Quartet Records has announced three remastered reissues of the re-recordings of three classic film scores from the 1940s. All three soundtracks have been newly remastered by Chris Malone and are being released as limited editions in the SACD format. Titles include the 1978 recording of the score for William Wyler’s 1946 drama The Best Years of Our Lives (starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo & Teresa Wright) composed by Hugo Friedhofer and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Frank Collura, the 1991 recording of the music for Orson Welles’ 1941 classic Citizen Kane composed by Bernard Herrmann performed by the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Tony Bremner, as well as the 1991 recording of the score for Welles’ 1942 period drama The Magnificent Ambersons composed by Herrmann and performed by the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Bremner. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered Re-Recordings of ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’, ‘Citizen Kane’ & ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ Scores Announced
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bernard Herrmann, Citizen Kane, Hugo Friedhofer, score, Soundtrack, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Magnificent Ambersons
‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water. The album features the selections of the show’s original music composed by Grammy Award winner Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, The Woman King, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Katrina: Come Hell and High Water is directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Samantha Knowles & Spike Lee and centers on a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors as they reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities it exposed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rebuilding’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jake Xerxes Fussell, James Elkington, Max Walker-Silverman, Rebuilding, score, Soundtrack
Fat Possum Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Rebuilding. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer, guitarist and folk artist Jake Xerxes Fussell and guitarist James Elkington have made their feature scoring debut on the project . The soundtrack will be released on November 14 (both digitally and on vinyl) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Glow in the Dark & Contemplating the Moon) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Rebuilding is written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman and stars Josh O’Connor, Kali Reis, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy and Amy Madigan. The movie follows a reserved, divorced father and rancher who seeks a way forward after a wildfire takes his family farm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What We Hide’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Grapsas, Dan Kay, score, Soundtrack, What We Hide
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the thriller What We Hide. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis Grapsas (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig, Trigonometry, Teacher, Monday, Big Shot). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. What We Hide is written and directed by Dan Kay and stars McKenna Grace, Jojo Regina, Dacre Montgomery, Jesse Williams, Malia Baker, Forrest Goodluck, Fernanda Andrade and Tamara Austin. The movie revolves around two sisters whose mother dies from an overdose and decide to conceal her body in an attempt to prevent being separated through the foster care system. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke Blair & Will Blair Scoring Ned Crowley’s ‘Killing Faith’
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Killing Faith, Ned Crowley, Will Blair
Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Toxic Avenger, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,Hold the Dark, The Informer, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) have recently scored the new supernatural western Killing Faith. The film is written and directed by Ned Crowley and stars Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Raoul Trujillo, Jack Alcott, Jamie Neumann, Joanna Cassidy, Emily Ford and Bill Pullman. The movie is set against the plague-ravaged deserts of the 1849 Arizona territory and follows a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother and her afflicted daughter on a journey across a treacherous desert in the hope of finding a cure for her mysterious illness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘French Lover’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: French Lover, Guillaume Ferran, Lisa-Nina Rives, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Hamburger Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film French Lover. The album features the movie’s score music composed by Guillaume Ferran (In the Name of Blood, Escort Boys, Marie-Line et son juge, À l’ancienne, Jusant). Also included is the song Wild written by the composer and featuring vocals by Adèle Wismes. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Ferraan’s score title track and the song after the jump. French Lover is co-written and directed by Lisa-Nina Rives and stars Omar Sy, Sara Giraudeau, Alban Ivanov, Agnès Hurstel, Pascale Arbillot, Xavier Lacaille, Amaury De Crayencour, Cindy Bruna, Isabelle Candelier and Antoine Chappey. The romantic comedy follows a jaded actor who meets and falls in love with a down-on-her-luck waitress in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Ewing Scoring James Kent’s ‘Stolen Girl’
Posted: September 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Kent, Sam Ewing, Stolen Girl
Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Last Seen Alive, Beautiful Disaster, Slotherhouse, Paradise City, Victor Crawley) has composed the original music for the new thriller Stolen Girl. The film is directed by James Kent (The Aftermath, Testament of Youth) and stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Eastwood, Jordan Duvigneau and Matt Craven. The movie follows a determined mother whose world is shattered when her ex-husband abducts their young daughter to the Middle East and teams up with an enigmatic ex-marine and child abduction specialist to bring her child home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All of You’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All of You, Apple TV +, Drum & Lace, Ian Hultquist, score, Sofia degli Alessandri, Soundtrack, William Bridges
Platoon will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama All of You. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Walking Dead: Dead City, One of Us Is Lying, Turtles All the Way Down, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV) & Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Dickinson, Cobweb, Rosaline, Summering). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 26 and will be available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s score suite below. All of You is co-written and directed by William Bridges and stars Brett Goldstein (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Imogen Poots, Steven Cree and Zawe Ashton. The movie follows two best friends who harbor an unspoken love for one another even after a test matches one of them up with their supposed soulmate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Long Distance’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Distant, Hulu, Josh Gordon, Long Distance, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price, Will Speck
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi adventure Long Distance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Fury, Last Night in Soho, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Heads of State, The World’s End). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Distant) below. Long Distance is directed by Will Speck & Josh Gordon and stars Anthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Zachary Quinto and Kristofer Hivju. The movie tells the story of an asteroid miner who crash-lands on an alien planet and must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marvel Zombies’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Laura Karpman, Marvel, Marvel Zombies, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, score
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original animated series Marvel Zombies. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Laura Karpman (American Fiction, Captain America: Brave New World, The Marvels, Paris Can Wait, Miss Marvel, Set It Up Lovecraft Country) & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (What If…?, Bird Karma, Prisoner’s Daughter, Regarding Susan Sontag). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 26.and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. Marvel Zombies is created by Bryan Andrews & Zeb Wells and features the voice talent of Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Florence Pugh, Tessa Thompson, Awkwafina, Hailee Steinfeld, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Wyatt Russell, Iman Vellani, Randall Park and Dominique Thorne. Read the rest of this entry »
