La-La Land Records has announced a reissue of the premiere soundtrack album for the 1985 mystery comedy Clue written and directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Martin Mull, Michael McKean and Lesley Ann Warren. The CD features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Morris (Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Dirty Dancing, Young Frankenstein, The Elephant Man, The Producers, The In-Laws, Life Stinks). The 40th Anniversary Edition, which is limited to 1,000 copies, features new art design and a new note from Lynn and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and find out more about the soundtrack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Clue’ 40th Anniversary Edition & ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ 35th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Lyne, Clue, Jacob's Ladder, John Morris, Jonathan Lynn, Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack
‘Hazbin Hotel’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Underberg, Hazbin Hotel, Sam Haft, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Prime Video original animated series Hazbin Hotel. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season written and produced by Sam Haft & Andrew Underberg and performed by the show’s voice cast members. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 19 and physically on November 21. Click here to order the digital version and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD, cassette and vinyl edition. A first track (Hazbin Guarantee (Trust Us) performed by Erika Henningsen, Christian Borle, Joel Perez, Lilli Cooper, Stephanie Beatriz, Kevin Del Aguila, Krystina Alabado, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn & Amir Talai) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Hazbin Hotel is created by Vivienne Medrano and also stars Blake Roman, Alex Brightman, Jeremy Jordan, Jessica Vosk, Joel Perez, Lilli Cooper, Patrick Stump, Darren Criss, Shoba Narayan, Leslie Rose Kritzer, Patina Miller, Liz Callaway, James Monroe Iglehart, Andrew Durand, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kevin Del Aguila and Alex Newell. Read the rest of this entry »
Sven Faulconer Scoring Gavin Polone’s ‘Psycho Killer’
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gavin Polone, Psycho Killer, Sven Faulconer
Sven Faulconer (Scream VI, Unstable, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Elephant Whisperers, Blood Father, The Last Ice) has recently scored the upcoming thriller Psycho Killer. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Gavin Polone (Zombieland, Panic Room, Gilmore Girls) and stars Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers, Grace Dove, Logan Miller and Malcolm McDowell. The movie follows a Kansas highway patrol officer who sets out on a journey to find out who murdered her husband and – as the hunt progresses – comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial killer. Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, 8MM) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mar Afuera’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Jaime Vaquero, Mar Afuera, score, Soundtrack, Víctor Elías
Atresmedia Música has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Mar Afuera. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Víctor Elías & Jaime Vaquero (La Agencia). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. Mar Afuera is based on the Italian TV series The Sea Beyond (Mare fuori) and stars Gabriel Guevara, Hugo Welzel, Laura Simón, Carles Francino, Raúl Prieto and Boré Buika. The drama follows two recent arrivals at a juvenile detention center perched by the sea, where they are forced to contend with the constant threat posed by a gang, all while clinging to the faint of hope for a better future. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorenz Dangel Scoring Lotfy Nathan’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorenz Dangel, Lotfy Nathan, Peter Hinderthür, The Carpenter's Son
Lorenz Dangel (September 5, The German Lesson, What Will People Say, The Colony, A Fortunate Man, Hell, The Robber) has composed the original music for the upcoming supernatural thriller The Carpenter’s Son. The film is written and directed by Lotfy Nathan (Harka, 12 O’Clock Boys) and stars Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, Isla Johnston, Souheila A. Yacoub and FKA twigs. Peter Hinderthür (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Schumacher, Stella. A Life., You Will Not Have My Hate) has provided additional music to the movie, which is set in a remote village in Roman-era Egypt that explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Holy Boy’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Davide Tomat, Federico Bisozzi, La valle dei sorrisi, Paolo Strippoli, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, The Holy Boy
Radiofandango has released a soundtrack album for the Italian horror feature The Holy Boy (La valle dei sorrisi). The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Bisozzi & Tomat (Mondocane). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ title tracks after the jump. The Holy Boy is co-written and directed by Paolo Strippoli and stars Michele Riondino, Paolo Pierobon, Anna Bellato, Romana Maggiora Vergano,Sergio Romano, Sandra Toffolatti, Roberto Citran and Giulio Feltri. The movie revolves around a teacher tormented by his past who gets transferred to a secluded village known as the happiest town in Italy, but he soon discovers that behind the town’s joyful facade lies a dark and disturbing secret. Read the rest of this entry »
John Du Prez, W.G. Snuffy Walden, Jay Chattaway, Dara Taylor & William T. Stromberg to Appear at 16th Fans of Film Music Event
Posted: September 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Fans of Film Music
A number of major film and TV composers will be participating at the 16th Annual Fans of Film Music event, which will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Evergreen Studios in Burbank, CA. This year’s panelists include John Du Prez (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Fish Called Wanda, The Meaning of Life, Oxford Blues, Once Bitten), W.G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, The Wonder Years, My So-Called Life, Felicity, Thirtysomething,Nashville, The Stand ) and Jay Chattaway (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager & Enterprise, Maniac, Silver Bullet, Invasion U.S.A., Red Scorpion) who recently released his autobiography Journey to the Inner Light, which will be available to purchase at the event. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from Netflix’s ‘Wayward’ Released
Posted: September 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Soundtrack, The Pepper Gang, Wayward
Netflix Music has released a digital single featuring two songs from the Netflix limited series Wayward. The soundtrack includes the cover version of the traditional folk song In the Pines (in two different versions), as well as the instrumental cover of Paul McCartney’s Momma Miss America performed by The Pepper Gang (including members of Half Moon Run). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the single and also listen to all three tracks after the jump. As previously reported, the label has also released a full soundtrack album featuring Marie-Hélène L. Delorme’s original score from the show last week. Wayward is created by Mae Martin and stars Toni Collette, Martin herself, Sarah Gadon, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Brandon Jay McLaren and Sydney Topliffe. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Men of War’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Corben, Brian Robertson, Jen Gatien, Men of War, Michael John Hancock, score, Soundtrack
Brian Robertson (Screwball, From Russia With Lev, 537 Votes) and Michael John Hancock (God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty) have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Men of War. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. Men of War is directed by Billy Corben & Jen Gatien and centers on a ragtag group of American-led insurrectionists who attempted to infiltrate Venezuela and overthrow the regime of Nicolas Maduro in May of 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ 50th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jack Nitzsche, Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, score, Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced a new vinyl reissue of the soundtrack album for the Academy Award-winning 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Danny DeVito, William Redfield, Sydney Lassick, Christopher Lloyd and Brad Dourif. The 50th Anniversary Edition features the newly remastered Academy Award- and Grammy Award–nominated original score from from the film composed by Jack Nitzsche (An Officer and a Gentleman, Stand by Me, The Jewel of the Nile, Starman). The soundtrack will be released on November 14 in multiple collectible color variants, including traditional black vinyl (available to order now on Amazon and other record stores), Translucent Forest Green vinyl (available at Barnes & Noble) and Coke Bottle Clear vinyl (available exclusively in the Varèse Sarabande Store). Each edition comes packaged in a gatefold jacket. Read the rest of this entry »
