D-Music has released two soundtrack albums for the Israeli TV series False Flag (Kfulim). The albums feature selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Gilad Benamram (Fauda, Bard of Blood, The Girl on the Train, 1992, Club Life) who also scored the 2022 English language remake Suspicion for Apple TV+. Visit Amazon to stream/download the Season 1 soundtrack and click here to stream/download the Season 2 album. False Flags is created by Maria Feldman & Amit Cohen and stars Ishai Golan, Maggie Azarzar, Ania Bukstein, Orna Salinger, Angel Bonanni and Mickey Leon The Keshet Media production follows five Israeli citizens who find themselves plunged into an international espionage affair overnight, when they wake up one morning to discover that they are implicated in a kidnapping operation following the disappearance of the Iranian Defence Minister while on a secret visit to Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »
‘False Flag’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: False Flag, Gilad Benamram, Hulu, Kfulim, score, Soundtrack
Lorne Balfe & Stuart Michael Thomas Scoring Sean Ellis’ ‘The Cut’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Sean Ellis, Stuart Michael Thomas, The Cut
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) & Stuart Michael Thomas (Midnight Bayou, Northern Lights, Bustin’ Down the Door, Blue Smoke) have composed the original music for the upcoming boxing drama The Cut. The film is directed by Sean Ellis (Anthropoid, Cashback) and stars Orlando Bloom, John Turturro and Caitríona Balfe. The movie follows a retired fighter who is obsessed with getting back in the ring and goes through a grueling and unsanctioned weight cut program with a coach who knows no limits. Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere Vinyl Edition of Randy Newman’s ‘Pleasantville’ Score Announced
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gary Ross, Pleasantville, Randy Newman, score, Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl release of the score to the 1998 fantasy comedy drama Pleasantville written and directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Don Knotts and J. T. Walsh. The 2-LP deluxe edition features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Randy Newman (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., The Princess and the Frog, A Bug’s Life, Marriage Story, Avalon, Cars) and will be available on Red, White and Blue swirl vinyl in North America, while the international edition is pressed on Translucent Tan vinyl. The soundtrack will be released on September 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. The 2-LP gatefold package includes a brand-new illustration by artist Sim Sim on the cover. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Sadoff Scoring Dave & John Chernin’s Netflix Film ‘Incoming’
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chimp Crazy, Dave Chernin, HBO, Incoming, John Chernin, Jonathan Sadoff, Netflix
Jonathan Sadoff (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Ingrid Goes West, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Dollface, Under the Boardwalk, Angelyne) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film Incoming. The movie is written and directed by Dave & John Chernin (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and stars Mason Thames, Ramon Reed, Raphael Alejandro, Isabella Ferreira, Loren Gray, Bardia Seiri, Ali Gallo, Scott MacArthur, Kaitlin Olson, Thomas Barbusca and Bobby Cannavale. The comedy follows four freshmen who are faced with the greatest challenge for their young lives: their first high school party. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dear Paris’ (‘Paradis Paris’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dear Paris, Marjane Satrapi, Mathieu Lengagne, Paradis Paris, Pascal Lengagne, score, Soundtrack
Vito Films & Studiocanal have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Dear Paris (Paradis Paris). The album features the film’s original score composed by Pascal Lengagne (Overdrive, Haute Couture, Fahim, Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan, Thank You for Calling), as well as additional music by Mathieu Lengagne. Also included is the original song Ça va aller co-written and performed by Gwendal Marimoutou (listen to the track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Dear Paris is directed by Marjane Satrapi and stars Monica Bellucci, Ben Aldridge, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega, Rossy de Palma, Roschdy Zem, Gwendal Marimoutou, Alex Lutz, Charline Balu-Emane, Martina Garcia, Thomas Bernier and Romeo Grialou. The movie is set in the titular city, where four different characters confront death only to embrace life once again. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Ewing Scoring Chuck Russell’s ‘Witchboard’ Remake
Posted: July 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chuck Russell, Sam Ewing, Witchboard
Composer Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Beautiful Disaster, Last Seen Alive, Victor Crawley) is reteaming with director Chuck Russell (Eraser, The Mask) on the upcoming supernatural horror movie Witchboard. The film is written and directed by Russell and stars Jamie Campbell Bower, Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Antonia Desplat, Mel Jarnson, David La Haye and Charlie Tahan. The movie based on the 80s franchise of the same title follows a young woman who opens an organic café with her fiancé and her friends, when she discovers an ancient pendulum board with spiritual powers that was once used to summon spirits. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Unknown Country’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Marsh, Morrisa Maltz, Neil Halstead, Sam Jones, score, Soundtrack, The Unknown Country
Gardener Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Unknown Country. The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexis Marsh & Sam Jones (Animal Kingdom, We’ll Never Have Paris, Next Gen, Equity, Lila & Eve), as well additional music by Neil Halstead. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Unknown Country is co-written and directed by Morrisa Maltz and stars Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Richard Ray Whitman, Devin Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Jazmine Bearkiller Shangreaux and Scott Stample. The movie follows a grief-stricken woman who is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding in South Dakota, where she reconnects with her family and retraces a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Dorn Scoring Dimitri Logothetis’ ‘Gunner’
Posted: July 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Dorn, Dimitri Logothetis, Gunner
Adam Dorn (aka Mocean Worker) (Kickboxer: Vengeance, Nobodies, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, The Perfect You) has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller Gunner. The film is directed by Dimitri Logothetis (Slaughterhouse Rock, Pretty Smart) and stars Luke Hemsworth, Morgan Freeman, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Grant Feely, Yulia Klass and Connor DeWolfe. The movie follows a war veteran who takes his two sons on a camping trip with their uncle to reconnect with them after being at the battle front for so long, when one of them stumbles over a tripwire and sets off an explosion, alerting a gang of violent bikers in the midst of a massive drug operation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlo Siliotto, Igor Lopatonok, Qazaq: History of the Golden Man, score, Soundtrack
Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher, Miracles from Heaven, Under the Same Moon, Fluke, Nomad: The Warrior) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man. The album features the composer’s original score from the and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Golden Man) after the jump. QAZAQ: History of the Golden Man is directed by Igor Lopatonok and explores the challenges, difficulties and misconceptions in being the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence through the obstacles faced in reconstructing a nation from scratch still suffering from the Soviet traumas of the 20th Century. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Score Album Details
Posted: July 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios, Rob Simonsen, score, Shawn Levy, Soundtrack
The full details of the score album for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, The Way Back, Foxcatcher, The Age of Adaline, The Adam Project, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 24 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also coming out tomorrow is a separate album featuring the songs from the movie (check out our previous article for the full album details), as well as a deluxe edition, which features both the songs and Simonsen’s score (click here to stream/download). Listen to the composer’s theme (LFG) below. Deadpool & Wolverine is directed by Shawn Levy and stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Karan Soni, Rob Delaney, Matthew Macfadyen and Leslie Uggams. Read the rest of this entry »
