Electronic music artist Tim Hecker (The North Water, The Free World, Luzifer) has composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi horror thriller Infinity Pool. The film is written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg (Possessor, Antiviral) and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman. The movie follows a couple enjoying a perfect vacation at an isolated island resort, when they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism and untold horror. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Hecker Scoring Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Infinity Pool’
Posted: December 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brandon Cronenberg, Infinity Pool, Tim Hecker
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‘Step Up’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: EmmoLei Sankofa, NE-YO, Soundtrack, Starz, Step Up, Stephanie Economou, Terrence Green
Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series Step Up. The album features thirteen songs from the third season of the show performed by cast members Ne-Yo (who stars as Sage Odom), Terrence Green (Rigo Octavio), Christina Milian (Collette Jones) and Terayle (Marquise Howard). Also included is a score suite by Stephanie Economou & EmmoLei Sankofa (previously released as a digital single). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released two full soundtrack albums featuring the songs from Season 1 and Season 2. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 18, 2022)
Posted: December 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1923, AMC, Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, Derrick Hodge, Erick Schroder, Paramount+, Peacock, Robert Glasper, Saving Christmas Spirit, The Best Man: The Final Chapters
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series 1923 created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves and Jerome Flynn. The show’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3) & Breton Vivian (Yellowstone, 1883, Five Feet Apart). Sony Classical has released a Tyler’s main theme (1923 Opus) this past Friday and a first soundtrack album is expected to be announced soon. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the period drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Glasper & Derrick Hodge Scoring Peacock’s ‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’
Posted: December 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Derrick Hodge, Peacock, Robert Glasper, The Best Man: The Final Chapters
Jazz pianist, record producer and composer Robert Glasper (The Photograph, Miles Ahead, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Bel-Air) has teamed up with Derrick Hodge (The System) to score the new Peacock limited series The Best Man: The Final Chapters. The show is developed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip, Space Jam: A New Legacy) & Dayna Lynne North (Insecure) based on Lee’s The Best Man feature film franchise (scored by Stanley Clarke) and stars Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Regina Hall, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan and Harold Perrineau. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Offering’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Oliver Park, score, Soundtrack, The Offering
Millennium Media Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Offering. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Sinister, Ghost Rider, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Drag Me to Hell, The Shipping News). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 13, 2023 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Notefornote Music will release a CD version later in January (click here to order and for more details). The Offering is directed by Oliver Park and stars Nick Blood, Emily Wiseman, Paul Kaye, and Allan Corduner. The movie is set in the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance and follows the son of a Hasidic funeral director who returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father and finds an ancient evil with sinister plans for the unborn child lurking inside a corpse in the family morgue. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Harwood, All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5, PBS, score, Soundtrack
All3Media has released a new soundtrack album for the Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece series All Creatures Great and Small. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Growing Up Wild, The Escape). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. All3Media has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 in 2020, while Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack featuring her music from Season 2 last year. All Creatures Great and Small is written by Ben Vanstone based on the book series by James Herriot and stars Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Rachel Shenton, Callum Woodhouse, Matthew Lewis and Patricia Hodge. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 16, 2022)
Posted: December 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: As Good as Dead, Avatar: The Way of Water, Chris Bezold, Gruff Rhys, Hans Zimmer, Joseph Bishara, Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be, Ludovic Bource, Lullaby, Simon Franglen, Steve Mazzaro, The Almond and the Seahorse, The Apology, The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari, Uèle Lamore
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi epic Avatar: The Way of Water directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet and Sigourney Weaver. The film’s original music is composed by Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Notre-Dame on Fire). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and two original songs performed by The Weeknd and Saldana (click here for the full album details). A second album featuring additional score cues will be coming out on December 20 (click here for more information).
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the supernatural horror feature Lullaby directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Oona Chaplin, Rámon Rodríguez, Kira Guloien, Liane Balaban and Moni Ogunsuyi. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, Dark Skies, The Curse of La Llorona, The Unholy) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘As Good as Dead’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: As Good as Dead, Chris Bezold, R. Ellis Frazier, score, Soundtrack
Chris Bezold (Larceny, Repeater, Legacy, Hustle Down, Your Move) has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller As Good as Dead. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. As Good as Dead is directed by R. Ellis Frazier and stars Michael Jai White, Luca Oriel, Guillermo Ivan, Louis Mandylor, Gabriela Quezada, Roberto Sanchez, Michael Copon, Mario Zaragoza and Tom Berenger. The movie follows an ex-cop in self-imposed witness protection in Mexico who becomes a target when a fight video of his apprentice goes viral. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Celyn Jones, Gruff Rhys, score, Soundtrack, The Almond and the Seahorse, Tom Stern
Rough Trade will release a soundtrack album for the British drama The Almond and the Seahorse. The album features the film’s songs and original score composed by Gruff Rhys. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on February 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to the song Amen and the score track Love Love Love (already available to stream/download now) below. The Almond and the Seahorse is directed by Celyn Jones & Tom Stern and stars Rebel Willson, Trine Dyrholm, Jones himself, Meerea Syal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The movie tells the story of an archaeologist and an architect who fight to re-imagine a future after a traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Manster (Dr. Hunkenstein’s Theme)’ from Hulu’s ‘Welcome to Chippendale’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Bern, Hulu, Mike Viola, Robert Siegel, Siddhartha Khosla, Welcome to Chippendale
Hollywood Records has released the original song The Manster (Dr. Hunkenstein’s Theme) from the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendale. The track written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building), Mike Viola & Dan Bern (and lyrics by series creator/executive producer Robert Siegel, Khosla, Viola & Bern) and performed by members of the show’s cast is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Welcome to Chippendale is created by Siegel and stars Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett, Annaleigh Ashford, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Plair, Robin de Jesús, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Spencer Boldman, Andrew Rannells and Dan Stevens. Read the rest of this entry »
