Stopstart Music will release a soundtrack album for the ITVX/AMC+/Sundance Now limited series Litvinenko. The album features the show’s original music composed by Nonclassical founder Gabriel Prokofiev (OK Computer). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Thursday, December 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Litvinenko is written by George Kay and stars David Tennant, Margarita Levieva, Mark Bonnar and Neil Maskell. The 4-parter directed by Jim Field Smith centers on Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer, whose death from Polonium-210 poisoning in November 2006 triggered one of the most complex investigations in the history of the UK’s Metropolitan Police. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s Italian original series I Hate Christmas (Odio il Natale). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Michele Braga (Dogman, Freaks Out, Rose Island, Shadows) & Emanuele Bossi (Strangeness, Luna Park, Una famiglia perfetta). Also included are songs by Bea Sanjust and Marco Guazzone. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. I Hate Christmas is based on the Norwegian TV show Hjem til Jul and stars Pilar Fogliati, Beatrice Arnera, Fiorenza Pieri, Massimo Rigo, Sabrina Paravicini, Glen Blackhall and Alessio Pratico’. Read the rest of this entry »

Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022)

Posted: December 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Angelo Badalamenti has passed away yesterday at age 85 at his home in New Jersey. The composer was best known for his scores for the films of director David Lynch, including Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story & Mulholland Drive, as well as the filmmaker’s TV series Twin Peaks, for which he received three Emmy Award nominations and a Grammy Award. His other scoring credits include Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s The City of Lost Children & A Very Long Engagement, Danny Boyle’s The Beach, Walter Salles’ Dark Water and Neil LaBute’s The Wicker Man. Read the rest of this entry »

Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller A Day to Die. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Koch (13 Cameras, 14 Cameras, Collusions, Lucky 7). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A Day to Die is directed by Wes Miller and stars Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Gianni Capaldi, Brooke Butler and LeonGrillo. The movie follows an ex-military ops officer who must reunite with his old crew to save his kidnapped wife from a ruthless drug lord by repaying $2 million in 12 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the third soundtrack album for the third season of the HBO/BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials have been revealed. The album features the original score from third and fourth episodes of the show’s third and final season composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The LEGO Batman Movie, Black AdamTop Gun: Maverick,  The Wheel of Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 13 by Silva Screen Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Episodes 1 & 2 and the third The Musical Anthology of His Dark Materials featuring the composer’s principal themes from the new season last month. Read the rest of this entry »

Creation Destruction has released a new soundtrack album for the Acorn TV original series London Kills. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by  Justine Barker (Casualty, Hope Street, Suspects). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first soundtrack album featuring Barker’s music from the first two seasons was released last year. London Kills is created by Paul Marquess and stars Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, Bailey Patrick, Tori Allen-Martin, John Michie and Benjamin O’Mahony. Read the rest of this entry »

80th Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Posted: December 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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golden-globesThe nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations:

Best Original Score:

  • The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat
  • Women Talking – Hildur Guðnadóttir
  • Babylon– Justin Hurwitz
  • The Fabelmans –John Williams

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Invada Records has released a soundtrack album for the Swiss horror comedy Mad Heidi. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mario Batkovic (Neighbours, The Beekeeper). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Mad Heidi is directed by Johannes Hartmann & Sandro Klopfstein and stars Alice Lucy, Max Rüdlinger, David Schofield and Casper Van Dien. The movie based on the literary classic Heidi is set in a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of a cheese magnate and follows the titular mountain girl as she develops into a rebellious Amazon and sets out to put a stop to the cheese fascist. Read the rest of this entry »

SATV has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original film This Is Christmas. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Christian Henson (The Devil’s Double, Black Death, TriangleWild Bill, Chasing Liberty, Tommy’s Honour). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released an EP featuring five songs by Super Tenants from the film. This Is Christmas is directed by Chris Foggin and stars Alfred Enoch, Kaya Scodelario, Timothy Spall, Jeremy Irvine, Jack Donoghue, Joanna Scanlan, Alexandra Roach, Sarah Niles, Ben Miller, Nadia Parkes, Clinton Liberty and Robert Emms. Read the rest of this entry »

WaterTower Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO original series The White Lotus. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Smile, Utopia, The Third Day, The Girl with All the Gifts, Hunters, National Treasure) and Kim Neundorf. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released Tapia de Veer’s music from Season 1 last year. Season 2 of The White Lotus created by Mike White stars F. Murray Abraham, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam DiMarco, Beatrice Grannò, Meghann Fahy, Sabrina Impacciatore, Jon Gries, Tom Hollander, Aubrey Plaza, Michael Imperioli, Haley Lu Richardson, Theo James, Will Sharpe, Simona Tabasco and Leo Woodall. Read the rest of this entry »