The full details of the last soundtrack album for the CW superhero drama The Flash have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s final three seasons (7-9) composed by  Blake Neely (The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, You, Everwood, Riverdale) and Nathaniel Blume (ArrowProdigal Son). Also included is Jordan Fisher-performed song 1949 from Season 7 (previously released as a digital single in 2021) and Morgan Kibby’s I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 26 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released six albums featuring the composers’ score from Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4 and Seasons 5 & 6, as well as multiple soundtracks for the Arrowverse crossover episodes. Read the rest of this entry »

Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy About My Father. The album features the film’s original score composed by Grammy Award winner Stephanie Economou (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of RagnarokRuby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Jupiter’s Legacy, Step Up, The ChairManhunt: Deadly Games). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 26 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and stars Sebastian Maniscalco (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Robert De Niro, Anders Holm, Leslie Bibb, Brett Dier, David Rasche and Kim Cattrall. The movie revolves around a man who is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his immigrant father to a weekend get-together with her eccentric family. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (A Star Is Born) have taken over scoring duties on upcoming fantasy comedy Barbie. The film is directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women) and stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ritu Arya, Dua Lipa (who also provides an original song to the movie) and Helen Mirren. Gerwig also co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale) based on Barbie by Mattel. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for the the live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic The Little Mermaid. The Deluxe Edition includes the content of the original album featuring the songs from the movie composed by Alan Menken (Beauty and the BeastAladdin, Tangled, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted), lyrics by Howard Ashman and new lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Encanto), as well as Menken’s full original score. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Little Mermaid is directed by Rob Marshall and stars Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer-King, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik and Javier Bardem. Read the rest of this entry »

Fifth Season Music & Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodosia Roussos (Naomi Osaka). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 26. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Being Mary Tyler Moore is directed by James Adolphus and centers on the TV icon’s sixty-year career in show business. The movie weaves Mary’s narrative with an examination of the importance of her on-screen roles, her humanitarianism, her non-traditional influence as a powerful executive, and the mark she left on feminism. Read the rest of this entry »

JP Geersing has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch World War II drama Betrayal (Grenzeloos verraad). 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. Betrayal is directed by Thomas Nauw & Dennis Bots and stars Peter Nillesen, Dennis van Ooyen, Dirk Gunther Mohr and Berit van de Wouw. The movie tells the story of a German/Dutch Nazi officer who – after his family is killed in a bombing – helps a Dutch farming family take people into hiding. Read the rest of this entry »

Parlophone Records has released the original song Fought & Lost from the Apple TV+ original series Ted Lasso. The track, which is featured in the show’s penultimate episode Mom City, co-written (with series composer Tom Howe and Jamie Hartman) and performed by Sam Ryder (feat. Queen’s Brian May) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. Ted Lasso is created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly & Brendan Hunt and stars Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Hunt, Phil Dunster, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Nick Mohammed and Anthony Head. Read the rest of this entry »

Bill Lee (1928-2023)

Posted: May 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Bill Lee has passed away today at age 94 at his home in Brooklyn. The composer and jazz musician was known for scoring his son Spike Lee’s early films, including Do the Right Thing, She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze and Mo’ Better Blues. He also composed the music for the director’s 1983 short Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads. Lee was also an established jazz bassist and has performed with artists such as Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Chris Anderson, Odetta, Cat Stevens & others. Spike Lee announced the news of his father’s passing on Instagram. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series American Born Chinese. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Wendy Wang (Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 26. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. American Born Chinese is developed by Kelvin Yu based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang and stars Ben Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Chin Han, Ke Huy Quan, Jimmy Liu, Yeo Yann Yann, Sydney Taylor and Daniel Wu. The action comedy chronicles the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological drama God’s Creatures. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, The Staircase, Boy ErasedEnemy, Tulsa King, Fear the Walking DeadOuter Range) . The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 26 and will be available to stream/download here. God’s Creatures is directed by Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer and stars Emily Watson, Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi. The movie revolves around a mother who tells a lie for her beloved son that rips apart their family and close-knit Irish town, ultimately testing her own sense of right. Read the rest of this entry »