Intrada Records has announced the details of the label’s world premiere release of the original score from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 James Stewart- & Doris Day-starring thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much composed by Academy Award winner Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo, Psycho, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, Taxi Driver, Marnie, Obsession). The album also features the composer’s score for the 1951 drama On Dangerous Ground directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Ward Bond. Both scores were newly recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by William T. Stromberg earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Bernard Herrmann’s ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ Score to Be Released
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, On Dangerous Ground, score, Soundtrack, The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Marco Beltrami & Anna Drubich to Score Len Wiseman’s ‘Ballerina’
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Drubich, Ballerina, Len Wiseman, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, Logan, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Hurt Locker, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine) has revealed during a recent interview on Film Music Live that he is teaming up with Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street 3: 1966) to score the upcoming John Wick spinoff feature Ballerina. The film is directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld, Total Recall) and stars Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick, Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ian McShane, as well as Keanu Reeves. The action thriller follows the titular assassin (first introduced in the third John Wick installment) trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma as she sets out to avenge her family. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from Netflix’s ‘Queenmaker’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netfli, Netflix, Queenmaker, Soundtrack
Genie Music has released a digital single featuring two songs from the South Korean Netflix original series Queenmaker. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are the tracks Glass Ceiling performed by NAAKYEUM and Queen’s Parade by Park Seo Rang. Also listen to both songs after the jump. Queenmaker is created by Oh Jin-seok & Moon Ji-young and stars Kim Hee-ae, Moon So-ri and Ryu Soo-young. The political drama, which follows a powerful fixer who uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor and take down her former employer, just premiered this past Friday and is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive-Away Dolls’
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen
Carter Burwell (Carol, The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight) has recently been scoring the upcoming caper comedy Drive-Away Dolls. The film marks the first solo feature directorial effort of Ethan Coen and stars Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon. The movie follows an uninhibited free spirit and her demure friend in search of a fresh start as they embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Still Life’ (‘Era Ora’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alessandro Aronadio, Era Ora, Netflix, Santi Pulvirenti, score, Soundtrack, Still Life
Sony Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the Italian romantic comedy drama Still Life (Era Ora). The album features the film’s original music composed by Santi Pulvirenti (The Mafia Only Kills in Summer, The Last Night of Amore, Bang Bang Baby). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Still Life is co-written and directed by Alessandro Aronadio and stars Edoardo Leo, Barbara Ronchi, Mario Sgueglia, Raz Degan, Francesca Cavallin, Stella Trotta, Massimo Wertmüller and Andrea Purgatori. The movie follows a workaholic who wants life to slow down, when he finds himself leaping ahead a year every few hours. Read the rest of this entry »
The Chemical Brothers in Talks to Score Joe Wright’s Sky Series ‘M. Son of the Century’
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joe Wright, M. Son of the Century, Sky, The Chemical Brothers
THR is reporting that The Chemical Brothers will be reuniting with director Joe Wright on the upcoming Sky original limited series M. Son of the Century. The show is directed by Wright (Atonement, Darkest Hour), written by Stefano Bises (ZeroZeroZero, The New Pope) & Davide Serino (The Bad Guy) based on Antonio Scurati’s best-selling novel of the same name and stars Luca Marinelli. The 8-part historical drama chronicles the rise of Benito Mussolini as told from the inside, showing how the Italian fascist leader could bewitch a nation and transform the politics of the 20th century. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Survive Without Mum’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 10 jours encore sans maman, Guillaume Roussel, How to Survive Without Mum, Ludovic Bernard, score, Soundtrack
440Hz/Grande Ourse have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy How to Survive Without Mum (10 jours encore sans maman). The album features the film’s original music composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan & Milady, 3 Days to Kill, The Spy, Happy!, The Man with the Iron Heart, November). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. How to Survive Without Mum is directed by Ludovic Bernard and stars Franck Dubosc and Aure Atika. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 16, 2023)
Posted: April 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Tourist's Guide to Love, Amazon, Apple TV +, Big Beasts, Dimitri Smith, George Fenton, Ghosted, Hulu, Jason Akana, Jeff Russo, Jina Hyojin An, Lorne Balfe, Mrs. Davis, Nathan Barr, Netflix, Peacock, Quasi, Ruth Barrett, Shirley Song, Showtime, The Newton Brothers, Waco: The Aftermath, Wild Isles
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Waco: The Aftermath created by Drew Dowdle & John Erick Dowdle and starring Michael Shannon, John Leguizamo, J. Smith Cameron, Giovanni Ribisi, Keean Johnson, David Costabile, John Hoogenakker and Abbey Lee. The show’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The First Purge, Midnight Mass, Oculus, The Midnight Mass). Click here to learn more about the 5-part drama, which will air Sundays on Showtime and will be be available for Showtime subscribers every Friday.
Premiering on Thursday, April 20, is the comedy Quasi directed Kevin Heffernan and starring Heffernan himself, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter and Adrianne Palicki. Jason Akana (Tacoma FD) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more about the Searchlight Pictures production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Barry’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 16, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Barry, David Wingo, HBO, score, Soundtrack
L-T Music Publishing has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Barry. The album features selections of the show’s original original score from the show’s third season composed by David Wingo (Midnight Special, Take Shelter, The Report, Mud, Loving, Mayans, M.C., Kidding). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first soundtrack album featuring Wingo’s music from the show’s first two seasons was released last year. Barry is created by Bill Hader & Alec Berg and stars Hader himself, Stephen Root, Henry Winkler, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, Glenn Fleshler and Sarah Burns. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Peacock’s ‘Mrs. Davis’
Posted: April 15, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Russo, Mrs. Davis, Peacock
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy) is the composer of the new Peacock original series Mrs. Davis. The show is created by Tara Hernandez & Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, Lost) and stars Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueen, Ben Chaplin, David Arquette, Margo Martindale, Elizabeth Marvel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Katja Herbers, Ashley Romans, Mathilde Ollivier and Tom Wlaschiha. The sci-fi drama revolves around a a nun who goes to battle against an all-powerful Artificial Intelligence known as “Mrs. Davis.” Read the rest of this entry »
