Wenallt Records will release a soundtrack album for the Danish psychological thriller Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (Nattevagten – Dæmoner går i arv). The album features the film’s original score composed by Ceiri Torjussen (The Canal, The Bombardment, Jack Goes Home, American Night, All Creatures Here Below, Delhi Crime). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD version will be coming out next year and is available for pre-order here. Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is written and directed by Ole Bornedal and stars Fanny Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Kim Bodnia. The sequel to Bornedal’s original 1994 hit movie follows a young student who has taken the job as the night watch in a forensic department and tries to investigate her parents’ dark past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ceiri Torjussen, Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever, Ole Bornedal, score, Soundtrack
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring National Geographic’s Disney+ Series ‘A Real Bug’s Life’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Real Bug's Life, Disney Plus, Mark Mothersbaugh, National Geographic
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age) has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary series A Real Bug’s Life. The show is inspired by Pixar’s animated feature A Bug’s Life (scored by Randy Newman) and takes a look into nine different micro bug worlds around the globe, where the forces of nature play out on a miniature scale and where tiny creatures rely on amazing powers and extraordinary alliances to make it through each day. The 5-parter narrated by Awkwafina tells stories of the tiny heroes — from a jumping spider looking for a home on the streets of New York to a Costa Rican orchid bee’s first day on the job making perfume. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Walden’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mathieu Carratier, Mick Davis, score, Soundtrack, Walden
Mathieu Carratier (Delirium, Night of the Hunted, I Lived, For Love) has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Walden. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon, Apple Music/iTunes, Spotify and most other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Pristine) after the jump. Walden is written and directed by Mick Davis and stars Emile Hirsch, Shane West, Kelli Garner, Tania Raymonde, David Keith and Luke Davis. The movie revolves around a stenographer who – upon discovering he has a terminal illness that sends him into a rage that has been simmering deep within him for years – decides to take justice into his own hands. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro Scoring DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 4, Mike Mitchell, Steve Mazzaro
Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Dune,Inception, Interstellar) and Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section) have recently recorded their score for the upcoming animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell (Trolls, Sky High), co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and stars Jack Black who returns in the title role, as well as Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane and Ke Huy Quan. The movie follows Po as he embarks on a journey to fulfill his destiny as the next Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, but must first find a worthy successor to carry on the legacy of the Dragon Warrior. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Santa Clauses’ Season 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Rechtshaid, Disney Plus, Soundtrack, The Santa Clauses
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the Disney+ original series The Santa Clauses. The 5-track EP features the cover versions of Dancing with Myself & Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and We Wish You a Merry Christmas from show’s second season, as well as the previously unreleased covers of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s If You Leave and the holiday classic Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (both produced by series composer Ariel Rechtshaid). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to both new tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley & Luke Richards Scoring Netflix’s ‘Fool Me Once’
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Fool Me Once, Luke Richards, Netflix
David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife, Papillon, Nobody, Angel Has Fallen, The Forbidden Kingdom,Greenland) & Luke Richards (Six Four) have teamed up to score the upcoming British Netflix limited series Fool Me Once. The show is based on Harlan Coben’s bestseller and stars Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan, Dino Fetscher and Joe Armstrong. The 8-part crime thriller follows an ex-soldier who uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches into the past after she sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Berlin’ Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Berlin, Frank Montasell, Lucas Peire, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s Spanish original series Berlin. The album features the show’s original score composed by Lucas Peire & Frank Montasell (Nowhere, Malasaña 32). Also included is the “main theme” song Bullets and Flowers performed by Francis White feat. Nikki Garcia, Goa’s cover of What a Wonderful World, lead actors Pedro Alonso’s & Tristan Ulloa’s rendition of Felicidad & other songs. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to Bullets and Flowers and Peire’s & Montasell’s title score track below. Berlin is created by Álex Pina & Esther Martínez Lobato and also stars Michelle Jenner, Julio Peña Fernández, Begoña Vargas and Joel Sánchez. The spin-off to the streamer’s hit show Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) follows the title character and a masterful gang as they gather in Paris for one of his greatest plans ever: to steal 44 million euros in jewels in one night. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Love Affair with Marriage’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kristian Sensini, My Love Affair With Marriage, score, Signe Baumane, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature My Love Affair with Marriage. The album features the film’s original score and songs composed by Kristian Sensini (Rocks in My Pockets, All Against All, Hyde’s Secret Nightmare). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. My Love Affair with Marriage is written and directed by Signe Baumane and stars Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine, Cameron Monaghan, Kristine Pastare, Ieva Katkovska, Iluta Alsberga and Stephen Lang. The adult animated comedy drama revolves around a woman confronting society’s expectations of her as she grows from being a girl into womanhood. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘MacArthur’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Joseph Sargent, MacArthur, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1977 biographical war drama MacArthur directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, Ivan Bonar, Dan O’Herlihy, Ward Costello and Nicolas Coster. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Papillon, Basic Instinct, Chinatown, Patton), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and for more information about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Nigel Westlake’s ‘The Nugget’ Score Released
Posted: December 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Bennett, Nigel Westlake, score, Soundtrack, The Nugget
Nigel Westlake (Babe, Miss Potter, Babe: Pig in the City, Ali’s Wedding, Paper Planes, Blueback) has released a digital single featuring his music from the 2002 Australian comedy The Nugget written and directed by Bill Bennett and starring Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Dave O’Neil, Belinda Emmett and Vince Colosimo. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a 15-track suite featuring the composer’s Australian Screen Music Awards-winning score and themes from the film. Also listen to the full track below. Read the rest of this entry »
