Republic Records has released a digital single featuring the songs from the third episode of the HBO original series The Idol. The 3-track single includes the tracks A Lesser Man & Take Me Back co-written (with Mike Dean, Sam Levinson and Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville) and performed by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, as well as the song Get It B4 co-written (with Roman GianArthur & Jarrett Goodly) and performed by Moses Sumney. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all three tracks below. The label has previously released two singles featuring the music from Episode 1 and Episode 2 over the last two weeks and a full album is set to come out on June 30. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Idol’ Episode 3 Soundtrack Single Released
Posted: June 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Moses Sumney, The Idol, The Weeknd
John Powell Scoring Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Migration’
Posted: June 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Renner, Illumination Entertainment, John Powell, Migration
John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Shrek, United 93, X-Men: The Last Stand, Happy Feet) is currently recording his score for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated movie Migration. The film is directed by Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine) and stars Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkafina, Caspar Jennings, Keegan-Michael Key, Tresi Gazal, David Mitchell and Danny DeVito. The animated adventure follows a family of ducks who try to convince their overprotective father to embark on the vacation of a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 18, 2023)
Posted: June 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Jones, Amazon, AMC, Ben Foster, Disney Plus, Glamorous, I'm a Virgo, Ian Hultquist, Jongnic Bontemps, Joy Ngiaw, Kris Bowers, Netflix, PBS, Raashi Kulkarni, Ridley, Secret Invasion, The Perfect Find, The Walking Dead: Dead City, Tune-Yards, World's Best
Premiering today is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: Dead City developed by Eli Jorné and starring Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Karina Ortiz, Gaius Charles, Zeljko Ivanek, Mahina Napoleon and Jonathan Higginbotham. The show’s original music is composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Dickinson, Rosaline, Night Teeth, I Know What You Did Last Summer, One of Us Is Lying). Check out our previous article to learn more about the, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
Also premiering in the U.S. today is the British TV series Ridley created by Paul Matthew Thompson & Jonathan Fisher and starring Adrian Dunbar, George Bukhari, Bronagh Waugh, Terence Maynard, Georgie Glen, Julie Graham and Bhavna Limbachia. Ben Foster (Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, Happy Valley) is composing the show’s original music. The crime drama, which revolves around the title character who has retired from the police force after a 20-year career and resumes his partnership with former protégée when she turns to him for help on a murder investigation, premiered in the UK last year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Words’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Nossiter, Last Words, score, Soundtrack, Tom Smail
Ala Bianca Group has released a soundtrack album for the drama Last Words. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Smail (The Devil’s Tattoo, Daphne). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Last Words is co-written and directed by Jonathan Nossiter and stars Nick Nolte, Kalipha Touray, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling and Alba Rohrwacher. The movie is set in 2085 and tells the story of a young man, one of the few survivors of the human community of old, as he embarks on a long voyage to find others. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beef’ Bonus Tracks EP Released
Posted: June 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beef, Bobby Krlic, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Haxan Cloak
A24 Music has released an EP featuring previously unreleased music from the Netflix original series Beef. The EP features the title cues from the show written by series composer Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, Blue Beetle, Snowpiercer). Also included is lead actor Steven Yeun’s cover of Incubus’ Drive produced by Krlic & Ariel Rechtshaid (listen to the full song below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album back in April. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 16, 2023)
Posted: June 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City, Ben Sollee, Benjamin Wallfisch, Dexter Story, Elemental, Maggie Moore(s), The Blackening, The Flash, Thomas Newman
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie The Flash directed by Andy Muschietti and starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Michael Keaton, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú and Kiersey Clemons. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Shazam!, It, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man, Hidden Figures). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide this weekend is the animated feature Elemental directed by Peter Sohn and starring Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ronnie del Carmen, Catherine O’Hara, Shila Ommi, Mason Wertheimer and Joe Pera. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, 1917) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song performed by Lauv today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Pixar Animation Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Kristopher Carter Scoring ‘Babylon 5: The Road Home’
Posted: June 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babylon 5: The Road Home, Dynamic Music Partners, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Matt Peters, Michael McCuistion
Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Kristopher Carter (aka Dynamic Music Partners) (Batman: The Animated Series, Young Justice, Justice League, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) have composed the original music for the upcoming animated movie Babylon 5: The Road Home. The film is directed by Matt Peters (Injustice) and features the voices of Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Tracy Scoggins, Bill Mumy, Patricia Tallman, Jeffery Sinclair, Paul Guyet, Anthony Hansen, Phil LaMarr, Mara Junot, Piotr Michael, Andrew Morgado and Rebecca Riedy. The Warner Bros. Animation production is based on the 90s live-action sci-fi TV series (scored by Christopher Franke) and follows John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hilda and the Mountain King’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Coyle, Hilda and the Mountain King, Netflix, Ryan Carlson, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Hilda and the Mountain King. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ryan Carlson (Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher) who also composed the music for the Hilda TV series. Also included is the end credits song Another Road performed by Rachel Aggs. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Hilda and the Mountain King is directed by Andy Coyle and stars Bella Ramsey, Ameerah Falzon-Ojo, Oliver Nelson, Daisy Haggard, John Hopkins, Rasmus Hardiker, Lucy Montgomery and Dino Kelly. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Scoring Tom Harper’s ‘Heart of Stone’
Posted: June 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heart of Stone, Netflix, Steven Price, Tom Harper
Composer Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury, Over the Moon) is reteaming with director Tom Harper (Wild Rose, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death) on the upcoming Netflix original film Heart of Stone. The action thriller starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Paul Ready & Jing Lusi revolves around an intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency who races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable and dangerous weapon. Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures, Christopher Robin) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lisa Cortés, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Soundtrack, Tamar-Kali
Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything. The album features some Little Richard’s best-known hits, as well as two previously unreleased covers from Valerie June and Cory Henry. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, Palmer). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on September 8 (visit Amazon to pre-order) and a vinyl edition is scheduled to come out this December (click here to order). A “Tutti Frutti” color presssing of the LP edition is available to order exclusively on the labels’ websites. Little Richard: I Am Everything is directed by Lisa Cortés and tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll and explores the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator Richard Penniman. Read the rest of this entry »
