Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original preschool series Slumberkins. The album features original songs from the show’s first season written by Emmy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson (who serves as the project’s executive music producer). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Michaelson’s theme song (Wonder of Slumberkins) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Slumberkins is created for television by Alex Rockwell and features the voices of Brayden Morgan, Olive Baity, Miles Flack, Araceli Prasarttongosoth, Yonas Kibreab, Jennifer Hale (as the narrator), as well as Jason Ritter, Pamela Adlon, Adelynn Spoon, Yvette Nicole Brown and Josh Banday. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Slumberkins’ to Be Released
Posted: October 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Ingrid Michaelson, Slumberkins, Soundtrack
‘The Hummingbird’ (‘Il Colibrì’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Battista Lena, Francesca Archibugi, Il Colibrì, score, Soundtrack, The Hummingbird
Radiofandango has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama The Hummingbird (Il Colibrì). The album features the film’s original music composed by Battista Lena (The Day of the Beast, Hardboiled Egg, An Italian Name, Vivere). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The Hummingbird is co-written and directed by Francesca Archibugi and stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Kasia Smutniak, Bérénice Bejo, Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Benedetta Porcaroli, Sergio Albelli and Massimo Ceccherini. The movie is based on the novel by Sandro Veronesi and depicts the strange, wondrous life of Marco Carrera from childhood through adulthood to his final years. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Ewing Scoring Chuck Russell’s ‘Paradise City’
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chuck Russell, Paradise City, Sam Ewing
Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, Last Seen Alive, The Shed, Victor Crawley) has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller Paradise City. The film is directed by Chuck Russell (Eraser, The Scorpion King, The Mask) and stars John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Blake Jenner, Praya Lundberg and Stephen Dorff. The movie revolves around bounty hunter who is presumed dead after disappearing in Maui waters, and follows his son, his ex-partner, and a local detective as they set out to find his killers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Water: Abyss’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Traucki, Black Water: Abyss, Michael Lira, score, Soundtrack
Score Gore has released a soundtrack album for the Australian survival thriller Black Water: Abyss. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Lira (The Hunter, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Interceptor, Growing Up Smith, Nekrotronic). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Black Water: Abyss is directed by Andrew Traucki and stars Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Benjamin Hoetjes and Anthony J. Sharpe. The movie is set deep in the forests of Australia and follows a group of friends as they explore a remote cave system, when a tropical storm hits and a rising flood waters traps them deep below the surface. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Brian Helgeland’s ‘Finestkind’
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Helgeland, Carter Burwell, Finestkind, Paramount+
Composer Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, True Grit,Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight) is reuniting with writer/director Brian Helgeland (42, Payback) on the upcoming crime thriller Finestkind. The film starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega takes place in New Bedford, Mass., and follows two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks who are reunited as adults over one fateful summer and are forced to strike a deal with a dangerous Boston crime syndicate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Collide’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Collide, Mukunda Michael Dewil, Sacha Chaban, score, Soundtrack
Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Collide. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sacha Chaban (Darkness Falls, Redemption Day, The Vanished, Aftermath, Breaking & Entering, Collision). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Collide is co-written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil and stars Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Drea de Matteo and Aisha Dee. The movie chronicles three couples whose paths cross over the course of one fateful evening inside an LA restaurant. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron & Bryce Dessner to Compose Music for Nicole Riegel’s ‘Dandelion’
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Dandelion, Nicole Riegel
Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, C’mon C’mon, Transpecos) & Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Irresistible, The Kitchen) (of The National) have been hired to compose the original music and score for the upcoming romantic drama Dandelion. The film is directed by Nicole Riegel (Holler) and stars KiKi Layne as a struggling but determined Cincinnati singer-songwriter who reluctantly takes a last-ditch-effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota, where she meets a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belle et Sébastien: Nouvelle Génération, David Menke, Pierre Coré, score, Soundtrack
Radar Films & Gaumont have released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation (Belle et Sébastien, Nouvelle Génération). The album features the film’s original music composed by David Menke (Stung, The Last Days of American Crime, Skylines, Above the Sky). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation is directed by Pierre Coré and stars Michèle Laroque, Robinson Mensah-Rouanet, Alice David, Caroline Anglade and Syrus Shahidi. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant’ Released
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Shridhar Solanki, Sidh Solanki, Soundtrack, Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s cooking series Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant. The album features the songs from the Waffles + Mochi spinoff composed by Shridhar Solanki & Sidh Solanki, as well as a track written by Garry & Aylene Rhiger Gripp. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant is created by Erika Thormahlen & Jeremy Konner and follows food-loving friends Waffles and Mochi as they take their cooking skills on new adventures and are joined by famous chefs, friends and neighbors, including former first lady Michelle Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Le pharaon le sauvage et la princesse, Michel Ocelot, Pascal Le Pennec, score, Soundtrack, The Black Pharaoh the Savage and the Princess
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (Le pharaon, le sauvage et la princesse). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Le Pennec (The Painting, Peekaboo, Louise by the Shore) and performed by the Orchestre National de Bretagne. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess is written and directed by Michel Ocelot and tells three different stories, including tales of a young king in Ancient Egypt who becomes the first black pharaoh to deserve the hand of his loved one, a mysterious wild boy who steals from the rich to give to the poor during the French Middle Ages and a prince of pastries and a princess of roses who escape the palace to live their love in 18th century Turkey. Read the rest of this entry »