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 »
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
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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 »
Jeff Russo & Tracie Turnbull Scoring Nicholas Tomnay’s ‘What You Wish For’
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Tracie Turnbull, What You Wish For
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, The Night Of, Love & Death, The Umbrella Academy) and Tracie Turnbull (A Brief History of Time Travel) have teamed up to score the upcoming noir thriller What You Wish For. The film is written and directed by Nicholas Tomnay (The Perfect Host) and stars Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Penelope Mitchell, Juan Carlos Messier and Randy Vasquez. The movie revolves around a talented chef with crushing gambling problems who flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man’s identity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Problemista’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julio Torres, Problemista, Robert Ouyang Rusli, score, Soundtrack
A24 Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Problemista. The album features the film’s original score composed by Robert Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Test Pattern, Bruiser). Also included is the original song Huele a Fraude by OHYUNG & STEFA* (aka Stefa Marin Alarcón). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 15, 2024 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first score track (Monument to Possibilities) and Huele a Fraude are already available to stream/download now and can also be check out below. Problemista is written and directed by Julio Torres and stars Torres himself, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Greta Lee, James Scully, Catalina Saavedra and Isabella Rossellini. Read the rest of this entry »
Brandon Roberts Scoring Lindsey Anderson Beer’s ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brandon Roberts, Lindsey Anderson Beer, Paramount+, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Brandon Roberts (Underwater, Motherland: Fort Salem, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, Chaos Walking, The Twilight Zone, On a Wing and a Prayer) has composed the original score for the upcoming Paramount+ original movie Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Lindsey Anderson Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and stars Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Pam Grier, Natalie Alyn Lind, Henry Thomas, Isabella Star LaBlanc and David Duchovny. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kidnapped’ (‘Rapito’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, Kidnapped, Marco Bellocchio, Rapito, score, Soundtrack
Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album for the Italian historical drama Kidnapped (Rapito). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fabio Massimo Capogrosso (Exterior Night). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Kidnapped is directed by Marco Bellocchio and stars Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese, Enea Sala, Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni. The movie tells the true story of a young Jewish boy who was abducted and forcibly raised Christian in 19th Century Italy. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Scoring Gareth Edwards’ ‘The Creator’
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gareth Edwards, Hans Zimmer, The Creator
Hans Zimmer has composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller The Creator. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Allison Janney. The movie is set amid a future war between the human race and the forces of AI and follows an x-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife who is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war. Read the rest of this entry »
