Deadline is reporting that actor and singer/songwriter Johnny Flynn will compose original music for the Starz original series Lovesong. The drama is developed by Tanya Saracho (Vida) and follows two Mexican American childhood friends living in London who become entangled in a torturous love triangle with the same captivating singer-songwriter. Saracho is also executive producing the UCP and Lionsgate Television production. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series, including a new deluxe soundtrack album for the 2002 action thriller The Bourne Identity directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The Tumescent Edition features the expanded original score from film composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Shrek, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand, Hancock), including previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »

Variety is reporting that U2’s Bono and lead guitarist The Edge are in discussions to write and perform an original song and score the drama North Star. The film directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) is based on the filmmaker’s early life in Northern Ireland and tells the coming-of-age story of a 17-year-old who lives with his rough-around-the-edges father and younger brother and finds his world turned upside down when a teenage orphan moves in to live with them. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Disney+ mini-series Oussekine. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by EvgueniSacha Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, LovelessThe Family, Happening, Wizard of Lies). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Oussekine is created by Antoine Chevrollier and stars Hiam Abbass, Sayyid El Alami, Naidra Ayadi, Malek Lamraoui, Tewfik Jallab, Kad Merad and Olivier Gourmet. The 4-part drama centers on the events of the night of December 5 & 6, 1986 that led to the death of Malik Oussekine. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack for the FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven. The album features music from and inspired by the show composed by Pearl Jam co-founder and bassist Jeff Ament, former Red Hot Chilli Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (as Pluralone), together with Fitz and the Tantrums drummer/songwriter John Wicks and Josh Evans. The soundtrack will be released digitally this June. Three first tracks from the first three episodes will be released as a digital single this Friday, May 20 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Check back on this page for the details of the full album. Under the Banner of Heaven is created by Dustin Lance Black and stars Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Wyatt Russell, Denise Gough, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Billy Howle, Rory Culkin, Chloe Pirrie, Seth Numrich and Sandra Seacat. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Wilds. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Cliff Martinez (Drive, TrafficSolarisContagion, Sex, Lies & VideotapesGame Night, The Neon Demon). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composer’s music from Season 1 back in 2020. The Wilds is created by Sarah Streicher and stars Sophia Ali, Mia Healey, Jenna Clause, Helena Howard, Reign Edwards, Shannon Berry, Rachel Griffiths, Troy Winbush, David Sullivan, Sarah Pidgeon and Erana James. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Night Sky. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (OzarkThe Outsider, Boy Erased, The Gift, The Staircase, Enemy, Outer RangeThe Devil All the TimeTokyo ViceThe White Tiger). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 20 and will be available to stream/download here. Night Sky is created by Holden Miller and stars Sissy Spacek, J.K. Simmons, Chai Hansen and Kiah McKirnan. The Legendary Television production revolves around a retired couple who have a chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet and whose quiet existence is upended when an enigmatic young man arrives. Read the rest of this entry »

Decca Records has released the original song Turn Up the Sunshine from the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track written by Jack Antonoff (who also produced the song), Patrik Berger, Sam Dew & Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and performed by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released digitally and physically on July 1. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC/HBO Max original series The Tourist. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award nominee Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, The SerpentPrimeval, Baptiste, The Widow, Requiem). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 20. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Tourist is created by Harry & Jack Williams and stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Damon Herriman. The 6-part thriller follows a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. Read the rest of this entry »

Vangelis (1943 – 2022)

Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Vangelis (born as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou) has passed away at age 79 in France. The Greek composer has scored numerous films, including Hugh Hudson’s 1981 drama Chariots of Fire, for which he won the Academy Award and also received a Grammy Award nomination, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, for which he was BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated and Scott’s 1492: Conquest of Paradise, for which he earned another Golden Globe nomination. His other film scoring credits include Costa-Gavras’ Missing, Koreyoshi Kurahara’s Antarctica, Roger Donaldson’s The Bounty, Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon and Oliver Stone’s Alexander. Read the rest of this entry »