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 »
Leo Birenberg Scoring Katie Aselton’s ‘Mack & Rita’
Posted: July 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Katie Aselton, Leo Birenberg, Mack & Rita
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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 »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2022)
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Accepted, Amelia Warner, Clara Sola, Heitor Pereira, Hot Seat, Lorne Balfe, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Mr. Malcolm's List, Nathan Matthew David, Persuasion, Ruben De Gheselle, Stuart Earl, The Forgiven, Timothy Stuart Jones
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru directed by Kyle Balda and starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Julie Andrews and Alan Arkin. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Angry Birds Movie, Smallfoot, The Smurfs). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie by artists such as Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala, St. Vincent, BROCKHAMPTON, among others, as well as score suite by Pereira. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Illumination Entertainment production.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List directed by Emma Holly Jones and starring Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Zawe Ashton, Ashley Park and Theo James. Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Bleecker Street release. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Zombies 3’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Soundtrack, Zombies 3
Walt Disney Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the Disney+/Disney Channel original movie Zombies 3. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Alien Invasion written by Antonina Armato, Tim James, Thomas Armato Sturges & Adam Schmalholz and performed by the film’s cast. Also check out the official music video below. A full soundtrack album featuring all original songs from the movie will be released digitally and physically on July 15. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García, Jerry Fielding, Sam Peckinpah, score, Scorpio, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has release a new version of the expanded soundtrack album for the 1974 western Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Emilio Fernández, Helmut Dantine and Kris Kristofferson. The album features the newly remastered complete original score from the film composed and conducted by Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, The Bad News Bears, The Gambler). The CD is now available to purchase on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full details and listen to audio samples. Quartet has also announced the first-ever vinyl edition of the soundtrack, which available to order here. 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
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 »
‘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 »
