Composer Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, Summertime, The Midwife, The Innocent) is reuniting with director Arnaud Desplechin (Esther Khan, Jimmy P.) on the upcoming French romantic drama Two Pianos (Deux Pianos). The film starring François Civil, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling & Hippolyte Girardot follows a pianist who returns to France after a long exile and reunites with his mentor to prepare a concert, when he encounters a child who looks just like him. Desplechin also co-wrote the screenplay with Kamen Velkovsky. Read the rest of this entry »
Grégoire Hetzel Scoring Arnaud Desplechin’s ‘Two Pianos’
Posted: August 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Deux Pianos, Gregoire Hetzel, Two Pianos
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 24, 2025)
Posted: August 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, AMC, Andrea Balency-Béarn, BritBox, CJ Mirra, Clint Mansell, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story, Netflix, Playing Nice, Ruth Barrett, Terence Blanchard, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 26, is the British limited series Playing Nice developed by Grace Ofori-Attah based on JP Delaney’s bestselling novel and starring James Norton, Niamh Algar, Jessica Brown Findlay and James McArdle. The show’s original music is composed by Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Moon, The Fountain, Noah, The Wrestler, Peacemaker, Loving Vincent, Doom Patrol). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part psychological thriller, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 27, is the Prime Video original series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf created by Jack Carr & David DiGilio and starring Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, Luke Hemsworth, Tom Hopper, Dar Salim, Shiraz Tzarfati, Rona-Lee Shimon, Robert Wisdom and Jared Shaw. Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, The Decameron, The Old Guard 2, Victoria, Harry Brown, Collateral, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Sanditon) who previously scored the original The Terminal List series has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the prequel, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
Högni Egilsson Scoring BBC’s ‘King & Conqueror’
Posted: August 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Baltasar Kormakur, BBC, Högni Egilsson, King & Conqueror
Högni Egilsson (Touch, Under the Tree, Against the Current) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama King & Conqueror. The show is created by Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes, Pompeii) and stars James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emily Beecham, Eddie Marsan, Clémence Poésy, Juliet Stevenson, Clare Holman, Bo Bragason, Luther Ford and Indy Lewis. The 8-part historical drama tells the story of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, two allies who were destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown. Read the rest of this entry »
‘RoboDoc’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Griffiths, Eastwood Allen, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, score, Sean Schafer Hennessy, Soundtrack
Sean Schafer Hennessy (The Lazarus Papers, Pennywise: The Story of IT, The Trouble with the Truth, The Id) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary series RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first two tracks after the jump. RoboDoc is directed by Eastwood Allen & Christopher Griffiths and takes an in-depth look into the groundbreaking franchise. The 4-parter features new interviews with cast and crew, including RoboCop director Verhoeven, actors Peter Weller, Diane Robin, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Ray Wise & others. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 22, 2025)
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Carter Burwell, Dabney Morris, David Wingo, Dongji Rescue, Eden, Frederik Wiedmann, Hans Zimmer, Hollywood Grit, Honey Don't!, Isom Innis, Joe Stockton, Kenny Beats, Lurker, Nick Gomez, Primitive War, Relay, Splitsville, The Thursday Murder Club, Thomas Newman, Tom Schraeder, Tony Doogan, Trust, We're Not Safe Here
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Honey Don’t! co-written and directed by Ethan Coen and starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Charlie Day and Billy Eichner. The film’s original score is composed by Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, The Blind Side, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight, Anomalisa). Shadow of the City has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, original songs written by Jack Antonoff & Coen and other songs from the movie today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
Also opening wide is the thriller Relay directed by David Mackenzie and starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald. Tony Doogan (Starred Up, Outlaw Kings) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bush Tetras & Karen Marks, Kenneth James Gibson & Alison Cotton today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Songs from Solomon Gray’s ‘We’re Not Safe Here’ Released
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Solomon Gray, Tom Schraeder, We're Not Safe Here
Tom Schraeder (The Dark and the Wicked, Vicious, Hurt, Beast Mode) has released a digital single featuring the original songs from the supernatural horror thriller We’re Not Safe Here. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are Save Yourself (feat. Sarah Holtschlag) & Farewell written and performed by the composer who also serves as an executive producer on the film. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Schraeder’s & Joe Stockton’s original score from the movie has also been released today. We’re Not Safe Here is written and directed by Solomon Gray and stars Hayley McFarland, Caisey Cole and Sharmita Bhattacharya. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hollywood Grit’ Score Album Released
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hollywood Grit, Nick Gomez, Ryan Curtis, score, Soundtrack
The second soundtrack album for the noir thriller Hollywood Grit has been released. The album features the film’s original score composed by Nick Gomez. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme below. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the movie’s original songs written by Gomez, Jon Gus & Sarah Cardenas was released earlier this month. Hollywood Grit is co-written and directed by Ryan Curtis and stars Max Martini, Tyrese Gibson, Linda Purl, Caylee Cowan, Patrick Duffy, Linc Hand, Nikki Howard, David B. Meadows, Benito Martinez and Ysabela Espinosa. The movie follows a fallen detective who must confront his past demons to find his estranged daughter who mysteriously vanishes from a Hollywood jazz club. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring Netflix’s ‘Katrina: Come Hell and High Water’
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, Netflix, Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard
Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composer Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Inside Man, The Woman King,25th Hour, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails) has provided the original score for the new Netflix original documentary series Katrina: Come Hell and High Water. The show is directed by Geeta Gandbhir (Episode 1), Samantha Knowles (Episode 2) & Spike Lee (Episode 3) and centers on a group of Hurricane Katrina survivors as they reflect on the disastrous storm in 2005 that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities it exposed. The 3-parter features first-person accounts and never before seen archival footage that illustrate the magnitude of Katrina and the aftermath of the levees breaking and the bungled recovery. Read the rest of this entry »
Main Theme from Netflix’s ‘Long Story Short’ Released
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jesse Novak, Long Story Short, Netflix, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Netflix Music has released the main theme/opening titles track from the streamer’s original adult animated series Long Story Short. The track is written by the show’s composer Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project, Tuca & Bertie, The Baby-Sitters Club, Blockbuster) and is now available as a digital single (which also features a lo-fi version of the theme) to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both versions after the jump. Long Story Short is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and stars Ben Feldman, Angelique Cabral, Max Greenfield, Abbi Jacobson, Nicole Byer, Paul Reiser and Lisa Edelstein. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Yogurt Shop Murders’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Claudia Sarne, HBO, Margaret Brown, score, Soundtrack, The Yogurt Shop Murders
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Claudia Sarne (Shining Girls, The Book of Eli, Earthquake Bird, Triple 9, Broken City, Dispatches from Elsewhere). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. The Yogurt Shop Murders is directed by Margaret Brown and explores the tragic murder of four teenage girls at an “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt” Shop on December 6, 1991 in Austin, TX. The 4-parter features interviews with family members of the victims, investigators and suspects, as well as archival footage to reveal a crime scene ravaged by an overwhelmed police department, fire and water, and a terrified city. Read the rest of this entry »
