Hippocampus has released a soundtrack album for the first French Max limited series The Confidante (Une amie dévouée). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (RevengeManiac, Gretel & Hansel, Other People’s Children, Never Let Go, Horns, Amityville: The AwakeningTroy: Fall of a City). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Novembre 13) after the jump. The Confidante is directed by Just Philippot , written by Fanny Burdino, Jean-Baptiste Delafon, Samuel Doux & Alexandre Kauffmann based on Kauffmann’s book La Mythomane du Bataclan and stars Laure Calamy, Arieh Worthalter, Annabelle Lengronne, Alexis Manenti, Ava Baya and Anne Benoît. The 4-part psychological thriller follows a rock music-obsessed Parisian who – after witnessing the harrowing November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks – quickly latches onto a community of survivors. Read the rest of this entry »

Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 Showtime neo-noir anthology series Fallen Angels developed by Steve Golin, created by William Horberg and executive produced by Sydney Pollack. The album features selections of the original music from the drama’s second season composed by Peter Bernstein (21 Jump Street, Bolero, The Ewok AdventureMy Science Project). Also included is the project’s main title theme written by Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, GhostbustersAirplaneFar from Heaven). The Vol. 2 soundtrack on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »

Heard & Seen has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Never Look Away. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Sölve Steven (Come to Daddy, Bookworm, The Justice of Bunny King, The Girl on the Bridge, UproarThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!)  and Jason Smith (The Nuclear Comeback). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Stormchasing) below. Never Look Away is directed by actress Lucy Lawless and centers on New Zealand–born groundbreaking CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth who risks it all to show the reality of war from inside the conflict, staring down danger and confronting those who perpetuate it. Read the rest of this entry »

‘John Williams: In Concert’ Album Announced

Posted: November 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Deutsche Grammophon has announced John Williams: In Concert, a unique collection of the label’s recordings with the Hollywood icon. The album brings together performances of film music from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Saito Kinen Orchestra and Wiener Philharmoniker, as well as the world premiere recording of Williams’s Second Violin Concerto, with soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The record is being released as a 7-LP vinyl (180-gram) boxset in butterfly fan packaging and is now available to order on Amazon. In addition, the label has also announced a 12-inch picture disc vinyl, cut in the shape of the iconic Darth Vader’s helmet, featuring four different recordings of John Williams’ Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, including the premiere release of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s version of the track, which is also available as a digital single in most international markets. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Grotesquerie’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: November 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original series Grotesquerie. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Morgan Kibby (The Watcher, Mothering SundayThe Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, QueensWildernessTales of the Walking Dead). Also included is actresses Niecy Nash’s & Micaela Diamond’s rendition of I Don’t Know How to Love Him (written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice for the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to Kibby’s main title theme and the song after the jump. Grotesquerie is created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz & Joe Baken and also stars Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Lesley Manville, Raven Goodwin and Travis Kelce. Read the rest of this entry »

Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, The Idea of YouWelcome to ChippendalesRabbit HoleA Family Affair, Looking for Alaska, Queenpins) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original series No Good Deed. The show is created by Liz Feldman (Dead to Me) and stars Linda Cardellini, Lisa Kudrow, O-T Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Denis Leary, Poppy Liu, Teyonah Parris and Ray Romano. The dramedy revolves around the sale of a couple’s picture-perfect LA home that forces them to face painful family secrets – and hide them from prying eyes and cutthroat buyers. Read the rest of this entry »

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Indian Netflix original documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Prashanth Techno (Story of Things). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first score track (Childhood) and the song Lady Superstar by the composer & Navz-47 (previously released as a digital single) below. Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale is directed by Amith Krishnan and follows celebrated actor Nayanthara as she looks back on her journey towards love and superstardom amidst personal struggles and triumphs. Read the rest of this entry »

GR OW Records has released the original song Siste Dans from the Norwegian Netflix original film The Snow Sister (Snøsøsteren). The track co-written (with Thomas Kogshavn, Synne Vo, Jane Kelly & Sindre Hotvedt) and performed by Norwegian-Iranian singer and songwriter Delara is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. The Snow Sister is directed by Cecilie Mosli and stars Mudit Gupta, Celina Meyer Hovland, Jan Sælid, Ole Steinkjer Øyen, Samsaya, Gunnar Eiriksson and Advika. Read the rest of this entry »

Amboss Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy Alter Weisser Mann. The album features the film’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, Girl You Know It’s True, Murder Is Easy9/11: Inside the President’s War Room, Stephen, The Last Tree). Also included is the original song Weekendfeeling by Die Fantastischen Vier. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also check out the music video for the song and listen to Akinola’s score title track below. Alter Weisser Mann is directed by Simon Verhoeven and stars Jan Josef Liefers, Nadja Uhl, Michael Maertens, Friedrich von Thun, Meltem Kaptan, Yun Huang, Elyas M’Barek, Denise M’Baye, Momo Beier and Juri Sam Winkler. The movie follows an old white man trying who has to show his “wokest” side at work in order to finally get a long-awaited promotion, but when he invites his superiors to a private dinner at his home, his family’s politically correct façade quickly begins to crumble. Read the rest of this entry »

Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Dune: Prophecy developed by Diane Ademu-John & Alison Schapker inspired by Brian Herbert’s & Kevin J. Anderson’s novel Sisterhood of Dune and starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Jodhi May, Travis Fimmel, Mark Strong,  Josh Heuston, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Chloe Lea, Faoileann Cunningham, Jade Anouka, Edward Davis and Aoife Hinds. The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, LionConclaveHotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, Adrift). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first episodes this past Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series Landman created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie, Paulina Chávez and Demi Moore. Andrew Lockington (San AndreasJourney to the Center of the Earth, Lioness, Rampage, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Major of Kingstown, Atlas) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »