Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Prime Video limited series Expats. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, Wander Darkly, The Adults, The Novice, Goodnight Mommy, What Breaks the Ice). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, January 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Expats is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee and Jack Huston. The 6-part drama based on the best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee is set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents and centers on three American women whose lives intersect after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Expats’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Weston, Amazon, Expats, Lulu Wang, score, Soundtrack
Will Bates Scoring Michael Mohan’s ‘Immaculate’
Posted: January 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Immaculate, Michael Mohan, Will Bates
Composer Will Bates (The Magicians, Dumb Money, Unbelievable, Away, I Origins, The Path, The Looming Tower, Bliss) is reuniting with director Michael Mohan (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date) on the upcoming psychological horror movie Immaculate. The film stars Sydney Sweeney as a woman of devout faith who is offered a new role at an illustrious convent in Italy, where she discovers her new home harbors some dark and horrifying secrets. Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, Alvaro Morte and Dora Romano are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dabney Morris, Rachel Lambert, score, Sometimes I Think About Dying, Soundtrack
Intrada Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Sometimes I Think About Dying. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dabney Morris (Broken Diamonds, Procession, Almost Love, I Can Feel You Walking). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 26 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. A first track (Astoria Suite) is already available now and can also be checked out after the jump. A vinyl edition is available to order on Bandcamp. Sometimes I Think About Dying is directed by Rachel Lambert and stars Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Meg Stalter, Marcia DeBonis and Brittany O’Grady. The movie follows a socially awkward office worker who likes to think about dying, when she meets the new guy at work who pricks the bubble of her own isolation. Read the rest of this entry »
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine Scoring Disney+’s ‘Kaiser Karl’
Posted: January 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Evgueni Galperine, Kaiser Karl, Sacha Galperine
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies, Happening) are scoring the upcoming French Disney+ original series Kaiser Karl. The show is created by Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have & Raphaëlle Bacqué (author of the eponymous biography) and stars Daniel Brühl as Karl Lagerfeld, as well as Théodore Pellerin, Arnaud Valois, Alex Lutz and Agnès Jaoui. The biographical drama directed by Jérôme Salle (Largo Winch, Zulu) and Audrey Estrougo (An Ordinary Story, By Your Side) chronicles the rise of the fashion designer through who – after meeting and falling in love with Jacques de Bascher in the 1970s – finds himself in competition with Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the head of the most prestigious fashion brand around. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Breaking Point’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breaking Point, Dan Levy, score, Soundtrack, Un Coup de dès, Yvan Attal
Curiosa Films has released a soundtrack album for the French crime thriller Breaking Point (Un Coup de dès). The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Vesper, Star Wars: Visions: Sith, For My Country, Empire of the Wolves). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Breaking Point is co-written and directed by Yvan Attal and stars Guillaume Canet, Maïwenn, Marie-Josée Croze and Attal himself. The movie follows a man who suddenly gets caught in a dangerous web of lies and deception when he unexpectedly falls in love with his best friend’s latest mistress. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Aruj Scoring Muta’Ali’s ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Max Aruj, MoviePass MovieCrash, Muta'Ali
Max Aruj (Crawl, The Ice Road, The Tank, iBoy, Mech Cadets, Lansky) is the composer of the upcoming documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash. The film is directed by Muta’Ali (Cassius X: Becoming Ali) and chronicles the origin story, meteoric rise and implosion of the titular theatrical movie subscription app as told through the eyes of the visionary co-founders. The movie details the challenges they faced in building the pop culture phenomenon, only to eventually find themselves cast aside as new executives seized control and havoc ensued. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Silent Love’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eiji Uchida, Joe Hisaishi, score, Silent Love, Soundtrack
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese romantic drama Silent Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Departures). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 24. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. A CD version is also being released in Japan. Listen to the composer’s title track below. Silent Love is written and directed by Eiji Uchida and stars Ryosuke Yamada, Minami Hamabe, Kaito Yoshimura and Shuhei Nomura. The movie follows a young man who has stopped speaking and develops a close relationship with a music student who lost her sight in an accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Amanda Jones Scoring Tyler Perry’s ‘Mea Culpa’
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Jones, Mea Culpa, Netflix, Tyler Perry
Amanda Jones (Moving On, Super/Natural, Naomi, The Perfect Find, Good Trouble, Young Love) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Mea Culpa. The movie is directed by Tyler Perry and stars Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar and RonReaco Lee. The legal drama revolves around a criminal defense attorney who takes on the case of a seductive artist accused of murdering his girlfriend and tries to determine the innocence or guilt of her client. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Critical Zone’ Soundtrack EP to Be Released
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ali Ahmadzadeh, Critical Zone, Milad Movahedi, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack EP for the Iranian/German drama Critical Zone (Mantagheye bohrani). The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Milad Movahedi (Invasion, Botox). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Critical Zone is written and directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh and stars Amir Pousti, Shirin Abedinirad, Alireza Keymanesh, Maryam Sadeghiyan, Saghar Saharkhiz and Mina Hasanlou. The movie is set in the underworld of Tehran and follows a man driving through the city’s underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls. Read the rest of this entry »
Oli Julian & Nick Foster Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, Catastrophe, The Full Monty, How to Build a Girl) & Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Greatest Days, Misha and the Wolves, In My Skin) have teamed up to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin. The show is created by Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis & Stuart Lane and stars Noel Fielding, Ellie White, Marc Wootton, Hugh Bonneville, Duayne Boachie, Tamsin Greig, Dolly Wells, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Wilkinson, Mark Heap, Michael Fielding, Geoff McGivern, Samuel Leakey and Kiri Flaherty. The 6-part comedy follows the titular legendary British highwayman as he sets out on a journey of wildly absurd escapades when he’s made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws and is tasked with outwitting a corrupt lawman and self-appointed thief-taker. Read the rest of this entry »
