Invada Records will release a soundtrack album for the Sky original series The Midwich Cuckoos. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Hannah Peel (Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, The Deceived, Freegard). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 3. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Midwich Cuckoos is adapted by David Farr based on John Wyndham’s classic sci-fi novel of the same name and stars Keeley Hawes, Max Beesley, Synnøve Karlsen, Cherrelle Skeete, Samuel West, Aisling Loftus, Ukweli Roach, Lara Rossi, Lewis Reeves, Rebekah Staton and Anneika Rose. The 7-part drama is set in the titular English village, where a strange sequence of events culminates in the community’s women falling pregnant with alien children. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’ to Be Released
Posted: June 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hannah Peel, score, Sky, Soundtrack, The Midwich Cuckoos
‘Hustle’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Deacon, Hustle, Jeremiah Zagar, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Hustle. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Dan Deacon (Ascension, Twixt, Strawberry Mansion, Rat Film, All Light, Everywhere, Well Groomed) who recorded his music with the London Contemporary Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 3 and will be available to stream/download here. Hustle is directed by Jeremiah Zagar and stars Adam Sandler, Juancho Hernangómez, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, Kenny Smith, Jordan Elizabeth Hull, Heidi Gardner, María Botto, Ainhoa Pillet and Anthony Edwards. The comedy drama follows a down-on-his-luck basketball scout who finds a potential superstar in Spain and sets out to prove they both have what it takes to make it in the NBA. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Angels’ Share’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, score, Soundtrack, The Angels' Share
Shogun Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack for the 2012 comedy drama The Angels’ Share directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty and starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland and William Ruane. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Hitch, Gandhi, The Blue Planet, Ever After). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Quartet Records has previously released a CD version, which also includes two songs by The Proclaimers and Deadmau5, when the movie opened in the U.S. in early 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fire Island’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Ahn, Fire Island, Hulu, Jay Wadley, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Fire Island. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Indignation, Swan Song, I Carry You with Me, Olympic Dreams, Tales from the City). The soundtrack will be released digitally on Friday, June 3 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Fire Island is directed by Andrew Ahn and stars Joel Kim Booster (who also wrote the screenplay), Bowen Yang, Zane Phillips, Tomas Matos, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Nick Adams, Conrad Ricamora, Torian Miller and Margaret Cho. The Pride and Prejudice-inspired movie follows two best friends who set out to have a legendary week-long summer vacation with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Korven Scoring Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Korven, Scott Derrickson, The Black Phone
Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Cube, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Them, The Terror: Infamy) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller The Black Phone. The film is directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and stars Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and James Ransone. The movie is based on the short story by Joe Hill from his New York Times bestseller 20th Century Ghosts and follows a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement, where he discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims through a disconnected phone on the wall. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hollywood Stargirl’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Duncan Blickenstaff, Grace VanderWaal, Hollywood Stargirl, Julia Hart, Michael Penn, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Hollywood Stargirl have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film performed by lead actress Grace VanderWaal and other cast members, including the original songs Figure It Out co-written by VanderWaal herself and Heaven Knows written by the show’s executive music producer Michael Penn (Girls), as well as covers of Blondie’s Dreaming, Brian Wilson’s Love and Mercy and Cass Elliot’s Make Your Own Kind of Music. Also included is the original song Miracle Mile written by Penn and performed by Z Berg, a cover of Penn’s No Myth performed by Jasmine Ash & Peter Adams, as well as the movie’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Love, Simon, The Way Back, The Adam Project, Nerve, The Age of Adeline) and Duncan Blickenstaff (Alex, Inc., LA to Vegas). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 3 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 »
Colin Stetson Scoring Mark Mylod’s ‘The Menu’
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colin Stetson, Mark Mylod, The Menu
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Color Out of Space, The First, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Barkskins, Mayday) is scoring the upcoming horror comedy The Menu. The film is directed by Mark Mylod (Succession, Shameless) and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Hong Chau, Reed Birney, Paul Adelstein, Arturo Castro, Aimee Carrero, Mark St. Cyr and Rob Yang. The movie revolves around a couple who travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Brian and Charles’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian and Charles, Daniel Pemberton, Jim Archer, score, Soundtrack
1812 Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy Brian and Charles. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Steve Jobs, Enola Holmes, Birds of Prey, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Ocean’s 8). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Brian and Charles is directed by Jim Archer and stars David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, Jamie Michie and Nina Sosanya. The movie follows a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work, when he invents an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andreas Prochaska, Matthias Weber, Maximilian, Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne, score, Soundtrack, Starz
MR Film has released a soundtrack album for the 2017 German/Austrian mini-series Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (aka Maximilian) directed by Andreas Prochaska and starring Christa Théret, Jannis Niewöhner, Miriam Fussenegger, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Stefan Pohl, Raphaël Lenglet, Johannes Krisch, Tobias Moretti and Sylvie Testud. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Matthias Weber (Das Boot, The Dark Valley, My Best Enemy, The Forsaken, Dead in 3 Days 2). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Firebuds’ Theme Song Released
Posted: May 31, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beau Black, Craig Gerber, Disney Junior, Firebuds
Walt Disney Records has released the theme song from the upcoming Disney Junior animated series Firebuds. Firebuds Let’s Roll is written and performed by songwriter Beau Black and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Firebuds is created and executive produced by Craig Gerber (Elena of Avalor, Sofia the First) and follows a team of young kids who are the children of first responders, and their talking vehicle sidekicks, as they embark on adventures together and learn what it truly means to be a hero. Read the rest of this entry »
