Milan Records has released the first two tracks from the soundtrack for the Netflix original anime series exception. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the opening music and the track Oxygen written by the show’s composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Femme Fatale). Also listen to both tracks after the jump. exception is written by Hirotaka Adachi, directed by Yuzo Sato and follows the members of a scouting team who are sent to search for a planet suitable for terraforming after humanity is forced to move its population to another galaxy. Read the rest of this entry »
First Tracks from Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘exception’ Score Released
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: exception, Netflix, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Soundtrack Album for Koji Fukada’s ‘Love Life’ Released
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Koji Fukada, Love Life, Olivier Goinard, score, Soundtrack
Love Theme Music has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese/French drama Love Life. The album features the film’s original score composed by Olivier Goinard. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Love Life is written and directed by Koji Fukada and stars Hirona Yamazaki, Misuzu Kanno and Tomorowo Taguchi. The movie follows a woman living a peaceful existence with her husband and young son, when a tragic accident brings the boy’s long-lost father back into her life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Goldsmith at 20th’ Vol. V Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Girl Named Sooner, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Anna and the King, Jerry Goldsmith, Nick Quarry, Only in America, Prudence and the Chief, Room 222
La-La Land Records has announced the fifth volume in the label’s Goldsmith at 20th series. The album features television music composed by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Total Recall, Patton) for 20th Century Fox. Among the titles making their world premiere release on the 2-CD set are the TV pilots Only in America and Prudence and the Chief. Also featured are expanded presentation of Goldsmith’s music from the TV show Anna and the King and the TV movie A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Other titles included on the album are Nick Quarry, Room 222 and A Girl Named Sooner. Read the rest of this entry »
Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’ Trailer Features Original Music by Justin Hurwitz
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babylon, Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz
Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Damien Chazelle’s upcoming epic Babylon. The trailer features the original music track Voodoo Mama written by the film’s Academy Award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz (La La Land, Whiplash, First Man). Check out the full trailer after the jump and check back on this page for updates on the release of music from the movie. Babylon is written and directed by Chazelle and stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Jean Smart, Li Jun Li, Lukas Haas, P.J. Byrne, Olivia Hamilton, Tobey Maguire, Rory Scovel, Max Minghella, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Eric Roberts, Jeff Garlin, Ethan Suplee, Samara Weaving and Olivia Wilde. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mark Isham – Music for Film’ Album Announced
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Isham, World Soundtrack Awards
Film Fest Gent has announced the new album Mark Isham – Music for Film. The album features music by the guest of honor of this year’s World Soundtrack Awards, including studio recordings of concert suites from the composer’s scores for A River Runs Through It (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), 42, American Crime, The Black Dahlia, Eight Below and this year’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, selections from Isham’s music from Judas and the Black Messiah and The Moderns & more. All music on this album is performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 5 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cobra Kai, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the latest soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Cobra Kai. The album features the original music from the show’s fifth season composed by Leo Birenberg (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, PEN15, Son of Zorn) & Zach Robinson (Good Sam, F*&% the Prom, Impractical Jokers: The Movie). The 2-CD set, which includes thirteen bonus tracks exclusive to the CD version, will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Madison Gate Records will release a digital version this Friday, September 16. Click here to stream/download the digital Vol. 1 album and click here for the Vol. 2 soundtrack. La-La Land & Madison Gate Records have previously released multiple soundtracks featuring the composers’ music from Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 & Season 4. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryuichi Sakamoto Scoring Netflix’s ‘exception’
Posted: September 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: exception, Netflix, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Netflix has announced that Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, The Revenant, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Little Buddha, Snake Eyes) is contributing the original music to the streamer’s upcoming sci-fi horror anime series exception. The show is based on a story by Hirotaka Adachi and features the voices of Nolan North, Robbie Daymond, Ali Hillis, Eugene Byrd and Nadine Nicole in the English language version and Chikahiro Kobayashi, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuko Kaida, Takanori Hoshino and Atsumi Tanezaki in the Japanese version. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Woman King’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gina Prince-Bythewood, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard, The Woman King
The full details of the soundtrack album for the historical epic The Woman King have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Harriet, Red Tails, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Inside Man), as well as vocal contributions from South African producer, composer & singer Lebo M and Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves. Also included is the original song Keep Rising by Jessy Wilson feat. Angélique Kidjo (already out now as a digital single). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 16 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order here. The Woman King is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and John Boyega. Read the rest of this entry »
Details Announced for Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Album
Posted: September 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, John Musker, Ron Clements, Tim Rice
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1992 animated classic Aladdin directed by John Musker & Ron Clements and starring Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried & Douglas Seale. The Legacy Collection release coincides with the movie’s 30th anniversary and features the original songs from the film written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast) & Tim Rice (The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar), the remastered original score by Menken, as well as outtakes and alternate tracks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Halloween Ends’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, David Gordon Green, Halloween Ends, John Carpenter, score, Soundtrack
Sacred Bones Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror sequel Halloween Ends. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies who previously co-scored the 2018 Halloween film and last year’s sequel Halloween Kills. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 14, 2022 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (The Procession) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Physical versions will be coming out on January 20, 2023 (click here to order the CD and vinyl editions). Halloween Ends is co-written and directed by David Gordon Green and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell, Will Patton and Kyle Richards. The movie follows Laurie Strode as she faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers. Read the rest of this entry »