Artie Kane (1929 – 2022)

Posted: June 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Artie Kane has passed away at age 93. The composer, conductor and pianist scored numerous film and television productions between the mid-1970s and early 90s. Among his feature scoring credits are Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars, Richard Brooks’ Looking for Mr. Goodbar & Wrong Is Right, Jerry Jameson’s The Bat People and Robert Butler’s Night of the Juggler. His work as a TV composer include such shows as Matlock, Dynasty, Vega$, The Love Beat and several Gunsmoke television movies. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Rise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ré Olunuga (Up NorthComing from Insanity). The Nigerian composer’s score mixes his interpretation of classic orchestral Disney film music with traditional African phraseology, rhythms and instruments. Also included are two original songs co-written and performed by the eldest Antetokounmpo brother, Ofili (aka Francis Adetokunbo), as well as the song One Day performed by Shirazee. The soundtrack will be coming out digitally tomorrow, June 24 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Fresh’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Posted: June 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy thriller Fresh. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Somers (Captain FantasticHoney Boy, Together, Together, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Aloha, Miss AmericanaCharm City Kings). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Fresh is directed by Mimi Cave and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Charlotte Le Bon, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang and Dayo Okeniyi. The movie follows a woman who accepts an invitation to an impromptu weekend getaway with her new boyfriend, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy The Man from Toronto. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of ThronesWestworld, Iron Man, Eternals, Uncharted, A Wrinkle in TimeClash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 24 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The Man from Toronto is directed by Patrick Hughes and stars Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen Barkin, Jasmine Mathews, Pierson Fode, Lela Loren and Jencarlos Canela. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Man vs. Bee. The album features the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – FalloutBlack Widow, Top Gun Maverick, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 24 and will be available to stream/download here. Man vs. Bee is created by Rowan Atkinson & William Davies and stars Atkinson himself, Jing Lusi, Greg McHugh, Julian Rhind-Tutt, India Fowler, Claudie Blakley and Tom Basdenare. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the live-action/animated comedy Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. The album features the film’s original music composed by Disasterpeace (aka Rich Vreeland) (It FollowsTriple FrontierUnder the Silver Lake). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 24. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp and stars Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Fleischer-Camp himself and Lesley Stahl. The movie is based on the short films and New York Times-bestselling books of the same name and follows a down-and-out documentary filmmaker who moves into an Airbnb and quickly discovers that he’s not alone. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ natural history event series Prehistoric Planet. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Anže Rožman (The PlanetsUniverse), Kara Talve (Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans) and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King, Dune). Zimmer & Andrew James Christie (The Flood) have written the Prehistoric Planet Theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 24 and will be available to stream/download here. Prehistoric Planet is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and presents little-known and surprising facts of dinosaur life set against the backdrop of the environments of Cretaceous times, including coasts, deserts, freshwater, ice worlds and forests. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music, including the Obi-Wan Theme composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark), the original score composed by Natalie Holt (Loki, Knightfall, Journey’s End) and the Obi-Wan Theme adapted by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, My Dog Skip, Tuck Everlasting). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on Monday, June 27 by Walt Disney Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Read the rest of this entry »

Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the horror movie Companion. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeremy Nathan Tisser (Chameleon, Mischief Night, Actor for Hire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 1, 2022 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Companion is written and directed by John Darbonne and stars Anna Flynn, Russell Shealy, Eric Hanson, Marcus Anthony and Christine Nguyen. The movie is set in the near future revolves around a guilt-stricken woman who is haunted by malicious spirits as she journeys across an apocalyptic landscape to save the man she left behind. Read the rest of this entry »

Brendan Angelides (aka ESKMO) (Billions13 Reasons Why, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, Naked Singularity, The Cleanse) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix limited series Echoes. The show is created by Vanessa Gazy (Eden) and stars Michelle Monaghan, Matt Bomer, Daniel Sunjata, Ali Stroker, Karen Robinson, Rosanny Zayas, Celia Weston, Michael O’Neill, Gable Swanlund, Hazel Mason, Tyner Rushing, Ginger Mason, Maddie Nichols, Alise Willis and Jonathan Tucker. The 7-part mystery thriller follows two identical twins (both played by Monaghan) who have secretly swapped lives since they were children whose world is thrown into disarray when one sister goes missing. Read the rest of this entry »