Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma, The Manchurian Candidate, One Life, Never Let Me Go) has recently been scoring the upcoming historical epic The Return. The film is directed by Uberto Pasolini (Nowhere Special, Pachan) and stars Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Charlie Plummer. The movie is based on Homer’s ancient classic The Odyssey and follows King Odysseus as he washes up on the shores of Ithaca after 20 years away and finds his beloved wife Penelope hounded by her many suitors to choose a new husband, and his son Telemachus facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope. Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman Scoring Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return’
Posted: June 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rachel Portman, The Return, Uberto Pasolini
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‘Starstruck’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Matthew Simpson, Max, score, Segal, Soundtrack, Starstruck
Segal (aka Matthew Simpson) (Skins, We Are Your Friends, Clique, Such Brave Girls) has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC/Max original series Starstruck. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first track (Imaginary Starstruck Episode in Space ) after the jump. Starstruck is created by Rose Matafeo and stars Matafeo herself and Nikesh Patel. The comedy follows a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with a famous film star. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Max & Sam Eggers’ ‘The Front Room’
Posted: June 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Max Eggers, Sam Eggers, The Front Room
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, May December, The Equalizer 3, Wonder, Emancipation, The Affair, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan) has been tapped to score the upcoming psychological horror thriller The Front Room. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Max Eggers (who co-wrote The Lighthouse with his brother Robert) & Sam Eggers and stars Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter and Neal Huff. The movie is based on Susan Hill’s short story of the same title and follows a young woman whose ailing mother-in-law who who has long been estranged from the family moves in with her and proves to be the house guest from hell. The Eggers Brothers also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Her and Him and the Rest of the World’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elle & lui et le reste du monde, Emmanuelle Belohradsky, Her and Him and the Rest of the World, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Enhco
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French romance Her and Him and the Rest of the World (Elle & lui et le reste du monde). The album features the film’s original music written by French pianist and composer Thomas Enhco. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the tracks from the score below. Her and Him and the Rest of the World is directed by Emmanuelle Belohradsky and stars Victor Belmondo and Galatea Bellugi. The movie follows a young man working the nightshift at an emergency call center for an elevator company, when a young woman who is stuck in an elevator and having a panic attack calls in. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Klein & Jack Halama Scoring Alexander J. Farrell’s ‘The Beast Within’
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander J. Farrell, Jack Halama, Nathan Klein, The Beast Within
Nathan Klein (MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, 101 Dalmation Street, McGregor Forever, The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman) and Jack Halama (Traces, Who Is Erin Carter?, Rogue, Kindred, Too Close) have teamed up to score the upcoming British horror thriller The Beast Within. The film is directed by Alexander J. Farrell (Refugee) and stars Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Miriam Arabella Maslin, Caoilinn Springall and Adam Basil. The movie follows a 10-year-old girl who is questioning her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound in the English wilds and follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest, where she witnesses her father undergo a terrible transformation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Intermedium’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Chavez, Erik Bloomquist, Intermedium, score, Soundtrack, Timothy Williams, Yianni Papadimos
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Intermedium. The album features the film’s original score composed by Timothy Williams (Pearl, Brightburn, Agent Elvis, Your Monster, Walking with the Enemy, Founders Day, Finding You) & Summer Davis. Also included are the movie’s original songs written by Ben Chavez and Yianni Papadimos. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first song (The Love That Could Have Been performed by Chavez) and first score track after the jump. Intermedium is directed by Erik Bloomquist and stars Emily Keefe, Beau Minniear, Michael Rady, Sean Allan Krill, Amy Hargreaves, Haskiri Velazquez, Sadie Scott, Jesse Posey and Julie Halston. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Survive’ (‘Survivre’) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frédéric Jardin, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack, Survive, Survivre
ENKA will release a soundtrack album for the French post-apocalyptic thriller Survive (Survivre). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Hidden Man, Raging Fire, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Shaolin, Adoring, The Serpent’s Path, Mountain Cry). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Survive is directed by Frédéric Jardin and stars Émilie Dequenne and Andreas Pietschmann. The movie revolves around a woman battling for survival after a sailing trips takes a terrifying turn when a tragic polarity reversal drains the water from the oceans and – together with her children – finds herself in an inhospitable land inhabited by hungry creatures from the abyss. Read the rest of this entry »
Marvel’s ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Junior, Patrick Stump, Soundtrack, Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Walt Disney Records has released the first full soundtrack album for the Disney Junior animated series Spidey and His Amazing Friends. The album features eleven tracks written and performed by Grammy Award-nominated musician Patrick Stump (of the rock band Fall Out Boy) who serves as songwriter and composer on the hit series, including two new original songs (Happy Spidey Birthday & Swing and Smash), as well as four previously unreleased demos written and performed by Stump, plus the track Do the Spidey. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the two new original songs below. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple TV+’s ‘Lady in the Lake’ to Feature Music by Marcus Norris and Bekon
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alma Har'el, Apple TV +, Bekon, Lady in the Lake, Marcus Norris
Marcus Norris (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.) has provided the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Lady in the Lake. Grammy Award-nominated music producer Bekon (who scored last year’s Netflix film You People) has composed and produced the live performances of the show created by Alma Har’el (Honey Boy) and starring Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison and Pruitt Taylor Vince. The 7-part thriller is based on the 2019 novel of the same title by Laura Lippman and follows two women whose lives converge on a fatal collision course after he disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966. Read the rest of this entry »
Skye Riley’s First Song from ‘Smile 2’ Released
Posted: June 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Naomi Scott, Parker Finn, Skye Riley, Smile, Smile 2
Interscope Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the upcoming horror sequel Smile 2. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Blood on White Satin performed by Naomi Scott who stars in the film as fictional global pop sensation Skye Riley. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Smile 2 is written and directed by Parker Finn and also stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Lukas Gage, Peter Jacobson, Dylan Gelula, Raúl Castillo and Ray Nicholson. Read the rest of this entry »
