Inerscope Records has released the original song The Dead Dance from the second season of the Netflix original series Wednesday. The track is co-written (with Andrew Watt & Henry Walter) and performed by Lady Gaga (who also appears in the second part of the new season) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and check out the official music video (directed by Tim Burton) after the jump. Available separately is the Season 2 soundtrack album featuring the covers from the new season, as well as two score albums featuring Chris Bacon’s original music from the show. Wednesday is developed by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and stars Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Emma Myers, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Luis Guzman, Joy Sunday, Isaac Ordonez and Hunter Doohan. Read the rest of this entry »
Lady Gaga’s Original Song ‘The Dead Dance’ from ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Released
Posted: September 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Lady Gaga, Netflix, Wednesday
‘Big Boys’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Big Boys, Corey Sherman, score, Soundtrack, Will Wiesenfeld
Basement’s Basement has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age comedy Big Boys. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Wiesenfeld (Neo Yokio, Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Big Boys is written and directed by Corey Sherman and stars Isaac Krasner, Dora Madison, David Johnson III, Taj Cross and Emily Deschanel. The movie revolves around a teenage boy who experiences an unexpected sexual awakening when he starts falling for his cousin’s new boyfriend during a family camping trip. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Expedition: Greenland’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chad Gerber, Clay Croft, Expedition: Greenland, score, Soundtrack, woodrowgerber
Meloscene Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Expedition: Greenland. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chad Gerber (aka woodrowgerber). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Expedition: Greenland is directed by Clay Croft and follows the director and six other fearless participants as they embark on a quest to become the first to traverse the long axis of Greenland’s remote and uncharted ice sheet, utilizing specialized Arctic Trucks. The team captured footage through the lens of a single camera and a drone, showcasing the beauty and harsh terrain of the landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Went Up the Hill’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hanan Townshend, Samuel Van Grinsven, score, Soundtrack, Went Up the Hill
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Australian/New Zealand psychological drama Went Up the Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Blue Miracle, Outcry). Also included is the title song written and performed by lead actress Vicky Krieps. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Townshend’s opening titles track and the song after the jump. Went Up the Hill is co-written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and also stars Dacre Montgomery, Sarah Peirse, Arlo Green and Finlay Grey. The movie follows a man who travels to New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meet her grieving widow, when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both of them. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck Scoring Doug Liman’s XR Short ‘Asteroid’
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Asteroid, Christophe Beck, Doug Liman, Jed Weintrob, Julina Tatlock
Composer Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Free Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, WandaVision, The Pink Panther, The Muppets) is reuniting with director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) on the XR short Asteroid. The film is directed by Liman, Julina Tatlock & Jed Weintrob (Invisible, Don’t Look Deeper) and stars Hailee Steinfeld, Ron Perlman, Rhenzy Feliz, Freida Pinto, DK Metcalf and Leon Mandel. The action thriller, which is being described as a “180° immersive short film and interactive story extension” made for the launch of Google’s new Android XR platform, follows a group of strangers who take an old Russian Soyuz rocket to mine a near-earth, treasure laden asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Mstyslav Chernov, Sam Slater, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sam Slater (Battlefield 2042). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. A limited edition 180g vinyl is available to order on Bandcamp. 2000 Meters to Andriivka is directed by Mstyslav Chernov (20 Days in Mariupol) who – together with journalist Alex Babenko – follow a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation amid the failing counteroffensive. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann, Raffael Seyfried & Ben Winkler Scoring Hagai Levi’s ‘Etty’
Posted: September 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Winkler, Hagai Levi, Raffael Seyfried, The Girl Who Learned How to Kneel, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dune: Prophecy, Lion, The Amateur, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift) has teamed up with Raffael Seyfried (The Dive, Eternal You, Home) & Ben Winkler (Delicious, Every You Every Me) to compose the music for the upcoming German/Dutch limited series Etty (aka The Girl Who Learned How to Kneel). The show is written and directed by Hagai Levi (The Affair, Scenes from a Marriage) and stars Julia Windischbauer, Sebastian Koch, Leopold Witte, Gijs Naber, Claire Bender and Evgenia Dodina. The 6-part drama tells the true story of Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, from 1941 until her death in Auschwitz in 1943, and chronicles her spiritual awakening. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wednesday’ Season 2 – Vol. 2 Score Album Details
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chris Bacon, Netfllix, score, Soundtrack, Wednesday
The full details of the second score album for the Netflix original series Wednesday have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the final four episodes of Season 2 composed by Chris Bacon (Heretic, Source Code, Bates Motel, M3GAN 2.0, Men in Black: International, Gnomeo & Juliet). The Volume 2 soundtrack will be released digitally this Wednesday, September 3 by Milan Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. The label has previously released the first volume last month and will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the covers from Season 2 on Wednesday. Danny Elfman’s & Bacon’s score from Season 1 was released in 2023 by Lakeshore Records. Wednesday is developed by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and stars Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Luis Guzman, Isaac Ordonez, Joy Sunday and Hunter Doohan. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Alien: Earth’ Episode ‘In Space, No One…’ to Be Released
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alien: Earth, FX, Hulu, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX original series Alien: Earth. The album features the original music from the fifth episode of the show (entitled In Space, No One…) composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, Legion, Ripley, Untamed, For All Mankind, The Night Of, Zero Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring selections of Russo’s score from the full season, as well as a digital single of the composer’s cover of Cream’s Strange Brew. Alien: Earth is created by Noah Hawley and stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, Adrian Edmondson and Lily Newmark. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Black Sunday’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Sunday, John Frankenheimer, John Williams, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1977 action thriller Black Sunday directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Bekim Fehmiu and Fritz Weaver. The album features the newly remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List). The CD is limited to 3,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Film Score Monthly has previously released the premiere soundtrack release for the movie back in 2010, while Mondo has released a vinyl edition in 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
