Composer Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Thor: Love and Thunder, Star Trek: Prodigy, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, An American Pickle, Absentia) is reuniting with actor/writer/director Kelly Blatz on the upcoming action adventure One Fast Move. The film is written and directed by Blatz and stars K.J. Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco, Austin North and Edward James Olmos. The movie revolves around a young man down on his luck who seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. Read the rest of this entry »
Nami Melumad Scoring Kelly Blatz’s ‘One Fast Move’
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Kelly Blatz, Nami Melumad, One Fast Move
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‘Stephen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Forest Swords, Matthew Barnes, Melanie Manchot, score, Soundtrack, Stephen
Dense Truth has released a soundtrack album for the British documentary Stephen. The album features the film’s original score written by music producer, DJ and composer Forest Swords (aka Matthew Barnes) (As Dusk Falls). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Barnes’ main theme after the jump. Stephen is directed by visual artist Melanie Manchot who works with a recovery group in Liverpool who takes up roles in a semi-fictional film-within-a-film that explores addiction and mental health from multiple perspectives. The movie centers on Stephen, a character recovering from gambling and alcohol addictions. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith at ‘The General Electric Theater’ Album CD Release Announced
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The General Electric Theater
Intrada Records has announced a CD release of Jerry Goldsmith‘s music composed for the CBS 1950s/60s anthology TV series The General Electric Theater. The composer’s scores, which have previously been available individually as digital EPs, have been newly recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and reconstructed and conducted by Leigh Phillips. The music from the following episodes is featured on the album: Hitler’s Secret, The Last Dance, The Committeeman, The Legend That Walks Like a Man, Sarah’s Laughter, My Dark Days and The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky. Also included is Autumn Love, a suite composed for the CBS music library. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mother, Couch’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Bear, Mother Couch, Niclas Larsson, score, Soundtrack
The Foolshed will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Mother, Couch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Bear (of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Swallowed, If You Were the Last, The Passenger). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mother, Couch is written and directed by Niclas Larsson and stars Ewan McGregor, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ellen Burstyn, F. Murray Abraham and Rhys Ifans. The movie is based on Jerker Virdborg’s novel Mamma I Soffa and follows the members of a dysfunctional family who find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bill Melendez, score, Soundtrack, Vince Guaraldi, You're Not Elected Charlie Brown
Lee Mendelson Film Productions will a new soundtrack for the 1972 animated television special You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown created by Charles M. Schulz and directed by Bill Melendez. The album features premiere release of complete score from the eighth Peanuts special composed by Vince Guaraldi (A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Boy Named Charlie Brown), including never-before-heard bonus or alternate tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on vinyl and CD on September 6. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Malcolm Washington, Netflix, The Piano Lesson
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, Philomena, Godzilla) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Piano Lesson. The drama is directed by Malcolm Washington and stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu and Corey Hawkins. The movie based on the play of the same title by August Wilson is set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression and follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kiss of the Con Queen’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kiss of the Con Queen, Ollie Howell, score, Soundtrack, Tom Waller
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Kiss of the Con Queen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ollie Howell (Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, Breaking Point, Forced Out). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kiss of the Con Queen is directed by Tom Waller and stars Eoin O’Brien, Yayu Unru, Francis Magee, Patrick Bergin and Ravi Patel. The movie tells the true story of an actor based in Bangkok who lured to Jakarta when he believes he is being considered for a role in an upcoming DC Origins show, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam.. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Chris Stuckmann’s ‘Shelby Oaks’
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stuckmann, Shelby Oaks, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97, Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have provided original muisc for the upcoming horror thriller Shelby Oaks. The film marks the directorial debut of filmmaker, digital creator and author Chris Stuckmann and stars Camille Sullivan, Michael Beach, Keith David, Sarah Durn, Brendan Sexton III, Emily Bennett and Rob Grant. The movie centers on a young woman’s frantic search for her sister who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her YouTube investigative series Paranormal Paranoids. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jessica Forever’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: French Share Icon Platform, Jessica Forever, Jonathan Vinel, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, TIFF '18 Caroline Poggi, TIFF Lightbox Film + Events Jessica Forever Jessica Forever WORLD PREMIERE France | 97m | English, Ulysse Klotz
Ecce Films has released a soundtrack album for the French sci-fi drama Jessica Forever. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ulysse Klotz (Diamantino, Spirit of Ecstasy, Terrible Jungle, Atomic Age). Also included are tracks by artists such as Age Reform, Florian Kiniffo, Jesu, Vanessa Amar, Alfred Deller, Year of No Light & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to Klotz’s title track after the jump. Jessica Forever is written and directed by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel and stars Aomi Muyock, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Paul Hamy, Lucas Ionesco, Augustin Raguenet and Eddy Suiveng. The movie is set in a dystopian world where violent misfits reign supreme and follows a woman and her makeshift family of rehabilitated marauders as they are fighting for peace. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 7, 2024)
Posted: July 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Bornstein, Amazon, Apple TV +, BBC America, Christopher Lennertz, Daniel Hart, Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney Plus, Divorce in the Black, Exploding Kittens, Faye, Gary Gunn, HBO, Jeff Russo, Jina Hyojin An, Mammals, Netflix, Quad Gods, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, Sherri Chung, Shirley Song, Sunny, Thomas Farnon, Torin Borrowdale, Tyler Strickland, Vanished Into the Night
Premiering on Wednesday, July 10, is the Apple TV+ original series Sunny developed by Katie Robbins based on Colin O’Sullivan’s book The Dark Manual an starring Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Interview with the Vampire, A Ghost Story, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints). Check out our previous news article for more information about the mystery comedy drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the HBO original documentary Quad Gods directed by Jess Jacklin, produced by Johnny Fego & Jacklin and executive produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Gary Gunn (A Thousand and One) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which follows the lives of three New Yorkers with quadriplegia that meet in a neuro-rehabilitation lab where they create the world’s first fully quadriplegic e-sports team, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will air on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max. Read the rest of this entry »
