Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 period comedy Matinee directed by Joe Dante and starring John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin and Lisa Jakub. The album features the film’s complete original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chinatown, Planet of the Apes, Poltergeist, Basic Instinct, L.A. Confidential, Patton, Gremlins), including previously unreleased music and several alternate cues. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the soundtrack. Varese Sarabande has previously released the original 1993 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Matinee’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, Matinee, score, Soundtrack
Main Title Theme from Disney Junior’s ‘Eureka!’ Released
Posted: May 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Junior, Erica Rothschild, Eureka, Kari Kimmel, Niamh Sharkey, Norton Virgien
Walt Disney Records has released the main title theme from the new Disney Junior animated series Eureka! The song written by Kari Kimmel (who serves as the show’s principal songwriter), show creators Norton Virgien & Niamh Sharkey and co-executive producer Erica Rothschild and performed by Lexi Underwood is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Eureka! starring Ruth Righi, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lil Rel Howery and Javier Muñoz tells the story of a young girl inventor who designs inventions and contraptions in the hopes of making the world a better place and moving her prehistoric community into a more modern era. Read the rest of this entry »
Stuart Earl Scoring Carrie Cracknell’s Netflix Film ‘Persuasion’
Posted: May 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carrie Cracknell, Netflix, Persuasion, Stuart Earl
Stuart Earl (And Then There Were None, Rillington Place, My Brother the Devil, The Accident, Angela Black, Ordeal by Innocence). has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film Persuasion. The movie is directed by Carrie Cracknell and stars Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Richard E. Grant and Henry Golding. The romantic comedy drama is based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same title and follows Anne Elliot who lives with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, when she reconnects with a man she was once persuaded to reject and faces a second chance at love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Book of Love’ Score Album Released
Posted: May 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Analeine Cal y Mayor, Book of Love, Ian Livingstone, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a new soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Book of Love. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ian Livingstone (Battlefield 1943, The Pebble and the Boy, Total War: Warhammer, The Messenger, The King Maker). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Redrocca has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie earlier this year. Book of Love is co-written and directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and stars Sam Clafin and Veronica Echegui. The movie centers on a unsuccessful English writer who discovers that his dull, failing novel has become a smashing success in Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Phipps & Ed Farmer Scoring Morgan Matthews’ ‘The Railway Children Return’
Posted: May 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ed Farmer, Martin Phipps, Morgan Matthews, The Railway Children Return
Martin Phipps (The Crown, Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Aftermath, The Honourable Woman, Harry Brown) & Ed Farmer have composed the original music for the upcoming British family drama The Railway Children Return. The film is directed by Morgan Matthews and stars Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith, Tom Courtenay, John Bradley, Beau Gadsdon, K.J. Aikens, Eden Hamilton, Austin Haynes and Zac Cudby. The sequel to the 1970 classic The Railway Children (scored by Johnny Douglas) is set 40 years after the events of the original and follows a new group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during World War II, where they encounter a young soldier. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 29, 2022)
Posted: May 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, August Fenger Janson, Borgen: Power & Glory, Disney Plus, Duncan Blickenstaff, Fire Island, Hollywood Stargirl, Hulu, JARV IS, Jay Wadley, Matthew Head, Michael Penn, Netflix, Rob Simonsen, The CW, This Is Going to Hurt, Tom Swift
Premiering tomorrow, May 31, is the CW drama Tom Swift created by Melinda Hsu Taylor, Noga Landau & Cameron Johnson starring Tian Richards, Ashleigh Murray, April Parker Jones, Marquise Vilsón, Albert Mwangi and LeVar Burton. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (P-Valley, Boomerang, The Family Business). The series, which is inspired by the Tom Swift book series and revolves around the title character who was introduced in the network’s Nancy Drew, will air every Tuesday on the CW.
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, June 2, is the British drama This Is Going to Hurt created by Adam Kay based on his book of the same name and starring Ben Whishaw, Hannah Onslow, Ambika Mod, Michele Austin, Rosie Akerman and Andreea Paduraru. JARV IS…, led by Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), have composed the film’s original music. Rough Trade Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the artist’s score and songs earlier this year. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK on BBC and will debut in the U.S. on AMC+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Secret Name’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aurélia Georges, Frederic Vercheval, La place d'une autre, score, Secret Name, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Secret Name (La place d’une autre). The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederic Vercheval (The Pact, This Is Our Land, The Sower, Pas son genre). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Secret Name is co-written and directed by Aurélia Georges and stars Lyna Khoudri, Sabine Azéma, Maud Wyler and Laurent Poitrenaux. The movie follows a former sex worker-turned nurse serving on the front lines of World War I who is given the unexpected chance to start a new life when one of her patients is seemingly killed by invading German troops. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner Scoring Disney+’s ‘Tales of the Jedi’
Posted: May 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Filoni, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Star Wars, Tales of the Jedi
It was announced during a panel at today’s third day of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim that Kevin Kiner (Narcos: Mexico, CSI: Miami, Making a Murderer, Hell on Wheels) is composing the music for Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ animated shorts series Tales of the Jedi. The 6-part anthology show written and executive produced by Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett) will tell stories from different Jedi of the prequel era and features Star Wars characters Ahsoka Tano, Count Dooku, Qui-Gon Jinn (voiced by Liam Neeson), Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Blue Lagoon’ & ‘Return to the Blue Lagoon’ Digital Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: May 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basil Poledouris, Randal Kleiser, Return to the Blue Lagoon, score, Soundtrack, The Blue Lagoon, William A. Graham
Madison Gate Records has released digital versions of the expanded soundtrack albums for the 1980 romantic adventure drama The Blue Lagoon directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins and its 1991 sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon directed by William A. Graham and starring Milla Jovovich & Brian Krause. The albums feature the original score from the films composed and conducted by Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, Starship Troopers, The Hunt for Red October, For the Love of the Game). Click here to stream/download The Blue Lagoon album and click here for the Return to the Blue Lagoon soundtrack. Intrada Records has previously released the CD versions of Poledouris’ expanded scores from both films. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hating Game’ Score EP Released
Posted: May 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Hutchings, score, Soundtrack, Spencer David Hutchings, The Hating Game
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a new soundtrack EP for the romantic comedy The Hating Game. The 5-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Spencer Hutchings (Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, Why Stop Now, Then Came You, The Outcasts). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Republic Records has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie The Hating Game is directed by Peter Hutchings and stars Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Yasha Jackson, Damon Dasunno, Sakina Jaffrey, Sean Cullen and Corbin Bernsen. Read the rest of this entry »
