Mercury Classics Soundtracks & Score will release the official soundtrack album for the British romantic comedy What’s Love Got to Do with It?. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nitin Sawhney (The Namesake, Breathe, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, TraitorsLila Says, A Girl from Mogadishu). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out on March 31 and is available to order here. Already available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Mahi Sona (AKA The Wedding Song) co-produced by Sawhney & Naughty Boy (listen to the track below). What’s Love Got to Do with It? is directed by Shekhar Kapur and stars Lily James, Shazad Latif, Shabana Azmi, Sajal Aly, Emma Thompson, Asim Chaudhry, Jeff Mirza and Mim Shaikh. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music will release the first soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series Outer Banks. Ahead of the album release later this month, the label has released Pogues Theme written by the show’s composer Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, How to Be Single, Thunder ForceThe Titan, UnReal, Superintelligence). Listen to the track, which is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the Season 3 soundtrack album. Outer Banks is created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate & Shannon Burke and stars Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Charles Esten, Jonathan Daviss, Austin North, Rudy Pankow, Drew Starkey, Carlacia Grant, Andy McQueen, Fiona Palomo and Lou Ferrigno Jr. Read the rest of this entry »

Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Blue Jean. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chris Roe (Trigger Point, After Love, Armstrong, Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of ApolloLancasterDeath of a Gentleman). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Blue Jean is written and directed by Georgia Oakley and stars Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, and Lucy Halliday. The movie follows a closeted physical education teacher who wrestles over whether to risk her career – and her safety – by reaching out to a student wrestling with her own identity during 1980’s Thatcherism. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack EP for the new Disney+ animated short Dug Days: Carl’s Date. The album features the original music from the Pixar Animation Studios production composed by Andrea Datzman (AlcatrazUndercovers) who previously co-scored the 2021 Dug Days shorts series with Curtis Green. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10 and will be available to stream/download here. Dug Days: Carl’s Date is written and directed by Bob Peterson and follows Carl Fredricksen as he reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend, when Dug steps in to calm his pre-date jitters. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Marlowe’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: February 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Republic Records will release the official soundtrack album for the noir crime thriller Marlowe. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s ElevenKilling EveOut of Sight, Analyze That, HaywireNo Sudden Move). Also included is the original song The Light Shines Brightest in the Dark by Jon Batiste, as well as another song performed by Jade Vincent. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Marlowe is directed by Neil Jordan and stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Alan Cumming, Colm Meaney and Ian Hart. Read the rest of this entry »

Burt Bacharach (1928-2023)

Posted: February 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Burt Bacharach has passed away yesterday at age 94. The Grammy Award-winning songwriter/composer and pianist has written hundreds of songs throughout his career, including numerous tracks written specifically for films and also composed several film scores. He won his first two Academy Awards for the song Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (with Hal David) and the score from George Roy Hill’s western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1970 and received another Oscar a decade later for Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) from Steve Gordon’s Arthur. Read the rest of this entry »

The details of the first soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series 1923 have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & FuriousAvengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, ) & Breton Vivian (Yellowstone, Redeeming Love, Five Feet Apart). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A first track (1923 Opus) by Tyler has previously been released as a digital single and a second volume featuring more music from Season 1 is expected to come out in a couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy 80 for Brady. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the ChristThe Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 10 and will be available to stream/download here. As previously reported, BMG has released the Diane Warren-penned original end credits song Gonna Be You performed by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle & Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan & Debbie Harry last month. 80 for Brady is directed by Kyle Marvin and stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, Billy Porter, Rob Corddry, Tom Brady, Guy Fieri and Bob Balaban. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Your Place or Mine have been revealed. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (This Is UsOnly Murders in the Building, Runaways, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska). Also included is the original song Embers written by Khosla, Alan DeMoss & director Aline Brosh McKenna and performed by Tiny Habits (already out now as a digital single). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 10 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Your Place or Mine is written and directed by Brosh McKenna and stars Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Zoë Chao, Wesley Kimmel, Jesse Williams, Tig Notaro, Steve Zahn, Rachel Bloom, Griffin Matthews, Vella Lovell, Shiri Appleby and Tanner Swagger. Read the rest of this entry »

David Sztanke (Keep an Eye Out, Magnetic Beats, Sophie’s Misfortunes) & rapper Mike Ladd have teamed up to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix limited series Transatlantic. The show is created by Anna Winger (Unorthodox, Deutschland 83) & Daniel Hendler inspired by Julie Orringer’s novel The Flight Portfolio and stars Gillian Jacobs, Lucas Englander, Cory Michael Smith, Ralph Amoussou, Gregory Montel, Amit Rahav, Deleila Piasko and Corey Stoll. The 7-part period drama directed by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond & Mia Maariel Meyer follows an international gang of superheroes who helps more than 2,000 refugees in France escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Read the rest of this entry »