Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 animated feature Asterix and the Big Fight (Astérix et le Coup du Menhir) directed by Philippe Grimond and produced by Yannick Piel. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Michel Colombier (The Golden Child, The Money Pit, Against All Odds, Purple Rain), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. The CD, which is limited to 500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded and Remastered ‘Asterix and the Big Fight’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Asterix and the Big Fight, Astérix et le Coup du Menhir, Michel Colombier, Philippe Grimond, score, Soundtrack
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Original Song ‘Anywhere With You’ from ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ Released
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Holderman, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Caitlyn Smith, Mary Steenburgen, Troy Verges
Back Lot Music has released the original song Anywhere with You from the comedy Book Club: The Next Chapter. The track is written by Mary Steenburgen, Caitlyn Smith & Troy Verges, produced by Harvey Mason Jr. & Tim Lauer and performed by Steenburgen and other cast members Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, as well as screenwriter Erin Simms. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the song, which is also embedded below. A full soundtrack album featuring Tom Howe’s original score will be released later this week. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christoph M. Kaiser, Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen, Julian Maas, score, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Soundtrack
Oblique Music has released a soundtrack album for the German drama Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything (Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen). The album features the film’s original score composed by Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas (The People vs. Fritz Bauer, The Silent Revolution, Two Lives, 3 Days in Quiberon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything is co-written and directed by Emily Atef and stars Marlene Burow, Felix Kramer, Silke Bodenbender, Cedric Eich, Florian Panzner, Christian Erdmann, Jördis Triebel, Axel Werner, Christine Schorn and Victoria Mayer. Read the rest of this entry »
Official Coronation Album Released
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Coronation, Debbie Wiseman, Nigel Hess, Patrick Doyle
Decca Classics has released the official album of The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III & Queen Camilla. The album produced by Anna Barry features all the music from the historic ceremony recorded this past Saturday, May 6, at Westminster Abbey, including the newly composed pieces of music (six orchestral commissions, five choral commissions and one organ commission). Among the the commissions are pieces by film/TV composers Patrick Doyle (Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cinderella, Henry V), Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Wolf Hall, Vampire Killers, Adventures of Arsene Lupin) and Nigel Hess (Maigret, Ladies in Lavender). Read the rest of this entry »
Music Video for Alicia Keys’ Orchestral Version of ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ from ‘Queen Charlotte’ Released
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alicia Keys, Netflix, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Netflix has released the official music video for the orchestral version of If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys from the Netflix limited series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The cover was recorded with a newly formed 74-piece Global Orchestra, made up entirely of women of color, on the 20th anniversary of the song. The track is now available as a digital single on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon) and is also included on the Covers from the Netflix Series soundtrack album, which has been released last Thursday. Check out the music video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Lord Scoring Josh Duhamel’s ‘Buddy Games: Spring Awakening’
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Buddy Games, Buddy Games: Spring Awakening, Josh Duhamel, Rob Lord
Rob Lord (Troop Zero, I Am Duran, Slipstream) has composed the original score for the new comedy Buddy Games: Spring Awakening. The film is directed by Josh Duhamel and stars Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Duhamel himself, James Roday Rodriguez, Nick Swardson, Lochlyn Munro, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jensen Ackles. The sequel to 2020’s Buddy Games (scored by Alex Wurman) follows the gang as they set out to honor a lost friend, only to find themselves in the middle of Spring Break. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Body That Works’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Body That Works, Gal Lev, Goof Shlishi), score, Soundtrack
NaNa Disc has released a soundtrack album for the Israeli TV series A Body That Works (Goof Shlishi). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gal Lev (Karaoke, Bloody Murray). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. A Body That Works is created by Shira Hadad, Dror Mishani & Shay Capon and stars Lior Raz, Rotem Sela, Yehuda Levi and Gal Malaka. The 8-part drama revolves around a childless couple who enlist the help of a surrogate. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Firebrand’
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz
Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Leave No Trace, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the original music for the upcoming historical dramatic psychological thriller Firebrand. The film is directed by Karim Aïnouz (Invisible Life, Madame Satã) and stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Erin Doherty, Sam Riley, Eddie Marsan, Patsy Ferran, Junia Rees, Ruby Bentall, Bryony Hannah and Maia Jemmett. The movie explores how Katherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII’s six wives, endured her union with the monstrous monarch and kept her head in the 16th Century. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bardot’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arthur Simonini, Bardot, score, Soundtrack
Federation Studios has released a soundtrack album for the French limited series Bardot. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Arthur Simonini (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Hibou, Vampires, Tendre et saignant). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Bardot is written and directed by Danièle Thompson & Christopher Thompson and stars Julia de Nunez, Victor Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas, Yvan Attal, Hippolyte Girardot, Anne Le Ny, Noham Edje, Oscar Lesage and Jules Benchetrit. The 6-part drama focuses on the first years of international icon Brigitte Bardot’s superstar life as she deals with her new status while trying to find her true self. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarah Warne Scoring BBC’s ‘Steeltown Murders’
Posted: May 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Sarah Warne, Steeltown Murders
Sarah Warne (Humans, Time, The Drowning, Hollington Drive, Our House, Dark Money) is the composer of the new BBC drama Steeltown Murders. The show is written by Ed Whitmore (Manhunt, Identity) and stars Philip Glenister, Steffan Rhodri, Keith Allen, Sharon Morgan, Priyanga Burford, Scott Arthur and Siôn Alun Davies. The 4-part series directed by Marc Evans (Hunky Dory, Trauma) is based on a true story and centers on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area and how the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
