Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, Dune, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean) has recently been scoring the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. The film is written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and stars Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. The movie is based on Judy Blume’s best-selling book of the same name and revolves around a sixth-grade girl who is going through puberty and searches the universe for any answers she can find. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Scoring Kelly Fremon Craig’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’
Posted: November 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Hans Zimmer, James L. Brooks, Kelly Fremon Craig
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‘Your Christmas Or Mine?’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Jim O'Hanlon, Soundtrack, Your Christmas Or Mine?
Warner Music UK has released a soundtrack album for the British romantic comedy Your Christmas Or Mine?. The album features ten Christmas songs from the movie, including an original song (Together This Christmas) by Maisie Peters, Sam Ryder’s version of Smokey Robinson’s Jingle Bells, Birdy’s & Skinny Living’s duet of I’ll be Home for Christmas, Laura Mvula’s interpretation of Marvin Gayes’ Purple Snowflakes, BEKA’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s What Christmas Means to Me & more. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download exclusively on Amazon Music. A CD and vinyl version will be released overseas this Friday. Your Christmas Or Mine? is directed by Jim O’Hanlon and stars Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Daniel Mays and Angela Griffin. Read the rest of this entry »
Ellen Reid Scoring Sarah Adina Smith’s Hulu Film ‘The Drop’
Posted: November 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ellen Reid, Hulu, Sarah Adina Smith, The Drop
Composer Ellen Reid is reuniting with director Sarah Adina Smith on the upcoming comedy The Drop. The film starring Anna Konkle, Jermaine Fowler, Aparna Nancherla, Jillian Bell, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Jennifer Lafleur, Elisha Henig, Joshua Leonard & Robin Thede follows a happily married couple who face a marriage test when one of them drops a baby during a tropical island wedding. Smith (Looking for Alaska, Goodbye World) & Leonard also co-wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Covers from Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ to Be Released
Posted: November 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chris Bacon, Netflix, Soundtrack, Wednesday
Lakeshore Records will release a second soundtrack for the Netflix original series Wednesday. The 4-track EP features the cover version of The Rolling Stones’ Paint It Black performed in the show by Jenna Ortega’s title character, Wednesday Addams, as well as the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Don’t Stop, a piece from Vivaldi’s violin concertos Four Seasons and Elgar’s Concerto in E Minor for Violincello and Orchestra performed by the Nevermore Academy Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to all four tracks (produced by series co-composer Chris Bacon) below. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Danny Elfman’s & Bacon’s original score from the series last week. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man from Rome’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La Piel del Tambor, Roque Banos, score, Sergio Dow, Soundtrack, The Man from Rome
Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Man from Rome (La Piel del tambor). The album features the film’s original score composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, The Machinist, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, Sexy Beast, Come Play). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Man from Rome is co-written directed by Sergio Dow and stars Richard Armitage, Paul Guilfoyle, Fionnula Flanagan, Franco Nero and Amaia Salamanca. The movie is based on best-selling novel of the same title by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and follows a Vatican intelligence official who is tasked with investigating a series of deaths at a church in Seville. Read the rest of this entry »
Faithless Remix of Hans Zimmer’s ‘The Crown’ Main Title Theme Released
Posted: November 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Faithless, Hans Zimmer, The Crown
Sony Classical has released a new remix of the main title theme from the Netflix original series The Crown. The British electronic music act Faithless have created a remix of the theme written by Hans Zimmer (Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King, The Dark Knight) for the show’s first season. The track is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full remix below. The label has previously released five soundtrack albums featuring Zimmer’s theme and Rupert Gregson-Williams’, Lorne Balfe’s and Martin Phipps’ scores from the show’s first five seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Rob Simonsen’s ‘The Whale’ Score Released
Posted: November 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Darren Aronofsky, Rob Simonsen, The Whale
A24 Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for Darren Aronofsky’s drama The Whale. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Midnight Storm written by the film’s composer Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Foxcatcher, The Way Back, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, The Adam Project). Listen to the full track after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. The Whale is written by Samuel D. Hunter based on his play of the same title and stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton and Ty Simpkins. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Turtle Odyssey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Caspar Mazzotti, Michael Lira, Paul Phelan, score, Soundtrack, Turtle Odyssey
Australian Film Score Society has released a soundtrack album for the giant screen documentary Turtle Odyssey. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Lira (The Hunter, Interceptor, Black Water: Abyss, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Nekrotronic, Growing Up Smith) and performed by the Sydney Scoring Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Turtle Odyssey is directed by Paul Phelan & Caspar Mazzotti, narrated by Russell Crowe and explores the unique lifecycle of an Australian green sea turtle named Bunji and her journey across the open ocean. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Eva Longoria’s ‘Flamin’ Hot’
Posted: November 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eva Longoria, Flamin' Hot, Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Affair, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said) is scoring the upcoming biographical drama Flamin’ Hot. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress/producer Eva Longoria and stars Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Emilio Rivera, Dennis Haysbert, Tony Shalhoub, Pepe Serna, Matt Walsh, Bobby Soto, Jimmy Gonzales and Brice Gonzalez. The movie tells the true story of Richard Montanez, the Frito Lay janitor who took inspiration from his Mexican American heritage to create the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Helsinki Syndrome’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Batz, Helsinki Syndrome, Helsinki-syndrooma, Kaspar Kaae, score, Soundtrack
Silverdrum has released a soundtrack album for the Finnish TV series Helsinki Syndrome (Helsinki-syndrooma). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kaae & Batz (aka Kaspar Kaae & Brian Batz) (In Order of Disappearance, Out Stealing Horses, Bordertown). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Helsinki Syndrome is created by Mikko Oikkonen & Juuso Syrjä and stars Peter Franzén, Oona Airola, Taneli Mäkelä and Laura Malmivaara. The 8-part thriller revolves around a desperate man who takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 1990s recession. Read the rest of this entry »
