La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1953 sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds directed by Byron Haskin and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures release composed by Leith Stevens (The Wild One, Destination Moon, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, The Night of the Grizzly). Also included is the composer’s score from 1951’s When Worlds Collide directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen & John Hoyt. The 70th Anniversary Edition CD is limited to 1,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The War of the Worlds’ 70th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Byron Haskin, Leith Stevens, score, Soundtrack, The War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide
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Matteo Zingales Scoring Lee Tamahori’s ‘The Convert’
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Tamahori, Matteo Zingales, The Convert
Matteo Zingales (99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunter, Tidelands, Mystery Road) has composed the original music for the upcoming Australian/New Zealand historical epic The Convert. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge) and stars Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Jacqueline McKenzie, Antonio Te Maioha and Lawrence Makoare. The movie tells the story of a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th Century New Zealand who finds himself at the center of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Yann Gozlan’s ‘Visions’ Announced
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Philippe Rombi, score, Soundtrack, Visions, Yann Gozlan
Music Box Records has announced a soundtrack album for the French psychological thriller Visions. The album features the film’s original music composed by Philippe Rombi (Swimming Pool, Potiche, Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, In the House, War of the Buttons, Angel). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally this Wednesday, September 6 (click here to stream/download). A CD version is available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Visions is written and directed by Yann Gozlan and stars Diane Kruger, Mathieu Kassovitz and Marta Nieto. The movie centers on a married airline captain who begins an affair with her a former flame, when she gets recurring visions, hallucinations and nightmares and starts losing grip on reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Naoki Sato Scoring Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Godzilla Minus One’
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Godzilla Minus One, Naoki Sato, Takashi Yamazaki
Toho has confirmed today that Naoki Sato (Rurouni Kenshin, Pretty Cure, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Masquerade Night, X, Blood-C) is reuniting with director Takashi Yamazaki to score the upcoming Japanese monster movie Godzilla Minus One. The film is written and directed by Yamazaki (Lupin III: The First) and stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Sakura Ando, Hidetaka Yoshioka and Kuranosuke Sasaki. The movie is set in post-war Japan as the economic state has been reduced to zero, when the titular monster appears and plunges the country into a negative state. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Bill Conti’s ‘Boys on the Run’ Score Announced
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Conti, Boys on the Run, Pol Cruchten, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2003 adventure thriller Boys on the Run directed by Pol Cruchten and starring Jesse Littlejohn, James Lafferty, Raquel Beaudene and Ron Perlman. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Karate Kid, The Right Stuff, For Your Eyes Only, Masters of the Universe, The Thomas Crown Affair). The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
JB Dunckel Scoring Céline Rouzet’s ‘For Night Will Come’
Posted: September 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Céline Rouzet, En attendant la nuit, For Night Will Come, JB Dunckel
JB Dunckel (Summer of 85, The Summer of Sangaile, K.O., Capital in the Twenty-First Century) of the electronic pop duo AIR has recently scored the upcoming French/Belgian fantasy drama For Night Will Come (En attendant la nuit). The film marks the narrative feature directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Céline Rouzet (A Distant Thud in the Jungle) and stars Mathias Legoût-Hammond, Elodie Bouchez, Céleste Brunnquell, Jean-Charles Clichet and Laly Mercier. The movie is set in a small town and follows a normal, friendly family hiding their teenage son’s dark secret and thirst for blood. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 3, 2023)
Posted: September 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Bryan Adams, Comedy Central, Dan Deacon, Dear Child, Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui, Nainita Desai, Netflix, Office Race, Predators, The Changeling
Premiering tomorrow, September 4, is the Comedy Central original movie Office Race co-written and directed by Jared Lapidus and starring Beck Bennett, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Erinn Hayes, Kylie Bunbury, J.B. Smoove and Alyson Hannigan. Academy Award-nominated and Grammy-Award winning singer/songwriter Bryan Adams has contributed two original songs to the film. Click here to listen to both tracks, which were released this past Friday, and for more information about the comedy.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 6, is the Netflix documentary series Predators executive produced by Wendy Darke & Vanessa Coates and narrated by Tom Hard about a group of cheetahs, polar bears and more of the planet’s most powerful hunters as they fight against the odds to survive. The show’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Deepest Breath, Crossfire, The Tower, Funny Woman, The Reason I Jump). The 5-parter premiered in the UK last December on Sky Nature and will be available to stream in the U.S. and most other major markets exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scrapper’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlotte Regan, Patrick Jonsson, score, Scrapper, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Scrapper. The album features the film’s original music is composed by Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman, Evelyn, The White Helmets, Black Earth Rising, Virunga, Wildcat, On Her Shoulders). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the title track below. Scrapper is written and directed by Charlotte Regan and stars Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson and Alin Uzun. The movie revolves around a young girl who lives alone in her flat in London after the mother’s death, when her estranged father arrives and forces her to confront reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryan Adams’ Original Songs from Comedy Central’s ‘Office Race’ Released
Posted: September 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bryan Adams, Comedy Central, Jared Lapidus, Office Race
Bryan Adams has released two original songs from the new Comedy Central original movie Office Race. Available to stream/download now on two separate digital singles are You’re Awesome and Sometimes You Lose Before You Win co-written (with Robert John “Mutt” Lange & Eliot Kennedy) and performed by the singer/songwriter (who has previously contributed songs to such films as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Three Musketeers, Don Juan DeMarco, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron). Also check out the music videos for both tracks after the jump. Office Race is co-written (with James Kilmoon) and directed by Jared Lapidus and stars Beck Bennett, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Kylie Bunbury, Erinn Hayes, J.B. Smoove and Alyson Hannigan. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 1, 2023)
Posted: September 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Belcher, All Fun and Games, Bill Prokopow, Eric Slick, Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Kevon Cronin, King of Killers, Marcelo Zarvos, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, The Equalizer 3, The Good Mother, Vincent Courtois
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller The Equalizer 3 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea and David Denman. The film’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Emancipation, The Affair, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Opening in around 400 theaters today is the thriller The Good Mother directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Dreamland, As You Are) and starring Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke, Dilone, Jack Reynor and Hopper Penn. Joris-Peyrafitte has also composed the film’s original music with Erick Slick (of the rock band Dr. Dog). No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
