Miss Piki’s Band Limited has released a soundtrack EP for the New Zealand comedy Red, White & Brass. The 4-track EP features the songs from the film by the reggae band Three Houses Down. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Red, White & Brass is co-written and directed by Damon Fepulea’i and stars John-Paul (JP) Foliaki, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Mikey Falesiu, Onetoto Ikavuka, Haanz Fa’avae-Jackson, Lupeti Finau, Ilaisaane Green and Lotima Pome’e. The movie executive produced by Taika Waititi follows a superfan who – in an attempt to get tickets to the Tonga vs France 2011 Rugby World Cup game – promises to deliver a brass band for the pre-match entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red, White & Brass’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damon Fepulea’i, Red, Soundtrack, Three Houses Down, White & Brass
Nathan Matthew David Scoring Adele Lim’s ‘Joy Ride’
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adele Lim, Joy Ride, Nathan Matthew David
Nathan Matthew David (Deadly Class, Young Rock, The Last Word, Angie Tribeca, Slice, A Man Named Scott) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Joy Ride. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter/producer Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians, Raya and the Last Dragon) and stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu. The movie follows four unlikely Asian American friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (The Orville) and Teresa Hsiao (Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ghost Within’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christoph Allerstorfer, Lawrence Fowler, score, Soundtrack, The Ghost Within
Head Down First Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Ghost Within. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Christoph Allerstorfer (The Jack in the Box, The Jack in the Box: Awakening, Breaking Infinity). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Ghost Within is directed by Lawrence Fowler and stars Michaela Longden, Rebecca Phillipson and Simon Davies. The movie follows a young woman suffering from severe memory loss who revisits her family home desperate to uncover who killed her sister 20 years earlier and finds herself facing her deepest fears in the house that’s still haunted by her sister’s ghost. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Duncan Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Robert Duncan, Shawn Ryan, The Night Agent
Robert Duncan is the composer of the new Netflix original series The Night Agent. The show is created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) based on Matthew Quirk’s novel and stars Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, D.B. Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Phoenix Raei, Eve Harlow and Enrique Murciano. The thriller revolves around a vigilant FBI agent monitoring an emergency line who answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from 95th Academy Awards
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. All five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning Naatu Naatu from RRR by Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava, as well as the Oscar-nominated Applause from Tell It Like a Woman by Sofia Carson & Diane Warren, This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once by David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu & Son Lux, Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick by Lady Gaga and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Rihanna after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
First Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’ Released
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Wild Isles
Shogun Music has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s first episode, Our Precious Isles, composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Hitch, Ever After, Gandhi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track after the jump. More albums featuring the composer’s score from the other four episodes of the series are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks. Wild Isles is presented by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Alastair Fothergrill and reveals a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Wins Academy Award for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Score
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front, Chandrabose, M.M. Keeravani, RRR, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Edward Berger’s Netflix World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front at tonight’s 95th Oscar ceremony. Bertelmann who also won his first BAFTA Award last month for his work on the movie has previously been Oscar-nominated for 2016’s Lion (co-scored with Dustin O’Halloran). Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), John Williams (The Fabelmans) and Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 12, 2023)
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Spy Among Friends, Agent Elvis, Apple TV +, Boston Strangler, Dan Romer, David Wingo, Dustin O'Halloran, Extrapolations, Hulu, Jason Hill, MGM+, Netflix, Paul Leonard Morgan, Timothy Williams, Tyler Bates
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series A Spy Among Friends created by Alexander Cary based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book and starring Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Stephen Kunken, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Adrian Edmondson. The show’s original music is composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Like Crazy, Transparent, The Old Guard, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent). Check out our previous article to learn more about the Nick Murphy-directed 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last fall on ITVX and is making its U.S. debut on MGM+.
Premiering on Friday, March 17, is the Hulu original movie Boston Strangler written and directed by Matt Ruskin and starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, David Dastmalchian, Morgan Spector, Robert John Burke and Chris Cooper. Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Dynasty, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 20th Century Studios production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, George Fenton, Wild Isles
George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Hitch, Gandhi) has composed the original music for the new BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The 5-parter presented/narrated by Sir David Attenborough was filmed over three years and uses the latest technology to capture dramatic new behavior, from battling butterflies to hunting sea eagles and killer whales – revealing a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Paramount+
Capitol Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the upcoming Paramount+ original series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Grease Is the Word (originally written by Barry Gibb for the 1978 film) produced by Daniel Crean & Eren Cannata and performed by the show’s cast. Also check out the official music video (directed by Alethea Jones) after the jump. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. is developed by Annabel Oakes and stars Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, Shanel Bailey, Tricia Fukuhara, Madison Thompson, Jason Schmidt, Johnathan Nieves, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper and Jackie Hoffman. Read the rest of this entry »
