Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, It Ends with Us, Foxcatcher, The Way Back, The Age of Adaline, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) is currently scoring Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Elio. The film is directed by Madeline Sharafian (Sparkshorts: Burrow), Domee Shi (Turning Red, Bao) & Adrian Molina (Coco) and features the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Brad Garrett, Remy Edgerly, Jameela Jamil and Shirley Henderson. The movie tells the story of an alien-obsessed boy who gets transported to the Communiverse, an interplanetary paradise that is home to intelligent life from galaxies far and wide, where he’s mistaken as Earth’s leader. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Pixar’s ‘Elio’
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Molina, Domee Shi, Elio, Madeline Sharafian, Pixar, Rob Simonsen
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World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘What Have I Done to Deserve This?’ Announced
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ¿Qué he hecho YO para merecer esto!!, Bernardo Bonezzi, Pedro Almodovar, score, Soundtrack, What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1984 Spanish comedy What Have I Done to Deserve This? (¿Qué he hecho YO para merecer esto!!) written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Gonzalo Suárez, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Manver, Juan Martínez and Verónica Forqué. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bernardo Bonezzi (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, No News from God, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead). The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 40th anniversary, is now available to order as a CD and vinyl edition on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Click here to order the CD version and click here to purchase the vinyl edition. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Madness’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Philip Klein, score, Soundtrack, The Madness
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s limited series The Madness. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Philip Klein (Wish Dragon, The Last Full Measure, Pig, Medieval, Savage Salvation). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Muncie in Red & Philly State of Mind) below. The Madness is created by Stephen Belber and stars Colman Domingo, Marsha Stephanie Blake, John Ortiz, Tamsin Topolski, Deon Cole, Bradley Whitford, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Gabrielle Graham and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tsunami: Race Against Time’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Bogado, David Schweitzer, National Geographic, score, Soundtrack, Tsunami: Race Against Time
Hollywood Records has announced a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Tsunami: Race Against Time. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, The Afterparty, Our Great National Parks, The Reluctant Traveler, World War II: From the Frontline, Sanditon, In Vogue: The 90’s). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Wave) below. Tsunami: Race Against Time is executive produced by Tanya Winston & Danny Horan, directed by Daniel Bogado and provides a 360 look at the path of destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that took over 225,000 lives. The 4-parter weaves newly discovered footage with never-before-heard personal accounts from survivors, journalists, scientists, and fearless rescuers who were all witnesses to the tragic event. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Helicopter Heist’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Espinosa, Helikopterrånet, Jon Ekstrand, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Helicopter Heist
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix limited series The Helicopter Heist (Helikopterrånet). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Easy Money, Life, Morbius, Child 44, All the Old Knives, Hilma, Margrete – Queen of the North). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Yes Yes Yes) below. The Helicopter Heist is created by Ronnie Sandahl and stars Mahmut Suvakci, Ardalan Esmaili, Dejan Milacic, Erik Svedberg-Zelman, Wim Elfwencrona, Johanna Hedberg, Iskra Kostić and Vic Carmen Sonne. The 8-part thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa follows two childhood friends as they decide to try one last heist – to rob millions from Sweden’s safest cash depot. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Cool to Be Kind’ from ‘The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland’ Released
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amy Wadge, Emilia Clarke, Guy Chambers, Hulu, Simone Ashley, The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
MovieScore Media has released the first song from the animated musical The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music is Cool to Be Kind written by the film’s composer Guy Chambers & Amy Wadge (lyrics) and performed by voice cast members Simone Ashley (who stars as Alice in Wonderland) & Emilia Clarke (as The Queen of Hearts). Also listen to the full track after the jump. The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland is directed by Peter Baynton, based on the bestselling book written by Carys Bexington and illustrated by Kate Hindley and also stars Gerard Butler. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Empress’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Die Kaiserin, Johannes Lehniger, Lisa Morgenstern, Netflix, score, Sebastian Damerius, Soundtrack, The Empress
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the German Netflix original series The Empress (Die Kaiserin). The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Johannes Lehniger (Nothing Bad Can Happen, Raus), Lisa Morgenstern & Sebastian Damerius (Sleep, Pelican Blood). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composers’ first track and the Season 2 main titles track after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring the trio’s score from Season 1 back in 2022. The Empress is created by Katharina Eyssen and stars Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Almila Bagriacik, Johannes Nussbaum, Alexander Finkenwirth, Runa Greiner, Josephine Thiesen and Christophe Favre. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Out of My Mind’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amber Sealey, Disney Plus, Linda Perry, Out of My Mind, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Out of My Mind. The album features the film’s original score and four original songs composed by Grammy Award nominee Linda Perry (Luckiest Girl Alive, To Leslie, Kid 90, Punky Brewster, Citizen Penn). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer/songwriter’s opening credits track below. Out of My Mind is directed by Amber Sealey and stars Phoebe-Rae Taylor, Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Kirby, Michael Chernus, Judith Light and Courtney Taylor. The coming-of-age drama is based on Sharon M. Draper’s bestselling novel of the same title and tells the story of a nonverbal wheelchair user with cerebral palsy as she is navigating sixth grade. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tokyo Override’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kenji Katoh, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Tokyo Override
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original anime series Tokyo Override. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Kenji Katoh (The Forest of Love). Also included are two songs performed by Yu Serizawa. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to Katoh’s first track (Tokyo Horizon) and both songs below. Tokyo Override directed by Yuske Fukada & Veerapatra Jinanavin is set in an AI-optimized Tokyo 100 years in the future and follows a lonely hacker who gets entangled with a group of underground couriers and – together – uncover the dark truth lurking beneath the city’s seemingly perfect facade. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spellbound’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Netflix, score, Skydance Animation, Soundtrack, Spellbound, Vicky Jenson
The full details of the soundtrack album for Skydance Animation’s Netflix original film Spellbound have been revealed. The album features the movie’s original songs written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Aladdin), with lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled, Galavant, Home on the Range) and performed by voice cast members Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Nathan Lane, Tituss Burgess, Javier Bardem & Nicole Kidman. Also included are selections of Menken’s original score. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 22 by Republic Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A first track (The Way It Was Before performed by Lauren Spencer Smith) has already been released as a digital single last Friday. Listen to the first two songs and the first score suite below. Read the rest of this entry »
