UGC Images & Les films du 24 have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Haute Couture (Haute Couture – La beauté du geste). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Lengagne (Overdrive, Fahim, Thank You for Calling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Haute Couture is co-written and directed by Sylvie Ohayon and stars Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri and Pascale Arbillo. The movie follows the head of the dressmaking studio at Christian Dior who gets her handbag stolen by a young woman and – instead of calling the police – enlists the petty thief as her dressmaking protégé. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Haute Couture’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haute Couture, Haute Couture - La beauté du geste, Pascal Lengagne, score, Soundtrack, Sylvie Ohayon
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James Newton Howard to Score Francis Lawrence’s ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Posted: July 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard (King Kong, Maleficent, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense, Signs) is set to score the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The movie, which serves as a prequel to The Hunger Games series, is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman Irene Boehm, Cooper Dillon, Luna Kuse, Kjell Brutscheidt, Athena Strates, Dimitri Abold, Dakota Shapiro, George Somner and Vaughan Reilly. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 17, 2022)
Posted: July 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Anything's Possible, Devonté Hynes, HBO Max, Leo Birenberg, Rap Sh*t, Samuel Sim, Showtrial, Sundance Now
Premiering on Thursday, July 21, is the HBO Max original series Rap Sh!t created by Issa Rae and starring Aida Osman, Jonica Booth, KaMillion, Devon Terrell and RJ Cyler. The show’s original music is composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Passing, We Are Who We Are, Mainstream, Palo Alto, In Treatment). Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British mini-series Showtrial created by Ben Richards and starring Tracy Ifeachor, Celine Buckens, Sharon D. Clarke, Sinead Keenan, Lolita Chakrabarti and Kerr Logan. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, Domina, The Halcyon) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The 5-parter is making its U.S. debut on Sundance Now. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Wohl Scoring Sanaa Lathan’s ‘On the Come Up’
Posted: July 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Wohl, On the Come Up, Paramount+, Sanaa Lathan
Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, Search Party, The Weekend Away, The Stand In, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) has recently been scoring the upcoming drama On the Come Up. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Sanaa Lathan and stars Jamila C. Gray, Lathan herself, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr. and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr. The movie is based on the best-selling YA novel by Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) and follows a young black girl who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to do right by the legacy of her father and to help her family climb out of poverty. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Stump’s ‘Glow Webs Glow’ from ‘Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Season 2 Released
Posted: July 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Patrick Stump, Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Walt Disney Records has released the new song Glow Webs Glow from the second season of the Disney Junior animated series Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends. The track is written and performed by the show’s Grammy Award-nominated composer/songwriter Patrick Stump (of Fall Out Boy) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring Stump’s songs from Season 1. Disney also announced this week that Stump will guest star as a concert announcer in an episode of the new season. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 15, 2022)
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Carnage, Bear McCreary, Clint Mansell, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, Harumi Fuuki, Henry Jackman, Jeff Cardoni, Miriam Cutler, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Mychael Danna, Nima Fakhrara, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Rael Jones, She Will, The Deer King, The Gray Man, The Royal, Where the Crawdads Sing
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the mystery drama Where the Crawdads Sing directed by Olivia Newman and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson and David Strathairn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Capote, Moneyball, Little Miss Sunshine, The Good Dinosaur, Onward). Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Carolina written and performed by Taylor Swift today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated comedy Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier & Chris Bailey and starring Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, George Takei, Mel Brooks, Michelle Yeoh and Samuel L. Jackson. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead) has composed the film’s original score. Sparks and Shadows has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two songs written by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Return of the Killer Tomatoes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John De Bello, Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Rick Patterson, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1988 horror comedy Return of the Killer Tomatoes co-written and directed by John De Bello and starring Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen Mistal, Steve Lundquist and John Astin. The album features the original music from the first Attack of the Killer Tomatoes sequel composed by Rick Patterson (Happy Hour, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!, Killer Tomatoes Eat France!). The soundtrack is now available to download on the label’s official website and is also available to stream/download on all other major digital music services, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
René G. Boscio to Score Freeform’s ‘The Watchful Eye’
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, René G. Boscio, The Watchful Eye
René G. Boscio (Emergency, 30 Miles from Nowhere, The Time Capsule, Like Dogs) has been hired to score the upcoming Freeform original series The Watchful Eye. The show is created by Julie Durk (Grace & Frankie, Laws of Attraction) and stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri and Aliyah Royale. The drama follows a young woman with a complicated past as she is maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan and quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Martin’s ‘Angel in Flip-Flops’ Song from ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 2 Released
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Kirker Butler, Only Murders in the Building, Steve Martin
Hollywood Records has released the the original song Angel in Flip-Flops from the latest episode (Here’s Looking at You) from the Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building. The track is written by Steve Martin (who performs the song as his character Charles-Haden Savage) & Kirker Butler, produced by Paul Shaffer and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Only Murders in the Building is created by Martin & John Hoffman and also stars Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Make Me Go’ Soundtrack Playlist Released
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amazon, Don't Make Me Go
Amazon Music has published an official playlist featuring the songs from the Amazon original movie Don’t Make Me Go. Among the artists featured are No Doubt, New Order, Hugh Masekela, Sarah Jaffe, Froidz, Iggy Pop, No Futurre, Froidz, The Strokes, Jacuzzi Boys & others. Click here to stream all songs. No word on a soundtrack release for the film. Don’t Make Me Go is directed by Hannah Marks and stars John Cho, Mia Isaac, Stefania LaVie Owen, Mitchell Hope, Jemaine Clement and Kaya Scodelario. The drama tells the story of a single father and his reluctant teenage daughter as they embark on an unforgettable cross country road trip. Read the rest of this entry »
