Rob Lord (Troop Zero, I Am Duran, Buddy Games: Awakening, Slipstream) has composed the original score for the upcoming British romantic comedy How to Date Billy Walsh. The film is directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (Victim) and stars Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, Tanner Buchanan, Nick Frost, Kunal Nayyar, Guz Khan, Lucy Punch and Daisy Jelley. The movie follows two best friends in high school whose relationship is challenged when one of them falls for the new American transfer student. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Lord Scoring Alex Sanjiv Pillai’s ‘How to Date Billy Walsh’
Posted: June 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Sanjiv Pillai, Amazon, How to Date Billy Walsh, Rob Lord
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World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Wes Craven’s ‘Deadly Blessing’ Announced
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Deadly Blessing, James Horner, score, Soundtrack, Wes Craven
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1981 slasher movie Deadly Blessing co-written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Maren Jensen, Lisa Hartman, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East, Lois Nettleton and Ernest Borgnine. The album features the original score from the PolyGram Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Avatar, Apollo 13, Aliens, Glory). The CD 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 »
Christopher Lennertz Scoring Tim Story’s Disney+ Movie ‘Dashing Through the Snow’
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Dashing Through the Snow, Disney Plus, Tim Story
Over the last couple of days, Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses, Agent Carter, Supernatural, Alvin and the Chipmunks) has recorded his score for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Dashing Through the Snow. The film is directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, The Blackening) and stars Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Lil Rel Howery, Teyonah Parris, Oscar Nunez, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gina Brillon, Ravi Patel, Marcus Lewis, Madison Skye Validum and Sebastian Sozzi. The comedy tells the story of a divorced social worker for the Atlanta police department who hates Christmas due to a painful childhood memory who inadvertently evokes the wrath of a local politician, but meets a man who helps him understand the joy and magic of Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
Summon Luke’s & Lucy Oaks’ ‘Without You’ Cover from ‘Moon Garden’ Released
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lucy Oaks, Moon Garden, Ryan Stevens Harris, Summon Luke
Summon Luke has released his cover version of the song Without You from the fantasy drama Moon Garden. The track (originally written by Tom Evans and Peter Ham for Badfinger and previously covered by Harry Nilsson, Mariah Carey, among others) is arranged/produced and performed by Summon Luke himself feat. Lucy Oaks and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyrics video after the jump. Moon Garden is written and directed by Ryan Stevens Harris and stars Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Haven Lee Harris and Morgana Ignis. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla & Garrett Gonzales Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Garrett Gonzales, Siddhartha Khosla, The Horror of Dolores Roach
Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Welcome to Chippendales, Looking for Alaska, Rabbit Hole, Runaways, Queenpins) has teamed up with Garrett Gonzales (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Lioness) to score the new Amazon original series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Khosla has composed the music for the first episode and Khosla & Gonzales have co-scored the other seven episodes of the show created by Aaron Mark based on his podcast of the same name and his one-woman play, Empanada Loca and starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, K. Todd Freeman and Kita Updike. The horror comedy drama follows the title character who – after an unjust 16-year prison sentence – returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, who lets her live and work as a masseuse, and is driven to shocking extremes to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Murder Syndicate’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Grant Kirkhope, Michael Matteo Rossi, Murder Syndicate, score, Soundtrack
Grant Kirkhope (Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Civilization: Beyond Earth, GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong 64, The King’s Daughter) has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Murder Syndicate. 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. Murder Syndicate is written and directed by Michael Matteo Rossi and stars Jessica Morris, Steven Martini, Mark Justice, Diane Robin and Vernon Wells. The movie follows the three children and the younger boyfriend of a family of assassins’ matriarch as they scheme and fight among themselves to take over her empire after she falls ill. Read the rest of this entry »
Haim Mazar Scoring Nadine Crocker’s ‘Desperation Road’
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Desperation Road, Gray Matter, Haim Mazar, Max, Meko Winbush, Nadine Crocker
Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, Woke, The Taking of Deborah Logan, I Am Wrath) has been tapped to score the upcoming southern noir thriller Desperation Road. The film is directed by Nadine Crocker and stars Garrett Hedlund, Mel Gibson, Willa Fitzgerald, Ryan Hurst, Kat Foster, Woody McClain and Pyper Braun. The movie follows an ex-con who attempts to rebuild his life with help from his father, but when a young woman arrives and throws his life into chaos, the pair end up on the run. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Runes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Runes, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated series Runes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Silo, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Edge of Seventeen, Defending Jacob). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Runes is created by Sébastien Oursel & Guillaume Mautalent based on Marion Bulot’s graphic universe and follows a 12-year-old boy who is heir to the throne of Normandy and must go on the run to save himself from evildoers trying to assassinate him. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 25, 2023)
Posted: June 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Anthem, Apple TV +, HBO, Hijack, Hulu, Kenji Kawai, Kris Bowers, Laura Karpman, Marcus Whale, Mark Bradshaw, Netflix, Paramount+, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, Run Rabbit Run, Simon Goff, The Gold
Premiering in the U.S. today is the British limited series The Gold written by Neil Forsyth and starring Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Tom Cullen, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Ellora Torchia and Stefanie Martini. The show’s original music is composed by Simon Goff. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-parter, which premiered in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, June 28, is the British Apple TV+ limited series Hijack created by George Kay & Jim Field Smith and starring Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams and Max Beesley. Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, The Dropout, Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaison) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 7-parter, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Digital Score Album Released
Posted: June 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Tennant, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Sweet Home Alabama
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the score album for the 2002 romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart and Candice Bergen. The album features the original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Hitch). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The album has previously been released as a (now out-of-print) CD edition in early 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
