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 »
Expanded ‘The Funhouse’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Beal, score, Soundtrack, The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper
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Bear McCreary Scoring Christopher Landon’s ‘We Have a Ghost’
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Christopher Landon, Netflix, We Have a Ghost
Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar 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 »
Remastered ‘The Conversation’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Shire, Francis Ford Coppola, score, Soundtrack, The Conversation
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 Three, All 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 & Camille to Compose Music for Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Perez’
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Camille, Clément Ducol, Emilia Perez, Jacques Audiard
Clément Ducol (Little Tickles, I 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 »
13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The 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 »
‘The English’ Expanded Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Federico Jusid, score, Soundtrack, The English
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 »
‘Magellan’s Extraordinary Odyssey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: L'incroyable périple de Magellan, Magellan’s Extraordinary Odyssey, Nicolas Becker, Quentin Sirjacq, score, Soundtrack
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 »
Michael Andrews Scoring Nicole Holofcener’s ‘You Hurt My Feelings’
Posted: January 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Andrews, Nicole Holofcener, You Hurt My Feelings
Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bridesmaids, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Neighbors, Daddy’s Home) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy drama You Hurt My Feelings. The film is written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, Friends with Money) and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Owen Teague, Michaela Watkins and Arian Moayed. The movie revolves around a novelist who longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 22, 2023)
Posted: January 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Accused, Adam Lukas, BBC America, Dino Meneghin, Fox, Frozen Planet II, Hans Zimmer, James Everingham, Lockwood & Co., Nathan Johnson, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Pinar Toprak, Poker Face, Sean Callery, Shotgun Wedding, The Flight, Wolf Pack
Premiering tonight is the Fox drama Accused developed by Howard Gordon based on the British series created by Jimmy McGovern and starring Michael Chiklis, Abigail Breslin, Whitney Cummings, Margo Martindale, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, Betsy Brandt,Rhea Perlman, Molly Parker, Aisha Dee, Keith Carradine and Jason Ritter.. The show’s original music is composed by Sean Callery (24, Jessica Jones, Homeland, La Femme Nikita, The Marksman, Inhumans, Bones). Click here to learn more about the anthology series, which will air Tuesday nights on Fox following tonight’s premiere.
Premiering on Thursday, January 26, is the Peacock original series Poker Face created and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne, Adrien Brody, Charles Melton, Benjamin Bratt, Cherry Jones, Clea DuVall, Chloë Sevigny, Danielle MacDonald, Hong Chau, Ellen Barkin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nick Nolte, Rhea Perlman, Stephanie Hsu, Ron Perlman and Tim Blake Nelson. Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nightmare Alley, Looper, Don Jon, Brick, Kill the Messenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the murder mystery, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wandering Earth II’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 22, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frant, Roc Chen, score, Soundtrack, The Wandering Earth, The Wandering Earth 2
Roc Chen (7 Guardians of the Tomb, Chinese Zodiac, Stoker Hills, Switch, Sacrifice) will release a soundtrack album for the Chinese sci-fi adventure The Wandering Earth II. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, January 23 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Milan Records has previously released the composer’s score from the original 2019 film. The Wandering Earth II is directed by Frant Gwo and stars Wu Jing, Li Xuejian, Ning Li and Andy Lau . The prequel follows a group of young people who step up and execute a dangerous, life-or-death operation to save the earth. Read the rest of this entry »
