Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and composer Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Shorty, Politics, Instructions Manual) has written the original score for the new HBO original documentary series The Anarchists. The show is directed by Todd Schramke and tells the story of “Anarchapulco,” an event that was originally created as a conference held in Acapulco, Mexico, promoting the ideals of pure anarchy. The 6-parter follows individuals engaged in this movement with full access to the drama that ensues as a community tries to live alongside tourists and drug cartels with only the principles of anarchy as their guideposts. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Sanchez Scoring HBO’s ‘The Anarchists’
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Sanchez, HBO, The Anarchists, Todd Schramke
‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 – Volume 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Soundtrack, Stranger Things
The full track list of the soundtrack album for the fourth season of the Netflix original series Stranger Things have been revealed. The album features the sixteen songs from the first volume of the Season 4 soundtrack, as well as six additional tracks from the final two episodes of the new season: Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo by Rick Derringer, Fire and Rain by James Taylor, Spellbound by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Master of Puppets by Metallica, When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die by Moby and Steve Perry’s & Bryce Miller’s extended remix of Journey’s & Steve Perry’s Separate Ways (Worlds Apart). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon). A physical (CD, cassette and vinyl) will be coming out on September 9 and is now available for pre-order here. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Ed Perkins’ ‘The Princess’ Documentary Released
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ed Perkins, HBO, Martin Phipps, score, Sky, Soundtrack, The Princess
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Princess. The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Phipps (The Crown, Woman in Gold, The Aftermath, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Harry Brown). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Princess is directed by Ed Perkins, produced by Simon & Jonathan Chinn and shines a light on the private life of a princess and the eventual crisis that spilled throughout the British monarchy following her tragic death in August 19, 1997. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Michael Giacchino’s ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Score Released
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marvel, Michael Giacchino, Nami Melumad, Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the main suite theme Mama’s Got a Brand New Hammer written by Michael Giacchino (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange, Up, Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Inside Out, The Batman). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Giacchino’s themes and the film’s original score composed by Giacchino & Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Prodigy, An American Pickle, Absentia) will be released on Wednesday, July 6. Check back on this page for updates. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, score, Soundtrack, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Zachary Dawes
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Summer I Turned Pretty. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed by Zachary Dawes (Big Time Adolescence, The Peanut Butter Falcon, There’s Someone Inside Your House, Generation). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 1 and will be available to stream/download here. The Summer I Turned Pretty is created by Jenny Han based on her bestselling book of the same name and stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Christopher Briney, Rachel Blanchard, Gavin Casalegno, Colin Ferguson, Alfredo Narciso, Minnie Mills, Sean Kaufman and Tom Everett Scott. The coming-of-age drama follows an ordinary teenage girl who spends the summer in Cousin’s Beach, where she reunites with her childhood friend and becomes tangled up in a love triangle between him and his brother. Read the rest of this entry »
Isobel Waller-Bridge Scoring BBC’s ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Isobel Waller-Bridge, The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse
BBC announced today that Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, The Phantom of the Open, Emma, Vita & Virginia, Munich: The Edge of War, Roar, Vanity Fair) has composed the original music for the upcoming animated Christmas animated special The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. The composer’s score is performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted by Geoff Alexander and will be featured in the animated short based on Charlie Mackesy’s bestselling illustrated book of the same title and starring Tom Hollander, Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne and Jude Coward Nicol. Read the rest of this entry »
‘America the Beautiful’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: America the Beautiful, Disney Plus, Joseph Trapanese, National Geographic, S. Carey, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the National Geographic natural history series America the Beautiful. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Shadow and Bone, The Greatest Showman, The Witcher, Lady and the Tramp, Straight Outta Compton, Spiderhead) and features performances from Ojibwe powwow singer Joe Rainey Sr., violinist Lucia Micarelli, Native drum maker and singer Dylan Jennings (Bizhikiins-Young Buffalo), bluesman Leonard “Lowdown” Brown, multiethnic vocal ensemble Tonality led by conductor Alexander Blake. Also included is the main title theme (Quilt of Life) written by Trapanese and S. Carey (drummer and supporting vocalist from Bon Iver) who also produced the track. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 1. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+’s ‘The Offer’ to Be Released
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Isabella Summers, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack, The Offer
Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ limited series The Offer. The album features the show’s original music composed by Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Panic, Sex/Life, Call Jane, Physical). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 1 and will be available to stream/download here. The Offer is is created by Michael Tolkin and stars Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple, Dan Fogler, Giovanni Ribisi, Burn Gorman, Colin Hanks and Patrick Gallo. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Score Album Details
Posted: June 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Stranger Things
The details of the score album for the new season of the Netflix original series Stranger Things have been revealed. The album features the original music from the show’s fourth season composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Valley of the Boom, Native Son, Butterfly). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 1 by Lakeshore Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the score albums for Season 1, Season 2 & Season 3. A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from Season 4 is being released by Legacy Recordings. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sinjar’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna Bofarull, Gerard Pastor, score, Sinjar, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the Spanish drama Sinjar. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gerard Pastor (Jean-François and the Meaning of Life, Barcelona 1714). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sinjar is written and directed by Anna Bofarull and stars Nora Navas, Halima Ilter and Eman Eido. The movie centers on the intertwined lives of three very different women: a middle-aged European mother, a Yazidi slave, and a sex slave turned girl soldier who – after their lives are destroyed by ISIS – find their destiny in fighting back. Read the rest of this entry »