22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the Portuguese/French drama Alma Viva. The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Four Daughters, Beauty and the Dogs, Gagarine, The Summit of the Gods, The Man Who Sold His Skin). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Alma Viva is written and directed by Cristèle Alves Meira and stars Lua Michel, Ana Padrao, Jacqueline Corado, Duarte Pina and Catherine Salée. The movie is set in a Portuguese mountain village and tells the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by the spirit of her late grandmother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Alma Viva’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alma Viva, Amine Bouhafa, Cristèle Alves Meira, score, Soundtrack
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First Tracks from Paul Saunderson’s ‘Earth’ Score Released
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Earth, Paul Saunderson, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released the first tracks from the soundtrack for the BBC natural history series Earth. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the One Planet. Many Lives EP featuring five tracks written by the show’s composer Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers, Trying, The More You Ignore Me, The Grand Duke of Corsica). Also listen to all tracks after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album is scheduled to come out on August 22. Earth is presented by Chris Packham, directed by Tom Hewitson and executive produced by Andrew Cohen & Rob Liddell. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ to Be Released
Posted: July 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Judson Crane, Nathan Johnson, Poker Face, Rian Johnson, score, Soundtrack
Cut Narrative will release a soundtrack album for the Peacock original series Poker Face. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nightmare Alley, Brick, Looper, Don Jon) and Judson Crane. The soundtrack will be released this coming Friday, July 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Poker Face is created by Rian Johnson and stars Natasha Lyonne as a woman with an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying who hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 16, 2023)
Posted: July 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, FX, Hulu, Justified: City Primeval, Kathryn Bostic, Mark Isham, Praise Petey
Premiering on Tuesday, July 18, is the FX limited series Justified: Primeval developed by Dave Andron & Michael Dinner based on the novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit by Elmore Leonard and starring Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Adelaide Clemens and Marin Ireland. The show’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, Miracle, 42, Warrior). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the crime drama, which will air every Tuesday on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Gravity of Sin’ from Netflix Film ‘Paradise’ Released
Posted: July 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boris Kunz, David Reichelt, Netflix, Panic Girl, Paradise
Netflix Music has released the original song Gravity of Sin from the German Netflix original film Paradise. The track is co-written (with lyrics by Jordan Prince) and produced by the film’s composer David Reichelt feat. Panic Girl and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track below. The label has previously released the cover version of I Can See Clearly Now from the movie last week and will release a full soundtrack album featuring the film’s score later this month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Year on Planet Earth’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Year On Planet Earth, Fox Nation, ITV, ITVX, Jasha Klebe, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the ITV nature documentary series A Year on Planet Earth. The album features the show’s original music composed by Jasha Klebe (Our Planet II, Planet Earth II, Animal, The Black Godfather, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A Year on Planet Earth is narrated by Steven Fry and looks at the ways in which all life is impacted by the Earth’s journey around the sun. The Plimsoll production examines how massive seasonal events affect the lives of individual animals as their stories develop across the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 14, 2023)
Posted: July 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 20 Days in Mariupol, Alexandre Desplat, Desmond Murray, Earth Mama, Edmund Butt, Final Cut, James McAlister, Jordan Dykstra, Kelsey Lu, Lorne Balfe, Mark Sonnenblick, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Nainita Desai, Pierre Charles, The Deepest Breath, The Miracle Club, Theater Camp, They Cloned Tyrone
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the spy/action movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby and Henry Czerny. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. CD and vinyl editions will be released by La-La Land Records and Mondo. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures production.
Opening semi-wide in around 650 U.S. theaters is the Irish comedy drama The Miracle Club directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan and starring Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Agnes O’Casey and Stephen Rea. Edmund Butt (Life on Mars, Dalíland, Origin, Finding Alice, Bancroft, Mistress) has composed the film’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures Classics release. Read the rest of this entry »
Kathryn Bostic Scoring Freeform’s ‘Praise Petey’
Posted: July 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Hulu, Kathryn Bostic, Praise Petey
Kathryn Bostic (Clemency, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Women of the Movement, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, Holiday Rush) is scoring the new Freeform original animated series Praise Petey. The show is created by Anna Drezen and features the voice talent of Annie Murphy, John Cho, Kiersey Clemons, Christine Baranski, Amy Hill and Stephen Root. The animated comedy follows a New York City “it”whose life comes crashing down around her, when she receives a mysterious gift from her father that gives her a new lease on life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stand and Deliver’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Safan, Ramón Menéndez, score, Soundtrack, Stand and Deliver
WaterTower Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1988 drama Stand and Deliver co-written and directed by Ramón Menéndez and starring Edward James Olmos (who received an Academy Award nomination for his performance), Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto and Andy García. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Safan (The Last Starfighter, Cheers, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Major Payne, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inside Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 14, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny A. Abeckaser, Inside Man, Lionel Cohen, score, Soundtrack
DNA-Productions will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Inside Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lionel Cohen (Mob Town, Feral State, Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, First We Take Brooklyn). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 11 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Inside Man is directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and stars Emile Hirsch, Jake Cannavale, Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Abeckaser himself, Bo Dietl, Greg Finley, Vincent Laresca and Kyle Stefanski. The movie follows a disgraced police detective seeking redemption by going undercover to expose a violent and bloody crime syndicate. Read the rest of this entry »
