Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Mothering Sunday, Girls of the Sun, Tales of the Walking Dead, Grand Army) & David Klotz (The Prom) have teamed up to score the new Netflix limited series The Watcher. The show is created by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, American Crime Story) & Ian Brennan (Glee, The Politician) and stars Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni, Margo Martindale, Joe Mantello, Richard Kind, and Terry Kinney. The 7-part drama is based on the true story of the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey and follows a family who moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they’ve inherited a nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
Morgan Kibby & David Klotz Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Watcher’
Posted: September 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Klotz, Ian Brennan, Morgan Kibby, Netflix, Ryan Murphy, The Watcher
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‘The War Below’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anné Kulonen, J.P. Watts, score, Soundtrack, The War Below
Anné Kulonen (Paradise Highway) has released a soundtrack album for the British war drama The War Below. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The War Below is co-written and directed by J.P. Watts and stars Sam Hazeldine, Tom Goodman-Hill and Kris Hitchen. The movie takes place during World War I and follows a group of British miners who are recruited to tunnel underneath no man’s land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the stalemate of the Battle of Messines. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Bates Scoring Dean Craig’s ‘The Estate’
Posted: September 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dean Craig, The Estate, Will Bates
Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Magicians, The Path, Away, I Origins, The Looming Tower) has composed the original music for the upcoming British comedy The Estate. The film is written and directed by Dean Craig (Love Wedding Repeat, Death at a Funeral) and stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Kathleen Turner, Rosemarie DeWitt and Ron Livingston. The movie follows two sisters who plot to win the inheritance of their cantankerous, terminally ill aunt, but find other relatives have equally devious designs on the family fortune. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little Man Tom’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fabienne Berthaud, Little Man Tom, Rover, score, Soundtrack, Tom
La Roche and Roll Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian drama Little Man Tom (Tom). The album features the film’s original music composed by Rover. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Little Man Tom is co-written and directed by Fabienne Berthaud and stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Félix Maritaud and Tanguy Mercier. The movie is based on Barbara Constantine’s 2017 novel and tells the story of 11-year-old boy who lives in a mobile home on the edge of the woods with his mother and whose life gets interrupted when a young man fresh out of prison breaks into their home. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 25, 2022)
Posted: September 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Amazon, Brian Chan, Caleb Chan, Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Hocus Pocus 2, Hulu, Jamie Christopherson, John Debney, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Netflix, Oleksa Lozowchuk, Panhandle, Reasonable Doubt, Ryland Blackinton, Spectrum, The Munsters, Under Wraps 2, Zeuss
Premiering today is the Disney Channel original movie Under Wraps 2 directed by Alex Zamm and starring Malachi Barton, Christian J Simon and Sophia Hammons. The film’s original score is composed by Jamie Christopherson (American Wrestler: The Wizard, A California Christmas, Bennett’s War, Running Wild, The Ride) & Oleksa Lozowchuk (Horizon Forbidden West, Dead Rising series) who previously co-scored last year’s first installment. Walt Disney Records has released an original song written by Zamm, Alex Geringas & Michael Goode earlier this week. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the sequel.
Premiering tomorrow, September 26, is the Spectrum original series Panhandle created by Nicholas Stoller & Carla Kettner and starring Luke Kirby and Tiana Okoye. Brian Chan & Caleb Chan (50 States of Fright, Pinecone & Pony) are composing the show’s original music. The dramedy, which follows an eccentric, agoraphobic arm-chair detective and a reluctant traffic cop as they wrestle with personal demons, is premiering exclusively on Spectrum before making its debut on The Roku Channel next year. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song from Disney Channel’s ‘Under Wraps 2’ Released
Posted: September 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Geringas, Alex Zamm, Disney Channel, Michael Goode, Under Wraps 2
Walt Disney Records has released the original song My Kind of Monster from the Disney Channel original movie Under Wraps 2. The track written by the film’s director Alex Zamm, Alex Geringas & Michael Goode and performed by cast members Malachi Barton, Christian J Simon & Sophia Hammons is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video below. Under Wraps 2 also stars Claude Knowlton, Antonio Cayonne & Adam Wylie and picks up as Marshall, Gilbert & Amy are getting ready to attend Amy’s father’s Halloween-themed wedding to his fiancé. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Athena’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Athena, Gener8ion, Netflix, Romain Gavras, score, Soundtrack, Surkin
Virgin Music has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original film Athena. The album features the music from the movie composed by Gener8ion (led by French electronic music producer/DJ Surkin). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Athena is co-written and directed by Romain Gavras and stars Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek and Alexis Manenti. The dramatic thriller centers on the tragic killing of a young boy that ignites an all-out war in the community of Athena, with the victim’s older brothers at the heart of the conflict. Read the rest of this entry »
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Scoring Hulu’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’
Posted: September 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Hulu, Reasonable Doubt
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Boogie, Run This Town, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) are the composers of the new Hulu original series Reasonable Doubt. The show is created by Raamla Mohamed and stars Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Ealy, Sean Patrick Thomas, Angela Grovey, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo and Brooke Lyons. The project, which marks Onyx Collective’s first scripted drama, centers on the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 23, 2022)
Posted: September 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arhynn Descy, Blank, Carlo Siliotto, Carter Burwell, Catherine Called Birdy, Craig DeLeon, Cuando Sea Joven, Daniel Wohl, Dave Palmer, Don't Worry Darling, Edward Farmer, Giorgio Giampà, John Powell, Marcus Miller, Martin Phipps, On the Come Up, Railway Children, Sidney, The Enforcer, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Swearing Jar, Timothy Williams
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Wilde herself, and KiKi Layne. The film’s original score is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last week (click here for the full album details) and a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (including an original track written by Styles) today (click here for more information).
Opening in around 900 U.S. theaters today is the British family adventure drama Railway Children directed by Morgan Matthews and starring Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay, John Bradley, Beau Gadsdon and K.J. Aikens. Edward Farmer (Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Crown, DNA Family Secrets,) and Martin Phipps (The Crown, The Aftermath, Woman in Gold) have composed the film’s original music. MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score earlier this year when the movie opened overseas (under the title The Railway Children Return). Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blue Fox Entertainment release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Enforcer’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Giorgio Giampà, Richard Hughes, score, Soundtrack, The Enforcer
Millennium Media has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Enforcer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Giorgio Giampà (Time Share, Christian, Drive Me Home, We Are the Thousand). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Enforcer is directed by Richard Hughes and stars Antonio Banderas, Kate Bosworth, Mojean Aria, Alexis Ren, Zolee Griggs, Natalie Burn and 2 Chainz. The movie revolves around Miami’s top mob enforcer who must decide where his loyalties lie when his bossputs a young runaway’s life in danger. Read the rest of this entry »
