Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the MGM+/ITVX original series The Winter King. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, A Discovery of Witches, Merlin, The Damned United, Atlantis, Beowulf) and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s first track (Battlefield Defeat (Arthur’s Theme) after the jump. The Winter King is developed by Kate Brooke & Ed Whitmore based on the Warlord Chronicles trilogy of novels by Bernard Cornwell and stars Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Stuart Campbell, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Jordan Alexandra, Daniel Ings, Valene Kane and Simon Merrells. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Winter King’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITVX, MGM+, Rob Lane, score, Soundtrack, The Winter King
Nominations for 5th Annual SCL Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 5h Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 13, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 8.
Here are the nominees:
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
Joe Hisaishi – The Boy and the Heron
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman – American Fiction Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Farmer’ Score Album Released
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kadaisi Vivasayi, M. Manikandan, Richard Harvey, score, Soundtrack, The Last Farmer
Altus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Indian drama The Last Farmer (Kadaisi Vivasayi). The album features the film’s original score composed by Richard Harvey (Luther, The Little Prince, Arabian Nights, Death of a President, Animal Farm). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (The Old Tree & Finding the Peacock) after the jump. Maajja has previously released a digital single featuring two songs from the movie by Santhosh Narayanan. The Last Farmer is written and directed by M. Manikandan and stars Nallandi, Muneeshwaran, Kali Muthu, Chaplin Sunda, Vijay Sethupathi and Yogi Babu. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 96th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 96th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2024 and the awards show will be held on March 10. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anyone But You’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anyone But You, Christopher Stracey, Este Haim, score, Soundtrack, Will Gluck
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Anyone But You. The album features the film’s original score composed by Este Haim (of the rock band HAIM) (Maid, Cha Cha Real Smooth, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah) & Christopher Stracey (Fingernails, Manodrome, War Pony). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to a track from the score below. Anyone But You is co-written and directed by Will Gluck and stars Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Hadley Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Darren Barnet, Michelle Hurd, Rachel Griffiths and Dermot Mulroney. The movie follows a a woman and a man who – after an amazing first date – find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia and decide to pretend to be a couple. Read the rest of this entry »
Perseverance Records Announces New Recordings of Unreleased James Horner Scores
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, The Dresser, The Hand, The Lady in Red
Perseverance Records has teamed up with Spectral Shimmers Productions and the James Horner Estate to record and release renditions of the legendary film composer’s early, unreleased musical works. The label will produce original arrangements of Horner’s previously unreleased scores for Peter Yates’ 1983 British drama The Dresser starring Albert Finney & Tom Courtenay, and Oliver Stone’s 1981 horror movie The Hand starring Michael Caine & Andrea Marcovicci, and the first in a series of original concert pieces, followed by the composer’s score for the Lewis Teague’s 1979 crime drama The Lady in Red starring Pamela Sue Martin & Robert Conrad, plus a surprise fourth previously unreleased work, written in the early phase of Horner’s iconic career. Grammy-nominated conductor Matt Dunkley and prolific orchestrator Nikiforos Chrysoloras are involved in the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Iron Claw’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Richard Reed Parry, score, Sean Durkin, Soundtrack, The Iron Claw
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical sports drama The Iron Claw. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (Eileen, The Nest). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track (The Claw) below. The Iron Claw is written and directed Sean Durkin and stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Holt McCallany, Stanley Simons, Maura Tierney and Lily James. The movie tells the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s, as they seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ TV Series to Be Released
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Disney Plus, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, score, Soundtrack, Sparks & Shadows
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The album features selections of the show’s original music, including themes written by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica) and original score composed by Sparks & Shadows. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Check out McCreary’s title track below. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is created by Rick Riordan & Jon Steinberg and stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri. The fantasy adventure based on Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series follows Percy Jackson on a dangerous quest as he must journey across America to return Zeus’ master bolt and stop an all-out war. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, James Wan, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the superhero movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Gilded Age, The Legend of Tarzan, Abominable, Over the Hedge, Hotel Rwanda) who previously composed the music for 2018’s first Aquaman movie. Also included is X Ambassadors’ original song Deep End (already out now as a digital single now). The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, December 22 by WaterTower Music. Click here to stream/download the digital version and visit Amazon to order the CD version. Also listen to Gregson-Williams’ title track below. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is directed by James Wan and starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fading Gigolo’ (‘Gigolò per Caso’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Fading Gigolo, Francesco Cerasi, Gigolò per caso, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Prime Video original series Fading Gigolo (Gigolò per caso). The album features selection of the show’s original score composed by Francesco Cerasi (The Dinner, Golden Men, The Beautiful Summer, My Body Will Bury You, The Bad Guy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Fading Gigolo is created by Tommaso Renzoni & Daniela Delle Foglie and stars Pietro Sermonti, Christian De Sica, Frank Matano, Ambra Angiolini, Asia Argento, Claudio Gregori and Antonio Bannò. The comedy revolves around a sensitive watchmaker and feminism enthusiast who learns that his father is not the antique dealer he thought he was, but a gigolo and is forced to follow his footsteps. Read the rest of this entry »
