Music Box Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the French/Finnish dramatic thriller Heartbeast (Pulse). The album features the film’s original score composed by JB Dunckel (Summer of 85, K.O., The Summer of Sangaile, Capital in the Twenty-First Century) of AIR. Also included are songs performed by lead acturess Elsi Sloan, as well as Chilla, Mercedes Bentso, Rim Laurens & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Heartbeast is written and directed by Aino Suni and also stars Carmen Kassovitz, Camille, Lucille Guillaume and Adel Bencherif. The movie follows a 17-year-old aspiring rapper who is forced to leave her home country of Finland and move to the South of France, where she meets a charismatic ballet dancer who leads a double life full of boys and drugs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heartbeast’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aino Suni, Heartbeast, JB Dunckel, Pulse, score, Soundtrack
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Sonja Heiss’ ‘When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Sonja Heiss, Wann wird es endlich wieder so wie es nie war, When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
Dickon Hinchliffe (The Lost Daughter, Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Father Stu, Last Chance Harvey) has recently scored the upcoming German comedy drama When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before (Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war). The film is directed by Sonja Heiss (Hotel Very Welcome) and stars Arsseni Bultmann, Laura Tonke, Pola Geiger, Devid Striesow and Casper von Bülow. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Joachim Meyerhoff and tells the story of a childhood and youth spent on the grounds of a psychiatric clinic. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Shattered’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, score, Shattered, Soundtrack, Wolfgang Petersen
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1991 psychological thriller Shattered written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley and Corbin Bernsen. The album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forest Gump, Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cast Away, The Polar Express), including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Wendy Rogers’ ‘The Magician’s Elephant’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Netflix, The Magician's Elephant, Wendy Rogers
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age, Hotel Transylvania) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix animated film The Magician’s Elephant. The movie is directed by Wendy Rogers and features the voices of Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin, Brian Tyree Henry, Pixie Davies, Natasia Demetriou, Sian Clifford, Benedict Wong, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Miranda Richardson, Aasif Mandvi and Dawn French. The animated feature is based on Kate DiCamillo’s classic novel and follows an orphaned boy searching for his long-lost sister who must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it. Read the rest of this entry »
Conor McPherson to Write and Direct ‘Girl from the North Country’ Film Adaptation
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bob Dylan, Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country
Playwright Conor McPherson is set to write and direct a film adaptation of the stage musical Girl from the North Country. Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are attached to star in the movie based on McPherson’s Great Depression-set musical inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan about a group of travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Read the rest of this entry »
Haim Mazar to Score Michael Tiddes’ ‘Half Baked 2’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Haim Mazar, Half Baked 2, Michael Tiddes
Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Woke, I Am Wrath) has been hired to score the upcoming comedy sequel Half Baked 2. The film is directed by Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House, Naked) and stars Rachel True who reprises her role as Mary Jane from the original 1998 movie (scored by Alf Clausen), as well as Dexter Darden, Moses Storm, Ramona Young, Joel Courtney, Ash Santos and David Koechner. The movie follows Thurgood Jenkins’ son and his best friends as they search for the money to bury their other best friend who died from smoking the most powerful joint in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zodi & Tehu – Princess of the Desert’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Barbier, MIKA, score, Soundtrack, Zodi & Tehu - Princess of the Desert, Zodi et Téhu frères du désert
Virgin Records has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure Zodi & Tehu – Princess of the Desert (Zodi et Téhu, frères du désert). The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter MIKA who has made his scoring debut on the project. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Listen to the first track from the album after the jump. Zodi & Tehu – Princess of the Desert is directed by Eric Barbier and stars Alexandra Lamy, Yassir Drief, Youssef Hajdi and Nadia Benzakour. The movie tells the story of a Berber boy who bonds with a camel as they cross the Sahara desert on a journey to Abu Dhabi. Read the rest of this entry »
Morgan Kibby Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Power’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Morgan Kibby, The Power
Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Mothering Sunday, The Watcher, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Tales of the Walking Dead) is the composer of the upcoming Prime Video original series The Power. The show is based on Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same title and stars Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli’i Cravalho, Josh Charles, Toheeb Jimoh, Eddie Marsan, Zrinka Cvitešić, Ria Zmitrowicz and Halle Bush. The thriller follows a group of teenage girls who develop the power to electrocute people at will as the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of the power balance of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Germaine Franco Wins Grammy Award for ‘Encanto’ Score
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Encanto, Germaine Franco, Grammy Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Germaine Franco has won her first Grammy Award for her score for Disney’s animated feature Encanto in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 65th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. She previously received an Academy Award nomination for her work on the film. Lin-Manuel Miranda received the Grammy for the movie’s original song We Don’t Talk About Bruno in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category. Encanto was also the winner in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media category. The album was released by Walt Disney Records. Read the rest of this entry »
’30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore, David Robidoux, ESPN, Jason Weber, Ken Rodgers, Ryan Scully, score, Soundtrack
NFL Films has released a soundtrack album for the ESPN original documentary 30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Robidoux (All or Nothing, Lombardi, Hard Knocks, Namath) & Ryan Scully. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download now on Amazon and any other major digital music services. 30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore directed by Ken Rodgers & Jason Weber tells the story of the Super Bowl champion 2000 Baltimore Ravens and centers on the team’s magical season framed by a reunion of its key figures filmed in front of a live audience in Baltimore in May 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
