22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Ernest et Célestine: Le voyage en Charabie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Vincent Courtois who previously scored the Academy Award-nominated 2012 original movie. Also included is the sequel’s theme song Qu’est-ce qu’on fait de l’amour? co-written (with Courtois & Guillaume le Hénaff) and performed by Pomme (listen to the full track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia is directed by Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger and follows the title characters as they are traveling back to Ernest’s home country to fix his broken violin and, upon arriving, discover that all forms of music have been banned there for many years. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 14, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Jean-Christophe Roger, Julien Chheng, Pomme, score, Soundtrack, Vincent Courtois
Gabriel Mann Scoring Michael Lembeck’s Nickelodeon/Paramount+ Movie ‘Snow Day’
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Mann, Michael Lembeck, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, Snow Day
Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Better Nate Than Never, Rectify, Uncoupled, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series) has composed the original score for the new Paramount+/Nickelodeon original movie Snow Day. The film is directed by Michael Lembeck (The Santa Clause 2 & 3, Tooth Fairy) and stars Jerry Trainor, Laura Bell Bundy, Ky Baldwin, Natalie Brandston, Shelby Simmons, Michaela Russell and Fabi Aguirre. The musical reimagining of the 2000 feature of the same title (scored by Steve Bartek) follows a group of kids who are determined to achieve their dreams when their school closes for a snow day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Canosa, Jeff Eden Fair, score, Soundtrack, Starr Parodi, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Starr Parodi & Jeff Eden Fair (gen: LOCK, The Starter Wife, Transformers: Rescue Bots, GI Joe: Renegades). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is directed by Hans Canosa and stars Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks, Lauren Stamile, Blaire Brown, David Arquette and Scott Foley. The movie is based on the New York Times best-selling novel and follows the title character whose life is not turning out as he expected and hits emotional and financial rock bottom, when a mysterious package appears and he discovers he has a second chance at life. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather McIntosh Scoring Susanna Fogel’s ‘Cat Person’
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cat Person, Heather McIntosh, Susanna Fogel
Heather McIntosh (Compliance, The Art of Self-Defense, Z for Zachariah, Partner Track, The Quarry) has composed the original music for the upcoming psychological thriller Cat Person. The film is directed by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me, Life Partners) and stars Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed and Isabella Rossellini. The movie is based on a short story by Kristen Roupenian and centers on the brief relationship between a college student working concessions at an arthouse theater and an older frequent moviegoer at the theater. Michelle Ashford (Operation Mincemeat, Masters of Sex) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
2023 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 95th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, historical data and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Leech’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Pennycoff, Eric Romary, score, Soundtrack, The Leech
ETR Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy The Leech. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Romary (Sadistic Intentions, Doomsday). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Leech is written and directed by Eric Pennycoff and stars Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper and Taylor Gardner. The movie centers on a Catholic priest struggling to fill the pews in his church who allows a homeless man into his home to escape the December chill. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Bates Scoring AMC’s ‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, Will Bates
Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Magicians, Away, The Path, I Origins, The Looming Tower) is the composer of the new AMC original series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The show is developed by Esta Spalding (The Last Letter from Your Lover) & Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, Operation Mincemeat) based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy and stars Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Tongayi Chirisa and Harry Hamlin. The 8-parter follows an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches and must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Litvinenko’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Gabriel Prokofiev, ITVX, Litvinenko, score, Soundtrack, Sundance Now
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 »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘I Hate Christmas’ Released
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Emanuele Bossi, I Hate Christmas, Michele Braga, Netflix, Odio il Natale, score, Soundtrack
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 NewsTags: Angelo Badalamenti
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 »
