Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy thriller Vengeance. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award-winning songwriter Finneas O’Connell (aka FINNEAS) (No Time to Die, The Fallout). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, July 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Vengeance is written and directed by B.J. Novak (in his feature directorial debut) and stars himself, alongside Boyd Holbrook, Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, J. Smith-Cameron, Lio Tipton and Dove Cameron. The Blumhouse production follows a journalist and podcaster who travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vengeance’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: B.J. Novak, Finneas, Finneas O'Connell, score, Soundtrack, Vengeance
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 24, 2022)
Posted: July 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Amber Brown, Apple TV +, Ben Zeadman, Bobby Krlic, Daniel Markovich, Disney Plus, Federico Jusid, Gabriel Mann, HBO Max, Hulu, James Newton Howard, Joseph Bishara, Light and Magic, Netflix, Nicholas Pike, Not Okay, Ólafur Arnalds, Paper Girls, Paramount+, Pierre-Philippe Côté, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Santa Evita, Surface, Uncoupled
Premiering on Tuesday, July 26, is the Argentine limited series Santa Evita developed by Marcela Guerty & Pamela Rementaria and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Francesc Orella, Diego Velázquez and Darío Grandinetti. The show’s original music is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Watership Down, Kidnap, The Head, Loving Pablo, Life Itself). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, July 27, is the Disney+ documentary series Light & Magic directed by Lawrence Kasdan, executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Justin Wilkes, Kathleen Kennedy & Michelle Rejwan about Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Fugitive, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense, Maleficent) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-parter will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Jaume Collet-Serra ‘Black Adam’
Posted: July 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Adam, Jaume Collet-Serra, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe (Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The LEGO Batman Movie) is composing the original music for the upcoming superhero movie Black Adam. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise, Non-Stop) and stars Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari and Bodhi Sabongui. The movie tells the story of the titular anti-hero who first appeared in DC Comics in the 1940s as a power-corrupt villain and slowly became an anti-hero by the 2000s, known for his disregard of rules and conventions. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 22, 2022)
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alone Together, Graham Reynolds, Matei Bratescot, Michael Abels, My Donkey My Lover & I, Nope
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the horror epic Nope written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea and Michael Wincott. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Allen v. Farrow, Bad Education, Nightbooks, See You Yesterday). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening in select U.S. theaters today is the French adventure comedy My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) written and directed by Caroline Vignal and starring Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe and Olivia Côte. Matei Bratescot (Les vetos) has composed the film’s original music. Chapka Films & La Filmerie have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the movie opened in France last year. Click here to stream/download the soundtrack. The film is being distributed in the U.S. by Greenwich Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Marvel’s ‘X-Men ’97’
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Marvel, The Newton Brothers, X-Men '97
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) are scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming animated series X-Men ’97. The show is a revival of Fox’s X-Men: The Animated Series, which premiered between 1992 and 1997, and stars original series voice cast members, including Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Alison Sealy-Smith, Chris Potter, Catherine Disher, Adrian Hough, and Christopher Britton. They are joined by new additions, including Jennifer Hale, Anniwaa Buachie, Ray Chase, Matthew Waterson, JP Karliak, Holly Chou, Jeff Bennett, and AJ LoCascio. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Good Neighbor’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enis Rotthoff, score, Soundtrack, Stephan Rick, The Good Neighbor
Scoring Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Good Neighbor. The album features the film’s original music composed by Enis Rotthoff (Guns Akimbo, Love, Sarah, The Sunlit Night, The Price, Wetlands). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. The Good Neighbor is directed by Stephan Rick and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Luke Kleintank, Eloise Smyth and Bruce Davidson. The movie centers on a starting friendship between two neighbors that takes a shocking turn when a woman is accidentally run over and left for dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring John Francis Daley’s & Jonathan Goldstein’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The Crown) has recently been scoring the upcoming action adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The film is directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Game Night, Vacation) and stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman and Hugh Grant. No plot details have been announced yet for the movie based on the role-playing game. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez, Peter Peter & Julian Winding to Compose Music for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Netflix Series ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Copenhagen Cowboy, Julian Winding, Netflix, Nicolas Winding Refn, Peter Peter
Netflix announced today that Cliff Martinez (Traffic, Contagion, Solaris, Game Night), Peter Peter (Antboy, Over the Edge) and Julian Winding are composing the original music for the upcoming Danish Netflix neo-noir series Copenhagen Cowboy. The show is created and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Angela Bundalovic, Lola Corfixen, Zlatko Buric, Andreas Lykke Jørgensen, Jason Hendil-Forssell, Dragana Milutinovic, Li Ii Zhang, Mikael Bertelsen and Mads Brügge. The 6-parter revolves around a young heroine who travels through Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Surface’ to Be Released
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Ólafur Arnalds, score, Soundtrack, Surface
Mercury KX will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Surface. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ólafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Defending Jacob, Moonhaven, Electric Dreams, Chasing the Present). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Video Tape) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Surface is created by Veronica West and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ari Graynor, François Arnaud and Millie Brady. The psychological thriller is set in high-end San Francisco and revolves around a woman suffering from extreme memory loss who embarks on a quest to put the pieces of her life back together. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Boyfriend for My Wife’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Boyfriend for My Wife, Alfred Tapscott, Laura Mañá, score, Soundtrack, Un Novio para Mi Mujer
Arcadia Motion Pictures & Athos Pictures have released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy A Boyfriend for My Wife (Un Novio para Mi Mujer). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, Superagente Makey, You Keep the Kids, The Wedding Unplanner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A Boyfriend for My Wife is co-written and directed by Laura Mañá and stars Belén Cuesta, Diego Martín, Joaquín Reyes, Hugo Silva, Eric Masip and Ángela Cervantes. The movie is a remake of the 2008 Argentine feature of the same title and follows a man who is trying to get rid of his lovely but insufferable wife by finding her a boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
