Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, I’ll See You in My Dreams, A Teacher, The Hero, Love Again, Divorce, Sorry for Your Loss) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy The Gutter. The film is directed by Yassir & Isaiah Lester and stars Shameik Moore, Susan Sarandon, D’Arcy Carden, Jackée Harry, Jay Ellis and Paul Reiser. The movie follows a young man who lands a position tending bar at his local bowling alley and gets pressured by a former pro-bowler and current champion drinker to accept his role as the greatest bowler ever put on this earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt Scoring Yassir & Isaiah Lester’s ‘The Gutter’
Posted: March 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Carter Rehmeier, Isaiah Leste, Keegan DeWitt, Snack Shack, The Gutter, Yassir Lester
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‘The Devil’s Bath’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Des Teufels Bad, score, Severin Fiala, Soap&Skin, Soundtrack, The Devil's Bath, Veronika Franz
SOLFO has released a soundtrack album for the Austrian/German psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath (Des Teufels Bad). The album features the film’s original music composed by Soap&Skin (aka Anja Plaschg) who also stars in the movie’s lead role. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the score (Schmetterling) after the jump. The Devil’s Bath is written and directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy, The Lodge) and also stars David Scheid and Maria Hofstätter. The movie is set in rural Austria in 1750 and revolves around a a young married woman who feels oppressed in her husband’s world and falls into a deep depression, before committing a shocking act of violence. Read the rest of this entry »
Lesley Barber Scoring Bess Kargman’s ‘Diane Warren: Relentless’
Posted: March 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bess Kargman, Diane Warren: Relentless, Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber (Manchester by the Sea, You Can Count On Me, The Moth Diaries, Late Night, Mansfield Park) has recently scored the upcoming documentary Diane Warren: Relentless. The film is directed by Bess Kargman (First Position) and centers on the Honorary Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning songwriter. The movie, which features interviews with Clive Davis, Gloria Estefan, Common, Jerry Bruckheimer, Cher, Jennifer Hudson, Quincy Jones, among others, chronicles Warren’s life and underdog journey to where she is today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Plague’ (‘La Peste’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Franck Pilant, La peste, Maidi Roth, score, Soundtrack, The Plague
MSA Records has released a soundtrack album for the French limited series The Plague (La peste). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Franck Pilant & Maidi Roth (César Wagner, Origines, Perfect Murders). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first two tracks (Le docteur Riou & Twisted World Song) after the jump. The Plague is developed by Gilles Taurand & Georges-Marc Benamou based on Albert Camus’ novel of the same title and stars Frédéric Pierrot, Hugo Becker, Sofia Essaïdi and Judith Chemla. The 4-part drama directed by Antoine Garceau is set in 2029 in a society still recovering from the waves of COVID epidemics and that is now facing a much deadlier plague. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Saltburn’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emerald Fennell, Saltburn, Soundtrack
Polydor Records will release a new soundtrack album for Emerald Fennell’s comedic thriller Saltburn. The album features the songs from the movie, including Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor, Tomcraft’s Loneliness, Mason’s & Princess Superstar’s Perfect (Exceeder), Arcade Fire’s No Cars Go, Bloc Party’s This Modern Love, among other tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28 and physically in the following weeks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Milan Records has previously released a separate album featuring Anthony Willis’ BAFTA-nominated original score last November. Saltburn is written and directed by Fennell and stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Rosamund Pike, Archie Madekwe, Richard E. Grant and Carey Mulligan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Knappenberger, John Dragonetti, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by John Dragonetti (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, All About Nina, Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists) who previously scored 2021’s Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 12 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s main title track track (Only the Beginning) below. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is directed by Brian Knappenberger and traces the history of the Cold War, beginning with the development of the atomic bomb and the dramatic proliferation of nuclear weapons in the decades after, past the collapse of the Soviet Union to the rise of Vladimir Putin and into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel Scoring Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dev Patel, Jed Kurzel, Monkey Man
Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Macbeth, The Oxford Murders, Overlord, The Mustang, Assassin’s Creed) has composed a new score for the upcoming action thriller Monkey Man. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor Dev Patel and stars Patel himself, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte, Sikandar Kher and Makarand Deshpande. The movie revolves around a man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Mansell, Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass, score, Soundrack
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for the romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan, Peacemaker, Noah, Rebecca, Smokin’ Aces, Moon, The Wrestler, Stoker). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Louville) below. Love Lies Bleeding is co-written and directed by Rose Glass and stars Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Dave Franco and Anna Baryshnikov. The movie centers on the relationship between a reclusive gym manager and an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Alexis Spraic’s ‘The World According to Allee Willis’
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexis Spraic, Mark Mothersbaugh, The World According to Allee Willis
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Croods: A New Age, 21/22 Jump Street) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The World According to Allee Willis. The film is directed by Alexis Spraic (Shadow Billionaire) and centers songwriter/artist Allee Willis (known for co-writing such hits as Earth, Wind & Fire’s September, Pet Shop Boys’ & Dusty Springfield’s What Have I Done to Deserve This?, the Friends theme song I’ll Be There for You and the stage musical adaptation of The Color Purple) and focuses on her struggle with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 'Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, Baby Brown, Disney Plus, Hulu, Philip Sheppard, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+/Hulu original documentary series Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story. The album features the show’s original music composed by Philip Sheppard (I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Detroit: Become Human, Love, Marilyn, Bobby Fischer Against the World, The Tillman Story) and Baby Brown. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Sheppard’s title track below. Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story is developed and produced by showrunner Simon Hammerson, directed by Daryl Goodrich, hosted by Keanu Reeves and tells the story of how, in 2009, competing in the most expensive and technologically advanced racing series on Earth, the impossible happened, when an understaffed and underfinanced team won the World Championship. Read the rest of this entry »
