Robert Ellis-Geiger (A Life in Six Chapters, My Voice, My Life Revisited, Havana Divas) will release a two-volume soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Raven’s Hollow. The Volume 1 album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon) this Thursday, September 22. A second volume, which includes Ellis-Geiger’s music in Dolby Atmos format and unreleased tracks that didn’t make it into the movie, will be coming out later this year. Raven’s Hollow is written and directed by Christopher Hatton and stars William Moseley, Melanie Zanetti, Kate Dickie, David Hayman, Oberon K. A. Adjepong and Callum Woodhouse. Read the rest of this entry »

David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough) has composed the original music for the new BBC/Netflix limited series Inside Man. The show is created and written by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, The Adventures of Tintin) and stars Stanley Tucci, David Tennant, Dolly Wells, Lydia West, Lyndsey Marshal, Atkins Estimond, Tilly Vosburgh, Mark Quarterly, Louis Oliver, Kate Dickie and Dylan Baker. The 4-part thriller follows the intertwining stories of a prisoner on death row in the U.S., a journalist on a train in England and a vicar in a quiet little village. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Poser’ Score Album Released

Posted: September 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has released a score album for the indie thriller Poser. The album features the film’s original score composed by Adam Robl and Shawn Sutta (Uncle JohnEast of Middle West). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Oscilloscope Laboratories has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Poser is directed by Noah Dixon & Ori Segev and stars Sylvie Mix and Bobbi Kitten. The movie follows a local indie music podcaster who finds herself spiraling down a path of dark obsession when she befriends a striking performer who coaxes her to find her voice. Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel James Chan (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Emergence) is the composer of the new NBC drama Quantum Leap. The show is based on the Don Bellisario-created late 80s/early 90s series of the same title and stars Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park and Nanrisa Lee. The sci-fi drama takes place nearly 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished and follows a team has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the British sci-fi thriller Deus. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Koutselinis (The Great Alaskan Race, Hostile Territory, Accident Man 2). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Deus is written and directed by Steve Stone and stars Claudia Black, David O’Hara, Phil Davis, Richard Blackwood and Lisa Eichhorn. The movie follows a group of astronauts who are sent to investigate when a mysterious black sphere is discovered in the orbit of Mars and discover the sphere is transmitting a single word in over four thousand languages: God. Read the rest of this entry »

Director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) has announced that Stephen Barton (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Titanfall, Apex Legends12 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 »

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 (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 Albums
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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 »

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 JobsThe 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 »