Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional, GoldenEye, La Femme Nikita, Lucy, The Big Blue) has provided the original score for the upcoming French Netflix original film The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur). The movie is directed by Julien Leclercq (The Assault, The Bouncer) and stars Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir, Ana Girardot and Sofiane Zermani. The action thriller is based on Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1953 classic of the same name and follows an illicit crack team who has 24 hours to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerine across a desert laden with danger in order to prevent a deadly explosion. Read the rest of this entry »
Eric Serra Scoring Julien Leclercq’s ‘The Wages of Fear’
Posted: January 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Serra, Julien Leclercq, Le salaire de la peur, Netflix, The Wages of Fear
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‘Tobie Lolness’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Lamboley, score, Soundtrack, Tobie Lolness
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French animated TV series Tobie Lolness. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mathieu Lamboley (Lupin, The Rosemaker, Between Two Worlds, Lolo, A Minuscule Adventure, Sisters in Arms, The Last Mercenary). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Tobie Lolness is based on the bestselling children’s novel of the same title by Timothée de Fombelle and tells the story of a one and a half millimeters tall boy who becomes the most wanted person in his world when his family decides to hide a groundbreaking discovery that could permanently damage their world. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘The Nightcomers’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Fielding, Michael Winner, score, Soundtrack, The Nightcomers
Intrada Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1971 British horror movie The Nightcomers directed by Michael Winner and starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird and Harry Andrews. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Jerry Fielding ( The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Bad News Bears, The Gambler). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bob Marley: One Love’ (Music Inspired by the Film) EP Announced
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bob Marley: One Love, Kacey Musgraves, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Soundtrack
Island Records and Tuff Gong have announced a soundtrack EP for the biographical drama Bob Marley: One Love. The EP features seven covers of popular Bob Marley songs inspired by the film and performed by artists such as Bloody Civilian, Skip Marley, Leon Bridges, Wizkid, Daniel Caesar and Jessie Reyez. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 14, 2024 and will be available to stream/download here. A first track (Three Little Birds performed by Kacey Musgraves) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Bob Marley: One Love is co-written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Umi Myers, Tosin Cole, Anthony Welsh, Aston Barrett Jr., Nia Ashi and Anna-Sharé Blake. Read the rest of this entry »
English Language Version of Original Song ‘End of Summer’ from ‘The Peasants’ Released
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman, Katie Melua, L.U.C., The Peasants
Milan Records has released an English language version of the original song End of Summer from the animated feature The Peasants. The track written by the film’s composer L.U.C. (aka Lukasz Rostkowski) is performed by singer/songwriter Katie Melua and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song below. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring L.U.C.’s score and the original version of the song last October. The Peasants is written and directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman and stars Kamila Urzedowska, Mirosław Baka and Robert Gulaczyk. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Have Sex’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Have Sex, Jakwob, Molly Manning Walker, score, Soundtrack
Boom Ting Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the British coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex. The album features the film’s original music written by music producer, DJ, songwriter and composer Jakwob (aka James Jacob) who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. How to Have Sex is written and directed by Molly Manning Walker and stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Enva Lewis, Lara Peake and Laura Ambler. The movie, which recently has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, follows three British teenage girls as they go on a rite-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing, and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Salisbury & Suvi-Eeva Äikäs Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Constellation’
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Ben Salisbury, Constellation, Suvi-Eeva Äikäs
Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Luce, Archive 81) and Suvi-Eeva Äikäs (Matriarch, Hanna, Baghead) have teamed up to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Constellation. The show is created by Peter Harness (The War of the Worlds, Wallander) and stars Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, William Catlett, Julian Looman, Barbara Sukowa, as well as Rosie and Davina Coleman. The 8-part psychological thriller directed by Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Shining Girls), (Downfall, The Experiment) & Joseph Cedar (Norman, Footnote) and revolves around an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space, only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boundless’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boundless, Den grænseløse, Jonas Struck, Ole Christian Madsen, score, Soundtrack
Jonas Struck (Borg vs McEnroe, Idealisten, Apolonia, Apolonia, The Good Traitor, Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill) has released a soundtrack album for the Danish crime thriller Boundless (Den grænseløse). 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 check out Struck’s main theme after the jump. Boundless is directed by Ole Christian Madsen and stars Ulrich Thomsen, Afshin Firouzi and Sofie Torp. The movie is based on the bestselling Department Q novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen and follows Detective Carl Mørck and his team as they are sent to a remote Danish island, where a cold case about a dead girl hanging from a tree is brought to life. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 28, 2024)
Posted: January 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander: The Making of a God, Amazon, Benjamin Burrell, BritBox, Choir, David Fleming, DeAndre James Allen-Toole, Disney Plus, FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, FX, Genius: MLK/X, Hulu, Jongnic Bontemps, Julia Newman, Kohta Yamamoto, Lorne Balfe, National Geographic, Netflix, Paramount+, Steve Jablonsky, Taran Mitchell, Terence Blanchard, The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, The Tiger's Apprentice, Thomas Newman, Three Little Birds
Premiering on Wednesday, January 31, is the FX limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans developed by Jon Robin Baitz and starring Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, Treat Williams, Molly Ringwald, Joe Mantello and Russell Tovey. The show’s original score is composed by Julia Newman (At the Gates) and Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, American Beauty, 1917) has contributed the main title theme. Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music this coming week. Check back on this page for the full album details and click here to learn more about the drama, which will air on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix original documentary series Alexander: The Making of a God executive produced by Lucy van Beek & Nick Catliff and starring Buck Braithwaite, Mido Hamada, Will Stevens and Agni Scott. The show’s original music is composed by Taran Mitchell (The Resurrection of Charles Manson) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Mitchell’s score earlier this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the 6-parter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Monster of Many Noses’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abigail Schaaff, Irina Prieto Botella, L'home dels nassos, Laetitia Pansanel-Garric, score, Soundtrack, The Monster of Many Noses
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish fantasy horror drama The Monster of Many Noses (L’home dels nassos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laetitia Pansanel-Garric (Pamfir, Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière) & Irina Prieto Botella (Forêt Debussy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Pansanel-Garric’s title track below. The Monster of Many Noses is directed by Abigail Schaaff and stars Pablo Derqui and Ivan Benet. The movie is set in 1968 in a small mountain village in the mountains and centers on three kids trying to escape the titular a figure who hunts down children who have told too many lies on the last day of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
