Interscope Records has release the original song Hold My Hand from the action drama Top Gun: Maverick. The track is co-written (with BloodPop) and performed by Lady Gaga and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. A full soundtrack album for the movie will be announced soon. Top Gun: Maverick is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman and Ed Harris. Read the rest of this entry »
Lady Gaga’s Original Song ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Released
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BloodPop, Joseph Kosinski, Lady Gaga, Top Gun: Maverick
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Expanded ‘Jumanji’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Joe Johnston, Jumanji, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1995 fantasy adventure Jumanji directed by Joe Johnston and starring Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Hyde, Bradley Pierce and Bonnie Hunt. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, A Beautiful Mind, Field of Dreams, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Aliens, The Rocketeer), including around 20 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as the content of the original 1995 soundtrack album (released by Epic Soundtrax). The 2-CD set 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 »
‘Paper Birds’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cyrille Marchesseau, Federico Carlini, German Heller, Paper Birds, score, Soundtrack
BOriginal has released a soundtrack album for the VR film Paper Birds. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Cyrille Marchesseau (Gloomy Eyes, A Barge on the Ocean). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Paper Birds is directed by Federico Carlini & German Heller and features the voices of Archie Yates, Edward Norton and Joss Stone. The 3DAR & Baobab Studios production follows a short-sighted child with an exceptional talent for music who must embark on a journey through the world of darkness and rescue his sister, taken by an obscure shadow. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Scoring Florian Zeller’s ‘The Son’
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Florian Zeller, Hans Zimmer, The Son
Hans Zimmer (Dune, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Interstellar, The Dark Knight) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Son. The film is directed by Florian Zeller (The Father) and stars Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins. The movie is based on Zeller’s stage play of the same name and follows a man whose life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife turns up with their troubled, distant and angry teenage son. Zeller also co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement). Read the rest of this entry »
2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards Winners Announced
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards
ASCAP has announced the winners of the 2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards, recognizing its top film, television and video game composers. The event runs May 2-5 across @ASCAP social media and @ASCAPScreen on Instagram. The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, voted on exclusively by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community, are presented to Germaine Franco for Film Score of the Year for Disney’s Encanto; to Cristobal Tapia de Veer for Television Score of the Year & Television Theme of the Year for HBO’s The White Lotus; to Amanda Jones for Documentary Score of the Year for Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street; and to Wataru Hokoyama for Video Game Score of the Year for his work on Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart . Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley Scoring Acorn TV’s ‘Signora Volpe’
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Anne Dudley, Signora Volpe
Anne Dudley (The Crying Game, The Full Monty, Poldark, American History X, The Hustle, Benedetta) is the composer of the new Acorn TV series Signora Volpe. The show is created by Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths and stars Emilia Fox, Tara Fitzgerald, Giovanni Cirfieran, Jamie Bamber and Mehdi Meskar. The drama revolves around a disillusioned British spy turned detective who heads off to visit her sister in Italy and becomes involved in a murder investigation when her sister’s daughter’s fiancé disappears and a dead body is found near his house. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Small Body’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fredrika Stahl, Laura Samani, Piccolo corpo, score, Small Body, Soundtrack
BOriginal has released a soundtrack for the Italian/French/Slovenian drama Small Body (Piccolo corpo). The 2-track single features the film’s original music composed by Fredrika Stahl (Tomorrow) and is now available to stream/download on all digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both track after the jump. Small Body is co-written and directed by Laura Samani and stars Celeste Cescutti and Ondina Quadri. The movie is set in northeastern Italy in 1900 and follows a grieving mother on a mythopoetic journey to give her stillborn child a name. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2022)
Posted: May 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Waronker, Ben Onono, Danny Bensi, HBO Max, Heather McIntosh, I Love That for You, Jeff Russo, Nami Melumad, Netflix, Orbital, Paramount+, PBS, Ridley Road, Saunder Jurriaans, Sheryl, Showtime, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Pentaverate, The Staircase
Premiering today is the Showtime original series I Love That for You created by Vanessa Bayer & Jeremy Beiler and starring Bayer herself, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Matt Rogers, Ayden Mayeri and Punam Patel. The show’s original music is composed by Anna Waronker (Yellowjackets, Shrill, Call Me Kat, Santa, Inc., The Republic of Sarah, Harriet the Spy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Ridley Road written by Sarah Solemani based on Jo Bloom’s novel of the same title and starring Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Roaring 20’s’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Années 20, Elisabeth Vogler, Jaune, Jean-Charles Bastion, Roaring 20's, score, Soundtrack
Jean-Charles Bastion (Paris Is Us) has released a soundtrack album for the the French drama Roaring 20’s (Années 20). The album features the composer’s music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Roaring 20’s is co-written and directed by Elisabeth Vogler and stars Vladimir Seguin, Alice de Lencquesaing, Aurore Déon, Noémie Schmidt, Manuel Severi, Zoé Fauconnet, Adil laboudi, Léo Poulet and Fanny Santer. The drama was shot in one uninterrupted single sequence in Paris in the summer of 2020 and follows a group of Parisians as they they rejoice and make unexpected encounters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 30, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel, Sam Raimi, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music will release the official soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The soundtrack is set to be released on Wednesday, May 4 and will be available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is directed by Sam Raimi and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Michael Stühlbarg, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez and Rachel McAdams. The movie follows the title character who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Read the rest of this entry »
