Odeon Fiction has released a soundtrack album for the German event series Bonn (Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde). The album features the show’s original music composed by Florian Tessloff (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Jasper, Sisters Apart, Love by Drowning) and performed by the WDR Funkhausorchester & WDR Big Band. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Bonn is co-written and directed by Claudia Garde and stars Mercedes Müller, Juergen Maurer, Sebastian Blomberg, Martin Wuttke, Max Riemelt, Inga Busch and Julius Feldmeier. The 6-part political thriller recounts the rise of Germany’s Federal Republic after the terror of World War II and centers on a young woman who struggles to find her own place in a male-dominated society in the 1950s. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bonn’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bonn, Bonn - Alte Freunde neue Feinde, Florian Tessloff, score, Soundtrack
Roahn Hylton & Jacob Yoffee Scoring Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ Season 2
Posted: January 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bel-Air, Jacob Yoffee, Peacock, Roahn Hylton
Roahn Hylton & Jacob Yoffee (The Wonder Years, Vampire Academy, Sherwood, Free Meek) have taken over scoring duties on the Peacock original series Bel-Air. They are composing the original score for the second season of the show developed by Morgan Cooper, Malcolm Spellman, TJ Brady & Rasheed Newson based on the classic sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and starring Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Cassandra Freeman, Jimmy Akingbola, Akira Akbar, Jordan L. Jones and Simone Joy Jones. The new season of the drama picks up with Will at a crossroads in his life as a new figure comes into his life who challenges what he’s learned and competes for control of his influence. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Top Dogs’ (‘Les Cadors’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julien Guetta, Les Cadors, score, Soundtrack, Top Dogs
Because Music has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Top Dogs (Les Cadors). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alex Beaupain (Beloved, Sophie’s Misfortunes, Making Plans for Lena, Brillantissime). Also included is the original song Cadors written and performed by Catherine Ringer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Top Dogs is co-written and directed by Julien Guetta and stars Jean-Paul Rouve, Michel Blanc and Grégoire Ludig. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Hurwitz Wins Golden Globe for ‘Babylon’ Score
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Babylon, Golden Globes, Justin Hurwitz
Justin Hurwitz has received the Golden Globe in the Original Score category for his score for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at tonight’s 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He previously won the award three times for his score and the song City of Stars from La La Land and his score from First Man. The other composers nominated in the score category were Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Women Talking) and John Williams (The Fabelmans). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Yoko Kanno
Captain Duckling Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House. The album features the show’s original music composed by Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop). The soundtrack will be released digitally in two different versions tomorrow, January 11. Click here to stream/download the regular version and click here for a version with thirteen additional tracks. The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Kairi Jyo, Momoko Fukuchi, Kotoko, Wakayanagi, Kotona Minami and Lily Franky. The 9-part drama is based on the comic Maiko in Kyoto: From the Maiko House by Aiko Koyama and follows two inseparable friends who move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof. Read the rest of this entry »
Hildur Guðnadóttir to Return for Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux, Todd Phillips
Hildur Guðnadóttir is returning to score the upcoming psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux. The sequel to the 2019 Joker film, for which the composer received her first Academy Award, is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Zazie Beetz who reprises her role of Sophie Dumond. They are joined by new cast members Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland and Harry Lawtey. No plot details have been announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Aftersun’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, Oliver Coates, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records & Invada Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Aftersun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Oliver Coates (The Stranger, Significant Other). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Aftersun is written and directed by Charlotte Wells and stars Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall. The movie follows a young girl who reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thief of Hearts’ Score Album Announced
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Douglas Day Stewart, Harold Faltermeyer, score, Soundtrack, Thief of Hearts
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1984 drama Thief of Hearts written and directed by Douglas Day Stewart and staring Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams and John Getz. The 2-CD set features the world premiere release of the complete original score from the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films production composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, Tango & Cash, The Running Man), as well as unused cues and demos on the first disc and a remastered version of the original 1984 soundtrack album (released by MCA Records), as well as alternate versions of the songs on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website to order the album, which is limited to 1,500 copies, and to listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Amazon’s ‘Hunters’ Season 2
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Hunters, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, Aquaman, Smallfoot, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge) is the new composer of the Prime Video original series Hunters. He has composed the original score for the second season of the show created by David Weil and starring Al Pacino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor, Louis Ozawa, Tiffany Boone, Carol Kane, Kate Mulvany and Greg Austin. The new season follows the Hunters who must band back together – after an accident derails their exploits in Europe – to hunt down Adolf Hitler who is hiding in South America. Read the rest of this entry »
59th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 59th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Daniel Kresco for Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front (scored by Volker Bertelmann), Simon Rhodes for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water (music by Simon Franglen), Geoff Foster for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (scored by Elliott Wheeler), Kirsty Whalley for Matt Reeves’ The Batman (music by Michael Giacchino) and Stephen Lipson for Joseph Kosinki’s Top Gun: Maverick (scored by Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer, Lady Gaga & Lorne Balfe). Read the rest of this entry »
