Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Persian Version. The album features the film’s original music written by singer/songwriter, record producer and composer Rostam Batmanglij (The OA, Sound of My Voice). Also included is the cover version of Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want to Have Fun performed by lead actress Niousha Noor (listen to the track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Persian Versionis written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz and stars Layla Mohammadi, Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet, Bella Warda, Bijan Daneshmand, Chiara Stella, Shervin Alenabi and Tom Byrne. The movie follows an Iranian-American woman who comes from two countries at odds with each other and strives to embrace her opposing cultures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Persian Version’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maryam Keshavarz, Rostam Batmanglij, score, Soundtrack, The Persian Version
‘Life on Our Planet’ Chapters 5-8 Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: October 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Life on Our Planet, Lorne Balfe, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
The details of the final four soundtrack albums for the Netflix documentary series Life on Our Planet have been revealed. Available to stream/download now are the Chapter 1-4 soundtracks (click here for the details of each album), as well as the soundtracks for Chapter 5 (In the Shadows of Giants), Chapter 6 (Out of the Ashes), Chapter 7 (Inheriting the Earth) and Chapter 8 (Age of Ice and Fire) featuring music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation & Dead Reckoning, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Wheel of Time). Netflix Music has previously released an album featuring suites and Balfe’s principal themes from the show last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Boiling Point’ TV Series to Be Released
Posted: October 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aaron May, BBC, Boiling Point, David Ridley, score, Soundtrack
Faber Music will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Boiling Point. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Aaron May & David Ridley (Malpractice, Villain, Arsène Wenger: Invincible) who previously scored the 2021 feature of the same title. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Monday, October 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Boiling Point is created by Philip Barantini, James Cummings & Stephen Graham, directed by Barantini & Mounia Akl and stars Vinette Robinson, Graham himself, Hannah Walters, Daniel Larkari, Ahmed Malek, Stephen McMillan, Shaun Fagan and Taz Skylar. The 4-part series follows head chef Carly as she is battling to forge a name for the new London restaurant Point North alongside her old kitchen crew. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Life on Our Planet’ Chapters 1-4 Soundtrack Albums Details
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Life on Our Planet, Lorne Balfe, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Following last week’s release of the “suites & themes” album, Netflix Music will release eight more soundtracks for the streamer’s original documentary series Life on Our Planet. The albums feature the original score from all eight episodes of the show composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Top Gun: Maverick) and recorded with the Royal National Orchestra. The soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20. Check out the details of the albums for Chapters 1-4: The Rules of Life, The First Frontier, Invaders of the Land & In Cold Blood below and check back on this page tomorrow for the details of the other four soundtracks. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘The Beautician and the Beast’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cliff Eidelman, Ken Kwapis, score, Soundtrack, The Beautician and the Beast
Paramount Music will release a new soundtrack album for the 1997 romantic comedy The Beautician and the Beast directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Lisa Jakub and Patrick Malahide. The album features the remastered original score from the film composed by Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, He’s Just Not That Into You, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, One True Thing), including two previously unreleased tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20 and will be available to stream/download here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Babylon 5: The Road Home’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Babylon 5: The Road Home, Dynamic Music Partners, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Matt Peters, Michael McCuistion, score, Soundtrack
Dynamic Soundtrack Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Babylon 5: The Road Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter & Lolita Ritmanis (aka Dynamic Music Partners) (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Young Justice, Batman: The Brave and the Bold). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Babylon 5: The Road Home is directed by Matt Peters, written by J. Michael Straczynski and features the voice talent of Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Tracy Scoggins, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy, Jeffery Sinclair, Patricia Tallman, Paul Guyet, Phil LaMarr and Anthony Hansen. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe & Michael Bitton Scoring Paramount+’s ‘The Burning Girls’
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Michael Bitton, Paramount+, The Burning Girls
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning & Fallout, Black Adam, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick) has teamed up with Michael Bitton (who has worked with Balfe on numerous projects over the last couple of years) to score the new British Paramount+ original series The Burning Girls. The show is developed by Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge) based on novel of the same name by C.J. Tudor and stars Samantha Morton, Ruby Stokes, Rupert Graves, Conrad Khan and David Dawson. The psychological thriller follows a Vicar and her daughter who both arrive in a new village in hope of a fresh start, but soon realize the place has a dark past. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Bodies’ to Be Released
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bodies, Jon Opstad, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the British Netflix limited series Bodies. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jon Opstad (The Woman in White, Black Mirror: White Christmas & White Bear, We Hunt Together, Safe House, The Feed) . The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 20. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Bodies is created by Paul Tomalin and stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Amaka Okafor, Greta Scacchi, Kyle Soller and Tom Mothersdale. The crime drama is based on Si Spencer’s graphic novel of the same title and revolves around detectives in four different time periods between 1890 and 2053 who find themselves investigating the same murder in London’s East End’s Longharvest Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong’s ‘Love Actually – The Love Themes for Orchestra’ Album Announced
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, Love Actually, Richard Curtis
CMA Records has announced Love Actually – The Love Themes for Orchestra, a new album featuring 15 tracks from the score for Richard Curtis’ 2003 romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy and Rowan Atkinson. Grammy Award winner Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Romeo + Juliet, The Incredible Hulk, Ray, Far from the Madding Crowd) has revisited his score to compose fuller versions of his score cues, which have been newly reworked, adapted and extended by the composer and recorded with the Budapest Art Orchestra, conducted by Peter Pejtsik. The album will be released digitally and on a limited edition CD on November 24 (coinciding with the movie’s 20th anniversary). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Martin Scorsese’s epic western crime saga Killers of the Flower Moon have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robbie Robertson (The Color of Money, The Irishman, Jimmy Hollywood). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20 by Sony Masterworks and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on December 8 (click here to order) and a vinyl edition the following week, December 15 (click here to pre-order) . Killers of the Flower Moon is co-written and directed by Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Tantoo Cardinal, Brendan Fraser, JaNae Collins, Cara Jade Myers, Jillian Dion, Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson. The movie based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the Osage Nation, a string of crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. Read the rest of this entry »
