Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish sports drama Forever. The album features the film’s original music composed by Elvis Suljevic (aka Slackin Beats). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Forever is directed by Anders Hazelius and stars Flutra Cela, Judith Sigfridsson, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Mustapha Aarab and Eleftheria Gerofoka. The SF Studios production follows two 14-year-old best friends and aspiring football professionals whose friendship gets challenged when they get a new demanding football coach and one of them finally sees her chance to succeed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Forever’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anders Hazelius, Elvis Suljevic, Forever, score, Slackin Beats, Soundtrack
Expanded and Remastered ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Denny Zeitlin, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Philip Kaufman, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1978 sci-fi/horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Denny Zeitlin, including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set is now available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and learn more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Starling Girl’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Schneider, Laurel Parmet, Lord Huron, score, Soundtrack, The Starling Girl
Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Starling Girl. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lord Huron vocalist/songwriter Ben Schneider. Also included is Lord Huron’s original song Ace Up My Sleeve, which has previously been released as a digital single. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Starling Girl is written and directed by Laurel Parmet and stars Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Austin Abrams, Wrenn Schmidt and Jimmi Simpson. The movie centers on a 17-year-old girl who struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community, but everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor returns to their church. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabella Summers Scoring Zelda Williams’ ‘Lisa Frankenstein’
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Isabella Summers, Lisa Frankenstein, Zelda Williams
Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Offer, Sex/Life, Call Jane) has recently been scoring the upcoming horror comedy Lisa Frankenstein. The film is directed by Zelda Williams and stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Liza Soberano and Henry Eikenberry. The movie is set in 1989 and revolves around an unpopular high schooler who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unknown: Cave of Bones’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francesco Le Metre, Mark Mannucci, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Unknown: Cave of Bones
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary Unknown: Cave of Bones. The album features the film’s original music composed by Francesco Le Metre (Disclosure, Split Screen). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Unknown: Cave of Bones is directed by Mark Mannucci and follows paleoanthropologist Lee Berger who has found the world’s oldest graveyard in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind and tries to prove that this ancient, ape-like, small brained creature practiced complex burial rituals. Read the rest of this entry »
Kenshi Yonezu’s Theme Song ‘Spinning Globe’ from ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Released
Posted: July 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hayao Miyazaki, Kenshi Yonezu, The Boy and the Heron
Sony Music has released the theme song from Hayao Miyazaki’s animated feature The Boy and the Heron. The track, entitled Spinning Globe, is written and performed by J-pop star Kenshi Yonezu and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Joe Hisaishi’s original score from the movie will be announced soon. The Boy and the Heron is written and directed by Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki. 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
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 »
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 »