Nonesuch Records will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Leonardo di Vinci. The album features the original score from the 2-part film written by Pulitzer Prize- & Grammy Award-winning composer Caroline Shaw (Fleishman Is in Trouble, The Sky Is Everywhere, Madeline Madeline) and performed by Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 25. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. A first track (Intentions of the Mind) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Leonardo di Vinci is directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon, narrated by Keith David and explores the life and work of the titular 15th century polymath (voiced by Italian actor Adriano Giannini) and his achievements, which are brought to life through his personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors, and admirers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for PBS’ ‘Leonardo di Vinci’ Documentary to Be Released
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Caroline Shaw, David McMahon, Ken Burns, PBS, Sarah Burns, score, Soundtrack
Josh Atchley Scoring RJ Collins’ ‘Crescent City’
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crescent City, Josh Atchley, RJ Collins
Josh Atchley (Superfly, Grand Isle, The Rising Hawk, Parallel, 10 Minutes Gone) has provided the original score for the upcoming crime thriller Crescent City. The film is directed by RJ Collins and stars Terrence Howard, Esai Morales, Nicky Whelan and Alec Baldwin. The movie follows a chief detective of a small southern town that becomes terrorized by a relentless serial killer who gets haunted by the horrors of his past as everyone becomes a suspect – including local authorities. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wonderoos’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Marucs Meston, Matt Mahaffey, Netflix, Ray Giron, Soundtrack, Wonderoos
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original pre-school animated series Wonderoos. The album features the main title theme written by Matt Mahaffey (listen to the full track after the jump), as well as the other songs from the show written by Leticia Wolf, Mahaffey, Marcus Meston (who also composed the project’s original score) and Ray Giron. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Wonderoos is created by Artur Spigel & Hannah Kole and features the voices of Christendeo Szabo, Saige Mcmillan, Naomi Tan, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez and Jazlyn Onaba. The Atomic Cartoons production follows five animal pals as they learn how to make friends, try new foods and face other big firsts in colorful Roo City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Wamester, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three, Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the DC animated movie Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, Cabin Fever, Justice Society: World War II, The Night Crew). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 16 by Gardener Recordings (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Part One this past January and Part Two in April. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three is directed by Jeff Wamester and stars Jensen Ackles (as Batman/Bruce Wayne), Darren Criss (as Superman & Earth-2 Superman), Meg Donnelly (as Supergirl & Harbinger), Aldis Hodge (as Green Lantern/John Stewart), Stana Katic (as Wonder Woman & Superwoman) and Corey Stoll (as Lex Luthor). Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Morrish Scoring BBC’s ‘The Jetty’
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Cat Jones, The Jetty, Tim Morrish
Tim Morrish (One Day, Fifteen-Love, Red Rose) is the composer of the new BBC crime drama The Jetty. The show is created and written by Cat Jones and stars Jenna Coleman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ruby Stokes, Archie Renaux, Bo Bragason, Laura Marcus and Weruche Opia. The 4-part series follows a Detective who must figure out how a fire that tears through a property in a scenic Lancashire lake town connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing persons cold case and an illicit relationship between a man in his twenties and two underage girls. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Damned’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stephen McKeon, The Damned, Thordur Palsson
Moonflower Records has released a soundtrack album for the period psychological horror drama The Damned. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Pilgrimage, The Cellar, Queen & Country, Rose Plays Julie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Damned is directed by Thordur Palsson and stars Odessa Young and Joe Cole. The 19th Century-set movie follows a young widow who faces an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing village and must decide whether to rescue the shipwrecked sailors or let them perish to ensure her own survival. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of David Shire’s ‘Small Vices: A Spenser Mystery’ Score Announced
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Broadway Bound, David Shire, Jake's Women, score, Small Vices, Soundtrack, Texan
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1999 A&E television movie Small Vices: A Spenser Mystery directed by Robert Markowitz, written by Robert B. Parker and starring Joe Mantegna as Boston detective Spenser. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, All the President’s Men, Zodiac, Short Circuit, Return to Oz ). Also included are the composer’s scores from the 1996 CBS film Jake’s Women directed by Glenn Jordan, written by Neil Simon 1992 and starring Alan Alda, Mira Sorvino, Anne Archer & Lolita Davidovich, the ABC movie Broadway Bound directed by Paul Bogart and starring Corey Parker, Jonathan Silverman & Anne Bancroft and the 1994 TV movie Texan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Let Yourself Go’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 15, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Farri, Francesco Amato, Lasciati andare, Let Yourself Go, score, Soundtrack
Kickout Films has announced the first-ever soundtrack release for the 2017 Italian comedy Let Yourself Go (Lasciati andare). The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Farri (Io Capitano, Those About to Die, Security, The Hanging Sun, Latin Lover, The First King, Italian Race) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Tema di Elia) below. Let Yourself Go is co-written and directed by Francesco Amato and stars Toni Servillo, Verónica Echegui, Carla Signoris and Luca Marinelli. The movie revolves around a self-involved psychoanalyst whose tightly ordered world is thrown for a loop by two women:a high-spirited fitness instructor and his ex-wife who lives next door and still does his laundry. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 14, 2024)
Posted: July 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Jones, Amazon, Andrea Farri, Apple TV +, Bekon, Carlos José Alvarez, Emperor of Ocean Park, Find Me Falling, Jefferson Friedman, Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Lady in the Lake, Marcus Norris, Max, MGM+, Michael Gatt, My Spy The Eternal City, Netflix, Peacock, Sean Segal, Those About to Die
Premiering today is the MGM+ original series Emperor of Ocean Park developed by Sherman Payne based on the novel by Stephen L. Carter and starring Forest Whitaker, Keith Powers, Keith Kupferer, Kelli Simpkins and Deanna Reed-Foster. The show’s original music is composed by Amanda Jones (Moving On, Naomi, Mea Culpa, The Perfect Find, Super/Natural, Young Love, Good Trouble). The drama, which is set in Martha’s Vineyard and follows an esteemed law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father dies of an apparent heart attack, but his sister, a former journalist and conspiracy theorist, believes that the judge met with foul play, will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+.
Premiering on Thursday, July 18, is the action comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City directed by Pete Segal and starring Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Flula Borg, Kristen Schaal, Billy Barratt, Taeho K, Craig Robinson, Anna Faris and Ken Jeong. Sean Segal has composed the film’s original music in his feature scoring debut. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Girl with a Bracelet’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carla Pallone, La fille au bracelet, score, Soundtrack, Stéphane Demoustier, The Girl with a Bracelet
Carla Pallone has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian crime drama The Girl with a Bracelet (La fille au bracelet). The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Pallone’s title track after the jump. The Girl with a Bracelet is written and directed by Stéphane Demoustier and stars Roschdy Zem, Melissa Guers, Anaïs Demoustier Pascal Garbarini, Annie Mercier and Chiara Mastroianni. The movie follows a 17-year-old teenager from a wealthy middle-class family who comes under investigation following the death of her best friend. Read the rest of this entry »
