The experimental pop band Animal Collective is making its feature narrative film scoring debut on the upcoming drama The Inspection. The film is written and directed by Elegance Bratton and stars Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Bokeem Woodbine, Aaron Dominguez and Gabrielle Union. The movie follows a man who joins the Marine Corps after being thrown out of his mother’s home at 16 for being gay and living for years in housing precarity. Read the rest of this entry »
Animal Collective Scoring Elegance Bratton’s ‘The Inspection’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animal Collective, Elegance Bratton, The Inspection
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‘Parot’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Paramount+, Parot, score, Soundtrack, Vanessa Garde
Sello Discográfico RTVE has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Parot. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Vanessa Garde (What Lucia Saw, Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?, A Normal World, If I Were a Rich Man). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples and listen to audio samples. Parot is created by Alonso Laporta, Luis Murillo Arias & Luis Murillo Moreno and stars Adriana Ugarte, Blanca Portillo and Iván Massagué. The thriller follows a police inspector who investigates a series of murders, all linked to the Parot doctrine that reduced the maximum terms of imprisonment for persons convicted of serious crimes. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) Scoring Gunnar Vikene’s ‘War Sailor’
Posted: August 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gunnar Vikene, Hauschka, Krigsseileren, Volker Bertelmann, War Sailor
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, Your Honor) has recently scored the upcoming Norwegian war drama War Sailor (Krigsseileren). The film is written and directed by Gunnar Vikene (Falling Sky, Vegas, Trigger) and stars Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen and Ine Marie Wilmann. The movie follows two lifelong friends who are working on a merchant ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out and turns them into refugees at sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 21, 2022)
Posted: August 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Allyson Newman, Amazon, Anne, Ceiri Torjussen, Delhi Crime, Heather McIntosh, House of the Dragon, Hulu, Jed Kurzel, Kevin Kiner, Lost Ollie, Mike, Netflix, Partner Track, Peter Nashel, Ramin Djawadi, Samaritan, Samuel Sim, Scot Stafford
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series House of the Dragon created by George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal and starring Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best and Rhys Ifans. The show’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Westworld, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted). WaterTower Music has released a first track from the composer’s score this past Thursday. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the fantasy drama, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, August 22, is the British miniseries Anne written by Kevin Sampson and starring Maxine Peake, Stephen Walters, Lily Shepherd, Steve Williams, Bobby Schofield and Clare Calbraith. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Domina, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK earlier this on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on Acorn TV. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fisherman’s Friends: One and All’ Score Album Released
Posted: August 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fisherman's Friends: One and All, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft, Rupert Christie, score, Soundtrack
Universal Music’s Globe has released a score album for the British comedy sequel Fisherman’s Friends: One and All. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rupert Christie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Universal Music has previously released Christie’s score from the 2019 original film. Fisherman’s Friends: One and All is is directed by Nick Moorcroft & Meg Leonard and stars James Purefoy, Dave Johns, Maggie Steed, Sam Swainsbury, David Hayman Richard Harrington, Ramon Tikaram, Jade Anouka, Joshua Mcguire and Imelda May. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Love My Dad’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: I Love My Dad, James Morosini, Jeremy Bullock, score, Soundtrack
Saltwater Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy I Love My Dad. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeremy W. Bullock (7 Days Out, Chasing the Blues, Bombshell: TheHedy Lamarr Story). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. I Love My Dad is written and directed by James Morosini and stars Patton Oswalt, Morosini himself, Claudia Sulewski, Lil Rel Howery, Ricky Velez, Amy Landecker and Rachel Dratch. The movie follows an estranged father who impersonates a waitress online in a desperate attempt to reconnect with his son, inadvertently catfishing him in the process as he begins to fall for this imaginary girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2022)
Posted: August 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beast, Brett Detar, David Braid, Delia's Gone, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Jeff Cardoni, Katya Mihailova, Me Time, Naoki Sato, Orphan: First Kill, Pino Donaggio, Salliana Seven Campbell, Spin Me Round, Steve London, Steven Price, The Immaculate Room, The Legend of Molly Johnson, The Territory
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the survival thriller Beast directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Leah Sava Jeffries and Iyana Halley. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, Baby Driver, Suicide Squad, Fury). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by Sona Jobarteh last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the anime feature Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero directed by Tetsuro Kodama and produced by Toei Animation. Naoki Sato (Space Battleship Yamato, Pretty Cure, Blood-Z, Sword of the Stranger) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score was released earlier this year when the movie opened in Japan. Click here to stream/download the digital version and visit Amazon to order the CD version as an import. The film is being distributed in the U.S. by Crunchyroll. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Comeback Trail’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aldo Shllaku, George Gallo, score, Soundtrack, The Comeback Trail
Node Records has announced a soundtrack album for the crime comedy The Comeback Trail. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aldo Shllaku (The Doorman, Downrange, The Hill Where Lionesses Roar, The Poison Rose, Vanquish, Triumph). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Comeback Trail is co-written and directed by George Gallo and stars Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Eddie Griffin and Kate Katzman. The movie follows two movie producers who owe money to the mob as they set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Russo, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery
The full details of the latest soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Discovery have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s fourth season composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, Star Trek: Picard, The Umbrella Academy, Lucy in the Sky). Also included is Annabelle Wallis’ rendition of the Harold Arlen- & Ted Koehler-penned song Stormy Weather. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 26 by Lakeshore Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released multiple albums featuring Russo’s score from Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s & Star+’s ‘Santa Evita’ Released
Posted: August 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Federico Jusid, Hulu, Santa Evita, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Star+/Hulu limited series Santa Evita. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Watership Down, Kidnap, The Head, Loving Pablo, Life Itself) . Also included are tracks performed by Gustavo Pomeranec, Mariano Statello and Ute Lemper. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Santa Evita is developed by Marcela Guerty & Pamela Rementaria based on Tomás Eloy Martínez’s book of the same name and stars Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Francesc Orella, Diego Velázquez and Darío Grandinetti. Read the rest of this entry »
