Premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent developed by David E. Kelley based on Scott Turow’s bestselling novel of the same name and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Elizabeth Marvel, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Staircase, The Outsider, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, The White Tiger). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 9, 2024)
Posted: June 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Danny Bensi, Presumed Innocent, Saunder Jurriaans
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‘Ren Faire’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ari Balouzian, HBO, Lance Oppenheim, Ren Faire, score, Soundtrack
Appraiser has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, The Giant, They Call Us Monsters). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to two tracks from the composer’s score below. Ren Faire is produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a kettle-corn kingpin and a former elephant traine, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, Read the rest of this entry »
Tori Kelly’s Original Song ‘All I Want’ from Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Released
Posted: June 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bridgerton, Netflix, Tori Kelly
Netflix Music & Epic Records released the first original song from the Netflix original series Bridgerton. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is All I Want written by Rogét Chahayed, Wesley Singerman, Taylor Dexter & Kole and performed by Tori Kelly. Also check out the official lyric video for the song, which will be featured in Part 2 of the show’s third season, after the jump. A full soundtrack album for Season 3 – Part 2 will be coming out on June 13. The Part 1 album is available to stream/download now. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 7, 2024)
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Ames Bessada, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Banel & Adama, Christoph M. Kaiser, Cottontail, I Used to Be Funny, Joseph Bishara, Julian Maas, Kill Your Lover, Late Bloomers, Longing, Lorne Balfe, Osei Essed, Owen Pallett, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Stefan Gregory, The Watchers, Thibault Chavanis, Trim Season
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Dane, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd and Joe Pantoliano. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, The Wheel of Time, The LEGO Batman Movie). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Epic Records has released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie by Black Eyed Peas, El Alfa, Becky G, J.I.D, 21 Lil Harold, ScarLip & others. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for more information about the song album.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Watchers written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere and Oliver Finnegan. Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, Till, W.E., Emily, The Courier, Romeo and Juliet). has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Hierarchy’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hierarchy, Netflix, Soundtrack
Genie Music Corporation has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix limited series Hierarchy. The album features ten songs from the show by artists such as COCONA, Kum Junhyeon, Xydo, Dasutt , Jimmy Brown, Jeje & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to several tracks below. Hierarchy is created by Bae Hyeon-jin & Chu Hye-mi and stars Roh Jeong-eui, Lee Chae-min, Kim Jae-won, Lee Won-jeong and Chi Hae-won. The drama is set at a high school where tension grows and secrets slowly begin to unravel as news of a student’s death becomes public. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring Alex Woo’s Netflix Animated Film ‘In Your Dreams’
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Woo, In Your Dreams, John Debney, Netflix
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove) is composing the original score for the upcoming Netflix original animated film In Your Dreams. The movie is directed by Alex Woo (Go! Go! Cory Carson), co-directed by Erik Benson (The Good Dinosaur) and features the voices of Simu Liu and Craig Robinson. The animated comedy tells the story of two siblings who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams as they try to make their ultimate dream of a perfect family come true. Read the rest of this entry »
Alicia Creti’s Original Song ‘No Better’ from Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alicia Creti, Netflix, Scot Stafford, Shannon Tindle, Ultraman: Rising
Atlantic Records has released the original end credits song No Better from the Netflix animated film Ultraman: Rising. The track is co-written (with the movie’s composer Scot Stafford, Spencer Stewart & Trey Campbell) and performed by Alicia Creti and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Stafford’s original score from the animated feature has also been released today. Ultraman: Rising is directed by Shannon Tindle, co-directed by John Aoshima and stars Christopher Sean, Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita, Keone Young and Julia Harriman. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gandhi’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gandhi, George Fenton, Ravi Shankar, Richard Attenborough, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the Academy Award-winning 1982 epic Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, John Mills, Trevor Howard and Martin Sheen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ravi Shankar (Apu Trilogy, Charyly) and George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Groundhog Day, Hitch, Ever After) who received their first Academy Award nomination for their score. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first two tracks (31st January 1948 & South Africa – The Beginning) below. Read the rest of this entry »
Saleka’s First Song from M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Saleka, Trap
Columbia Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming psychological thriller Trap. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Release written/produced (with Dot Da Genius & Elijah Fox) and performed by Saleka who stars in the film as Lady Raven. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. Trap is written and directed by Shyamalan and also stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Allison Pill and Hayley Mills. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Channel 4’s & Hulu’s ‘Queenie’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Channel 4, Hulu, Onyx Collective, Queenie, score, Soundtrack, Swindle
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album for Onyx Collective’s Hulu original series Queenie. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by British music producer Swindle. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Swindle’s title track below. Queenie is created by Candice Carty-Williams based on her own best-selling novel and stars Dionne Brown, Bellah and Samuel Adewunmi. The comedy drama revolves around a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London who is straddling between two cultures and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild. Read the rest of this entry »
