Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French action thriller The Orphans (Les Orphelins). The album features the film’s original music composed by Julien Grunberg & Paul-Marie Barbier (Restless, The Cage, Fiasco, Medellin, Fantasies, La Fièvre, Ibiza). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composers’ first and final track below. The Orphansis co-written and directed by Olivier Schneider and stars Alban Lenoir, Dali Benssalah, Sonia Faidi, Romain Levi, Anouk Grinberg and Suzanne Clément. The movie follows two childhood friends, a cop and a mob fixer, living opposite lives who team up to search for the killer of a former friend from their orphanage. Read the rest of this entry »
Nima Fakhrara to Score Nick Simon’s ‘Entity Within’ & Maclain Nelson’s ‘Don’t Move’
Posted: August 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Don't Move, Entity Within, Maclain Nelson, Nick Simon, Nima Fakhrara
Nima Fakhrara (Lou, Becky, Detroit: Become Human, The Signal, The Pyramid, Alone) has been hired to score the upcoming supernatural horror thriller Entity Within. The film is directed by Nick Simon and stars Heather Graham, Mimi Rogers, Morgan Peter Brown and Kevin Keppy. The movie is set in 1974 suburban Los Angeles and revolves around a single mother who is violently attacked by an unseen force in her home and turns to a team of paranormal researchers, leading to one of the most documented and disturbing supernatural cases in U.S. history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dongji Rescue’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 19, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Dongji Rescue, Guan Hu, score, Soundtrack, Zhenxiang Fei
Dream Studio has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese historical action drama Dongji Rescue. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Atli Örvarsson (Silo, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Defending Jacob, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Rams, The Eagle, The Edge of Seventeen). Fei Yu serves as the project’s music producer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list (in Chinese). Also listen to the first two tracks after the jump. Dongji Rescue is directed by Guan Hu & Zhenxiang Fei and stars Zhu Yilong, Wu Lei and Ni Ni. The movie takes place in 1942 and tells the story of a group of Dongji fishermen who risked their lives to rescue over three hundred British soldiers and rescued three British individuals during a large-scale search by Japanese forces. Read the rest of this entry »
Edo Van Breemen Scoring Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edo Van Breemen, Keeper, Osgood Perkins
Edo Van Breemen (Air, Afflicted, Hollow in the Land,The Backward Class) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Keeper. The film is directed by Osgood Perkins (Longlegs, Gretel & Hansel) and stars Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland. The movie follows a young woman on a romantic anniversary weekend with her boyfriend at a secluded cabin who finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil when her partner unexpectedly returns to the city. Nick Lepard (Dangerous Animals) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Cuphead Show!’ Digital Score Album Released
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ego Plum, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Cuphead Show!
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series The Cuphead Show! The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ego Plum (SpongeBob SquarePants, Jellystone, Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires, Harvey Breaks, Welcome to the Waynes). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the track list and to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the songs from the series written by Plum, Dave Wasson & Cosmo Segurson back in 2022, while iam8bit has released a double vinyl edition featuring both songs and score last year. The Cuphead Show! is based on the video game Cuphead created by Chad & Jared Moldenhauer and features the voice talent of Tru Valentino, Frank Todaro, Joe Hanna, Luke Millington-Drake, Wayne Brady and Grey Griffin. Read the rest of this entry »
Dara Taylor Scoring Josh Greenbaum’s ‘The Dink’
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Dara Taylor, Josh Greenbaum, The Dink
Composer Dara Taylor (Ironheart, The Invitation, Straw, The Tender Bar, Meet Me Next Christmas, The Noel Diary, Echo Boomers) is reuniting with director Josh Greenbaum (Will & Harper, Becoming Bond) on the upcoming sports comedy The Dink. The film stars Jake Johnson as a washed-up tennis pro who, desperate to save a struggling club and earn his father’s respect, is compelled to break a sacred vow and do the unthinkable: play pickleball. Mary Steenburgen, Ben Stiller, Ed Harris, Chloe Fineman, Aaron Chen, Chris Parnell, Patton Oswalt, Christine Taylor, as well as tennis champions Andy Roddick & John McEnroe are also starring in the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Quebranto’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Camilo Lara, Disney Plus, Hulu, Quebranto, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Disney+/Hulu original series Quebranto. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Camilo Lara (aka Mexican Institute of Sound) (A Million Miles Away, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip, Gentefied, La Liberación, Going Varsity in Mariachi). Also included is the title song written by Luisa Almaguer and produced by Lara. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the song and the first score track after the jump. Quebranto is directed by Bernardo de la Rosa, written by Andrés Gelós, Natacha Caravia & Andrés Pascaner and stars Tini Stoessel, Jorge López and Martín Barba. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Rennicks Scoring Kirk Jones’ ‘I Swear’ & Nanouk Leopold’s ‘Whitetail’
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: I Swear, Kirk Jones, Nanouk Leopold, Stephen Rennicks, Whitetail
Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Frank, Conversations with Friends, The Quiet Girl, Alice & Jack) has recently scored the upcoming British biographical drama I Swear. The film is written and directed by Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee, Waking Ned Devine) and stars Robert Aramayo, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake, Scott Ellis Watson and Shirley Henderson. The movie tells the true story of John Davidson, a trailblazer who was diagnosed with Tourette’s at age 15 and faced and overcame many hardships from adolescence and early adulthood as a result of what was a little known condition in 1980’s Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mortimers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Álvaro Fernández Armero, Los Muértimer, score, Soundtrack, The Mortimers, Vanessa Garde
Grupo Editorial Telecinco & Mira Mi Música have released a soundtrack album for the Spanish mystery comedy The Mortimers (Los Muértimer). The album features the film’s original music composed by Vanessa Garde (What Lucia Saw, Venus, Parot, A Normal World, Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?, If I Were a Rich Man, Just One Small Favor). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. The Mortimers is directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero and stars Belén Rueda, Víctor Clavijo, Alexandra Jiménez, Fele Martínez and Pepe Lorente. The movie produced by Álex de la Iglesia is based on the comic book series Les Croques by Léa Mazé tells the story of five teenagers who uncover a jewel theft plot in a cemetery. Read the rest of this entry »
New Jerry Fielding, Albert Glasser & Christopher Young Soundtrack Collections Announced
Posted: August 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Albert Glasser, Christopher Young, Jerry Fielding, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced several new limited edition soundtrack CDs featuring scores by composers Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Bad News Bears), Albert Glasser (The Amazing Colossal Man, Geisha Girl, Invasion U.S.A.,The Cyclops, High School Confidential) & Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider, Drag Me to Hell, Sinister, The Shipping News, The Hurricane). The Jerry Fielding Collection: Volume 1 includes the premiere release of the composer’s score from 1974’s Honky Tonk directed by Don Taylor, written by Douglas Heyes and starring Richard Crenna & John Dehner, as well as remastered versions of his music from 1971’s Johnny Got His Gun written and directed by Dalton Trumbo and staring Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Field & Marsha Hunt, George Schaefer’s 1972 drama A War of Children starring Vivien Merchant, Jenny Agutter & John Ronane and the 1979 mini-series Mr. Horn directed by Jack Starrett, written by William Goldman and starring David Carradine, Richard Widmark & Karen Black. Read the rest of this entry »