Robin Carolan has provided the original score for the upcoming gothic horror movie Nosferatu. The film is written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) and stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Emma Corrin, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Simon McBurney, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe. The movie based on F. W. Murnau’s 1922 classic of the same title tells a tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Read the rest of this entry »
Robin Carolan Scoring Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’
Posted: June 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nosferatu, Robert Eggers, Robin Carolan
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‘Give a Little Beat’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: June 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Double Dragon, Give a Little Beat, La famille Hennedricks, Laurence Arné, score, Soundtrack
Gaumont has released a soundtrack EP for the French comedy Give a Little Beat (La famille Hennedricks). The 6-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Double Dragon (Jil & Julien Bensenior). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the duo’s The Hennedricks Main Theme after the jump. Give a Little Beat is co-written and directed by Laurence Arné and stars Arné himself and Dany Boon. The movie follows a remarried couple who take their family on a road trip in an old Jeep Cherokee bound for the French Atlantic coast, where they form a musical group. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Backdraft’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Backdraft, Hans Zimmer, Ron Howard, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack for the 1991 action drama Backdraft directed by Ron Howard and starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Donald Sutherland and Robert De Niro. The 2-CD set features the film’s expanded original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Dune, The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Last Samurai, Rain Man, Man of Steel, Interstellar), including the world premiere release of the complete score on the first disc and the score selections from the original 1991 soundtrack album (released by Milan Records) on the second disc. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find more about the release. A digital version will be released on September 27 by Back Lot Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Benji’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benji, Euel Box, Joe Camp, score, Soundtrack
Epic Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1974 family adventure Benji written and directed by Joe Camp and starring Peter Breck, Christopher Connelly, Patsy Garrett, Tom Lester, Mark Slade, Herb Vigran, Deborah Walley, Frances Bavier, Edgar Buchanan and Terry Carter. The album features the film’s original music composed, arranged and conducted by Euel Box (For the Love of Benji, Hawmps!, The Double McGuffin, Oh Heavenly Dog), including his original score, as well as the “theme” song I Feel Love (performed by Charlie Rich), for which the composer received an Academy Award nomination. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack, which has previously been released as a vinyl edition when the movie opened in theaters in 1974. Listen to the song and first score track after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Bacon Scoring Scott Beck’s & Bryan Woods’ ‘Heretic’
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Woods, Chris Bacon, Heretic, Scott Beck
Composer Chris Bacon (Wednesday, Source Code, Bates Motel, Gnomeo & Juliet, Men in Black: International, The Tick) is reteaming with writers/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods on the upcoming horror thriller Heretic. The film is written and directed by Beck & Woods (A Quiet Place, Haunt) and stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East. The movie follows two young missionaries who become ensnared in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after they knock on the wrong front door. Read the rest of this entry »
Lil Yachty’s Original Song ‘Lil Mega Minion’ from ‘Despicable Me 4’ Released
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Renaud, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 4, Lil Yachty
Back Lot Music has released the original song Lil Mega Minion from Illumination Entertainment’s animated sequel Despicable Me 4. The track is produced by LOTTO and co-written (with Devon Alan Smith & Cole Bennett) and performed by Lil Yachty and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Columbia Records has previously released Pharrell Williams’ original track Double Life earlier this month and a full soundtrack album featuring Heitor Pereira’s original score from the film will be released in the coming weeks. Despicable Me 4 is directed by Chris Renaud and stars Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin, Sofia Vergara, Joey King, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beguinas’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beguinas, Kaelo Del Rio, score, Soundtrack
Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Beguinas. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kaelo Del Rio (3 Wise Men, Spanish Western). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track and end credits track after the jump. Beguinas is created by Irene Rodríguez and stars Amaia Aberasturi, Yon González, Beatriz Segura, Jaime Olías, Ella Kweku and Silma López. The period drama is set in the 16th Century and revolves around a woman celebrating her engagement, when her fiancée receives a letter from a woman claiming to be her mother and requesting her to come to her deathbed. Read the rest of this entry »
Jamie Christopherson to Score Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz’s ‘The Necklace’
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jamie Christopherson, Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz, The Necklace
Jamie Christopherson (Running Wild, A California Christmas, Bennett’s War, Leave, Perfect Harmony, The Ride) has signed on to score the upcoming horror movie The Necklace. The film is directed by Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz and stars Henry Thomas, Sarah Lind, Madeleine McGraw, Violet McGraw, Felix Solis, Christina Moore, Jacob Moran and Brynne Kurland. The ESX Entertainment production is set in the 1960s and follows an abusive husband and father of two girls who is trying to win back his wife who left him with a beautiful antique necklace, which turns out to be a conduit for the tormented soul of an evil boy from long ago, putting his family in grave danger. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Invasion’ (‘Invasie’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bobby Boermans, Fons Merkies, Invasie, Invasion, Laurens Goedhart, score, Soundtrack
Fons Merkies (The Commune, Maxima) & Laurens Goedhart (All Inclusive, Faithfully Yours) have released a soundtrack album for the Dutch action thriller Invasion (Invasie). The album features the composers’ original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Merkies’ & Goedhart’s first track (De laatste test) below. Invasion is directed by Bobby Boermans and stars Tarikh Janssen, Fedja van Huêt, Gijs Blom, Jasha Rudge, Ortál Vriend and Gijs Scholten van Aschat. The movie takes place in the aftermath of an unexpected attack on the Dutch overseas territories of Curaçao and Aruba by a neighboring dictatorship and follows three young marines as they embark on a daring rescue mission. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 23, 2024)
Posted: June 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Allyson Newman, Amazon, AMC, Amit May Cohen, Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, Disney Channel, Domino Day: Lone Witch, Federico Jusid, Hulu, Joy Ngiaw, Land of Women, Lindsay Wright, My Lady Jane, Netflix, Orphan Black: Echoes, Rael Jones, Sillkey, Sundance Now, Supacell, Tawiah, Trevor Yuile, WondLa, Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
Premiering today is the AMC original series Orphan Black: Echoes created by Anna Fishko and starring Krysten Ritter, Keeley Hawes, Rya Kihlstedt, Amanda Fix, James Hiroyuki Liao and Avan Jogia. The show’s original score is composed by Trevor Yuile (Into the Badlands, Killjoys, Stag) who previously scored the original Orphan Black. Julien Baker feat. Calvin Lauber has contributed the project’s theme song, which has just been released as a digital single by Boat Rocker. Click here to listen to the track and check out our scoring asssignment announcement to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will air on AMC & BBC America and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
Premiering on Tuesday, June 25, is the Hulu original documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Trish Dalton about the life of the Belgian fashion designer and cultural luminary. Allyson Newman (The L Word: Generation Q, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Partner Track, Kusama: Infinity) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered earlier this month at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
