Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) has announced that Stephen Barton (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Titanfall, Apex Legends, 12 Monkeys, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Watch Dogs: Legion) is set to score the upcoming film adaptation of the video game series Gran Turismo. The racing movie starring David Harbour, Archie Madekwe & Orlando Bloom is based on a true story and follows a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race-car driver. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 18, 2022)
Posted: September 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Jones, Andor, Austin Wintory, Disney Plus, Meet Cute, Netflix, Nicholas Britell, PBS, Peacock, Stephen Lukach, Super/Natural, Susie Seiter, Thai Cave Rescue, The U.S. and the Holocaust
Premiering tonight is the PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein about the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism in the United States. In a Circle Records will release a soundtrack album featuring original music created for the film by artists including Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Dan Brantigan, Jason Moran, Michael Nicholas, Dana Lyn, Dave Nelson & others this coming Friday, September 23. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 21, is Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Andor created by Tony Gilroy and starring Diego Luna, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough and Fiona Shaw. The show’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, Cruella, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Don’t Look Up, The Underground Railroad). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series and check back on this page for updates on the release of music from the show, which will be available to stream on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Pierre Charles Scoring CBS’ ‘East New York’
Posted: September 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, East New York, Pierre Charles
Pierre Charles (Inventing Anna, White Coat Rebels) is scoring the new CBS drama East New York. The show is created by William Finkelstein (NYPD Blue, The Good Fight) & Mike Flynn and stars Amanda Warren, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Kevin Rankin, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Olivia Luccardi and Lavel Schley. The series revolves around a newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn, as she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods. Read the rest of this entry »
Lang Lang’s ‘The Disney Book’ Album Released
Posted: September 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lang Lang
Deutsche Grammophon has released The Disney Book, a new album featuring classic Disney songs reimagined by Grammy Award-nominated pianist Lang Lang. Among the titles included are songs from Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, The Lion King, Mary Poppins and Aladdin. Lang’s collaborators featured on the release include Andrea Bocelli who performs the Italian version of Phil Collins’ You’ll Be in My Heart from Tarzan, Sebastián Yatra who performs the Lin Manuel-Miranda-penned Dos Oruguitas from Encanto and Jon Batiste who performs his song It’s All Right from Pixar’s Soul. The Disney Book is now available in two different version: the 14-track regular edition and a 28-track deluxe edition. Visit Amazon to order the 2-CD/LP deluxe edition and check out the music video for several of the tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 16, 2022)
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Jazzman's Blues, Aaron Zigman, Blonde, Confess Fletch, Daniel Pemberton, David Arnold, Lou, Moonage Daydream, Nick Cave, Nima Fakhrara, Pearl, See How They Run, Terence Blanchard, The Woman King, Timothy Williams, Tyler Bates, Warren Ellis
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the historical drama The Woman King directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, Lashana Lynch and John Boyega. The film’s original music is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Perry Mason). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as an original song by Jessy Wilson feat. Angélique Kidjo today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the murder mystery comedy See How They Run directed by Tom George and starring Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson and Shirley Henderson. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Trial of the Chicago 7) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The album features the songs from the show’s third season performed by cast members Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Adrian Lyles, Dara Reneé, Frankie Rodriguez, Joe Serafini & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. A CD version is available to order on Amazon. The label has previously released full albums featuring the songs from Season 1 & Season 2 and 2020’s holiday special, as well as numerous digital singles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Doctor Who’ Season 13 (‘Flux’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Doctor Who, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a new soundtrack album for BBC series Doctor Who. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s thirteenth season (entitled Flux) composed by Segun Akinola (The Last Tree, Stephen, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2022 (visit Amazon to stream/download the album). A 3-CD version, which also includes a bonus disc featuring Akinola’s music from the 2021 New Year’s Day special Revolution of the Daleks, will be coming out on November 11. The label has previously released Akinola’s score from Season 11 & Season 12, as well as multiple soundtrack albums featuring Murray Gold’s music from the first ten seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
World Soundtrack Awards Discovery of the Year and Public Choice Category Nominations Announced
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy have announced the second wave of nominees for the 2022 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Discovery of the Year, Public Choice Award, Best Original Score for a Belgian Production and Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October 22 at the Ghent International Film Festival. Also check our previous news article for the previously announced nominees. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Silent Twins’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Agnieszka Smoczynska, Marcin Macuk, score, Soundtrack, The Silent Twins, Zuzanna Wrońska
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Silent Twins. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcin Macuk & Zuzanna Wrońska. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Silent Twins is directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska and stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. The movie based on the book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace and tells the story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another and – as a result – created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Used to Be Famous’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David M. Saunders, Eddie Sternberg, Hannah Reid Dan Rothman, I Used to Be Famous, Netflix, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the British Netflix original film I Used to Be Famous. The album features the songs from the movie performed by lead actors Ed Skrein and Leo Long, including several original songs written by Hannah Reid & Dan Rothman of London Grammar. Also included are three tracks from the film’s original score composed by David M. Saunders (Gun Shy, NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. I Used to Be Famous is co-written and directed by Eddie Sternberg and also stars Eleanor Matsuura, Eoin Macken, Kurt Egyiawan, Neil Stuke and Rachael Ofori. Read the rest of this entry »
