David Hirschfelder (Shine, Australia, Elizabeth, The Railway Man, Sanctum, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) has recently been scoring the upcoming crime thriller Sleeping Dogs. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Adam Cooper (Accepted, Exodus: Gods and Kings) and stars Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Márton Csókás, Harry Greenwood, Thomas M. Wright and Tommy Flanagan. The movie is based on E.O. Chirovici’s novel The Book of Mirrors and revolves around an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory who is forced to revisit a case he can’t remember and must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation. Read the rest of this entry »
David Hirschfelder Scoring Adam Cooper’s ‘Sleeping Dogs’
Posted: January 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Cooper, David Hirschfelder, Sleeping Dogs
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 26, 2024)
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bad Hombres, Cold Copy, Dabney Morris, Elyssa Samsel, L.U.C., Miller's Girl, Nima Fakhrara, Sometimes I Think About Dying, The Peasants, The Seeding, Tóti Guðnason, Tristan Bechet
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy drama Miller’s Girl written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett and starring Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Gideon Adlon, Bashir Salahuddin and Dagmara Domińczyk. The film’s original music is composed by Elyssa Samsel (Between the Lines, The Book Thief, Central Park). Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring Samsel’s score and a song performed by Nick Boddington today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.
Opening in select theaters today is the comedy drama Sometimes I Think About Dying directed by Rachel Lambert and starring Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Meg Stalter, Parvesh Cheena, Brittany O’Grady and Marcia DeBonis. Dabney Morris (Broken Diamonds, Procession, I Can Feel You Walking, Almost Love) has composed the film’s original music. Intrada 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 movie, which is being distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Kraemer’s ‘The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting’ & ‘Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Kraemer, Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, Louis Morneau, score, Soundtrack, The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere release of two scores composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, Pandora, The Way of the Gun, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot, Comrade Detective). The album includes the composer’s music from the 2003 thriller The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting directed by Louis Morneau and starring C. Thomas Howell (reprising his role from the 1986 original cult classic), Kari Wuhrer and Jake Busey, as well as his score from the 2008 horror movie Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead directed by Morneau and starring Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Laura Jordan, Kyle Schmid and Mark Gibbon. The Joe Kraemer Collection – Volume 1 will be released as a disc-on-demand next month and is now available to order on Buysoundtrax’s website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hazbin Hotel’ Part 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Underberg, Hazbin Hotel, Sam Haft, Soundtrack
A24 Music has released the second soundtrack EP for the Prime Video original animated series Hazbin Hotel. The 4-track EP features the four original songs from the fifth and sixth episode of the show’s first season written by Andrew Underberg & Sam Haft and performed by voice cast members Erika Henningsen, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Kimiko Glenn, Darren Criss, Shoba Narayan, Patina Miller, Jessica Vosk and Stephanie Beatriz. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to all four tracks after the jump. The label has previously released a first EP featuring six songs from Episodes 1-4 last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Zhu’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ Cover from ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ Released
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paramount+, Raman Hui, The Tiger's Apprentice, Zhu
88rising Music has released the cover version of Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger from the animated feature The Tiger’s Apprentice. The track (originally written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik for Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky III) is performed by Zhu and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. The Tiger’s Apprentice is directed by Raman Hui, co-directed by Paul Watling & Yong Duk Jhun and features the voices of Henry Golding, Brandon Soo Hoo, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh and Michelle Yeoh . Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Seeding’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barnaby Clay, score, Soundtrack, The Seeding, Tristan Bechet
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Seeding. The album features the film’s original score written by French/American musician, composer, artist and music producer Tristan Bechet (aka TRZTN) who has made his featuring scoring debut on the project. Also included is the song Alina’s Lullaby feat. vocals by Karen O. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Bechet’s main theme and Karen O’s song after the jump. The Seeding is written and directed by Barnaby Clay and stars Scott Haze and Kate Lyn Sheil. The movie follows a lone hiker, lost in the desert, who takes refuge with a woman living alone and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly. Read the rest of this entry »
Pixar Place Hotel Album Announced
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Pixar, Pixar Place Hotel
Walt Disney Records has released a new album featuring reimagined instrumental chillhop versions of classic songs and score tracks from Pixar Animation Studios classics. The new arrangements were created specifically for the Pixar Place Hotel, which will open at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim next week. Among the titles featured are tracks from Michael Giacchino’s scores from The Incredibles, Up, & Inside Out and the composer’s song Le Festin from Ratatouille, Thomas Newman’s Define Dancing from Wall-E, the original song Remember Me from Coco, Randy Newman’s classic You’ve Got a Friend in Me from Toy Story, Jon Batiste’s Born to Play from Soul, the Billie Eilish- & Finneas-penned Nobody Like U from Turning Red and the original song Touch the Sky from Brave. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Also listen to several tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jackdaw’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deadly Avenger, Jackdaw, Jamie Childs, score, Si Begg, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the British crime thriller Jackdaw. The album features the film’s original music composed by Deadly Avenger (aka Damon Baxter) & Si Begg (Tour de France: Unchained, Hard Tide, Alien Uprising, Madness in the Method). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composers’ first track (Home) below. Jackdaw is written and directed by Jamie Childs and stars Jenna Coleman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Thomas Turgoose and Rory McCann. The movie follows a former motocross champion and army veteran who is now caring for his younger brother, when he agrees to do an open water pick up of a mysterious illegal package in the North Sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Electric Energy’ by Ariana DeBose, Boy George & Nile Rodgers from Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Argylle’ Released
Posted: January 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Argylle, Ariana DeBose, Boy George, Lorne Balfe, Matthew Vaughn, Nile Rodgers
Platoon has released the original song Electric Energy from Matthew Vaughn’s spy action comedy Argylle. The track co-written by the film’s composer Lorne Balfe, Boy George, Vaughn, Gary Barlow & Stuart Price and performed by Ariana DeBose, Boy George himself & Nile Rodgers is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song and check out the official music video below. As previously reported, the label will release a full soundtrack album featuring the song and Balfe’s original score next week. Argylle is produced and directed by Vaughn and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, John Cena, DeBose, Sofia Boutella, Catherine O’Hara and Samuel L. Jackson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Underdoggs’ Soundtrack EP Details
Posted: January 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Charles Stone III, Soundtrack, The Underdoggs
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack EP for the sports comedy The Underdoggs. The 5-track EP features two original tracks by Trap House Mechi feat. the film’s star Snoop Dogg, Rick Rock’s The East Siders, T-Pain’s Crank Me Up, as well as Choc’s Merry Go Round. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 26 (click here to stream/download). Listen to the two songs by Trap House Mechi feat. Snoop Dogg below. A separate soundtrack album featuring Joseph Shirley’s original score from the film will be announced soon. The Underdoggs is directed by Charles Stone III and also stars Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Andrew Schulz and George Lopez. The movie follows a washed-up former pro football star who is sentenced to community service coaching an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown. Read the rest of this entry »
