Klaus Doldinger passed away this past Thursday at age 89 in Munich, Germany. The jazz musician, composer and arranger wrote numerous scores for film and television between the late 1960s and the late 2010s. His best known feature scoring credits include Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated 1981 submarine war epic Das Boot, Petersen’s 1984 fantasy adventure The NeverEnding Story, Andrew Berkin’s 1992 romantic drama Salt on Our Skin and Volker Schlöndorff’s 1998 thriller Palmetto. He also wrote the theme for the long-running German hit series Tatort. Read the rest of this entry »
Klaus Doldinger (1936-2025)
Posted: October 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Klaus Doldinger
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‘Riot Women’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ARXX, BBC, Ben Foster, BritBox, Riot Women, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Riot Women. The album features the show’s original score composed by Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Thunderbirds Are Go!, The Good Karma Hotel, Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey). Also included are two original songs written by punk duo ARXX‘s Hannah Pidduck & Clara Townsend and performed by the titular band, as well as Rosalie Craig’s cover of Hole’s Violet. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Riot Women is created by Sally Wainwright and stars Joanna Scanlan, Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Taj Atwal, Lorraine Ashbourne, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The 6-parter follows a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 17, 2025)
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Atticus Derrickson, Ballad of a Small Player, Black Phone 2, Blue Moon, Carter Burwell, Frankenstein, Good Fortune, Graham Reynolds, Grow, Isaac Middleton, Oli Julian, Pets on a Train, Rob Mazurek, Roddy Hart, The Mastermind, The Twits, The Wilderness, Tommy Reilly, Triuth & Treason, Volker Bertelmann
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Black Phone 2 co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies and Arianna Rivas. The film’s original music composed by the director’s son, Atticus Derrickson, who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the comedy Good Fortune written and directed by Aziz Ansari and starring Seth Rogen, Ansari himself, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Blind Side, Twilight, Anomalisa) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records 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 Lionsgate release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wilderness’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isaac Middleton, score, Soundtrack, Spencer King, The Wilderness
Crooked Face Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Wilderness. The album features the film’s original music composed by Isaac Middleton (of the Nashville synth-rock band New Translations) who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. The Wilderness is written and directed by Spencer King and stars Hunter Doohan, Lamar Johnson, Sam Jaeger, Aaron Holliday and Matt Gomez-Hidaka. The movie produced by Aaron Paul & Amy Berg and follows a group of troubled boys who are forced into a ruthless “Wilderness Therapy” program and must survive both the elements and the mind games of a director who may not be trying to save them at all. Read the rest of this entry »
Lee Malia Scoring Adam MacDonald’s ‘This Is Not a Test’
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam MacDonald, Lee Malia, This Is Not a Test
Lee Malia (of the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon) has composed the original score for the upcoming zombie horror thriller This Is Not a Test. The film is written and directed by Adam MacDonald (Backcountry) and stars Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane, Corteon Moore, Chloe Avakian and Carson MacCormac. The movie based on the YA novel of the same name by Courtney Summers follows a suicidal teen and a small group of her classmates who get caught within the chaos of a zombie outbreak and escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown streets by barricading themselves in their high school. Read the rest of this entry »
‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Strickland
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary John Candy: I Like Me. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tyler Strickland (Sly, Descendent, The American Meme, Audrie & Daisy, Faye, Trial by Media, Navajo Police: Class 57, Changing the Game). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track below. Verve & Republic Records have previously released Cynthia Erivo’s Everytime You Go Away cover from the movie as a digital single earlier this month. John Candy: I Like Me is directed by Colin Hanks and centers on the life, career, and loss of one of the most beloved actors of all time. The movie produced by Ryan Reynolds features never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews with those who knew John best. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Aleksey Igudesman Scoring ‘Black Gold’ TV Series
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aleksey Igudesman, Black Gold, Hans Zimmer, Schwarzes Gold
Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar).has teamed up with violinist Aleksey Igudesman to compose the music for the upcoming German TV series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). The show is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Marton Csokas, Merlin Sandmeyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Jessica Schwarz, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić and Liliom Lewald. The 6-part drama is set in a fictional village at the turn of the 20th Century and tells the story of a farmer’s daughter whose family is cheated by a rich landowner over the oil discovered under their fields and – when the oil rush hits the village – threatens to destroy her farming community forever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stitch Head’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nick Urata, score, Soundtrack, Steve Hudson, Stitch Head
Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Stitch Head. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Little Miss Sunshine, Focus, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Quiz Lady, Ruby Sparks), as well as several original songs co-written by director Steve Hudson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the song Are You Ready for Monsters and the first score track after the jump. Stitch Head is written and directed by Hudson and features the voices of Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Fern Brady, Tia Bannon and Jamali Maddix. The animated comedy follows the story of a small, forgotten creature living in a long-abandoned castle who is tasked with protecting a mad professor’s other wildly inventive creations from the suspicious townspeople of Grubber Nubbin. Read the rest of this entry »
Rumer’s ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ Cover from Prime Video’s ‘Harlan Coben’s Lazarus’ Released
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, Rob Shirakbari, Rumer
Milan Records has released the cover version of The Windmills of Your Mind from the British Prime Video original series Harlan Coben’s Lazarus. The track (originally written by Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman for the 1968 classic The Thomas Crown Affair) is produced by Rob Shirakbari and performed by singer/songwriter Rumer. The song is now available to stream/download (in three different versions) on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track below. A full soundtrack album featuring Sarah Warne’s original score from the show will be released next week. Harlan Coben’s Lazarus is based on an original story idea and written by Coben & Danny Brocklehurst and stars Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Alexandra Roach, Karla Crome, David Fynn and Kate Ashfield. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Culpa Nuestra’ (‘Our Fault’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Culpa Nuestra, Domingo González, Federico Jusid, Our Fault, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original movie Our Fault (Culpa Nuestra). The album features the original score from the final installment in the Culpables trilogy composed by Federico Jusid (The English, The Secret in Their Eyes, Watership Down, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Penguin Lessons, Misconduct, The Head, Life Itself). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. Our Fault is directed by Domingo González and stars Nicole Wallace, Gabriel Guevara, Marta Hazas, Eva Ruiz, Iván Sánchez, Víctor Varona, Goya Toledo, Gabriela Andrada, Javier Morgade, Álex Béjar, Felipe Londoño and Fran Morcillo. Read the rest of this entry »
