Composer, singer/songwriter and pianist Emily Bear is reteaming with director Stephen Herek (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, 101 Dalmatians) on the upcoming Netflix original film Our Little Secret. The romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Rudnitsky, Tim Meadows, Henry Czerny, Chris Parnell, Judy Reyes, Dan Bucatinsky Katie Baker & Ash Santos follows two resentful exes who must spend Christmas under one roof after discovering their significant others are siblings – while hiding their romantic history. Read the rest of this entry »
Emily Bear Scoring Stephen Herek’s Netflix Film ‘Our Little Secret’
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emily Bear, Our Little Secret, Stephen Herek
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‘Beating Hearts’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beating Hearts, Gilles Lellouche, Jon Brion, L’amour ouf, score, Soundtrack
L’R Du Tresor has released a soundtrack album for the French romantic drama Beating Hearts (L’amour ouf). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Brion (Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch-Drunk Love, Lady Bird, Paranormal, The Other Guys). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track below. Beating Hearts is co-written and directed by Gilles Lellouche and stars François Civil, Mallory Wanecque, Alain Chabat, Malik Frikah, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Vincent Lacoste, Karim Leklou, Élodie Bouchez, Raphaël Quenard and Anthony Bajo. The movie is loosely based on the 1997 novel Jackie Loves Johnser OK? by Neville Thompson and follows two former childhood sweethearts from different sides of the track who reconnect two decades after one of them was sent to prison. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Bates Scoring Peacock’s ‘Hysteria!’
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hysteria, Peacock, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, John Wick, Deadpool 2, X, Dawn of the Dead, Atomic Blonde, MaXXXine) has provided the original score for the new Peacock original series Hysteria!. The show is created by Matthew Scott Kane & David A. Goodman and stars Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Kezii Curtis, Chiara Aurelia and Nikki Hahn, as well as recurring guest stars Bruce Campbell and Garret Dillahunt. The 8-part horror series takes place in the late 1980s after a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” and follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a series of kidnappings, murders, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a witch hunt that leads directly back to them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Dog’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Dog, Blair Mowat, George Jaques, score, Soundtrack
Blair Mowat (Class, Nolly, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, After the Flood, Electric Man) has released a soundtrack album for the British indie drama Black Dog. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Mowat’s first track (Nathan & Sam) below. Black Dog is co-written and directed by George Jaques and stars Jamie Flatters, Keenan Munn-Francis, Hattie Morahan and Ruby Stokes. The movie follows two teenage boys from very different London backgrounds – one who is running away from his foster home in search of his sister and the other heading to the northeast of England to visit his mother – as they embark on a road trip together. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner Scoring CBS’ ‘NCIS: Origins’
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Kevin Kiner, NCIS: Origins
Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Narcos: Mexico, Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, CSI: Miami, Making a Murderer, Doom Patrol, Hell on Wheels) is the composer of the new CBS drama NCIS: Origins. The prequel to the original NCIS series (which launched in 2003 and is currently being scored by Brian Kirk) is narrated by Mark Harmon and stars Austin Stowell, Kyle Schmid, Mariel Molino, Tyla Abercrumbie and Diany Rodriguez. The series follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS as he starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a gritty ragtag team. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Zarafa’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Christophe Lie, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Rémi Bezançon, score, Soundtrack, Zarafa
Pathé Films has released a new soundtrack album for the 2012 French/Belgian animated feature Zarafa directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie. The album features the original score from the film composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, The Mystery of Henri Pick, I Kill Giants, My Son, The Kitchen Brigade), including previously unreleased tracks. 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. Also listen to the composer’s Zarafa Orchestral Suite after the jump. Prima Linea has previously released the original (digital) 2012 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2024)
Posted: October 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, AMC, BritBox, Chanell Crichlow, Doug Sisemore, Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance, Hannah Peel, Happy's Place, Hulu, Jack Halama, Keaton Henson, Michael Tuller, Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned, Natalie Holt, NBC, Netflix, Passenger, Rivals, Sundance Now, Wilbert Roget II
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, October 17, is the British sci-fi series Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned developed by David Farr based on John Wyndham’s classic novel of the same title and starring Keeley Hawes, Max Beesley, Synnøve Karlsen, Samuel West, Cherrelle Skeete, Lara Rossi, Aisling Loftus, Ukweli Roach, Rebekah Staton, Lewis Reeves and Anneika Rose. The show’s original music is composed by Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Insomnia, The Deceived). Invada Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the sci-fi drama premiered in the UK on Sky in 2022. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on AMC+, Acorn TV and Sundance Now.
Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British series Passenger created by Andrew Buchan and starring Wunmi Mosaku, David Threlfall, Rowan Robinson, Jo Hartley, Arian Nik, Barry Sloane, Natalie Gavin, Jack James Ryan and Nico Mirralegro. Keaton Henson (Supernova, Anne Boleyn, Something Better to Come) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV (and ITVX_ and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deceitful Love’ (‘Inganno’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Guerra, Deceitful Love, Inganno, Netflix, Pappi Corsicato, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix limited series Deceitful Love (Inganno). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrea Guerra (The Pursuit of Happiness, Extraordinary Measures, Letters to Juliet, Playing the Field). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s Inganno Suite after the jump. Deceitful Love is directed by Pappi Corsicati and stars Monica Guerritore, Giacomo Gianniotti, Dharma Mangia Woods, Emanuel Caserio, Francesco Del Gaudio, Denise Capezza and Antonio Ferrante. The 6-part romantic drama revolves around a wealthy woman in her early 60s who suddenly falls in love with an attractive and much younger man, but her family raises doubts about his intentions. Read the rest of this entry »
Reba McEntire’s ‘Happy’s Place’ Theme Song Released
Posted: October 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Carole King, Doug Sisemore, Happy's Place, NBC, Reba McEntire
MCA Nashville has released the theme song from the new NBC comedy Happy’s Place. The song is co-written (with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Carole King & the show’s composer Doug Sisemore) and performed by lead actress Reba McEntire and is now available for pre-order on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Happy’s Place is created by Kevin Abbott & Julie Abbott and also stars Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Tokala Black Elk, Pablo Castelblanco and Rex Linn. The series follows a woman who inherits her father’s tavern and is surprised to discover that she has a new business partner, a 20-something half-sister she never knew she had. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 11, 2024)
Posted: October 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Brian Irvine, Brothers, Bryce Dessner, Dan Romer, David Holmes, Lonely Planet, Martin Dirkov, Michael Andrews, Mike Tuccillo, My Hero Academia: You're Next, Paul Wiley, Pharrell Williams, Piece by Piece, Pinar Toprak, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Terrifier 3, The Apprentice, The Silent Hour, We Live in Time, Woman of the Hour, Yuki Hayashi
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated documentary Piece by Piece directed by Morgan Neville and featuring the voices of Pharrell Williams (who also wrote the movie’s original songs), Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. The film’s original score original score is composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Freaks & Geeks, Daddy’s Home, Bridesmaids, Bad Teacher, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Funny People). Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the animated feature today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama The Apprentice directed by Ali Abbasi and starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan. Martin Dirkov (Holy Spider, Shorta, Border, Knocking, Holiday, The Charmer) has composed the film’s original score and David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) have contributed additional music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
