Eardruma Records and Interscope Records have released the new song Tupelo Shuffle from biographical drama Elvis. The track is performed by Swae Lee & Diplo feat. Gary Clark Jr. (who stars as Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup) & lead actor Austin Butler and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Interscope has previously released Doja Cat’s Vegas from the movie and a full soundtrack album will be coming out later this month. Elvis is directed by Baz Luhrmann and also stars Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Luke Bracey, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr., David Wenham, Xavier Samuel and Natasha Bassett. Read the rest of this entry »
Swae Lee’s & Diplo’s ‘Tupelo Shuffle’ from Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Released
Posted: June 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baz Luhrmann, Diplo, Elvis, Swae Lee
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Jeff Russo Scoring Paul Dektor’s ‘American Dreamer’
Posted: June 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Dreamer, Jeff Russo, Paul Dektor
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, The Night Of, Legion, Lucy in the Sky) has composed the original music for the upcoming comedy American Dreamer. The film is directed by Paul Dektor and stars Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Danny Pudi, Kimberly Quinn and Michelle Mylett. The movie follows a twice-divorced, frustrated and underpaid economics professor who gets an opportunity to fulfill his grand dream of owning a home when a lonely, childless, near-death widow offers him her sprawling estate for pennies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Sands’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Sands, Petur Jonsson, score, Soundtrack, Svörtu sandar
Medialux Music has released a soundtrack album for the Iceland TV series Black Sands (Svörtu sandar). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Petur Jonsson (Case). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Black Sands is written by Baldvin Z, Ragnar Jónsson, Andri Óttarsson & Aldís Hamilton and stars Aldis Amah Hamilton, Pór Tulinius, Steinunn Ólina Porsteinsdóttir, Kolbeinn Arnbjörnsson, Evar Pór Benediktsson and Lára Jónsdóttir. The 8-part crime thriller directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson follows a troubled police officer as she investigates a serial killer. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Young to Score Apple TV+’s ‘Echo 3’
Posted: June 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Christopher Young, Echo 3, Mark Boal
Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, The Hurricane, The Shipping News) has been hired to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Echo 3. The show is written by Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) based on the Keshet Broadcasting series When Heroes Fly created by Omri Givon and inspired by Amir Gutfreund’s novel and stars Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, Jessica Ann Collins and Elizabeth Anweis. The 10-part drama is set in South America against the explosive backdrop of a secret war and revolves around a brilliant young scientist who goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border and follows her brother and her husband as they struggle to find her. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lancaster’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ant Palmer, Chris Roe, David Fairhead, Lancaster, score, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Lancaster. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chris Roe (Armstrong, Trigger Point, After Love, Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo, Spitfire, Death of a Gentleman). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Lancaster is directed by David Fairhead & Ant Palmer and tells the story of the iconic World War II bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, remastered archive material and aerial footage of the RAF’s last airworthy Lancaster. Read the rest of this entry »
John Frizzell Scoring Mike Judge’s ‘Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe’
Posted: June 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beavis and Butt-Head, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, John Frizzell, Mike Judge, Paramount+
John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, The Following, Gods and Generals, Thirteen Ghosts, Legion) is returning as the composer of the new Paramount+ original movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe. The film is written and directed by Mike Judge (Silicon Valley, Idiocracy) and features the voices of Judge himself, Gary Cole, Chris Diamantopoulos, Nat Faxon, Chi McBride, Brian Huskey, Tig Notaro, Andrea Savage, Stephen Root, Martin Starr and Jimmy O. Yang. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 5, 2022)
Posted: June 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness, Disney Plus, First Kill, HBO, Irma Vep, Jasha Klebe, Kurt Farquhar, Laura Karpman, Ms. Marvel, Netflix, Peacock, Puggy, Queer as Folk, Thurston Moore
Premiering tomorrow, June 6, is the HBO limited series Irma Vep created and directed by Olivier Assayas based on his 1996 movie of the same name and starring Alicia Vikander, Vincent Macaigne, Jeanne Balibar, Lars Eidinger, Devon Ross, Vincent Lacoste, Adria Arjona, Nora Hamzawi, Carrie Brownstein, Byron Bowers and Tom Sturridge. The show’s original music is composed by Thurston Moore (Heavy). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air Mondays on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, June 8, is Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Ms. Marvel developed by Bisha K. Ali and starring Iman Vellani, Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Zenobia Shroff, Rish Shah, Mohan Kapur and Matt Lintz. Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Paris Can Wait, Underground, Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate) has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ and check back on this page for updates on the release of music from the series. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from ‘P-Valley’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: P-Valley, Soundtrack, Starz
Lionsgate Records has released the first songs from the second season of the Starz original series P-Valley. Available to stream/download now are the tracks Distance (P-Valley Remix) performed by by Jucee Froot feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie and When I Get Out performed by J. Alphonse Nicholson as featured in the first episode of Season 2. Also listen to both songs after the jump. More songs from the new season will be released over the next couple of weeks and a full soundtrack album is expected to come out later this summer. The label has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 3, 2022)
Posted: June 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Robl, Alejandro Roman, Alexandre Desplat, Christopher Wong, Crimes of the Future, Dan Deacon, Eiffel, Frank & Penelope, Howard Shore, Hustle, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jared Forman, Maika: The Girl from Another Galaxy, Nathan Halpern, Poser, Rhyan D'Errico, Shawn Sutta, The Passenger, The Phantom of the Open, Watcher
Opening in around 800 U.S. theaters this weekend is the sci-fi horror movie Crimes of the Future written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Don McKellar, Welket Bungué, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Nadia Litz, Tanaya Beatty and Lihi Kornowski. The film’s original music is composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs, Hugo). Howe Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check back on this page for the full details of the album and check our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the Neon release.
Also opening semi-wide is the thriller Watcher directed by Chloe Okuno and starring Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman. Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Swallow, One Percent More Humid, Minding the Gap, In the Same Breath) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by IFC Midnight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deep in the Heart’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Masters, Deep in the Heart, Noah Sorota, score, Soundtrack
Neumeark Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Deep in the Heart. The album features the film’s original music composed by Noah Sorota (Falling Skies, Resident Alien, Unbranded, Reverie, Jinn, The Gracefield Incident). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Deep in the Heart is directed by Ben Masters, narrated by Matthew McConaughey and celebrates Texas’ diverse landscapes and wildlife while aiming to conserve its remaining wild places and recognize the importance of the state’s conservation on a continental scale. Read the rest of this entry »
