The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that four of the five Oscar-nominated original songs will be performed live at this Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards ceremony. Beyoncé‘ will perform the end titles track Be Alive from Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Donnell will perform their Grammy Award-winning title song from No Time to Die, Reba McEntire will perform the Diane Warren-penned Somehow You Do from Rodrigo Garcia’s Four Good Days and Sebastián Yatra will perform the Lin-Manuel Miranda-written Dos Oruguitas from Disney’s animated feature Encanto. Read the rest of this entry »
Beyoncé, Billie Eilish & Finneas, Sebastián Yatra, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra to Perform at 94th Academy Awards
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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‘Ice Age: Scrat Tales’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Batu Sener, Disney Plus, Ice Age: Scrat Tales, John Powell, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ animated shorts series Ice Age: Scrat Tales. The album features the original score from the show composed by Batu Sener who has previously scored this year’s movie The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. Also included is an original end titles track composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet) who composed the music for three of the original theatrical Ice Age features. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Ice Age: Scrat Tales starring Chris Wedges as the voice of Scrat and Karl Wahlgren as Baby Scrat revolves around the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the Ice Age adventures who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All My Friends Hate Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All My Friends Hate Me, Andrew Gaynord, Joe Robbins, Krinks, score, Soundtrack
AMFHM has released a soundtrack album for the British horror comedy All My Friends Hate Me. The album features the film’s original score composed by Krinks & Joe Robbins (aka Le Module). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. All My Friends Hate Me is directed by Andrew Gaynord and stars Tom Stourton, Georgina Campbell, Joshua McGuire, Charly Clive, Antonia Clarke, Dustin Demri-Burns, Kieran Hodgson, Graham Dickson and Christopher Fairbank. The movie takes place during a college reunion that goes awry when one of the participants suspects his friends may be out to get him. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Tokyo Vice’
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, HBO Max, Saunder Jurriaans, Tokyo Vice
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The White Tiger, The Gift, The Devil All the Time, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) are scoring the upcoming HBO Max original series Tokyo Vice. The show is created and written by J.T. Rogers (Oslo) and stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Hideaki Ito, Ella Rumpf, Show Kasamatsu and Tomohisa Yamashita. The crime drama is inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat and follows Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ‘90s. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ to Feature Original Song ‘Carolina’ by Taylor Swift
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Olivia Newman, Taylor Swift, Where the Crawdads Sing
Taylor Swift has recorded an original song for the upcoming thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. The track, entitled Carolina, is written and performed by Swift and is featured in the film’s first trailer, which just premiered today and can be checked out after the jump. The movie adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel is directed by Olivia Newman and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer, Jr. and David Strathairn. As previously reported, Mychael Danna has composed the original score for the 3000 Pictures film produced by Reese Witherspoon & Lauren Neustadter, which will be released in theaters nationwide on July 15 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bridgerton, Kris Bowers, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Capitol Records has announced two new soundtrack albums for the Netflix original series Bridgerton. The Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Kris Bowers (King Richard, Green Book, Mrs. America, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Inventing Anna, Dear White People, When They See Us). The Bridgerton Season Two (Covers from the Netflix Series) album features orchestral versions of songs from iconic artists of the past three decades: Vitamin String Quartet return with their interpretations of Nirvana’s Stay Away and Robyn’s Dancing on My Own, Bowers reimagines Madonna’s Material Girl and the Latin-Lalit/Lata Mangeshkar song Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Duomo offers fresh takes of Alanis Morissette’s You Oughta Know and P!nk’s What About Us. Both soundtracks will be released digitally this Friday, March 25 (click here to stream/download the score album and click here for the covers album). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kitchen Brigade’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La brigade, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Louis-Julien Petit, score, Soundtrack, The Kitchen Brigade
Sony Music Publishing France has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama The Kitchen Brigade (La Brigade). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, I Kill Giants, My Son, The Mystery of Henri Pick, Zarafa). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Kitchen Brigade is co-written and directed by Louis-Julien Petit and stars Audrey Lamy, François Cluzet, Chantal Neuwirth and Fatou Kaba. The movie follows a determined 40-year-old sous-chef who dreams of opening her own gourmet restaurant and – when faced with financial difficulties – takes a job in the cafeteria of a shelter for young migrants. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla to Score Rahul Chittella’s ‘Gulmohar’
Posted: March 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gulmohar, Rahul Chittella, Siddhartha Khosla
Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Queenpins, Runaways, I Want You Back, Looking for Alaska) is set to score the upcoming family drama Gulmohar. The film is directed by Rahul Chittella and stars Suraj Sharma, Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee and Kaveri Seth. The movie tracks the final four days of the Batra family, leading up to Holi, as they pack their belongings to move out of their 31-year-old family home. Chitella is also producing the Chalkboard Entertainment, Autonomous Works and Fox Star Studios production with Vikesh Bhutani and Shujaat Saudagar (Rock on 2). Read the rest of this entry »
‘This Is Going to Hurt’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, BBC, JARV IS, Jarvis Cocker, score, Soundtrack, This Is Going to Hurt
Rough Trade Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC series This Is Going to Hurt. The album features the original songs and score from the show by the British rock band JARV IS..., led by Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. This Is Going to Hurt is created by Adam Kay based on his book of the same title and stars Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Hannah Onslow, Michele Austin, Rosie Akerman and Andreea Paduraru. The comedy drama centers on a doctor who is juggling his personal life with a hectic job on the labor ward, where he is faced with an irritating frequent flyer and a racist mother-to-be. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Glaciers’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Above & Beyond, Craig Leeson, score, Soundtrack, The Last Glaciers
Anjunabeats will release a soundtrack album for the IMAX documentary The Last Glaciers. The album features the film’s original music composed by electronic music group Above & Beyond who made their feature scoring debut on the project and Darren Tate. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 22 and will be available to stream/download here. The Last Glaciers is directed by Craig Leeson and follows the filmmaker on journey to discover the loss of glacial ice and the impact of climate change while highlighting his extreme personal risk with para-alpinism and the similarities to the extreme danger our planet currently faces. Read the rest of this entry »
