Maneki & Arche Films have released a soundtrack album for the French prison drama Singing Jailbirds (À l’ombre des filles). The album features the film’s original music composed by Arthur Simonini (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Hibou, Tendre et saignant). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Singing Jailbirds is written and directed by Etienne Comar (Django) and stars Alex Lutz, Agnès Jaoui, Veerle Baetens, Hafsia Herzi, Marie Berto, Fatima Berriah and Anna Najder. The movie is set over a summer and follows a renowned singer who agrees to give singing lessons in a women’s prison and has to deal with with the prisoner’s unpredictable temperaments. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Singing Jailbirds’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: À l'ombre des filles, Arthur Simonini, Etienne Comar, score, Singing Jailbirds, Soundtrack
Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace Scoring Wanuri Kahiu’s Netflix Film ‘Plus/Minus’
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drum & Lace, Ian Hultquist, Netflix, Plus/Minus, Wanuri Kahiu
Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace (Dickinson, Night Teeth, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Gospel According to André, Good Girls) have recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original film Plus/Minus. The movie is directed by Wanuri Kahiu (Rafiki) and stars Lili Reinhart, Danny Ramirez, Luke Wilson, Nia Long, David Corenswet, Aisha Dee and Andrea Savage. The romantic comedy follows a young woman whose life diverges into two parallel realities on the eve of her college graduation; one in which she becomes pregnant and must navigate motherhood in her Texas hometown, the other in which she moves to Los Angeles to pursue her career. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Our Great National Parks’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Schweitzer, Netflix, Our Great National Parks, score, Soundtrack
Maisie Music Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original docuseries Our Great National Parks. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, Wonders of Life, Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, Four Hours at the Capitol, Inside North Korea’s Dynasty). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Our Great National Parks is executive produced and narrated by President Barack Obama and explores some of the planet’s most spectacular national parks and our changing relationship with wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman to Score André Øvredal’s ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andre Ovredal, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, 1917, Skyfall, Wall-E) has been hired to score the upcoming horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The film is directed by André Øvredal (Scary Stories We Tell in the Dark, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) and stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapicic, Nikolai Nikolaeff and Javier Botet. The Amblin Entertainment production is based on a single chapter (The Captain’s Log) from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula and tells the story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo – fifty unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Victim Number 8’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: La víctima número 8, Netflix, Osvaldo Montes, score, Soundtrack, Victim Number 8
Globomedia has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Victim Number 8 (La víctima número 8). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Osvaldo Montes (The Dark Side of the Heart, Wild Tango, Ashes of Paradise). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Victim Number 8 is created by Marc Cistaré & Sara Antuña and stars César Mateo, María de Nati, Verónika Moral, Iñaki Ardanaz, Farah Hamed, Lisi Linder, Khaled Kouk and Óscar Zafra. Read the rest of this entry »
Pierre-Philippe Côté Scoring Quinn Shephard’s ‘Not Okay’
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Not Okay, Peter Henry Phillips, Pierre-Philippe Côté, Quinn Shephard
Singer/songwriter and composer Pierre-Philippe Côté (aka Peter Henry Phillips) (Ravenous, An Eye for Beauty) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Not Okay. The film is written and directed by Quinn Shephard and stars Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Mia Isaac, Embeth Davidtz, Tia Dionne Hodge, Nadia Alexander, Negin Farsad, Karan Soni and Dash Perry. The movie follows an aimless aspiring writer with no friends, no romantic prospects and no followers, who fakes an Instagram-friendly trip to Paris in the hopes of boosting her social media clout. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Olga’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elie Grappe, Olga, Pierre Desprats, score, Soundtrack
Cinéma Defacto & Point Prod have released a soundtrack album for the Swiss/French drama Olga. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pierre Desprats (Perfect Nanny, The Wild Boys, Rouge). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Olga is co-written and directed by Elie Grappe and stars Anastasia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Théa Brogli, Caterina Barloggio, Jérôme Martin and Alicia Onomor. The movie follows a young Ukrainian gymnast who is forced to leave her country in order to train in Switzerland when her mother’s work as a journalist endangers their lives during the 2014 Euromaidan protests. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Northman’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Robert Eggers, Robin Carolan, score, Sebastian Gainsborough, Soundtrack, The Northman
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the historical fantasy epic The Northman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough (aka Vessel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 22, 2022. and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Storm at Sea / Yggdrasill) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. The Northman is co-written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Gustav Lindh and Willem Dafoe. The movie is based on the legend of Amleth and follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Warrior’ from Apple TV+’s ‘Pinecone & Pony’ Released
Posted: April 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Dreamworks Animation, Greg Alsop, Pinecone & Pony, Tasha Peter
Back Lot Music has released the original song Warrior from the new Apple TV+ animated series Pinecone & Pony. The song written by Greg Alsop and performed by Tasha Peter is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Pinecone & Pony is based on the book The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton and features the voice talent of Maria Nash, Alicia Richardson, Rachel House, Andy Hull, Thom Allison, Chase W. Dillon and Viola Abley. The DreamWorks Animation and First Generation Films production revolves around a young girl named Pinecone who, with the help of her best friend, is learning that there’s more than one way to be a warrior. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen McKeon Scoring Lee Cronin’s ‘Evil Dead Rise’
Posted: April 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, HBO Max, Lee Cronin, Stephen McKeon
Composer Stephen McKeon (Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, Rose Plays Julie, My Name Is Emily) is reuniting with director Lee Cronin on the upcoming supernatural horror movie Evil Dead Rise. The film is written and directed by Cronin and stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Mia Challos, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies and Nell Fisher. The fifth installment in the Evil Dead franchise follows two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival. Ghost House Pictures’ Robert Tapert (Don’t Breathe, The Grudge) is producing the New Line Cinema production. Read the rest of this entry »
