Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s limited series Treason. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jamie Salisbury (The Dead End, Up All Night). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Treason is created by Matt Charman and stars Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciarán Hinds, Samuel Leakey, Beau Gadsdon, Alex Kingston and Tracy Ifeachor. The 5-part thriller revolves around an MI6 deputy whose bright future takes a sharp turn after a reunion with a Russian spy forces him to question his entire life. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Treason’ to Be Released
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jamie Salisbury, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Treason
‘Ride Above’ (‘Tempête’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christian Duguay, Michel Cusson, Ride Above, score, Soundtrack, Tempête
Sony Music Publishing France has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Ride Above (Tempête). The album features the film’s original music composed by Michel Cusson (Omerta, Superpower Dogs, Race to Mars). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Ride Above is directed by Christian Duguay and stars Mélanie Laurent, Pio Marmaï, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Charlie Paulet, Carmen Kassovitz, June Benard, as well as Carole Bouquet and Danny Huston. The movie follows a teenager raised in a horse racing milieu as she rises above the challenges of a tragic, life-changing accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Penn Scoring Andrew Durham’s ‘Fairyland’
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Durham, Fairyland, Michael Penn
Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Masters of Sex, Sunshine Cleaning, On the Verge, The Last Kiss) is scoring the upcoming coming-of-age drama Fairyland. The film is written and directed by Andrew Durham and stars Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy, Geena Davis, Cody Fern, Adam Lambert and Maria Bakalova. The movie based on Alysia Abbott’s 2013 memoir of the same is set in 1970s and 1980 San Francisco and centers on a young girl growing up with her father – widowed poet and gay activist Steve Abbott – amid the AIDS epidemic. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Kasi Lemmons, Soundtrack, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
RCA Records has released a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. The album features almost two hours of remixed and original versions of Whitney Houston songs, with special guest such as BeBe Winans, Kygo, Clean Bandit,Lucky Daye, Samaria, SG Lewis, Jax Jones, P2J, Oxlade, Leikeli47, Pheelz & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is directed by Kasi Lemmons and stars Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams and Clarke Peters. The movie tells the story of the woman behind The Voice and chronicles her journey from New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 95th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 95th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 2023 and the awards show will be held on March 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Wheatley, Harry Gregson-Williams, Meg 2: The Trench, The Meg
Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mulan, The Last Duel, Kingdom of Heaven) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, Free Fire, Rebecca) and stars Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Cliff Curtis, Shuya Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. No plot details have been revealed yet for the sequel to Jon Turtletaub’s original 2018 The Meg movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Christmas in Paradise’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Christmas in Paradise, Philippe Martinez, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack EP for the comedy Christmas in Paradise. The 6-track EP features four songs from the film performed by lead actor Billy Ray Cyrus, as well as two tracks by Jono Smithers and Denise Gordon. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to all six songs after the jump. Christmas in Paradise is co-written and directed by Philippe Martinez and also stars Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Nathalie Cox, Naomi Frederick, Victoria Ekanoye, Ray Fearon, Anna Greenidge, Vaughn Anslyn, Lauren Mckennan and Rafael Emmanuel Martinez. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Todsharow Scoring Robert Schwentke’s ‘Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes’
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Martin Todsharow, Robert Schwentke, Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes
Composer Martin Todsharow is reteaming with director Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler’s Wife) on the upcoming German comedy Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes. The film starring John Malkovich, Tom Xander, Louis Hofmann, Geraldine Chaplin, Alexander Fehling, Andrew Koji, Lilith Stangenberg, Mary-Louise Parker & Julian Sands is set in Rome in 65 AD and centers on the relationship between Emperor Nero and his mentor, Philosopher Seneca who accused him of plotting his assassination. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’s Place’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, score, Soi Cheang, Soundtrack, The Monkey King, The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Place
Tribeca Tunes has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 2014 Chinese fantasy adventure The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’s Place directed by Soi Cheang and starring Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-Fat, Peter Ho, Kelly Chen and Joe Chen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Drag Me to Hell, Entrapment, The Hurricane, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Intrada Records has previously released a CD version of Young’s score back in 2015 and also released the composer’s music from the 2016 sequel. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO Max’s ‘Velma’ to Feature Music by Craig DeLeon
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig DeLeon, HBO Max, Velma
Craig DeLeon (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, End of the Road, Music, The Last Survivors, Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer) is the composer of the upcoming HBO Max animated series Velma. The show is developed by Mindy Kaling & Charlie Grandy (The Mindy Project, The Sex Lives of College Girls) based on characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise and stars Kaling herself as the voice of the title character, Constance Wu as Daphne, Glenn Howerton as Fred and Sam Richardson as Shaggy. The adult animated comedy tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and under appreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. Read the rest of this entry »