Julien Glabs (The Test, Les cobayes) has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Sweet Little Things (Les Petites Victoires). The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally this Wednesday, March 1. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Sweet Little Things is written and directed by Mélanie Auffret and stars Michel Blanc and Julia Piaton. The movie centers on a quick-tempered 60-year-old man in a French village who decides to go to school to finally learn to read and write. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sweet Little Things’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julien Glabs, Les Petites Victoires, Mélanie Auffret, score, Soundtrack, Sweet Little Things
David Bateman to Score Tom DeNucci’s ‘The Collective’
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Bateman, The Collective, Tom DeNucci
David Bateman (Money Plane, My Father Muhammad Ali, A Girl Like Her) has been hired to score the upcoming action thriller The Collective. The film is directed by Tom DeNucci (Vault, Almost Mercy) and stars Lucas Till, Ruby Rose, Tyrese Gibson, Don Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor and Mercedes Varnado. The movie follows a group of righteous assassins called The Collective who take aim at a highly sophisticated human trafficking ring backed by a network of untouchable billionaires. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ernest Gold, Lamont Johnson, NBC, score, Soundtrack, Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1985 NBC movie Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley, Stuart Wilson, Melanie Mayron, Bibi Andersson, David Robb and Mark Rylance. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Ernest Gold (Exodus, On the Beach, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Cross of Iron, Judgement at Nuremberg). The CD, which is limited to 500 copies, is now available to order here, where you can also find out more details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck & Alex Kovacs Scoring Hulu’s ‘Up Here’
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kovacs, Christophe Beck, Hulu
Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, Free Guy, The Hangover, Hawkeye) & Alex Kovacs (FEAR, Scattered, Getting Grace) have recently scored the upcoming Hulu original series Up Here. The show is created by Steven Levenson (tick, tick… BOOM!, Dear Evan Hansen), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez (The Book of Mormon) and stars Mae Whitman, Carlos Valdes, John Hodgman, Katie Finneran, Sophia Hammons, Andréa Burns and Emilia Suárez. The musical romantic comedy is set in late 90s New York City and tells the story of one ordinary couple as they fall in love – and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Let Her Kill You’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Glen Ballard, Jérôme Dassier, Let Her Kill You, Nathaniel Mechaly, score, Seule, Soundtrack
Sony Music France will release a soundtrack album for the French thriller Let Her Kill You (Seule). The album features the film’s original score composed by Nathaniel Méchaly (Taken, The Grandmaster, Colombiana, Shut In, Taxi Brooklyn, Transporter: The Series). Also included is the original song Don’t Look Back written by Méchaly and performed by (and with lyrics by) Academy Award nominee Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber (listen to the track below). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Let Her Kill You is co-written and directed by Jérôme Dassier and stars Asia Argento and Jeanne Balibar. The movie follows a woman whose former life as an intelligence secret agent catches up with her when she discovers that her isolated chalet in the mountains of Switzerland is on surveillance. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Lopatin Teams Up with The Weeknd to Score Trey Edward Shults’ Next Feature
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Lopatin, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Weeknd, Trey Edward Shults
Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) (Uncut Gems, Good Time, The Bling Ring) is teaming up with Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye to score the next, currently untitled feature directed by Trey Edward Shults (Waves, It Comes at Night, Krisha). The film is co-written by Shults, Tesfaye & Reza Fahim (The Idol) and stars The Weeknd himself, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. No plot details have been announced yet. The Weeknd and Fahim are also producing the project with Kevin Turen (Euphoria, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) and Harrison Kreiss (X, Pearl). Read the rest of this entry »
Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava to Perform ‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘RRR’ at Oscars
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Kaala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj, RRR
Executive producers Glenn Weiss, Ricky Kirshner & Molly McNearne announced today that singers Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava will perform the Academy Award-nominated song Naatu Naatu from S. S. Rajamouli’s RRR at the 95th Oscar ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The song, which is written by M.M. Keeravaani with lyrics by Chandrabose, is one of the five nominated songs in the Original Song category. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Rabbit Hole’
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Paramount+, Rabbit Hole, Siddhartha Khosla
Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building, Runaways, Your Place or Mine, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska) is scoring the upcoming Paramount+ original series Rabbit Hole. The show is created by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra (Crazy, Stupid, Love., Focus) and stars Kiefer Sutherland, Charles Dance, Meta Golding, Enid Graham, Walt Klink, Jason Butler Harner and Rob Yang. The 8-part thriller follows a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage who must use all the resources at his disposal when he’s framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Faculty’ Score Album Announced
Posted: February 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marco Beltrami, Robert Rodriguez, score, Soundtrack, The Faculty
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere official score release for the 1998 sci-fi horror feature The Faculty directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Kevin Williamson and starring Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Shawn Hatosy, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, Jon Stewart, Bebe Neuwirth and Elijah Wood. The album features the original music from the Dimension Films production composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream, A Quiet Place, The Hurt Locker, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, Hellboy). The 2-CD set is now available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Ewing Scoring Roger Kumble’s ‘Beautiful Disaster’
Posted: February 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beautiful Disaster, Roger Kumble, Sam Ewing
Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, Last Seen Alive, The Shed, Victor Crawley) has composed the original score for the upcoming romantic drama Beautiful Disaster. The film is written and directed by Roger Kumble (Cruel Intentions, The Sweetest Thing) and stars Dylan Sprouse, Virginia Gardner, Austin North, Neil Bishop, Libe Barer, Micky Dartford, Declan Laird, Jack Hesketh, Trevor Von Uden, Brian Austin Green and Rob Estes. The movie is based on the best-selling YA novel by Jamie McGuire and follows a college freshman eager to focus on her studies and start a new social life whose plans are quickly derailed when she meets a bad-boy brawler and campus playboy. Read the rest of this entry »