The full details of the second soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ Star Wars original series The Acolyte have been revealed. The album features the original music from the final four episodes (Episodes 5-8) of the show’s first season composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Bad Education, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking). Also included is the original end credits song Power of Two co-written (with D’Mile & Abels) and performed by Victoria Monet (previously released as a digital single). The Vol. 2 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 19 by Walt Disney Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music servicesto stream/download). Also available on the same day will be a 94-track album featuring the content of both volumes (click here to stream/download). The Volume 1 soundtrack featuring Abels’ score from Episodes 1-4 has previously been released last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ – Volume 2 (Episodes 5-8) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Michael Abels, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Acolyte
Original Song ‘Big World (Found You)’ from ‘My Spy: The Eternal City’ Released
Posted: July 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Billy Barratt, King Kerr, My Spy The Eternal City, Peter Segal
Amazon Content Services has released the original song Big World (Found You) from the action comedy My Spy: The Eternal City. The track written Colton Dixon, Sean Van Vleet & Luke Niccoli and performed by actor Billy Barratt (as King Kerr) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track below. As previously reported, the label is also released a full soundtrack album featuring Sean Segal’s original score from the film today. My Spy: The Eternal City is directed by Pete Segal and stars Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Billy Barratt, Flula Borg, Anna Faris, Craig Robinson, Taeho K and Ken Jeong. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lady in the Lake’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Lady in the Lake, Marcus Norris, score, Soundtrack
Fifth Season Music & Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ limited series Lady in the Lake. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Marcus Norris (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., Summer of Violence). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme below. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the drama will be announced soon. Lady in the Lake is created by Alma Har’el and stars Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, Y’lan Noel, Noah Jupe, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Mikey Madison, Josiah Cross and Pruitt Taylor Vince. The 7-part thriller is based on Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel of the same name and revolves around two women whose lives converge on a fatal collision course after the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Six Feet Over’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrien Casalis, Karim Bensalah, score, Six Feet Over, Six pieds sur terre, Soundtrack
Rouge Neon Records has released a soundtrack album for the Algerian/French drama Six Feet Over (Six pieds sur terre). The album features the film’s original music composed by Adrien Casalis (Winter Crossing). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Six Feet Over is co-written and directed by Karim Bensalah and stars Hamza Meziani, Kader Affak, Mostefa Djadjam and Souad Arsane. The movie tells the story of a former Algerian embassy clerk’s son studying in Lyon who lives under the threat of expulsion after his visa has been revoked and agrees to work for a Muslim funeral home. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina Scoring Mackenzie Munro’s ‘Boot Camp’
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boot Camp, Mackenzie Munro, Matteo Messina
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Tall Girl, The Wrong Missy, Desperados, Superstore, Butter, Barely Lethal) has recently scored the new romantic comedy drama Boot Camp. The film is directed by Mackenzie Munro (Salvation) and stars Rachel Boudwin, Drew Ray Tanner, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ennis Esmer, Martin Cummins and Rachel Boyd. The movie is inspired by the Wattpad story by Gina Musa and follows a teenager who begins to fall for her off-limits personal trainer after signing up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself. Gemma Holdway wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios, Rob Simonsen, Shawn Levy, Soundtrack
The track list of the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine has been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as The Platters, *NSYNC, Fergie, Stray Kids, The Goo Goo Dolls, Huey Lewis & The News, Patsy Cline, Green Day, Jimmy Durante, Aretha Franklin & others. Also includes is a track from the film’s composer Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters Afterlife, The Whale, Foxcatcher). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 24 and physically on July 26 by Hollywood Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to pre-order the double vinyl edition. The digital version will be available to stream/download here. A separate album featuring Simonsen’s original score will be released digitally on July 24, along digital deluxe edition soundtrack, which includes both songs and score. Check back on this page for the details of the score album. Deadpool & Wolverine is directed by Shawn Levy and stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Rob Delaney, Morena Baccarin, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams and Matthew Macfadyen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Those About to Die’ to Feature Main Title Theme by Woodkid
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peacock, Roland Emmerich, Those About to Die, Woodkid
French singer/songwriter Woodkid has contributed the main title theme to the new Peacock original series Those About to Die. The show is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix and stars Iwan Rheon, Anthony Hopkins, Sara Martins, Gabriella Pession, Jojo Macari, Dimitri Leonidas, Moe Hashim, Tom Hughes,Rupert Penry-Jones, Emilio Sakraya, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, David Wurawa, Eneko Sagardoy, Pepe Barroso, Gonçalo Almeida and Romana Maggiora Vergano. The 10-part historical drama directed by Roland Emmerich & Marco Kreuzpaintner is scored by Andrea Farri and follows a group of characters from all corners of the Roman Empire who collide at the explosive intersection of sports, politics, and dynasties. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Spy: The Eternal City’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: My Spy, My Spy 2, My Spy The Eternal City, Peter Segal, score, Sean Segal, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services will release the official soundtrack album for the spy comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sean Segal who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Jet Pack Rescue) below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. My Spy: The Eternal City is directed by Pete Segal and stars Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Flula Borg, Kristen Schaal, Billy Barratt, Craig Robinson, Anna Faris, Taeho K and Ken Jeong. The movie follows veteran CIA operative JJ who sees this an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter Sophie when her high school choir is selected for a tour in Italy, but they both find that they have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot targeting the Vatican. Read the rest of this entry »
‘UFO Factory’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Axel Ricco, Fabricantes de Ovnis, Hulu, score, Soundtrack, Star, UFO Factory
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Star+/Hulu original series UFO Factory (Fabricantes de Ovnis). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sebastian Bell & Axel Ricco (Grandma’s Wedding, Who’s a Good Boy?, Two Plus Two). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. UFO Factory is directed by David Pagán & Luis “Kilo” Fernández and stars Jerónimo Best, José Carlos Rodríguez, Odysseus Bichir and Susana Alexander. The supernatural comedy follows a group of desperate elders worried about losing their land who contact a 40-year-old man who proposes to attract tourists to save the town by making the world believe that a UFO has crashed into their village. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The awards will be given out at the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which is currently scheduled to take place on September 7 & 8 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
The Crown – “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” – Martin Phipps
Mr. & Mrs. Smith – ” First Date” – David Fleming
Only Murders in the Building – “Sitzprobe” – Siddhartha Khosla
Palm Royale – ” Maxine Saves a Cat” – Jeff Toyne
Shogun – “Servants of Two Masters” – Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba
Silo – “Freedom Day” – Atli Örvarsson
Slow Horses – “Strange Games” – Daniel Pemberton & Toydrum
