B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama A Mother’s Special Love (En tongs au pied de l’Himalaya). The album features the film’s original music composed by Michel-Ange Merino. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to two tracks from the composer’s score below. A Mother’s Special Love is co-written and directed by John Wax and stars Audrey Lamy, Nicolas Chupin and Benjamin Tranié. The movie revolves around a struggling single mother of a 6-year-old autistic boy who finds herself having to move into a shared living situation with her brother and sleeping in the living room as she juggles a complicated family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Mother’s Special Love’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Mother's Special Love, En tongs au pied de l'Himalaya, John Wax, Michel-Ange Merino, score, Soundtrack
Leo Birenberg Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Sisters Grimm’
Posted: September 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Leo Birenberg, The Sisters Grimm
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Bottoms, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Twisted Metal, Son of Zorn, Florida Man) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original animated series The Sisters Grimm. The show is developed by Amy Higgins & Erica Rothschild based on Michael Buckley’s bestselling book series and features the voice of Ariel Winter, Leah Newman, Laraine Newman, Billy Harris, Abubakar Salim and Harry Trevaldwyn. The animated fantasy adventure tells the story of two orphaned sisters as they navigate a town full of people torn straight from fantasy and fairy tales, confronting heroes and villains alike, while investigating the mystery of their missing parents. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 26, 2025)
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All of You, Bau: Artist at War, Dead of Winter, Dustin O'Halloran, Eleanor the Great, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, Hania Rani, Ian Hultquist, John Coda, Jonny Greenwood, Justin Burnett, One Battle After Another, Oscar Senen, Predators, Sam Ewing, Sofia degli Alessandri, Stephanie Economou, Stolen Girl, The Strangers: Chapter 2, The Summer Book, Tim Hecker, Volker Bertelmann
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller One Battle After Another written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Alana Haim, Regina Hall and Wood Harris. The film’s original music is composed Jonny Grennwood (There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, The Master, The Power of the Dog, Inherent Vice, Spencer, You Were Never Really Here, Licorice Pizza). Nonesuch Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the family adventure Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie directed by Ryan Crego and starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Gloria Estefan, Kristen Wiig, Kyle Mooney, Thomas Lennon, Jason Mantzoukas, Fortune Feimster, Ego Nwodim and Melissa Villaseñor. Stephanie Economou (Ruby Gilman: Teenage Kraken, Jupiter’s Legacy, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, About My Father) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a score suite, as well as the songs from the film performed by the cast, as well as aespa, Lu Kala & others today. Click here for the album details and for more information about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ruth & Boaz’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alanna Brown, Netflix, Ruth & Boaz, Serayah, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack EP for the streamer’s original film Ruth & Boaz. The 5-track EP features the songs from the movie performed by lead actress Serayah (who stars in the title of Ruth), including a cover of the gospel classic Goodness of God (performed alongside Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds). Also included is Prayer for Your Journey written by DeVon Franklin (who also serves as a producer on the film) & Brett Nolan and performed by Franklin & K-CI. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released the original end credits song Faithful as a digital single last week. Listen to the other four songs below. Ruth & Boaz is directed by Alanna Brown and also stars Tyler Lepley, Phylicia Rashad, Walnette Santiago, Gregory Alan Williams, Jermaine Dupri, James Lee Thomas, Nijah Brenea and Christopher Broughton. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered Re-Recordings of ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’, ‘Citizen Kane’ & ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ Scores Announced
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Herrmann, Citizen Kane, Hugo Friedhofer, score, Soundtrack, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Magnificent Ambersons
Quartet Records has announced three remastered reissues of the re-recordings of three classic film scores from the 1940s. All three soundtracks have been newly remastered by Chris Malone and are being released as limited editions in the SACD format. Titles include the 1978 recording of the score for William Wyler’s 1946 drama The Best Years of Our Lives (starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo & Teresa Wright) composed by Hugo Friedhofer and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Frank Collura, the 1991 recording of the music for Orson Welles’ 1941 classic Citizen Kane composed by Bernard Herrmann performed by the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Tony Bremner, as well as the 1991 recording of the score for Welles’ 1942 period drama The Magnificent Ambersons composed by Herrmann and performed by the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Bremner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water. The album features the selections of the show’s original music composed by Grammy Award winner Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, The Woman King, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Katrina: Come Hell and High Water is directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles & Spike Lee and centers on a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors as they reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities it exposed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rebuilding’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jake Xerxes Fussell, James Elkington, Max Walker-Silverman, Rebuilding, score, Soundtrack
Fat Possum Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Rebuilding. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer, guitarist and folk artist Jake Xerxes Fussell and guitarist James Elkington have made their feature scoring debut on the project . The soundtrack will be released on November 14 (both digitally and on vinyl) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Glow in the Dark & Contemplating the Moon) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Rebuilding is written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman and stars Josh O’Connor, Kali Reis, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy and Amy Madigan. The movie follows a reserved, divorced father and rancher who seeks a way forward after a wildfire takes his family farm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What We Hide’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Grapsas, Dan Kay, score, Soundtrack, What We Hide
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the thriller What We Hide. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis Grapsas (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig, Trigonometry, Teacher, Monday, Big Shot). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. What We Hide is written and directed by Dan Kay and stars McKenna Grace, Jojo Regina, Dacre Montgomery, Jesse Williams, Malia Baker, Forrest Goodluck, Fernanda Andrade and Tamara Austin. The movie revolves around two sisters whose mother dies from an overdose and decide to conceal her body in an attempt to prevent being separated through the foster care system. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke Blair & Will Blair Scoring Ned Crowley’s ‘Killing Faith’
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Killing Faith, Ned Crowley, Will Blair
Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Toxic Avenger, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,Hold the Dark, The Informer, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) have recently scored the new supernatural western Killing Faith. The film is written and directed by Ned Crowley and stars Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Raoul Trujillo, Jack Alcott, Jamie Neumann, Joanna Cassidy, Emily Ford and Bill Pullman. The movie is set against the plague-ravaged deserts of the 1849 Arizona territory and follows a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother and her afflicted daughter on a journey across a treacherous desert in the hope of finding a cure for her mysterious illness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘French Lover’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: French Lover, Guillaume Ferran, Lisa-Nina Rives, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film French Lover. The album features the movie’s score music composed by Guillaume Ferran (In the Name of Blood, Escort Boys, Marie-Line et son juge, À l’ancienne, Jusant). Also included is the song Wild written by the composer and featuring vocals by Adèle Wismes. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Ferraan’s score title track and the song after the jump. French Lover is co-written and directed by Lisa-Nina Rives and stars Omar Sy, Sara Giraudeau, Alban Ivanov, Agnès Hurstel, Pascale Arbillot, Xavier Lacaille, Amaury De Crayencour, Cindy Bruna, Isabelle Candelier and Antoine Chappey. The romantic comedy follows a jaded actor who meets and falls in love with a down-on-her-luck waitress in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
