanded original scores from all three installments, including Fear Street: Part 1 – 1994 composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream, A Quiet Place, Logan, The Hurt Locker, I, Robot, Hellboy, The Wolverine) & Marcus Trumpp (Love and Monsters, Plane, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Little Evil), Fear Street: Part 2 – 1978 composed by Beltrami & Brandon Roberts (Thanksgiving, Chaos Walking, Motherland: Fort Salem, Underwater) and Fear Street: Part 3 – 1666 composed by Beltrami, Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within) & Trumpp, including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bard of Blood’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bard of Blood, Gilad Benamram, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Indian Netflix original series Bard of Blood. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gilad Benamram (Fauda, Club Life, Suspicion, 1992, The Girl on the Train). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Bard of Blood is created by Bilal Siddiqi & Gaurav Verma and stars Emraan Hashmi, Vineet Kumar, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kirti Kulhari, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sohum Shah, Danish Husain and Rajit Kapoor. The spy thriller follows a former Indian spy who must confront his past when he returns to lead an unsanctioned hostage-rescue mission years after a disastrous job in Balochistan. T Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell & Kevin Kiner Scoring Max’s ‘Creature Commandos’
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Mansell, Creature Commandos, James Gunn, Kevin Kiner, Max
Writer/director James Gunn has revealed that Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Moon, Noah, The Fountain, The Wrestler) & Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, Narcos: Mexico, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels) are teaming up to score the upcoming Max adult animated original series Creature Commandos. The show is written by Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) based on DC Characters and features the voices of Steve Agee, Maria Bakalova, Zoe Chao, Anya Chalotra, Frank Grillo, David Harbour, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma and Viola Davis. The DC Studios & Warner Bros. Animation production tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Prime Video has announced the track list of the soundtrack album for the second season of the streamer’s original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The album features selections of the original score from Season 2 composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Outlander, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day). as well as two new songs featuring vocalists Rufus Wainwright and Jens Kidman. Series stars Sophia Nomvete, Benjamin Walker, Rory Kinnear & Daniel Weyman also lend their vocals to several tracks on the soundtrack, which will be released digitally on August 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Mutant will release a CD and vinyl edition, which are both now available for pre-order here. As with the first season, following each episode, Amazon Music will release a weekly soundtrack album containing the score for that episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Let Me Be Me’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Crane, Jackson Greenberg, Katie Taber, Let Me Be Me, score, Soundtrack
Venice Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Let Me Be Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jackson Greenberg (Cartel Land, City of Ghosts, Madu, AKA Jane Roe, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Kyle Is Kyle) below. Let Me Be Me is directed by Dan Crane & Katie Taber and centers on the Westphal family who learns that their six year old son is on the Autism spectrum and embark on a radical journey in which they compassionately join him in his unique behaviors. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Leos Carax Documentary ‘Mr. X’ Released
Posted: August 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gaël Rakotondrabe, Mr. X, score, Soundtrack, Tessa Louise-Salomé
Artiworks has released the premiere soundtrack album for the 2014 documentary Mr. X. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gael Rakotondrabe (The Wild One, Porto, Etat limite) and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s first track (La Samaritaine) below. Mr. X is directed by Tessa Louise-Salomé and centers on filmmaker Leon Carax (Holy Motors, Annette, Pola X, Boy Meets Girl, The Lover on the Bridge), a complex artist and a cult figure from his first feature. Read the rest of this entry »
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, House of the Dragon, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series House of the Dragon. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Fallout, Iron Man, Eternals, 3 Body Problem, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first score track (End a War Before It Begins) after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2022. House of the Dragon is George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal and stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Sonoya Mizuno, Abubakar Salim, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Clinton Liberty, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Kieran Bew, Gayle Rankin, Matthew Needham, Freddie Fox, Jamie Kenna, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor, Simon Russell Beale and Vincent Regan . Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 4, 2024)
Posted: August 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Joshua Moshier, Matt Mahaffey, Mr. Throwback, Nami Melumad, One Fast Move, Paramount+, Peacock, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Premiering on Thursday, August 8, is the sports action drama One Fast Move written and directed by Kelly Blatz and starring K.J. Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco, Edward James Olmos and Austin North. The film’s original music is composed by Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Prodigy, Thor: Love and Thunder, An American Pickle, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Far from the Tree, Absentia). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Peacock original series Mr. Throwback created by David Caspe, Matthew Libman & Daniel Libman and starring Stephen Curry, Adam Pally, Ego Nwodim and Adyen Mayeri. Joshua Moshier (The Shrink Next Door, Baskets, Looney Tunes Shorts, Happy Anniversary, Special, Dragons: Rescue Riders) has composed the show’s original muisc. The mockumentary comedy, which follows down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry, will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock. Read the rest of this entry »
