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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 22, 2023)

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms, Dark Asset, Expend4bles, Flora and Son, Gary Clark Jr., Gordy Haab, Guillaume Roussel, It Lives Inside, Jeff Cardoni, John Carney, John Debney, Michelino Bisceglia, My Sailor My Love, Philippe Brault, Pierre Lapointe, Rebel Rodriguez, Reptile, Spy Kids: Armageddon, The Origin of Evil, Wesley Hughes, Yair Elazar Glotman

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Expend4bles directed by Scott Waugh and starring Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dolph Lundgren, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture and Andy Garcia. The film’s original music is composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, 3 Days to Kill, Happy!, The Spy, The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan). Millennium Media Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate Records.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie It Lives Inside co-written and directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Betty Gabriel, Mohana Krishnan and Vik Sahay. Wesley Hughes (The Stay, ReBroken) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows an Indian-American teen who unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps her estranged friend, premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Song of the Bandits’ Soundtrack EP Released

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Netflix, Song of the Bandits, Soundtrack

Genie Music has released a soundtrack EP for the South Korean Netflix original series Song of the Bandits. The 5-track EP features five songs from the by artists such as Seori, Karina, TAERIL and Jungheum Band. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all five songs below. Song of the Bandits is created by Han Jung-hoon & Hwang Jun-hyuk and stars Kim Nam-gil, Seohyun, Yoo Jae-myung, Lee Ho-jung and Lee Hyun-wook. The action drama follows a group of fierce bandits who will stop at nothing to fight for their precious homeland and loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »

Danny Lux Scoring NBC’s ‘The Irrational’

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Danny Lux, NBC, The Irrational

Danny Lux (Grey’s Anatomy, Manifest, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, Halloween: Resurrection) is composing the original music for the new NBC drama The Irrational. The show is created by Arika Lisanne Mittman (La Brea, Timeless) inspired by Dan Ariely’s 2008 book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and stars Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Molly Kunz, Travina Springer and Arash DeMaxi. The series revolves around a world-renowned professor of behavioral science as he lends his unique expertise on an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law enforcement. Read the rest of this entry »

Christina Aguilera’s Original Song ‘Learning to Fly’ from ‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ Released

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Cal Brunker, Christina Aguilera, Jeremy Silver, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Pinar Toprak

RCA Records has released the original song Learning to Fly from the animated sequel PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie. The track written and produced by Jeremy Silver, co-produced by the film’s composer Pinar Toprak (who provided the string arrangement) and performed by Christina Aguilera is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. Two other songs from the movie (Down Like That by Bryson Tiller and Bark to the Beat by McKenna Grace & blackbear) have been released in previous weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Zombie Town’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Peter Lepeniotis, Ryan Shore, score, Soundtrack, Zombie Town

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror mystery comedy Zombie Town. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ryan Shore (Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, The Shrine, Love in the Villa, Harvard Man). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services. Zombie Town is directed by Peter Lepeniotis and stars Dan Aykroyd, Henry Czerny, Chevy Chase, Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The movie based on R.L. Stine’s novel of the same title follows two teens who attend a horror movie premiere on Halloween night, only to discover the film has transformed the entire town into soul-sucking zombies. Read the rest of this entry »

Score Album for Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ Released

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Netflix, Oli Julian, score, Sex Education, Soundtrack

Netflix Music has released the first score album for the streamer’s original series Sex Education. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Oli Julian (Catastrophe, The Full Monty, How to Build a Girl, Breeders, Code 404, Episodes). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Bella Union has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Ezra Furman’s songs from the first two seasons, while Ice Chest Music has released two EPs featuring the songs from Seasons 3 & 4. Sex Education is created by Laurie Nunn and stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Ncuti Gatwa, Alistair Petrie and Kedar Williams-Stirling. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Canterville Ghost’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: September 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Eimear Noone, Kim Burdon, Robert Chandler, score, Soundtrack, The Canterville Ghost

Redrocca has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Canterville Ghost. The album features the film’s original score composed by Eimear Noone & Craig Stuart Garfinkle (Two by Two: Overboard!, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Legends of the Hidden Temple). Also included is the original song Dead to Me by the composers feat. Jack L. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Check out the main titles track and Dead to Me after the jump. The Canterville Ghost is directed by Kim Burdon, co-directed by Robert Chandler and features the voices of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Freddie Highmore, David Harewood, Emily Carey, Meera Syal, Miranda Hart, Toby Jones and Imelda Staunton. Read the rest of this entry »

Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix’s ‘Griselda’

Posted: September 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Griselda, Netflix

Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Chupa, Just Beyond) is providing the original score for the upcoming Netflix limited series Griselda. The show is created by Doug Miro (Narcos), Eric Newman (Children of Men), Carlo Bernard (The Great Wall) & Ingrid Escajeda (Silo) and stars Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Juliana Aidén Martinez and Martin Rodriguez. The crime drama is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco who created one of the most profitable cartels in history and whose lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.” Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cassandro’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: September 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Amazon, Cassandro, Marcelo Zarvos, Roger Ross Williams, score, Soundtrack

Amazon Content Services will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Cassandro. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (The Equalizer 3, Fences, Wonder, Flamin’ Hot, The Good Shepherd, The Affair, Emancipation). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 22. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Cassandro is co-written and directed by Roger Ross Williams and stars Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Joaquín Cosío, Perla De La Rosa and Raúl Castillo. The movie tells the story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso as he rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” Read the rest of this entry »

Craig DeLeon Scoring Netflix’s ‘Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul’

Posted: September 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, Craig DeLeon, Netflix, R.J. Cutler

Craig DeLeon (Fatal Attraction, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Velma, End of the Road, Music, The Last Survivors) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix documentary series Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul. The show is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry) and tells the story of the controversial electronic cigarette company Juul which transformed from a Silicon Valley tech start-up run by two Stanford graduate students intent on making the world a better place into a multi-billion-dollar tobacco company that sparked an epidemic of lung disease and youth addiction. Read the rest of this entry »