Communion Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Trying. The album features the original songs from the show’s third season written and performed by Bear’s Den. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track, A Good Love, Pt. 2 (feat. Maisie Peters), is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. Polydor and Atlantic Records have previously the soundtracks for Season 1 and Season 2. Trying is created by Andy Wolton and stars Rafe Spall, Esther Smith, Eden Togwell, Mickey McAnulty, Oliver Chris, Sian Brooke, Darren Boyd and Robyn Cara . Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered and Expanded ‘Jurassic Park’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, Jurassic Park, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
La-La La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough. The album features the expanded and remastered original music from the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment production composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial). The 2-CD set features the remastered score presentation (previously released as part of the label’s 2016 Jurassic Park/The Lost World 4-CD set), including – for the first time – the performances and mixes of Journey to the Island and Dennis Steals the Embryo as heard in the film on the first disc, as well as a remastered version of the original 1993 soundtrack and the source music track Stalling Around (Williams’ homage to classic Warner Bros. cartoon music for the film’s Mr. DNA sequence) on the second disc. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, The Sandman
David Buckley (The Good Wife, Angel Has Fallen, The Forbidden Kingdom, Nobody, Papillon, Greenland, The Stranger) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original series The Sandman. The show is based on Neil Gaiman’s DC comic book series of the same name and stars Tom Sturridge, Gwendolyn Christie, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Asim Chaudhry, Charles Dance, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Mason Alexander Park, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Jenna Coleman, Donna Preston, Niamh Walsh, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Stephen Fry, Kyo Ra, Razane Jammal, Sandra James Young and Patton Oswalt. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arsène Wenger: Invincible’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron May, Arsène Wenger: Invincible, Christian Jeanpierre, David Ridley, Gabriel Clarke, score, Soundtrack
Wave Theory Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Arsène Wenger: Invincible. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron May & David Ridley (Villain, Boiling Point). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Arsène Wenger: Invincible is directed by Gabriel Clarke & Christian Jeanpierre and centers on the titular football manager whose achievement with Arsenal Football Club changed the landscape of the English game and shaped football worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid Scoring Hulu’s & Star+’s ‘Santa Evita’
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Federico Jusid, Hulu, Santa Evita, Star
Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Kidnap, Watership Down, The Head, Life Itself, Loving Pablo, Misconduct) is the composer of the new Argentine limited series Santa Evita. The show is developed by Marcela Guerty & Pamela Rementaria and stars Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Diego Velázquez, Francesc Orella and Darío Grandinetti. The 7-part drama is based on the best-selling book of the same title by Tomás Eloy Martínez and tells the story of Eva Perón’s embalmed body, which remained unburied for three years awaiting the construction of a monument that was never completed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brother and Sister’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Brother and Sister, Frère et soeur, Gregoire Hetzel, score, Soundtrack
Why Not Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Brother and Sister (Frère et soeur). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, Ismael’s Ghosts, Summertime, My Golden Days, The Midwife, Oh, Mercy!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Brother and Sister is co-written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin and stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Benjamin Siksou and Patrick Timsit. The movie revolves around two siblings who have been estranged for over 20 years when the death of their parents brings them face to face. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Ranulph Fiennes Documentary ‘Explorer’ Released
Posted: July 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Explorer, Matthew Dyas, Rebekka Karijord, score, Soundtrack
OONA Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Explorer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rebekka Karijord (I Am Greta, All the Old Knives, Pray, Obey, Kill). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Explorer is directed by Matthew Dyas (Flying Monsters 3D) and centers on Sir Ranulph Fiennes who is credited as being the World’s Greatest Living Explorer and was the first person to circumnavigate the world from pole to pole, crossed the Antarctic on foot, broke countless world records and discovered a lost city in Arabia. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg Scoring Katie Aselton’s ‘Mack & Rita’
Posted: July 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Katie Aselton, Leo Birenberg, Mack & Rita
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Son of Zorn, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, PEN15, Secret Society of Second-Born Royals) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Mack & Rita. The film is directed by Katie Aselton (Black Rock, The Freebie) and stars Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Lail, Taylour Paige, Loretta Devine, Simon Rex, Amy Hill, Dustin Milligan, Wendie Malick, Lois Smith, Patti Harrison, Martin Short, Aimee Carrero, Addie Weyrich and Nicole Byer. The movie follows a 30-year-old self-proclaimed homebody who reluctantly joins a Palm Springs bachelorette trip for her best friend, when her inner 70-year-old is released and magically transforms into her future self. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2022)
Posted: July 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Benji Merrison, Black Bird, Boo Bitch, Chris Roe, Kovás, Mogwai, Netflix, PBS, Peacock, The Green Planet, Trigger Point, Will Slater
Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, July 6, is the natural history series The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton. The show’s original music is composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.
Premiering on Friday, July 8, is the Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird developed by Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Ray Liotta. The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Neptune Frost’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anisia Uzeyman, Neptune Frost, Saul Williams, score, Soundtrack
FADER Distribution has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi musical Neptune Frost. The album, entitled Unanimous Goldmine, features the film’s original music composed by the movie’s writer/co-director Saul Williams (Akilla’s Escape, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. A limited vinyl edition is also in the works. Neptune Frost is directed by Williams & Anisia Uzeyman and stars Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand “Kaya Free” Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Tresor Niyangabo, Rebecca Mucyo, Elvis Ngabo, Eric “1key” Ngangare, Dorcy Rugamba and Cecile Kayirebwa. The movie is set in past-, future- and present-day Rwanda, in the afterlife of the nation’s civil war, and centers on a cosmic romance between an intersex hacker and a coltan miner. Read the rest of this entry »
