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 »
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
‘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 »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring Netflix’s ‘House of Guinness’
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: House of Guinness, Ilan Eshkeri, Netflix, Steven Knight
Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Kick-Ass) has recently scored the upcoming British Netflix original series House of Guinness. The show is created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Eastern Promises) and stars Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Jack Gleeson, Fionn O’Shea, Niamh McCormack, Danielle Galligan, Ann Skelly, Michael McElhatton and Seamus O’Hara. The period drama is set in 19th-century Dublin and New York and explores a story inspired by the Guinness Family, beginning immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Island’ 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Bay, score, Soundtrack, Steve Jablonsky, The Island
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2005 sci-fi action adventure The Island directed by Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi and Michael Clarke Duncan. The 20th Anniversary Edition album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game, Desperate Housewives, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor, DC League of Super-Pets, Skyscraper, Red Notice), including previously unreleased music, as well as numerous alternate tracks. The 2-CD set is limited to 3,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Blair Mowat Scoring BBC’s ‘The Guest’
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Blair Mowat, Matthew Barry, The Guest
Blair Mowat (Nolly, Class, McDonald & Dodds, Doctor Jekyll, Black Dog, Electric Man, After the Flood) has composed the original music for the new BBC drama The Guest. The show is created by Matthew Barry and stars Eve Myles, Gabrielle Creevy, Sion Daniel Young, Bethan Mary-James, Emun Elliott, Julian Lewis Jones, Clive Russell, Joseph Ollman and Catherine Ayers. The 4-part thriller follows a cleaner who gets hired by mysterious businesswoman and whose life is changed forever when they form an unlikely friendship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thunderball’ 60th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: James Bond, John Barry, score, Soundtrack, Terence Young, Thunderball
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Rik Van Nutter, Luciana Paluzzi and Guy Doleman. The 60th Anniversary Edition album features the remastered and expanded original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger, Somewhere in Time, Body Heat, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), including previously unreleased music. Also included is Tom Jones’ title song written by Barry and lyricist Don Black, as well as the song Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang written by by Barry and lyricist Leslie Bricusse in two different versions performed by Dionne Warwick and Shirley Bassey. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 5,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
