Nick Urata (Paddington, Little Miss Sunshine, Crazy, Stupid, Love.I Love You Phillip Morris, Ruby Sparks) is attached to score the upcoming animated feature Stitch Head. The film is written and directed by Steve Hudson (True North), co-directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice) and features the voices of Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Tia Bannon, Alison Steadman, Rob Brydon, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix. The movie based on the first installment in the book series of the same title by Guy Bass and tells the story of a small creature who is awoken to almost-life by a mad professor in a castle and must protect the professor’s other creations from the townspeople. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Amazon original series The Head of Joaquín Murrieta (La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrea Balency-Béarn (Dance of the 41). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The Head of Joaquín Murrieta is created by Mauricio Leiva-Cock & Diego Ramírez Schrempp and stars Juan Manuel Bernal, Alejandro Speitzer, Emiliano Zurita, Yoshira Escárrega and Becky Zhu Wu. The 8-part western is set at the Mexico/U.S. border in 1851 and follows the adventures of the title character, also known as the Mexican Robin Hood, and Joaquín Carrillo, whose paths intersect in the middle of a violent misunderstanding. Read the rest of this entry »

Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, True Detective, London Spy, Made for Love, Diana, NashvilleThe FallThe Motel Life) is scoring the upcoming FX and BBC limited series Great Expectations. The show is developed by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo) based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel and stars Fionn Whitehead, Olivia Colman, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Owen McDonnell, Hayley Squires, Trystan Gravelle, Rudi Dharmalingam, Laurie Ogden, Chloe Lea, Tom Sweet and Matt Berry. The 6-parter tells the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater life, until a twist of fate and a mysterious benefactor opens a dark world of possibilities. Read the rest of this entry »

SATV has released a soundtrack album for the German Sky original series Drift – Partners in Crime. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Michael Kamm (Sleepless, Who Am I, Close to the Horizon) & Maximilian Stephan (Prey, Whatever Happens). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Drift – Partners in Crime is directed by Tim Trachte & Ngo The Chau and stars Ken Duken, Fabian Busch and Mona Pirzad. The Action Concept production revolves around an unequal pair of brothers and unexpected detective duo who have been estranged for decades and find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy and are forced to work as a team. Read the rest of this entry »

Eric Neveux (The Attack, Zombillennium, IntimacySamSam, A Stork’s Journey,The Illegal) has composed the original music for the upcoming revenge thriller Outrage. The film is directed by Mathieu Bonzon and stars Julie Gayet, Adelaide Kane, Jay O. Sanders, Clemens Schick and Manuel Cauchi. The movie is set in a secluded French château, where a group of international media and political personalities gather for a private dinner party, when they realize that they have stumbled into a deadly trap. Read the rest of this entry »

Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy For Better and for Worse (Un homme heureux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, The Summit of the Gods, Beauty and the DogsThe Man Who Sold His Skin, Gagarine). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. is directed by Tristan Séguéla and stars Fabrice Luchini, Catherine Frot, Philippe Katerine and Artus. The movie follows the conservative mayor of a small town who is in the middle of a re-election campaign when his devoted wife of forty years tells him she wants to become a man. Read the rest of this entry »

Volker Bertelmann has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Edward Berger’s Netflix film All Quiet on the Western Freont in the Original Score category at today’s 2023 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He has previously been BAFTA-nominated back in 2017 for his music from Garth Davis’ Lion (shared with Dustin O’Halloran). The composer is also nominated for an Academy Award for his All Quiet on the Western Front score. Check out his acceptance speech below. Read the rest of this entry »

Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama The Company You Keep developed by Julia Cohen & Phil Klemmer and starring Milo Ventimiglia, Catherine Haena Kim, William Fichtner, Sarah Wayne Callies,Tim Chiou, Freda Foh Shen, James Saito, Felisha Terrell and Polly Drap. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Garber (Virgin River, Nancy Drew) & Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Sundays on ABC and will also be available to stream on Hulu.

Premiering on Wednesday, February 22, is the British Netlix original film The Strays written and directed by Nathaniel Martello-White and starring Ashley Madekwe, Jorden Myrie, Maria Almeida and Bukky Bakray. Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living, Rocks, The Forgotten Battle, Censor) has composed the movie’s original music. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the thriller. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Russo (FargoStar Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy) is the composer of the new Amazon original series The Consultant. The show is created by Tony Basgallop (Servant) and stars Christoph Waltz, Nat Wolff, Brittany O’Grady and Aimee Carrero. The comedic thriller is based on Bentley Little’s 2015 novel of the same title and centers on a consultant who is hired to improve the business at an App-based gaming company and makes its employees experience new demands and challenges that put everything into question. Read the rest of this entry »

Gerald Fried (1928-2023)

Posted: February 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Gerald Fried has passed away yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. The composer was best known for his work on classic TV shows including the original Star Trek series, Gilligan’s Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible and Dynasty. He won an Emmy Award (shared with Quincy Jones) for his music for the 1977 mini-series Roots and was Emmy-nominated several other times for the 1980 TV movie The Silent Lovers (1980) and the mini-series The Mystic Warrior (1984) and Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987). Read the rest of this entry »