Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Sky original series The Rising. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Carly Paradis (Line of Duty, The InnocentsSick Note, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Prime Suspect 1973). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Rising is based on the Belgian crime thriller Hotel Beau Séjour and stars Clara Rugaard, Nenda Neururer, Solly McLeod, Daniel Ings, Emily Taaffe, Alex Lanipekun and Robyn Cara. The 8-part supernatural thriller follows a woman who discovers that has been murdered and is determined to find her killer and get justice, believing that it was someone she knew. Read the rest of this entry »

Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (Crash,  A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Little Fires EverywhereThe AccountantMiracle). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is co-written and directed by Tom Gormican and stars Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Neil  Patrick Harris, Jacob Scipio, Alessandra Mastronardi, Lily Sheen and Tiffany Haddish. The movie centers on the fictionalized version of Cage as he is facing financial ruin and must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan, when he is unexpectedly recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend. Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album has been released for the Lebanese drama The Sea Ahead. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joh Dagher. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Sea Ahead is written and directed by Ely Dagher and stars Manal Issa, Roger Azar, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher and Fadi Abi Samra. The movie follows a a young woman who suddenly returns to her home town of Beirut after living in Paris and finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left. Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disneynature documentary Polar Bear. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of NarniaShrekThe Martian, Mulan, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Duel) who previously scored the studios’ Monkey Kingdom and Penguins. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Polar Bear is directed by Alastair Fothergill  & Jeff Wilson, narrated by Catherine Keener and tells the story of a new mother whose memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today. Read the rest of this entry »

Deadline is reporting that DJ Muggs (of Cypress Hill) (aka Larry Muggerud) will make his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming indie thriller Divinity. The movie is directed by Eddie Alcazar (Perfect) and stars Stephen Dorff, Jason Genao, Moises Arias, Bella Thorne, Scott Bakula, Karrueche Tran, Mike O’Hearn, Chris Santos, Danielia Maximillian, Lydia Bielen, and Emily Willis. The film follows two otherworldly brothers that are hellbent on stopping a mogul who is close to unraveling the secrets behind immortality. Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Contagion) serves as a producer on the project. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for Blumhouse’s Firestarter reboot have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Carpenter (Halloween, Assault on Precint 13, Christine, The Fog), Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies who previously co-scored Blumhouse’s Halloween and Halloween Kills. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2022 by Back Lot Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The end titles track is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. A physical version is also expected. Firestarter is directed by Keith Thomas and stars Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley, Michael Greyeyes and Gloria Reuben. The movie is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name and revolves around a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Heffes Piano Album ‘Sudden Light’ Announced

Posted: April 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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BAFTA-nominated composer Alex Heffes will release a collection of piano performances of his themes from cinema. The album, entitled Sudden Light, features music from such films as Dear Frankie, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, One Day in September, Emperor, The Elephant Queen, Earth: One Amazing Day, Hope Gap, as well as The 24th, for which he wrote two Ragtime pieces that he expanded for the record with new sections into pieces that stand alone as a homage to that style of music he really like and grew up with. Also included is Sadie’s Theme from the Hulu limited series 11/22/63. The music on the album is performed entirely by Heffes and will be released on May 6, 2022 by Silva Screen Records. Read the rest of this entry »

Back Lot Music has released a digital version of the score album for Edgar Wright’s 2007 action comedy Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent and Timothy Dalton. The album features the film’s original score composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, Sherlock, Godzilla, Good Omens). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Mondo has previously released a vinyl edition featuring Arnold’s score in 2017. The 2007 original soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie and Arnold’s The Hot Fuzz Suite was released by Interscope Records. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records has released the original song The Forever Now from the NBC drama This Is Us. The track, which is featured in tonight’s Season 6 episode Day of the Wedding, is written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Kholsla (Only Murders in the Building, QueenpinsRunaways, I Want You Back, Looking for Alaska) (whose end credits theme the track is based on) & Taylor Goldsmith and performed by Mandy Moore, and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Gardener Recordings will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Russian Doll. The album features selections of the original music from both seasons of the show composed by Joe Wong (Master of NoneThe Midnight GospelTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Kenan, The Big Leap). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Russian Doll is created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland & Amy Poehler and stars Lyonne herself, Charlie Barnett. Greta Lee., Chloë Sevigny, Elizabeth Ashley, Annie Murphy, Brendan Sexton III, Yul Vazquez, Dascha Polanco and Jeremy Bobb. Read the rest of this entry »