Vere Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat. The album features three original songs from the film written by Matthew Gerrard (Brother Bear 2Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You), as well as the movie’s original score composed by Gerrard & Richard Evans who previously co-scored 2021’s Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat is directed by Anthony Bell and features the voice talent of Eddie Izzard, Andrew Francis, Bethany Brown, Ashleigh Ball and Brian Dobson. Read the rest of this entry »

Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The OutsiderThe Staircase, The Gift, EnemyBoy Erased) have been tapped to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series The Last Thing He Told Me. The show is developed by Laura Dave and Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Post) based on Dave’s best-selling novel of the same name and stars Jennifer Garner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, Augusto Aguilera, Aisha Tyler, Geoff Stults and John Harlan Kim. The 7-part thriller centers on a woman who forms an unexpected relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter while searching for the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Body Parts. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Reason I Jump, Crossfire, 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, The Tower, American Murder: The Family Next Door). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Body Parts is directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and traces the evolution of “sex” on-screen from a woman’s perspective. The movie exposes the uncomfortable realities behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes and celebrates the creators leading the way for change. Read the rest of this entry »

Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, King Richard, Green Book, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Dear White People) has recently been recording his underscore for the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical The Color Purple. The movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule (The Burial of Kojo, Black Is King) and stars Fantasia, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Danielle Brooks, Ciara, Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis, Elizabeth Marvel, Jon Batiste Louis Gossett Jr., Tamela J. Mann, David Alan Grier, Deon Cole and Stephen Hill. The period drama tells the story of a Black Southern woman who struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over the course of four decades. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Exodus’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: February 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Oona Records has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish drama Exodus. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lisa Montan (Euphoria, Flocken, Beyond Dreams, Unruly). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Exodus is co-written and directed by Abbe Hassan and stars Ashraf Barhoum, Jwan Alqatami and Isa Aouifia. The movie follows a professional people smuggler who tries to save a 12-year-old girl whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war. Read the rest of this entry »

Eric Serra Scoring Luc Besson’s ‘Dogman’

Posted: February 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Composer Eric Serra is reteaming with director Luc Besson on the upcoming drama Dogman. The film is written and directed by Besson and stars Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Denham, Jojo T. Gibbs, Marisa Berenson, James Payton, Michael Garza, Bennett Saltzman and Derek Siow. The movie tells the story of a child, bruised by life, who grows to find his salvation through the love of his dogs. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original documentary series Make or Break. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by CJ Mirra (A Banquet, Nascondino). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Make or Break is executive produced by James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin, Erik Logan & Ryan Holcomb and offers behind-the-scenes access into the aspirations, accomplishments, challenges and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite 2021 Men’s and Women’s World Title at the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). Read the rest of this entry »

Nick Urata (Paddington, Little Miss Sunshine, Crazy, Stupid, Love.I Love You Phillip Morris, Ruby Sparks) is attached to score the upcoming animated feature Stitch Head. The film is written and directed by Steve Hudson (True North), co-directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice) and features the voices of Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Tia Bannon, Alison Steadman, Rob Brydon, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix. The movie based on the first installment in the book series of the same title by Guy Bass and tells the story of a small creature who is awoken to almost-life by a mad professor in a castle and must protect the professor’s other creations from the townspeople. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Amazon original series The Head of Joaquín Murrieta (La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrea Balency-Béarn (Dance of the 41). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The Head of Joaquín Murrieta is created by Mauricio Leiva-Cock & Diego Ramírez Schrempp and stars Juan Manuel Bernal, Alejandro Speitzer, Emiliano Zurita, Yoshira Escárrega and Becky Zhu Wu. The 8-part western is set at the Mexico/U.S. border in 1851 and follows the adventures of the title character, also known as the Mexican Robin Hood, and Joaquín Carrillo, whose paths intersect in the middle of a violent misunderstanding. Read the rest of this entry »

Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, True Detective, London Spy, Made for Love, Diana, NashvilleThe FallThe Motel Life) is scoring the upcoming FX and BBC limited series Great Expectations. The show is developed by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo) based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel and stars Fionn Whitehead, Olivia Colman, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Owen McDonnell, Hayley Squires, Trystan Gravelle, Rudi Dharmalingam, Laurie Ogden, Chloe Lea, Tom Sweet and Matt Berry. The 6-parter tells the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater life, until a twist of fate and a mysterious benefactor opens a dark world of possibilities. Read the rest of this entry »