Composer David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Black Bag, Analyze That, Hunger, Haywire, No Sudden Move, Marlowe, Diane) is reuniting with directors Lisa Barros D’Sa & Glenn Leyburn (Cherrybomb) on the upcoming Irish/British biographical sports drama Saipan. The film directed by Barros D’Sa’s & Leyburn and stars Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke. The movie explores the infamous fallout between the Republic of Ireland’s team captain Roy Keane and coach Mick McCarthy on the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Paul Fraser (TwentyFourSeven) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Serve as Executive Producers on Joachim Rønning’s ‘TRON: Ares’
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Joachim Rønning, Trent Reznor, Tron: Ares
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Soul, Watchmen, Challengers, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) have joined Russell Allen as executive producers on the sci-fi sequel TRON: Ares. The composers also scored the film (as Nine Inch Nails) directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Jeff Bridges. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick, F1) who helmed 2010’s Tron: Legacy is also being credited as an executive producer. As previously reported, the official soundtrack album will be released in various formats on September 19 by Interscope Records & The Null Corporation. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Long Walk’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Francis Lawrence, Jeremiah Fraites, score, Soundtrack, The Long Walk
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Long Walk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeremiah Fraites (of the folk band The Lumineers) who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Fraites’ title track is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Charlie Plummer, Judy Greer, Tut Nyuot, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Roman Griffin Davis,Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton and Mark Hamill. The movie based on Stephen King’s first-written novel is set in a dystopian America, in which 100 teenage boys embark on an annual competition, during which each participant must keep walking faster than four miles per hour or risk being eliminated. Read the rest of this entry »
John Frizzell Scoring Bobby Farrelly’s ‘Driver’s Ed’
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Farrelly, Driver's Ed, John Frizzell
John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, The Waterfront, Legion, Thirteen Ghosts, Gods and Generals) has provided the original score for the upcoming comedy Driver’s Ed. The film is directed by Bobby Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber) and stars Sam Nivola, Sophie Telegadis, Aidan Laprete, Mohana Krishnan, Molly Shannon and Kumail Nanjiani. The movie follows a high school senior who hits the road to save his relationship with his college-bound girlfriend, with his principal and driving instructor in hot pursuit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Cut’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lorne Balfe, score, Sean Ellis, Stuart Michael Thomas, The Cut
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the boxing drama The Cut. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) & Stuart Michael Thomas (Midnight Bayou, Bustin’ Down the Door, Northern Lights, Blue Smoke). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks from the composers’ score below. The Cut is directed by Sean Ellis and stars Orlando Bloom, John Turturro, Caitríona Balfe, Gary Beadle, Ed Kear and Clare Dunne. The movie follows a former champion who is obsessed with getting back in the ring and goes through an unsanctioned and grueling weight cut program with a coach who knows no limits. Read the rest of this entry »
Main Title Theme from Peacock’s ‘The Paper’ to Be Released
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Nick Thorburn, Patrick Ford, Peacock, The Paper
Nick Thorburn (best known as the frontman of the rock bands Islands & The Unicorns) & music producer/composer Patrick Ford have written the main title theme for the new Peacock original series The Paper. The track, entitled Song from the Ninth Floor, will be released as a digital single tomorrow, September 5 by Lakeshore Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). The Paper is created by Greg Daniels and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Melvin Gregg, Alex Edelman, Tim Key, Ramona Young and Oscar Nuñez. The comedy follows the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in NBC’s The Office as they find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englisby Scoring BritBox’s & BBC’s ‘Lynley’
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, BritBox, Lynley, Paul Englishby
Paul Englishby (An Education, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Luther, Page Eight, Sunshine on Leith, The Musketeers) is the composer of the new BritBox/BBC crime drama Lynley. he show is created by Steve Thompson (Vienna Blood, Prime Target) and stars Leo Suter, Sofia Barclay, Daniel Mays, Michael Workeye, Niamh Walsh and Joshua Sher. The series revolves around a brilliant police detective who gets paired with a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background and – together – become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Americana’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Americana, David Flemiing, score, Soundtrack, Tony Tost
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Americana. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Fleming (Superman, The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, Hillbilly Elegy, The Unforgivable, Blue Planet II). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 5 and will be available to stream/donwload on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. Americana is written and directed by Tony Tost and stars Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Derek Hinkey and Harriet Sansom Harris. The movie follows a shy waitress with big dreams who teams up with a military veteran to gain possession of a rare Native American artifact, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli Scoring Gore Verbinski’s ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Geoff Zanelli, Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Gore Verbinski
Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Disturbia, Christopher Robin, Leo, The Pacific) has recently been scoring the upcoming sci-fi adventure Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring) and stars Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple. The movie follows a man claiming to be from the future who takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage in search of unlikely recruits in a quest to save the world. Read the rest of this entry »
’22 Lanes’ (’22 Bahnen’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 22 Bahnen, 22 Lanes, Dascha Dauenhauer, Mia Maariel Meyer d, score, Soundtrack
Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the German drama 22 Lanes (22 Bahnen). The album features the film’s original music composed by Dascha Dauenhauer (Golda, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Tatami, The Swarm, Blood Red Sky,A Million Minutes, Bliss, Souls). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. 22 Lanes is directed by Mia Maariel Meyer and stars Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Zoë Baier and Laura Tonke. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Caroline Wahl and follows a young woman living in a small town who has to decide if she can leave her younger sister and alcoholic mother behind when she gets offered a promotion that would force her to relocate to Berlin. Read the rest of this entry »
