Steve Dorff (Growing Pains, Murphy Brown, Blast from the Past, Major Dad, Dudley Do-Right) has provided the original score for the upcoming comedy Holiday Twist. The film is written and directed by Stephanie Garvin and stars Kelly Stables, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Blake Leeper, James Maslow, Caylee Cowan, Drew Fuller, Brian Thomas Smith, Jake Miller and Montana Tucker. The movie revolves around a high-powered female executive whose whole world comes crashing down and – with the help from a Salvation Army Santa – decided to reasses her life. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Dorff Scoring Stephanie Garvin’s ‘Holiday Twist’
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Holiday Twist, Stephanie Garvin, Steve Dorff
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‘Maggie Moore(s)’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Sollee, John Slattery, Maggie Moore(s), score, Soundtrack
Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the crime comedy Maggie Moore(s). The album features the film’s original music written by cellist, singer/songwriter & composer Ben Sollee (Land, Maidentrip, Beauty Mark). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Maggie Moore(s) is directed by John Slattery and stars Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Happy Anderson, Micah Stock, Mary Holland and Nick Mohammed. The movie follows a police officer who investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name, when he meets and quickly falls for a nosy neighbor who is eager to help solve the mystery. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Score Album Details
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Yuja Wang
Sony Masterworks will release the official score album for the prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Maleficent, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive) who previously scored all four original The Hunger Games movies. Also included are three newly reimagined piano suites based on Howard’s past themes from the franchise performed by featured soloist Yuja Wang who also performs the piano on the new score. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on November 17. Click here to pre-order the digital version and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version within the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Navajo Police: Class 57’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Jablonski, David Nordstrom, HBO, Kahlil Hudson, Max, Navajo Police: Class 57, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Strickland
Tiny Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary series Navajo Police: Class 57. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Tyler Strickland (The American Meme, Audrie & Daisy, Trial by Media, Sly, Changing the Game). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Check out the composer’s main title track after the jump. Navajo Police: Class 57 is directed by Kahlil Hudson, Alex Jablonski & David Nordstrom and follows a group of recruits as they fight their way through the Navajo Police Training Academy and out into the field, where they must contend with rising crime and centuries of neglect to hold their community together. Read the rest of this entry »
Marc Canham Scoring Disney+’s & Hulu’s ‘Culprits’
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Culprits, Disney Plus, Hulu, J Blakeson, Marc Canham
Composer Marc Canham (Far Cry 2, Deceit, Close, Barbarians, Burn Burn Burn, The Final Girl) is reuniting with writer/director J Blakeson (The 5th Wave, Gunpowder) on the upcoming British Disney+/Hulu original series Culprits. The show is created by Blakeson and stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton, Niamh Algar, Kirby, Kamel El Basha, Tara Abboud, Kevin Vidal, Ned Dennehy and Eddie Izzard. The 8-part crime thriller takes place after a heist, when the crew have gone their separate ways, but are being targeted by a killer one-by-one. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Beautiful Life’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Beautiful Life, Mehdi Avaz, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Volmer Schulz
Warner Music Denmark & SF Studios Production have released a new soundtrack album for the Danish Netflix original film A Beautiful Life. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Thomas Volmer Schulz (Toscana, Kollision, While We Live, Alpha). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Parlophone Music has previously released a separate album featuring the original songs by Christopher (who also stars in the lead role) from the drama earlier this year. A Beautiful Life is directed by Mehdi Avaz and also stars Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sebastian Jessen, Christine Albeck Børge, Jonathan Harboe Ardalan Esmaili and Paw Henriksen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No Dogs or Italians Allowed’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alain Ughetto, Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens, Manodopera, Nicola Piovani, No Dogs or Italians Allowed, score, Soundtrack
Ala Bianca Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature No Dogs or Italians Allowed (Manodopera / Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful, The Best Years, The Tiger and the Snow, Pinocchio, The Traitor, Hungry Hearts). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. No Dogs or Italians Allowed is co-written and directed by Alain Ughetto and tells the story of his grandparents who relocated from a mountain village in Italy to France in the first half of the 20th century. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 22, 2023)
Posted: October 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Curses!, Everyone Else Burns, Jesi Nelson, Life on Our Planet, Lorne Balfe, Milli Vanilli, Mondo Boys, Netflix, Paramount+, Sarah Lynch, Sundance Now, The CW, The Enfield Poltergeist, The Vanishing Triangle, Thomas Ross Fitzsimons, Vincent Watts
Premiering on Tuesday, October 24, is the documentary Milli Vanilli directed by Luke Korem about the titular superstar duo. The film’s original music is composed by Mondo Boys (She Dies Tomorrow, The Girlfriend Experience, Fatman, Phoenix Forgotten, Silk Road). The movie, which explores the duo’s ascension to success that came with a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will make its streaming debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 25, is the Netflix original documentary series Life on Our Planet narrated by Morgan Freeman and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam) has composed the show’s original music. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Balfe’s themes and suites, as well as eight albums featuring the composer’s score from each episode. Click here for the details of the albums and for more information about the 8-parter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Three Little Birds’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Burrell, ITV, score, Soundtrack, Three Little Birds
Banijay Music has released a soundtrack album for the new ITV drama Three Little Birds. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Benjamin Burrell (Shortcut). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the composer’s title track below. Three Little Birds is created by Sir Lenny Henry and stars Rochelle Neil, Yazmin Belo, Saffron Coomber, Javone Prince, Leemore Marrett Jr, Arthur Darvill, Bobby Gordon and Amy Beth Hayes. The 6-part drama executive produced by Russell T Davies is inspired by Lenny Henry’s mother’s stories about leaving Jamaica in the 1950s for Great Britain, which became her lifelong home and where she raised her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
Volker Bertelmann was named Film Composer of the Year at the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 50th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Edward Berger’s All Quiet of the Western Front (for which he also received the Academy Award earlier this year), the Norwegian World War II drama War Sailor and Saara Saarela’s sci-fi drama Memory of Water. Nicholas Britell was honored as TV Composer of the Year today for his score for the fourth and final season of the HBO original series Succession and his music for the first season of Disney+’s Star Wars series Andor. Read the rest of this entry »
