Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the French crime thriller Overdose. The album features the film’s original score composed by Erwann Kermorvant (36th PrecintA Gang Story, Rogue City, A Ticket to Space, CarbonThe Clearstream Affair). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Overdose is directed by Olivier Marchal and stars Sofia Essaidi, Assaad Bouab, Alberto Ammann and Nicolas Cazalé. The movie follows captain at the judicial police in Toulouse who is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers and is forced to collaborate with a Paris cop with diametrically opposed methods. Read the rest of this entry »

95th Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: January 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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oscars9 This morning, the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Here are the music-related nominations: Read the rest of this entry »

Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Neneh Superstar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Bohémond Leguay. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Neneh Superstar is directed by Ramzi Ben Sliman and stars Oumy Bruni Garrel, Maïwenn, Steve Tientcheu, Aïssa Maïga and Cédric Kahn. The movie follows a 12-year-old girl who comes from a loving family in a disadvantaged area and dreams of attending the ballet school at Opera de Paris. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 slasher movie The Funhouse directed by Tobe Hooper and starring Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Sylvia Miles, Kevin Conway and William Finley. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by John Beal (Killer Party, Zero to Sixty, Terror in the Aisles). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »

Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield LaneThe Walking DeadBattlestar Galactica) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film We Have a Ghost. The movie is directed by Christopher Landon and stars David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, Erica Ash, Faith Ford, Isabella Russo, Niles Fitch and Steve Coulter. The supernatural adventure comedy follows a family who finds a ghost with a murky past haunting in their new house and becomes the targets of a shadowy government agency. Read the rest of this entry »

Silva Screen Records will a new soundtrack album for the 1974 thriller The Conversation written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford and Robert Duvall. The album features the remastered original score from the Academy Award-nominated film composed by David Shire (The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeAll the President’s Men,  Zodiac, Short Circuit). The reissue is set to be released digitally and physically on March 17. Click here to stream/download the soundtrack and visit the British Amazon store to pre-order the CD as import. Intrada Records has previously released the world premiere soundtrack album featuring Shire’s score back in 2001. Read the rest of this entry »

Clément Ducol (Little TicklesI Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, Maestro) is set to compose the original score for the upcoming musical crime comedy Emilia Perez. French singer/songwriter Camille (Corsage) has written the original songs for the film written and directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, The Sisters Brothers) and will star Karla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña. The movie revolves around a feared Mexican cartel leader who has a sex change to get away from the law and become the woman he’s always wanted to be. Read the rest of this entry »

guild-of-music-supervisorsThe Guild of Music Supervisors today announced the nominations for its 13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which will take place at an in-person and virtual awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 5, 2023. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for the major film and television categories, including the new category Best Music Supervision For A Non-Theatrically Released Film. For more information and the complete list of nominations, visit the organization’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »

Silva Screen Records will release a second soundtrack album for the Amazon/BBC limited The English. The album features the expanded original score from the show composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Watership Down, Loving Pablo, Santa Evita, Life Itself, The Head, Misconduct), including 33 previously unreleased tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 27 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album featuring twelve score tracks, as well a number of folk songs in November. A CD version of the original album will also be coming out this Friday (visit Amazon to pre-order). Read the rest of this entry »

Camera Lucida has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary series Magellan’s Extraordinary Odyssey (L’incroyable périple de Magellan). The album features the show’s original music composed by Quentin Sirjacq (Bright Days Ahead, Brother, Made in China) & Nicolas Becker (Sound of Metal, A Prayer Before Dawn, Earwig). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Magellan’s Extraordinary Odyssey directed by François de Riberolles and retraces the 16th Century expedition that saw Fernando Magellan and an ever-dwindling number of sailors complete the first-ever trip around the world. Read the rest of this entry »