Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of four previously unreleased scores composed by David Michael Frank (Above the Law, Code of Silence, Extreme Justice, The Mole). The 2-CD includes the composer’s score from the 1992 erotic thriller Poison Ivy directed by Katt Shea and starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt & Cheryl Ladd and his music for the 1991 comedy Suburban Commando directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall & Larry Miller. Also included are Frank’s scores from Sollace Mitchell’s 1988 erotic thriller Call Me starring Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie & Boyd Gaines and Mark W. Travis’ 1991 comedy Going Under starring Bill Pullman, Wendy Schaal & Ned Beatty. The David Michael Frank Collection – Vol. 4 is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
David Michael Frank’s ‘Poison Ivy’ & ‘Suburban Commando’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Call Me, David Michael Frank, Going Under, Katt Shea, Poison Ivy, score, Soundtrack, Suburban Commando
‘Predator 2’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Predator, Predator 2, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Hopkins
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the original soundtrack album for the 1990 sci-fi horror sequel Predator 2 directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Bill Paxton, María Conchita Alonso and Kevin Peter Hall. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger, Death Becomes Her, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack, which includes the same content as the original CD version released in 1990 by Varese Sarabande. Also listen to the composer’s main title track after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Johnson to Return for Rian Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Knives Out, Knives Out 3, Nathan Johnson, Netflix, Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Nathan Johnson (Looper, Nightmare Alley, Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Don Jon, Poker Face, Kill the Messenger) is set to return to score the third installment in Knives Out series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The film written and directed by Rian Johnson will star Daniel Craig who is reprising his role of Benoit Blanc from the first two movies. No other casting announcements have been made yet. The director is also producing the project with Ram Bergman (3 Body Problem, Papillon) for T-Street Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who Killed Him?’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ¿Quién Lo Mató?, Rodrigo Dávila, score, Soundtrack, Who Killed Him?
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Prime Video limited series Who Killed Him? (¿Quién Lo Mató?). The album features selections fo the show’s original music composed by Rodrigo Dávila (A la mala, Perfect Strangers, Road to Mars, Lost Paradise). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Intro) below. Who Killed Him? is written by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson & Alexandro Aldrete, directed by Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz and stars Diego Boneta, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Belinda, Zuria Vega, El Chá, Roberto Duarte, Bárbara López, and Jorge Zárate. The 6-parter is inspired by the unsolved murder of Mexican TV host Paco Stanley in 1999 and tells the story through the points of view of the six people closest to him. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Benstead Scoring Rohit Karn Batra’s ‘The Gun on Second Street’
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Benstead, Rohit Karn Batra, The Gun on Second Street
Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Wrath of Man) has been tapped to score the upcoming drama The Gun on Second Street. The film is directed by Rohit Karn Batra (Line of Descent) and stars Poppy Delevingne, Tom Arnold, Noah Fearnley and Shô Oyamada. The movie follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to a domestic violence dispute on the titular street that quickly escalates to a violent confrontation as one of them accidentally shoots and kills the other. Years later, he moves back to Pittsburgh after having left the police force and finds his way to his partner’s widow. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Paramount+ UK’s ‘Insomnia’ Released
Posted: May 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hannah Peel, Insomnia, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ UK original series Insomnia. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, The Midwich Cuckoos, The Deceived). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (I Can’t Sleep) below. Insomnia is created by Sarah Pinborough based on her own novel and stars Vicky McClure, Leanne Best, Tom Cullen, Dominic Tighe, Lyndsey Marshal, Jade Harrison, Robert Gilbert, Corinna Marlowe, India Fowler, Michelle Bonnard and Smylie Bradwell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Death Hunt’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: May 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Death Hunt, Jerrold Immel, Peter Hunt, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1981 action adventure Death Hunt directed by Peter Hunt and starring Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Maury Chaykin, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter and Andrew Stevens. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jerrold Immel (How the West Was Won, Megaforce, Dallas, Matilda, Programmed to Kill). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. A digital version is expected to be released in the coming months. Read the rest of this entry »
Bailey Zimmerman’s Song ‘Hell or High Water’ from ‘Twisters’ Released
Posted: May 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bailey Zimmerman, Lee Isaac Chung, Twisters
Atlantic Records has released the second song from the soundtrack album for the disaster movie Twisters. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Hell or High Water performed by Bailey Zimmerman. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released a first song (Luke Combs’ Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma) last week and will release the full Twisters: The Album on July 19 (click here for the album details). Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, Maura Tierney, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani and Daryl McCormack. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Force of Nature: The Dry 2’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: May 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Force of Nature: The Dry 2, Peter Raeburn, Robert Connolly, score, Soundtrack, The Dry
Nowever Records will release a soundtrack album for the Australian mystery thriller Force of Nature: The Dry 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, Nancy, Handling the Undead, Photograph, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism) who has previously scored the 2001 original The Dry movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is written and directed by Robert Connolly and stars Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-lee Furness, Robin McLeavy, Sisi Stringer, Lucy Ansell, Jacqueline McKenzie, Jeremy Lindsay-Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Tony Briggs and Kenneth Radley. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Day-O’ Cover from ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Released
Posted: May 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfie Davis, Beetlejuice 2, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton
WaterTower Music has released the new cover of the song Day-O from the fantasy comedy Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The track (featured in the latest trailer for the movie) is produced by the film’s composer Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland) and performed by Alfie Davis & The Sylvia Young Theatre School Choir and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song and check out the new trailer after the jump Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is directed by Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti and Willem Dafoe. Read the rest of this entry »
