La-La Land Records has announced a reissue of the restored and remastered soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore and Dee Wallace. The album release, which coincides with the movie’s 40th Anniversary and the theatrical re-release in select IMAX theaters this coming weekend, features the original music from the Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment production composed by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) and includes the same content as the label’s 35th Anniversary Edition from 2017. Visit the label’s official website for more information and to order the 2-CD set, which is limited to 5,000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ 40th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
Nicholas Britell Scoring Maria Schrader’s ‘She Said’
Posted: August 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Maria Schrader, Nicholas Britell, She Said
Nicholas Britell (Succession, Don’t Look Up, Cruella, Battle of the Sexes) is scoring the upcoming biographical drama She Said. The film is directed by Maria Schrader (Unorthodox) and stars Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton and Adam Shapiro. The movie tells the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke the story that helped launch the #Metoo movement and altered American culture forever. Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida, Disobedience) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Neighbor Adolf’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Leon Prudovsky, Lukasz Targosz, My Neighbor Adolf, score, Soundtrack
Lukasz Targosz (My Name Is Sara, Moomins and the Winter Wonderland, All My Friends Are Dead, The Coldest Game, The Thaw) has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama My Neighbor Adolf. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. My Neighbor Adolf is co-written and directed by Leon Prudovsky and stars David Hayman, Udo Kier, Olivia Silhavy and Kineret Peled. The movie is set in Colombia in 1960, just after Israel’s abduction of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, and follows a lonely Holocaust survivor who begins to suspect a mysterious old German man who moved in next door is actually Adolf Hitler. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Stephen Williams’ ‘Chevalier’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chevalier, Kris Bowers, Stephen Williams
Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, King Richard, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Inventing Anna, Mrs. America, Dear White People) has composed the original score the upcoming historical drama Chevalier. The film is directed by Stephen Williams (Watchmen, True Story) and stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton and Minnie Driver. The movie tells the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner who rose to heights in the 18th century French society. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Waterman’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isaac Halasima, score, Soundtrack, Timothy Stuart Jones, Waterman
Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Waterman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Stuart Jones (Chuck, Beast of Burden, Human Target, Office Uprising, Survive the Game, Hide and Seek, Backtrace). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Waterman is directed by Isaac Halasima and centers on five-time Olympic medalist and Native Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku who shattered records and brought surfing to the world while overcoming a lifetime of personal challenges. Read the rest of this entry »
Este Haim & Amanda Yamate Scoring Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s Netflix Film ‘Do Revenge’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Yamate, Do Revenge, Este Haim, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Netflix
Este Haim (of HAIM) has teamed up with Amanda Yamate to score the upcoming Netflix original film Do Revenge. The movie is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great, Sweet/Vicious) and stars Camila Mendes, Austin Abrams, Maya Hawke, Ava Capri, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Maia Reficco, Jonathan Daviss, Paris Berelc, Alisha Boe and Sophie Turner. The comedy revolves around a dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school who strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to exact revenge on each other’s enemies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inu-Oh’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Masaaki Yuasa, Otomo Yoshihide, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has announced the domestic release of the soundtrack album for the Japanese animated rock opera Inu-Oh. The album features the film’s original music composed by Otomo Yoshihide (Ama-chan, Journey to the Shore), including both the score and the vocal tracks performed by voice cast members Avu-chan (of Queen Bee) and Mirai Moriyama. The soundtrack, which was released in several other markets this past May, is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also available separately as a digital single is the original song Inu-Hime performed by the Japanese band Queen Bee. Click here to stream/download the track and also watch the official music video below. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Disney+ UK’s & Hulu’s ‘Wedding Season’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Disney Plus, Hulu, Wedding Season
Dan Deacon (Hustle, Ascension, Strawberry Mansion, Twixt, Rat Film, All Light, Everywhere) has composed the original music for Disney+’s first UK original series Wedding Season. The show is created by Oliver Lyttelton (Cheaters) and stars Rosa Salazar, Gavin Drea, Jade Harrison, Callie Cooke, Jamie Michie, Bhav Joshi, Ioanna Kimbrook and Omar Baroud. The 8-part romantic comedy/action thriller follows a man and a woman who fall for each other at a wedding and begin an affair, despite one of them already having a fiancé. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Reteam with David Yates on Netflix’s ‘Pain Hustlers’
Posted: August 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Yates, James Newton Howard, Pain Hustlers
Composer James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Signs) is set to reteam with director David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Legend of Tarzan) on the upcoming Netflix original film Pain Hustlers. The crime comedy starring Emily Blunt & Chris Evans follows a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter who lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in Central Florida, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy. Read the rest of this entry »
Dara Taylor Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Scoob! Holiday Haunt’
Posted: August 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dara Taylor, HBO Max, Scoob!, Scoob! Holiday Haunt, Tony Cervone
Writer/director/producer Tony Cervone has revealed that scoring sessions for the animated feature Scoob! Holiday Haunt have been taking place this weekend at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA, following the cancelation of the movie earlier this week by Warner Bros. Discovery. Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Little Ellen, Echo Boomers) is scoring the film directed by Bill Haller & Michael Kurinsky and starring Frank Welker, Iain Armitage, Ariana Greenblatt, Pierce Gagnon and Mckenna Grace. Read the rest of this entry »
