Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 31, 2023)

Posted: December 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Premiering tomorrow, January 1, is the British Netflix limited series Fool Me Once based on Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel and starring Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Joanna Lumley, Richard Armitage, Dino Fetscher, Emmett J. Scanlan and Joe Armstrong. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife, Nobody, Papillon, The Stranger, Angel Has Fallen, Greenland, The Forbidden Kingdom) & Luke Richards (Stay Close, Six Four). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream on Netflix.

Premiering on Thursday is the Netflix original series The Brothers Sun created by Brad Falchuk & Byron Wu and starring Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien,  Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan and Joon Lee. Nathan Matthew David (Young Rock, Joy Ride, Chang Can Dunk, Deadly Class, The Last Word, Stephen Curry: Underrated, Slice) and Nick Lee (Grand Crew) have composed the show’s original music. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the comedy drama. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Lockerbie’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: December 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary series Lockerbie. The album features the show’s original score composed by Tim Atack (The Invention of Lying, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, Wham!, Don’t Look Down, Reuniting the Rubins). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the composer’s main title theme after the jump. Lockerbie is directed by John Dower and tells the true story of Britain’s deadliest terrorist atrocity and the most fatal terrorist attack on America before 9/11: the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, when 270 people lost their lives on the night of December 21, 1988. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 5 & 6 Score Albums to Be Released

Posted: December 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Domino Recording Company will release two new soundtrack albums for the British crime drama series Peaky Blinders. The albums feature selections of the original score from the fifth and sixth season of the show composed by singer/songwriter Anna Calvi. The soundtracks will be released digitally on January 26, 2024. Click here to order the Season 5 album and click here for the Season 6 soundtrack. A 2-CD and double vinyl edition will be coming out on the same day and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Black Tuesday) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Universal Music has previously released an album featuring songs and score from the first five seasons from the series, while Kobalt/Very Clever Records has released a score album for Season 4. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 29, 2023)

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Monday is the musical drama The Color Purple directed by Blitz Bazawule and starring Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, H.E.R., Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, Ciara, Aunjanue Ellis, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi and Louis Gossett Jr. The film’s original score is composed by Kris Bowers (King Richard, Bridgerton, Secret Invasion, Green Book, Space Jam: A New Legacy,  Haunted Mansion, When They See Us). WaterTower Music & gamma. have released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (in two different versions) earlier this month and WaterTower has released a separate album featuring Bowers’ score on Monday. Click here for the full details of the song album and click here for the details of the score album.

Also opening in theaters nationwide this holiday week is the biographical drama Ferrari directed by Michael Mann and starring Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gordon, Patrick Dempsey, Gabriel Leone and Jack O’Connell. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Enola Holmes, Birds of Prey Ocean’s 8, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Monday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Neon release. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Bring Him to Me’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Kaleido Sound will release a soundtrack album for the Australian crime thriller Bring Him to Me. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Star Trek: Picard, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Big Nate, Occupation: Rainfall, Doom: Annihilation). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 1, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bring Him to Me is directed by Luke Sparke and stars Barry Pepper, Sam Neill, Rachel Griffiths, Jamie Costa, Liam McIntyre and Zac Garred. The movie follows a getaway driver under orders from a crime boss who finds himself at war with his conscience as he drives a young and unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain fate. Read the rest of this entry »

Raphael Saadiq Scoring Ryan Fleck’s & Anna Boden’s ‘Freaky Tales’

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Lovecraft Country, Underground, Black Nativity, 61st Street, The After Party) has recently been scoring the upcoming dramatic thriller Freaky Tales. The film is written and directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Captain Marvel, Half Nelson) and stars Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Normani, Jay Ellis, Angus Cloud, Dominique Thorne and Jack Champion. The movie is set in Oakland in 1987 and is comprised of four interconnected stories: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a henchman gets a shot at redemption, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality and an NBA All-Star settles the score. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Camp Courage’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s documentary short Camp Courage. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Swallow, Emily the Criminal, Watcher, In the Same Breath). Also included the original song Behind the Sky (feat. vocals by Emily Forsythe), which has previously released as a digital single. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out Halpern’s title score track below. Camp Courage is directed by Max Lowe and centers on a girl displaced by the war in Ukraine who heads to a summer camp in the Austrian Alps with her grandmother, testing the limits of her own bravery and to strengthen their growing bond. Read the rest of this entry »

David Longstreth Scoring Sam & Andy Zuchero’s ‘Love Me’

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Singer/songwriter David Longstreth (of the indie rock band Dirty Projectors) has made his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming sci-fi drama Love Me. The film is written and directed by Sam & Andy Zuchero and stars Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. The movie is being described as a “love story of a smart buoy and an orbiting satellite that spans a billion years and probes the mysteries of being and consciousness”. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Jeff & Jean-Marc Adventures’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: December 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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74 Muzik & SND have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Jeff & Jean-Marc Adventures (Jeff Panacloc: À la poursuite de Jean-Marc). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Lengagne (Overdrive, Haute Couture, Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan, Fahim, Thank You for Calling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track (Un secret bien gardé) after the jump. Jeff & Jean-Marc Adventures is directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval and stars Jeff Panacloc, Claude Perron, Nicolas Marié and Vincent Deniard. The movie follows a 30-year old man who is about to get married and comes across a stuffed monkey who has just escaped from a military base. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Brothers Sun’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: December 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series The Brothers Sun. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Nathan Matthew David (Joy Ride, Young Rock, Deadly Class, Chang Can Dunk, Stephen Curry: Underrated, The Last Word, Slice) and Nick Lee (Grand Crew).  The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composers’ The Brothers Sun Theme after the jump. The Brothers Sun is created by Brad Falchuk & Byron Wu and stars Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Joon Lee, Sam Song Li and Highdee Kuan. The crime dramedy revolves around a legendary Taipei killer who heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother and his naive younger brother who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family. Read the rest of this entry »

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