WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the CW drama Kung Fu. The album features selections of the original music from the second and third season of the show composed by Sherri Chung (Gremlins:Secrets of the Mogwai, Riverdale, Batwoman, Based on a True Story, Blindspot, The Lost Husband). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 21. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2021. Kung Fu is developed by Christina M. Kim based on the original 70s series of the same title and stars Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Eddie Liu, Jon Prasida, Shannon Dang, Vanessa Kai, Yvonne Chapman, Gavin Stenhouse, Tony Chung and Tzi Ma. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for ‘Kung Fu’ Seasons 2 & 3 Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: July 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kung Fu, score, Sherri Chung, Soundtrack, The CW
‘Oppenheimer’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 20, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Nolan, Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the historical thriller Oppenheimer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Creed, Tenet, The Mandalorian, Venom, Turning Red, Community). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 21 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD and vinyl edition will be released by Mondo (click here to order the vinyl edition). Oppenheimer is written and directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey, Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Michael Angarano and Kenneth Branagh. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Supa Team 4’ Theme Song Released
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Magnus Mando, Netflix, Sampa the Great, Supa Team 4
Netflix Music has released the theme song from the new Netflix original animated series Supa Team 4. The track co-written (with Magnus Mando who also produced the song) and performed by Sampa the Great is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Supa Team 4 is created by Malenga Mulendema and features the voices of Pamela Nomvete, Zowa Ngwira, Namisa Mdlalose, Kimani Arthur and Nancy Sekhokoane. Read the rest of this entry »
More Music from Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ to Be Released
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Soundtrack, Wednesday
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack EP for the Netflix original series Wednesday. The 7-track EP features the previously unreleased instrumental cover version of Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters performed by the Nevermore Academy Orchestra, as well as The Cramps’ Goo Goo Muck as featured during Jenna Ortega’s dance scene in the fourth episode (check out the sequence below). Also included are all tracks from the previous “covers” EP, as well as Danny Elfman’s Emmy Award-nominated main titles theme, which is also featured on the original score album. The new soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, July 21 (click here to stream/download). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Witcher’ Season 3 (Vol. 2) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Netflix, The Witcher
The track list of the second soundtrack album for the third season of the Netflix original series The Witcher has been revealed. The album features the original score from Season 3 composed by Joseph Trapanese (Shadow and Bone, Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, Lady and the Tramp, Straight Outta Compton), as well as the vocal songs Extraordinary Things, Enchanted Flowers & The Ride of the Witcher performed by Joey Batey and A Little Sacrifice by Freya Allen. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Thursday, July 27 by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to order Vol. 2 album and click here to pre-order the combined Vol. 1 & 2 release. The label has previously released the Volume 1 soundtrack featuring music from the first part of the third season last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Stridulum’ (‘The Visitor’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Franco Micalizzi, Giulio Paradisi, score, Soundtrack, Stridulum, The Visitor
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1979 sci-fi horror movie Stridulum (aka The Visitor) directed by Giulio Paradisi (aka Michael J. Paradise) and starring John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford and Shelley Winters. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed by Franco Micalizzi (The Curse, Black Demons, Violent Naples, The Tough Ones). Also included are three versions of the unused main titles song Sadness Theme written by Micalizzi. The CD is limited 500 copies and 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 »
Mychael Danna Scoring Atom Egoyan’s ‘Seven Veils’
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atom Egoyan, Mychael Danna, Seven Veils
Composer Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Where the Crawdads Sing, Capote, The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family) is reteaming with director Atom Egoyan on the upcoming Canadian drama Seven Veils. The film is written and directed by Egoyan and stars Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Vinessa Antoine, Mark O’Brien, Ambur Braid and Michael Kupfer-Radecky. The movie revolves around an earnest theatre director who gets tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Fantastic Planet’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alain Goraguer, Fantastic Planet, La planète sauvage, René Laloux, score, Soundtrack
CAM Sugar/Decca Records France will release a new soundtrack album for the 1973 animated sci-fi feature Fantastic Planet (La planète sauvage) directed by René Laloux and narrated by Jean Valmont. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Alain Goraguer (The Dominici Affair, Sur un arbre perché), including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on September 22. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl editions and click here to check out the track list. A first track (Déshominisation) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Read the rest of this entry »
Paolo Buonvino to Score Netflix’s ‘The Leopard’
Posted: July 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Il Gattopardo, Netflix, Paolo Buonvino, The Leopard
Paolo Buonvino (Medici Fathers & Daughters, Romanzo Criminale, Fatima, Quiet Chaos) has been hired to score the upcoming Italian Netflix limited series The Leopard (Il Gattopardo). The show is developed by Richard Warlow (Ripper Street, The Serpent) based on the classic novel of the same name by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and stars Deva Cassel, Kim Rossi Stewart, Saul Nanni, Benedetta Porcaroli, Francesco Colella, Paolo Calabresi, Astrid Meloni and Greta Esposito. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Star+’s ‘Pancho Villa’ Released
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Nacho Rettally, Pancho Villa, score, Soundtrack, Star
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Star+ original series Pancho Villa. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Nacho Rettally (Lady of Steel, Till the Wedding Do Us Part). Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music services) to check out the track list and to stream/download the soundtrack. Pancho Villa is produced/directed by Rafael Lara and stars Jorge A. Jiménez, Juan Luis Medina, Armando Hernández, Leonardo Alonso, Gabriela Cartol, Marco Treviño, Dagoberto Gama and Andrés Montiel. The 10-part biographical drama chronicles the journey of Doroteo Arango “Pancho Villa,” from bandit to one of the central figures in the Mexican Revolution. Read the rest of this entry »