Cellist, singer/songwriter and composer Ben Sollee has recently scored the upcoming crime comedy Maggie Moore(s). The film marks the second directorial effort of actor John Slattery (following 2014’s Nathan Larson-scored God’s Pocket) and stars Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, Micah Stock, Happy Anderson, Nick Mohammed and Mary Holland. The movie revolves around a police chief who investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name, and unravels a web of small-town lies. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Sollee Scoring John Slattery’s ‘Maggie Moore(s)’
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Sollee, John Slattery, Maggie Moore(s)
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‘Spirit Rangers’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Dimond, Michael Kooman, Netflix, Raye Zaragoza, Soundtrack, Spirit Rangers
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Spirit Rangers. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season written by Raye Zaragoza and Michael Kooman & Christopher Dimond. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released a first soundtrack featuring the songs from Season 1 last year. Spirit Rangers is created by Karissa Valencia and stars Wačíŋyeya Isis Celilo Rogers, Iwáš’aka Yracheta and Talon Proc Alford. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Andrews Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Platonic’
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Michael Andrews, Nicholas Stoller, Platonic
Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bad Teacher, Daddy’s Home, Bridesmaids, Me and You and Everyone We Know) is scoring the new Apple TV+ original series Platonic. The show is created by Nick Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bros) and Francesca Delbanco and stars Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez and Carla Gallo. The comedy follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife who reconnect after a long rift and whose friendship becomes all consuming. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Two Sides of the Abyss’ (‘Zwei Seiten des Abgrunds’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Annette Focks, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, Two Sides of the Abyss, Zwei Seiten des Abgrunds
RTL Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the German limited series Two Sides of the Abyss (Zwei Seiten des Abgrunds). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Annette Focks (Night Train to Lisbon, 55 Steps, Silent Heart, Sweethearts, In Harm’s Way). Also included is the song Time to Sleep performed by Schwarz & Mark Pinhasov (listen to the track after the jump). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Two Sides of the Abyss is created by Kristin Derfler and stars Anne Ratte-Polle, Lea van Acken and Anton Dreger. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla to Score Rodrigo Prieto’s ‘Pedro Páramo’
Posted: May 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, Netflix, Pedro Páramo, Rodrigo Prieto
Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel, The Book of Life) is set to score the upcoming Mexican Netflix original film Pedro Páramo. The movie marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman) and stars Manuel García-Rulfo in the title role, alongside Tenoch Huerta, Ilse Salas, Mayra Batalla, Roberto Sosa, Héctor Kotsifakis, Dolores Heredia, Noé Hernández, Giovanna Zacarías and Yoshira Escárrega. The drama is based on the novel by Juan Rulfo about a man who travels to his recently deceased mother’s hometown to find his father, only to come across a literal ghost town. 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
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 »
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 »
