Showtime has released two soundtracks for the musical episode of the Showtime original series The L Word: Generation Q. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a 6-track EP featuring the songs from the sixth episode episode of the show’s third season written by series composers Heather McIntosh (Compliance, The Art of Self-Defense, Z for Zachariah) & Allyson Newman (Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Kusama: Infinity) and Academy Award-nominated songwriter Taura Stinson and performed by members of the show’s cast (also listen to all songs below). Available separately is an album featuring the original score from the episode composed by McIntosh & Newman. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtracks for ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Musical Episode Released
Posted: December 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Allyson Newman, Heather McIntosh, score, Showtime, Soundtrack, Taura Stinson, The L Word: Generation Q
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‘The Island Bird’ (‘Le Petit Piaf’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gérard Jugnot, Jean-François Berger, Le petit piaf, score, Soundtrack, The Island Bird
M.E.S. Productions & Gaumont have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama The Island Bird (Le petit piaf). The album features the film’s original score composed by Jean-François Berger. Also included are the songs from the movie performed by lead actors SOAN (aka Soan Arhimann), Marc Lavoine and Stéfi Celma. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The Island Bird is directed by Gérard Jugnot (who also stars in the movie) tells the story of a 10-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a great singer to make his mother proud and applies for a TV singing contest. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Saving Christmas Spirit’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Erick Schroder, Saving Christmas Spirit, score, Soundtrack, Wendy Faraone
Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the holiday romance Saving Christmas Spirit. The album features the film’s original music composed by Erick Schroder (The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, Under the Stadium Lights, The Runners, Angry Neighbors). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Saving Christmas Spirit is directed by Wendy Faraone, written by Joelle Sellner and stars Ashley Newbrough, James Robinson, Jake Satow, Joanne Randle, Layla Burns, Tibu Fortes, Louis Emerick and Nicholas Karimi. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring ITV’s & BritBox’s ‘Stonehouse’
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BritBox, ITV, Jon S. Baird, Rolfe Kent, Stonehouse
Composer Rolfe Kent (Sideways, About Schmidt, Election, Up in the Air, Wedding Crashers, Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) is reuniting with writer/producer/director Jon S. Baird on the new ITV/BritBox limited series Stonehouse. The show is written by John Preston (A Very English Scandal), directed by Baird (Filth) and stars Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Kevin R. McNally and Emer Heatley. The 3-part drama chronicles the rise and fall of MP John Stonehouse, a high-flying member of Harold Wilson’s Labour government and a seemingly devoted family man, whose perfect life spirals out of control in the early 1970s amid rumors of fraud and espionage. Read the rest of this entry »
‘High Maintenance’ Seasons 3 & 4 Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, High Maintenance, score, Soundtrack
The Foolshed has released two new soundtrack albums for the HBO original series High Maintenance. The albums feature selections of the original music from the show’s third and fourth season composed by Christopher Bear (of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear). Visit Amazon to stream/download the Season 3 album and click here for the Season 4 soundtrack. A first album featuring Bear’s music from Season 1 was released in 2017. High Maintenance is created by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair and stars Sinclair as a bike-riding pot-delivery man who brings viewers into the homes and routines of a variety of NYC characters. Read the rest of this entry »
Nominations for 4th Annual SCL Awards Announced
Posted: December 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 4th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 15th at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 9, 2023. The Spirit of Collaboration and Jury Award winners will be announced in early January.
Here are the nominees:
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
Michael Abels – Nope
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 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
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 »
‘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 »
