Ela has released a soundtrack album for the political thriller Cairo Conspiracy (aka Boy from Heaven). The album features the film’s original music composed by Krister Linder (The Nile Hilton Incident, Downloading Nancy, Metropia). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Cairo Conspiracy is written and directed by Tarik Saleh and stars Tawfeek Barhom and Fares Fares. The movie follows the son of a fisherman who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo and soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite when the university’s highest ranking religious leader suddenly dies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cairo Conspiracy’ (‘Boy from Heaven’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boy from Heaven, Cairo Conspiracy, Krister Linder, score, Soundtrack, Tarik Saleh
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Leona Lewis’ Theme Song ‘One Step Closer’ from Apple TV+’s ‘Jane’ Released
Posted: April 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Diane Warren, Jane, Leona Lewis
Platoon has released the theme song from the new Apple TV+ original series Jane. The track, entitled One Step Closer, is written by Honorary Academy Award winner Diane Warren and performed by Leona Lewis, and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Jane is created by J.J. Johnson inspired by the work of ethologist and conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall and stars Ava Louise Murchison, Mason Blomberg, Tamara Almeida and Dan Abramovici. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Ocean’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, BBC, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Wild Isles
Shogun Music has released the fifth soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s fifth and final episode, entitled Ocean, composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, Gandhi, Hitch, You’ve Got Mail). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composer’s score from the first four episodes (Our Precious Isles, Woodland, Grassland & Freshwater) over the last couple of weeks. Wild Isles presented by Sir David Attenborough and executive produced by Alastair Fothergrill just finished its series run in the UK last night on BBC One. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 9, 2023)
Posted: April 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Am I Being Unreasonable?, Apple TV +, Danny Bensi, Danny Saul, Eivør, Florida Man, Freeform, Hulu, John Lunn, Leo Birenberg, Morgan Kibby, Netflix, Saunder Jurriaans, Single Drunk Female, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, The Last Thing He Wanted, Tony Kanal, Zach Robinson
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, April 11, is the British comedy drama Am I Being Unreasonable? created by Daisy May Cooper & Selin Hizli and starring Cooper & Hizli themselves, Lenny Rush, Jessica Hynes, Amanda Wilkin, Dustin Demri-Burns, David Fynn, Juliet Cowan, Ruben Catt and Karla Crome. The show’s original music is composed by Morgan Kibby (Mothering Sunday, The Watcher, The Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Tales of the Walking Dead). The series, which centers on an obsessive friendship and maternal paranoia, premiered in the UK last year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 12, is the second season of the Freeform original series Single Drunk Female created by Simone Finch and starring Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Sasha Compere, Lily Mae Harrington, Ian Gomez and Garrick Bernard. Tony Kanal (Purple Hearts) (of the bands No Doubt and Dreamcar) is the new composer of the show. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will air Wednesday nights on Freeform and will also be available to stream the following day on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Brandon Roberts, On a Wing and a Prayer, score, Sean McNamara, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama On a Wing and a Prayer. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brandon Roberts (Underwater, Motherland: Fort Salem, Chaos Walking, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, The Twilight Zone, Unbroken: Path to Redemption). Also included is the song I’ll Fly Away performed by lead actor Dennis Quaid. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. On a Wing and a Prayer is directed by Sean McNamara and also stars Heather Graham and Jesse Metcalfe. The movie is based on a true story and follows a passenger’s journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family, after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘His Only Son’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Helling, His Only Son, Jordain Wallace, score, Soundtrack
Jordain Wallace (Baloney, My Brother’s Shoes) has released a soundtrack album for the biblical drama His Only Son. The album features composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. His Only Son is written and directed by David Helling and stars Daniel da Silva, Nicolas Mouawad, Sara Seyed, Edaan Moskowitz, Ottavio Taddei and Nicolai Perez. The movie chronicles one of the most controversial moments in all of scripture, when the Lord God gave Abraham the ultimate test by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, on the mountain of Moriah. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Kanal Tapped as Composer of Freeform’s ‘Single Drunk Female’ Season 2
Posted: April 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Single Drunk Female, Tony Kanal
Tony Kanal (of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar) is making his television scoring debut on the Freeform original series Single Drunk Female. He is composing the music for the second season of the show created by Simone Finch and starring Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Lily Mae Harrington, Sasha Compere, Garrick Bernard and Ian Gomez. The new season of the comedy follows Samantha Fink as she finally feels like she has a life worth celebrating, but quickly learns that sometimes life has other plans for her. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner to Score Disney+’s ‘Ahsoka’
Posted: April 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ahsoka, Dave Filoni, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Star Wars
Writer/director/producer Dave Filoni has revealed at a panel today at the Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London that Kevin Kiner (Doom Patrol, Narcos: Mexico, CSI: Miami, Making a Murderer) is scoring Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ original series Ahsoka. The show is written by Filoni stars Rosario Dawson in the title role, alongside Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla. The drama is set after the fall of the Empire and follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 7, 2023)
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Air, Brian Tyler, David Sardy, Ethan Rose, Gavin Brivik, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Lyle Workman, Nathan Wang, One Day as a Lion, One True Loves, Paint, Showing Up, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and starring Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black Black and Seth Rogen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast Five, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Iron Man 3) with original Nintendo themes by Koji Kondo. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music and two songs from the movie today. iam8bit will release physical editions in various formats. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.
Also already out since Wednesday is the biographical drama Air directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Affleck himself, Chris Tucker and Chris Messina. Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire) has contributed a few original score cues to the film, which mostly features tracks from 80s scores by Tangerine Dream, Harold Faltermeyer, among other composers . Sony’s Legacy Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the 80s hits from the movie by Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, The Clash, RUN DMC, Cyndi Lauper & other artists earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Video for Jack Black/Bowser’s ‘Peaches’ Song Released
Posted: April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Horvath, Jack Black, Michael Jelenic, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Lyrical Lemonade has released a music video for the original song Peaches from Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The track co-written (with directors Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and Eric Osmond & John Spiker) and performed by Jack Black (as Bowser) is included on the official soundtrack album and has also just been released as a digital single today by Back Lot Music. Check out the music video (directed by Cole Bennett) after the jump. The Super Mario Bros. Movie starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson & Sebastian Maniscalco is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
