Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1966 French/Italian comedy drama King of Hearts (Le roi de cœur) directed by Philipe de Broca and starring Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Jacques Balutin, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi and Françoise Christophe. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Georges Delerue (Platoon, Twins, The Day of the Dolphin, Steel Magnolias, Beaches, Joe Versus the Volcano), including around 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded and Remastered ‘King of Hearts’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Georges Delerue, King of Hearts, Le roi de cœur, Philipe de Broca, score, Soundtrack
‘BlackBerry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BlackBerry, Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson, score, Soundtrack
Mondo has released a soundtrack album for the biographical comedy drama BlackBerry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay McCaroll (The Kid Detective, Operation Avalanche, The Dirties). The soundtrack is now available to order as a vinyl edition on the label’s official website and has also just been released digitally on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services. BlackBerry is co-written and directed by Matt Johnson and stars Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Johnson himself, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan and Cary Elwes. The movie tells the true story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. Read the rest of this entry »
Pinar Toprak Scoring Netlix’s ‘Our Living World’
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Our Living World, Pinar Toprak
Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Stargirl, Shotgun Wedding, Slumberland, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix documentary series Our Living World. The show is narrated by Cate Blanchett and looks at the secret network of connections that unites us all and sustains our planet’s most magical phenomenon: life itself. The 4-parter showcases the extraordinary creatures and ecosystems, great and small, that work together to sustain Earth’s existence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Now or Never!’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Balázs Lóth, Most vagy soha!, Now or Never!, Robert Gulya, score, Soundtrack
Robert Gulya (Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Budapest Heist, In the Name of Sherlock Holmes, Hadik) has released a soundtrack album for the Hungarian historical epic Now or Never! (Most vagy soha!). The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Gulya’s main title track after the jump. Now or Never! is directed by Balázs Lóth and stars Nándor Berettyán, Sára Mosolygó, Balázs Koltai-Nagy, Lajos Ottó Horváth, Tibor Fehér, Sándor Lukács and Gábor Jászberényi. The movie tells the story of Sándor Petőfi, a firebrand young poet whose “National Song” ignited the Hungarian Revolution against the Austrian Empire on March 15, 1848. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Chicken Nugget’ Released
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chicken Nugget, Netflix, Soundtrack
Netflix has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s South Korean original series Chicken Nugget. The album features the show’s opening titles track by Choi Jung In, as well as songs by Yellow Pants, J.UNA, Rio and 4BOUT. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Chicken Nugget is created by Lee Byeong-heon and stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Ahn Jae-hong and Kim You-jung. The mystery comedy revolves around a woman who suddenly turns into a Dakgangjeong (sweet & sour chicken) after entering a mysterious machine and follows her father and an admirer to embark on a quest to bring her back. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Happy Home’ (‘La maison du bonheur’) Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dany Boon, Happy Home, La maison du bonheur, Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack
Pathé Films has released a new soundtrack album for the 2006 French comedy Happy Home (La maison du bonheur) written and directed by Dany Boon and starring Boon himself, Michèle Laroque, Daniel Prévost as Jean-Pierre Draquart, Zinedine Soualem, Laurent Gamelon and Line Renaud. The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Rombi (Swimming Pool, Joyeux Noel, In the House, Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, Driving Madeleine, Angel, The Crime Is Mine). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also check out the composer’s opening titles and end credits tracks below. Music Box Records has previously released Rombi’s music as part of a CD edition that also included two other scores by the composer back in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 17, 2024)
Posted: March 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3 Body Problem, Alice & Jack, Amazon, AMC, Apple TV +, Blair Mowat, Christophe Beck, Disney Plus, Jeff Morrow, Jeff Toyne, Netflix, Nolly, Palm Royale, PBS, Peacock, Ramin Djawadi, Road House, Sarah Warne, Stephen Rennicks, Stormy, Sundance Now, The Long Shadow, The Newton Brothers, X-Men '97
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series Nolly created by by Russell T. Davies & Nicola Shindler and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Augustus Prew, Mark Gatiss and Con O’Neill. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Class, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, Men Up, Electric Man). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last March when the drama premiered in the UK on ITV. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 3-parter, which will air in the U.S. every Sunday on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Also making its U.S. debut tonight is the British series Alice & Jack created by Victor Levin sand starring Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea and Sunil Patel. Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Frank, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Quiet Girl, Conversations with Friends) has composed the show’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring his score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last month on Channel 4 and is also making its domestic debut on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alice & Jack’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alice & Jack, Channel 4, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Rennicks
Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Frank, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Quiet Girl, Conversations with Friends) has released a soundtrack album for the Channel 4/PBS original drama Alice & Jack. The album features the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download here. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Opening & Meeting) after the jump. Alice & Jack is created by Victor Levin and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aisling Bea, Sunil Patel and Aimee Lou Wood . The 6-part series explores the relationship between young woman living in London who is heavily invested in her career while dealing with a childhood trauma and a lonely yet charming biochemist. Read the rest of this entry »
Aliana Lohan’s Original Song ‘Comin’ Home’ from Netflix’s ‘Irish Wish’ Released
Posted: March 16, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aliana Lohan, Irish Wish, Janeen Damian, Mark Mangold, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Comin’ Home from the streamer’s original film Irish Wish. The track co-written (with Mark Mangold) and performed by Aliana Lohan is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Nathan Lanier’s original score from the movie last week. Irish Wish is directed by Janeen Damian and stars Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Elizabeth Tan, Jane Seymour, Jacinta Mulcahy and Ayesha Curry. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 15, 2024)
Posted: March 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Andrea Laszlo De Simone, Arthur the King, Blackout, Dylan Glatthorn, French Girl, Keegan DeWitt, Kevin Matley, Knox Goes Away, Michael Abels, One Life, Scott Price, Shirley, Snack Shack, Tamar-Kali, The American Society of Magical Negroes, The Animal Kingdom, The Throwback, Volker Bertelmann, Will Bates
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the adventure drama Arthur the King directed by Simon Cellan Jones and starring Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Bear Grylls, Ali Suliman and Paul Guilfoyle. The film’s original music is composed by Kevin Matley (The Family Plan, Cocaine Cowboy, Path of the Panther, Daniel). Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening wide is the satirical comedy The American Society of Magical Negroes written and directed by Kobi Libii and starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, Michaela Watkins, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer. Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Bad Education, The Burial, Breaking, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Nightbooks, See You Yesterday) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »
