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 »
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
‘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 »
Vince Pope Scoring HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Issa López, True Detective, True Detective: Night Country, Vince Pope
Vince Pope (No Offence, Resistance, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, You & Me, Misfits, Wolfe) has recently scored the upcoming HBO original series True Detective: Night Country. The fourth installment of the anthology series is written and directed by Issa López and stars Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, Isabella Star Lablanc, Finn Bennett, Aka Niviâna, Christopher Eccleston, Anna Lambe, Joel D. Montgrand and John Hawkes. The crime drama follows two detectives investigating the disappearance of the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On the Line’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clément Périn, Gilles Luka, On the Line, Romuald Boulanger, score, Soundtrack
R-Lines Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller On the Line. The album features the film’s original score composed by Clément Périn (Talk, Connectés). Gilles Luka has provided additional music. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 21 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. On the Line is written and directed by Romuald Boulanger and stars Mel Gibson, William Moseley, Alia Seror-O’Neill, Paul Spera, Enrique Arce, Nadia Fares and Kevin Dillon. The movie follows a provocative overnight radio host who must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who has kidnapped his family and is threatening to kill them and blow up the whole station. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Ewing Scoring Roger Kumble’s ‘Beautiful Wedding’
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beautiful Wedding, Roger Kumble, Sam Ewing
Composer Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, Last Seen Alive, The Shed, Victor Crawley) is reteaming with director Roger Kumble on the upcoming romantic drama Beautiful Wedding. The film is the sequel to this year’s Ewing-scored feature Beautiful Disaster and stars Dylan Sprouse, Virginia Gardner, Austin North, Steven Bauer, Libe Barer, Neil Bishop, Kyle Richards and Rob Estes. The movie based on the book of the same title by Jenny McGuire follows Abby and Travis after they wake up after a crazy night in Vegas as accidental newlyweds and travel to Mexico for a wild honeymoon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ken The EP’ Released
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Wyatt, Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Mark Ronson, Ryan Gosling
Atlantic Records has released an EP featuring three new versions of the original song I’m Just Ken from Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy Barbie. The 4-track EP features a holiday version (Merry Kristmas Barbie), an acoustic version (In My Feelings Acoustic) and a dance rremix (Purple Disco Machine Remix) of the track written by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt and performed by Ryan Gosling (in addition to the original version) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the music video for the holiday version and listen the other two new tracks after the jump. The original soundtrack album for the movie was released this past summer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All of Us Strangers’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the British romantic drama All of Us Strangers. The album features the film’s original score composed by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living, The Forgotten Battle, Censor, The Strays). 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. A vinyl edition will be coming out on April 12 and is available for pre-order here. All of Us Strangers is written and directed by Andrew Haigh and stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell. The movie based on an novel by Taichi Yamada is set in London and follows a man who – after a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor – is pulled back to his childhood home where it appears his long-deceased parents are both living and look the same age as the day they died decades earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
