Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Last of Us, The Book of Life) has teamed up with Juan Luqui (Wild Life, (Monsterland, Dear Child), Paco Cabral (Diego: The Last Goodbye) and Matias Tozolla (Messenger on a White Horse) to score the upcoming documentary Norita. He also serves as an executive producer on the film directed by Jayson McNamara & Andrea Tortonese and tells the story of Norita Cortiñas who helped found a movement of Argentinian mothers in the 1970s whose children had been “disappeared” by the country’s right-wing military regime and is seen as a fundamental fixture in the movement’s success during the country’s 2020 vote to legalize abortion. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui, Paco Cabral & Matias Tozolla Scoring Jayson McNamara’s & Andrea Tortonese’s ‘Norita’
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Tortonese, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jayson McNamara, Juan Luqui, Matias Tozolla, Norita, Paco Cabral
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‘The Life You Wanted’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gabriele Roberto, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Life You Wanted
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix limited series The Life You Wanted (La vita che volevi). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Gabriele Roberto (The Music of Silence, A Five Star Life, Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s title track below. The Life You Wanted is created by Ivan Cotroneo & Monica Rametta and stars Vittoria Schisano, Giuseppe Zeno, Pina Turco, Nicola Bello, Alessio Lapice, Michele De Virgilio, Francesca Pia Di Nola and Bellarch. The 6-part drama revolves around a woman who finally happy after transitioning and settling down, when a longtime friend reappears with disrupting news and throws her world into chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli Scoring Asif Kapadia’s & Joe Sabia’s ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’
Posted: June 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Asif Kapadia, Dario Marianelli, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Joe Sabia
Composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina, Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) is reuniting with director Asif Kapadia on the new documentary Federer: Twelve Final Days. The film is directed by Kapadia (Amy, Senna) & Joe Sabia and captures the final chapter in Roger Federer’s legendary tennis career. The movie, which was originally a home video never intended for public viewing, features interviews from his rivals and friends, inclduing Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jean de Florette’ & ‘Manon of the Spring’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claude Berri, Jean de Florette, Jean-Claude Petit, Manon des Sources, Manon of the Spring, score, Soundtrack
Pathé Films has released a new soundtrack album for the French 1986 drama classics Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) directed by Claude Berri based on Marcel Pagnol’s two-volume novel The Water of the Hills and starring Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart and Hippolyte Girardot. The album features the films’ original score composed and conducted by Jean-Claude Petit (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Horseman on the Roof, The Return of the Musketeers, Dalida). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track for Jean de Florette after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Pattishall, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, HBO, Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson, Samora Pinderhughes, score, Soundtrack
Machel Projects will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. The album features the film’s original music composed by Samora Pinderhughes (Whose Streets?) & Chris Pattishall (The Strike). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is directed by Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson and reveals the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets and social commentators. The movie, which was shortlisted in the Feature Documentary for this year’s Academy Awards, follows Giovanni as he reckons with the inevitable passing of time through intimate vérité and archival footage, revealing the lasting impact of Giovanni’s work on American culture. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How to Rob a Bank’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Rob a Bank, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa, score, Seth Porges, Soundtrack, Stephen Robert Morse
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary How to Rob a Bank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Bottoms, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & Chaos Theory, Tigtone, Son of Zorn, Obliterated, Twisted Metal, Florida Man) and Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. How to Rob a Bank is directed by Stephen Robert Morse & Seth Porges and centers on a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle who pulled off an unprecedented string of bank robberies with uncanny ability to disappear using Hollywood-style makeup. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Joshua Zeman’s ‘Checkpoint Zoo’
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Checkpoint Zoo, Joshua Zeman
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Dropout, Hijack, I.S.S., Fate: The Winx Saga, Dangerous Liaisons, Lost Girls, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse) has provided the original score for the upcoming documentary Checkpoint Zoo. The film directed by Joshua Zeman (The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52) is set during the early days of the Ukraine-Russian war, when the the Feldman Ecopark, an animal refuge in Ukraine’s second largest city, found itself caught in the crossfire. The movie centers chronicles the efforts of a courageous team of zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to bring thousands of animals that were left trapped with little food and water to safety. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pauline’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Mayr, Disney Plus, Hulu, Konstantin Gropper, Pauline, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the German Disney+/Hulu original series Pauline. The album features selections of the show’s original score and songs composed by Alex Mayr (Christmas Crossfire) & Konstantin Gropper (How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), Same Same But Different). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first song (No Longer Run) below. Pauline is created by Philipp Käßbohrer, Matthias Murmann, Elena Lyubarskaya & Sebastian Colley and stars Sira-Anna Faal, Ludger Bökelmann and Lukas von Horbatschewsky. The teen drama follows the title character who gains supernatural abilities after getting pregnant following a one-night stand and becomes the decisive force in the epic battle between good and evil. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Heavy Metal’ Score Album Announced
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elmer Bernstein, Gerald Potterton, Heavy Metal, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 animated sci-fi fantasy anthology feature Heavy Metal directed by Gerald Potterton and starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Rodger Bumpass, Alice Playten, John Vernon, Jackie Burroughs, Don Francks, Joe Flaherty, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Percy Rodriguez, Susan Roman, August Schellenberg, Richard Romanus and Zal Yanovsky. The 2-CD set features the newly remastered original score from the film composed by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven, Far from Heaven, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Airplane, Stripes), including the score presentation on the first disc and the content of the original 1981 score album on the second disc. The soundtrack is limited to 1,500 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sleeping Woman’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, La mujer dormida, Laura Alvea, score, Soundtrack, The Sleeping Woman
La Cupula Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish psychological thriller The Sleeping Woman (La mujer dormida). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, You Keep the Kids, Superagente Makey, The Wedding Unplanner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Sleeping Woman is directed by Laura Alvea and stars Almudena Amor and Javier Rey. The movie revolves around a nursing assistant who starts to feel attracted to the husband of the woman in a coma whom she’s caring for, when she begins to be harassed by strange, paranormal phenomena. Read the rest of this entry »
