Maisie Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated interactive series Battle Kitty. The album features the show’s original music composed by Max “Maxo” Coburn. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Battle Kitty is created by Matt Layzell (Apple and Onion, Pinky Malinky) and features the voices of Layzell himself, Gideon Adlon, Baker Terry, Grey Griffin
Robbie Daymond, Jaboukie Young-White, Phil LaMarr, Daniele Gaither and Amanda McCann. The Netflix Animation, Choice Provisions, Higher Ground & Laughing Wild production is set in a futuristic-medieval world, in which warriors must find and defeat all the monsters on Battle Island, and follows Kitty and Orc, two best friends on a mission to help Kitty become Champion. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Battle Kitty’ Released
Posted: April 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Battle Kitty, Max Coburn, Maxo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
‘Navalny’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anna Drubich, CNN, Daniel Roher, HBO Max, Marius de Vries, Matt Robertson, Navalny, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Navalny. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marius de Vries (CODA, Strange Magic, Kick-Ass, Sucker Punch), Matt Robertson (The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, The Forest) & Anna Drubich (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1966, Werewolves Within). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Navalny is directed by Daniel Roher and explores the attempted assassination of enigmatic Russian anti-corruption campaigner and former presidential candidate, Alexey Navalny. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Roman Polanski’s ‘The Palace’
Posted: April 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Roman Polanski, The Palace
Composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Godzilla) is set to reteam with director Roman Polanski (Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist) on the upcoming drama The Palace. The film starring Mickey Rourke, Oliver Masucci and Fanny Ardant takes place at a luxurious Swiss hotel on New Year’s Eve in 1999, with hotel guests coming from all over the world flock to the lavish dinner party, when the celebrations take an unexpected turn. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moon Knight’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Hesham Nazih, Marvel, Moon Knight, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Moon Knight have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Hesham Nazih (The Blue Elephant, Ibrahim Labyad, Born a King, Tito). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Wednesday, April 27 by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The composer’s end titles track has previously been released as a digital single last month. Moon Knight is developed by Jeremy Slater based on the Marvel Comics property and stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, Karim El Hakim, F. Murray Abraham, Khalid Abdalla, David Ganly, Gaspard Ulliel, Antonia Salib and Ann Akinjirin. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Finding Jack Charlton’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Finding Jack Charlton, Gabriel Clarke, Jim Copperthwaite, Pete Thomas, score, Soundtrack
Noah Media Group & Soho Film Publishing have released a soundtrack album for the documentary Finding Jack Charlton. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jim Copperthwaite (Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Finding Jack Charlton is directed by Gabriel Clarke & Pete Thomas and centers on the English World Cup winning legend and also details Jack’s previously undocumented life with dementia. The movie, which was shot on location in Ireland and England, features key characters from throughout Jack’s career, including major figures in football, music, film, politics and his family. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 24, 2022)
Posted: April 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Apple TV +, Billy the Kid, Claudia Sarne, Epix, Gaslit, Hans Zimmer, HBO, Jeff Russo, Kris Bowers, Lucrecia Dalt, Mac Quayle, Mark Korven, Rael Jones, Shining Girls, Showtime, Starz, Sundance Now, Ten Percent, The Baby, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Survivor, We Own This City
Premiering today is the Starz limited series Gaslit created by Robbie Pickering based on the first season of the Slow Burn podcast and starring Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin and Darby Camp. The show’s original music is composed by Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Politician, Ratched). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Starz.
Also premiering today is the Showtime original series The Man Who Fell to Earth developed by Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet based on the Walter Tevis novel and the 1976 film of the same name and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Jimmy Simpson, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro, Clarke Peters, Annelle Olaleye, Kate Mulgrew and Bill Nighy. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, Lucy in the Sky, The Umbrella Academy) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the sci-fi drama, which will air Sundays on Showtime. Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur Sharpe Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Landscapers’
Posted: April 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arthur Sharpe, BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Landscapers
Arthur Sharpe (Guilt, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Ghosts, Flowers, The Darkest Universe) has won his first BAFTA TV Craft Award for his music from the HBO/Sky series Landscapers starring Olivia Colman & David Thewlis at tonight’s awards ceremony at The Brewery in London. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The composer’s score has been released by Silva Screen Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Haslinger Scoring Alex Winter’s ‘The YouTube Effect’
Posted: April 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Winter, Paul Haslinger, The YouTube Effect
Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Crank, Monster Hunter, Death Race, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The YouTube Effect. The film is directed by Alex Winter (Freaked, Zappa, The Panama Papers) and explores the ascension and potential fall of YouTube, the world’s most popular video-sharing website, and the unforeseen privacy and ethical problems that it created. The movie features a group of YouTubers, reporters, and experts who join Winters in interrogating the effects that could be the can result in the site’s downfall. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Goodman’s ‘Last Seen Alive’ to Feature Theme by Bear McCreary and Score by Sam Ewing
Posted: April 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Brian Goodman, Last Seen Alive, Sam Ewing
Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, Child’s Play, Happy Death Day) has composed a theme for the upcoming mystery thriller Last Seen Alive. Sam Ewing (The Walking Dead, The Shed, Victor Crawley) has written the score for the film directed by Brian Goodman (What Doesn’t Kill You, Black Butterfly) and starring Gerard Butler, Jaimie Alexander, Russell Hornsby, Ethan Embry, Michael Irby, Cindy Hogan and Bruce Altman. The movie centers on a man whose desperate search to find his wife who suddenly vanished at a gas station leads him down a path that forces him to run from authorities and take the law into his own hands. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 22, 2022)
Posted: April 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Cowgirl's Song, Charlotte, Daniel Pemberton, George Fenton, Hostile Territory, John Koutselinis, Leo Birenberg, Mark Isham, Michelino Bisceglia, Petite Maman, Robin Carolan, Sebastian Gainsborough, The Bad Guys, The Duke, The Imaginaries, The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Unpluggig
Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature The Bad Guys directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, Richard Ayoade and Alex Borstein. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Birds of Prey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Enola Holmes, Being the Ricardos, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Steve Jobs). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by performed by Ramos, The Heavy and Elle King. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening nationwide is the historical fantasy epic The Northman co-written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Gustav Lindh, Björk and Willem Dafoe. Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough (aka Vessel) have composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Focus Features release. Read the rest of this entry »
