Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away this past Tuesday, March 28, at age 71. The Japanese composer has written dozens of scores for a wide range of international films since the early 1980s. He won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award for his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 feature The Last Emperor (shared with David Byrne & Cong Su). He was also Grammy-nominated for his scores for Bertolucci’s Little Buddha and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant (with Alva Noto). Read the rest of this entry »
Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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‘The Ordinaries’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fabian Zeidler, score, Sophie Linnenbaum, Soundtrack, The Ordinaries
Bandenfilm has released a soundtrack album for the German sci-fi coming-of-age comedy drama The Ordinaries. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fabian Zeidler. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Ordinaries is co-written and directed by Sophie Linnenbaum and stars Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker, Sira Faal, Noah Tinwa and Denise M’Baye. The movie depicts a repressive three class-society, in which a simple supporting character is about to face the most important test of her life: she has to prove she deserves to be a lead. Read the rest of this entry »
KOVAS Scoring Disney+’s ‘The Crossover’
Posted: April 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Kovás, The Crossover
KOVAS (On My Block, Boo, Bitch, Freeridge, Fantasy Football, After Jackie) is the composer of the new Disney+ original series The Crossover. The show is based on the bestselling novel by Kwame Alexander and stars Derek Luke, Jalyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Deja Monique Cruz, Sabrina Revelle, Trevor Bush and Skyla I’Lece, as well as Daveed Diggs as the narrator. The drama follows two twin middle school basketball phenoms as they struggle with growing up, growing apart, and finding themselves — on and off the court. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 31, 2023)
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Thousand and One, Aleksandar Cupara, Assassin, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Chupa, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Enys Men, Evan Bogart, Gary Gunn, Justin Gray, Lorne Balfe, Mark Jenkin, Mark Tewarson, Spinning Gold, Trinket Box
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and Chloe Coleman. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Black Adam). Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full details) and Fiction Records has released Tame Impala’s end credits song Wings of Time earlier this month (click here to listen to the track).
Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters this week is the drama A Thousand and One written and directed by A.V. Rockwell and starring Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross Aven Courtney and Aaron Kingsley Adetola. Gary Gunn (David Makes Man, Master of Light, Maggie Black). has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Bride of Chucky’ Score Album Announced
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bride of Chucky, Graeme Revell, Ronny Yu, score, Soundtrack
Enjoy the Ride Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1998 slasher comedy Bride of Chucky directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Ritter, Nick Stabile and Katherine Heigl. The album features the complete original score from the fourth installment in the Child’s Play series composed by Graeme Revell (The Crow, Daredevil, Dead Calm, Pitch Black, Tomb Raider, The Chronicles of Riddick, Pineapple Express), including almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. The limited edition vinyl is now available to order on the label’s official website. A digital version is expected to be released by Back Lot Music later this year (click here to stream/download). Read the rest of this entry »
Randy Edelman to Score Josh Webber’s ‘Athena Saves Christmas’
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Athena Saves Christmas, Josh Webber, Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman (Ghostbusters II, Kindergarten Cop, Dragonheart, The Last of the Mohicans, xXx, Gettysburg, Twins, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) is set to score the upcoming family holiday adventure Athena Saves Christmas. The film is directed by Josh Webber (Never Heard, Secrets of Deception) and stars Paxton Kubitz, Kylie Marshall, Santiago Ramirez, Cuba Gooding Jr, Joseph Baena, Richard Portnow, Mars Callahan, Ludovica Frasca, Glenn Plummer and Kaitlyn Raymond. The movie follows a trio of friends and the titular dog who find themselves on the adventure of a lifetime as they take on a mob boss to save Christmas for their town. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Hisaishi’s ‘A Symphonic Celebration’ Album Announced
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hayao Miyazaki, Joe Hisaishi, Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the album A Symphonic Celebration, a series of new symphonic arrangements of original soundtracks from Studio Ghibli classics directed by Hayao Miyazaki (including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service & Castle in the Sky) written by composer Joe Hisaishi. The music was recorded in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Hisaishi. The album will be released digitally, on CD, Standard LP, Clear LP, Sky Blue LP & Picture disc on June 30, 2023. Visit Amazon to order the CD version (deluxe edition with extra tracks) and click here to order the vinyl edition. A first track (a new version of Merry-Go-Round of Life from Howl’s Moving Castle) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Thousand and One’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Thousand and One, A.V. Rockwell, Gary Gunn, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released the official soundtrack album for the drama A Thousand and One. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gary Gunn (David Makes Man, Maggie Black, Master of Light). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A Thousand and One is written and directed by A.V. Rockwell and stars Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross and Aaron Kingsley Adetola. The movie revolves around an unapologetic and free-spirited woman who kidnaps her 6-year-old son from the foster care system and tries to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Julieta Venegas’ Original Song ‘Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños)’ from Netflix’s ‘Chupa’ Released
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Chupa, Jonas Cuaron, Julieta Venegas, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños) from the Netflix original film Chupa. The track written by the movie’s composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Just Beyond) & director Jonás Cuarón and performed by Julieta Venegas (who also wrote the lyrics) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Rivera’s original score from the adventure drama is expected to be released next week. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sweetwater’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 31, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Martin Guigui, Soundtrack, Sweetwater
Candid Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sports drama Sweetwater. The album features the new songs Taking Me Higher by Keb’ Mo’ (already available to stream/download now and embedded below), Right Place Right Time by Larkin Poe, a new version of Someone to Watch Over Me by Dianne Reeves & Terri Lyne Carrington & as well as tracks by Gary Clark Jr., Robert Randolf, Rick Braun, Liyah Bey, Paul Hipp & others. Also included are the classics The Man I Love and Sweet Georgia Brown performed by Emmaline as Jeannie Staples in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sweetwater is written and directed by Martin Guigui and also stars Everett Osborne, Kevin Pollak, Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Ri’chard. Read the rest of this entry »
