Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have announced the details of the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The album features seventeen songs by artists including Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Earth, Wind and Fire, The Flaming Lips, Florence + The Machine, Heart, The The, Beastie Boys, Alice Cooper, Redbone & others. The Awesome Mix Vol. 3 album will be released digitally and physically on May 3, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition (set for a May 5 release). A cassette version will be coming out on July 7. A separate soundtrack featuring John Murphy’s original score from the movie will be released on May 3 (check back on this page for the full details). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, James Gunn, Marvel Studios, Soundtrack
Dominik Scherrer Scoring Paramount+’s ‘No Escape’
Posted: April 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominik Scherrer, Kris Mrksa, No Escape, Paramount+
Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Tourist, Primeval, Ripper Street, The Serpent, The Widow, Baptiste) has been hired to score the upcoming British Paramount+ original series No Escape. The show is based on Lucy Clarke’s best-selling novel of the same name and stars Abigail Lawrie, Rhianne Barreto, Jay Ryan, Sean Keenan, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Narayan David Hecter, Elmo Anton Stratz, Susie Porter, Josh McConville and Jake Macapagal. The drama follows two best friends who are on the run from their lives in the UK and find refuge on a romantic yacht, The Blue, crewed by a group of enigmatic people sailing through South East Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eva the Owlet’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: April 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Eva the Owlet, Fitz, Michael Fitzpatrick, Soundtrack
Platoon has released a soundtrack EP for the Apple TV+ animated series Eva the Owlet. The 6-track EP features the original songs from the show’s first season written, produced and performed by Fitz (aka Michael Fitzpatrick) of the indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums. Visit Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the theme song after the jump. Eva the Owlet based on the bestselling children’s book series Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott and features the voices of Vivienne Rutherford, Jessica DiCicco, Leith Burke, Dino Andrade, Antonio Raul Corbo, Romy Fay, Pressly James Crosby, Evie Hsu, Sarah Vattano, Jon Olson, Sasha Yurchak and Kenna Ramsey. Read the rest of this entry »
Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Scoring Angel Manuel Soto’s ‘Blue Beetle’
Posted: April 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angel Manuel Soto, Blue Beetle, Bobby Krlic, The Haxan Cloak
Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Returnal, Snowpiercer, Triple 9, Paper Girls, Seven Seconds) has been tapped to score the upcoming superhero movie Blue Beetle. The film is directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and stars star Xolo Maridueñ, Adriana Barraza, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez, Harvey Guillén, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Raoul Max Trujillo. The movie based on the DC Comics character and revolves around teenager Jaime Reyes who gains superpowers when he encounters alien armor. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wild Isles’ Episode ‘Freshwater’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Wild Isles
Shogun Music has released the fourth soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s fourth episode (Freshwater) composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Gandhi, Anna and the King, Hitch, Ever After). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label three soundtracks featuring the composer’s scores from Episode 1 (Our Precious Isles), Episode 2 (Woodland) & Episode 3 (Grassland) and one more album will be coming out next week. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 2, 2023)
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Beef, Benjamin Speed, Bobby Krlic, Brandon Roberts, David Sztanke, Disney Plus, Gabriel Mann, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Hulu, Ingrid Michaelson, Jermaine Stegall, Juan Ariza, Justin Tranter, Kovás, MGM+, Mike Ladd, Netflix, Nick Sena, On a Wing and a Prayer, Paramount+, Peacock, Praise This, The Crossover, Tiny Beautiful Things, Transatlantic, Volker Bertelmann, War Sailor, Zachary Dawes
Premiering in the U.S. today is the Norwegian limited series War Sailor, a new version of last year’s feature of the same title, written and directed by Gunnar Vikene and starring Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen and Ine Marie Wilmann. The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last December. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the war drama, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 5, is the Disney+ original series The Crossover created by Kwame Alexander and starring Derek Luke, Jalyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Sabrina Revelle, Deja Monique Cruz, Skyla I’Lece and Trevor Bush. KOVAS (On My Block, Freeridge, Boo, Bitch, Fantasy Football) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)
Posted: April 2, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ryuichi Sakamoto
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 »
‘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 »
