Ecce Films has released a soundtrack album for the French sci-fi drama Jessica Forever. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ulysse Klotz (Diamantino, Spirit of Ecstasy, Terrible Jungle, Atomic Age). Also included are tracks by artists such as Age Reform, Florian Kiniffo, Jesu, Vanessa Amar, Alfred Deller, Year of No Light & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to Klotz’s title track after the jump. Jessica Forever is written and directed by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel and stars Aomi Muyock, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Paul Hamy, Lucas Ionesco, Augustin Raguenet and Eddy Suiveng. The movie is set in a dystopian world where violent misfits reign supreme and follows a woman and her makeshift family of rehabilitated marauders as they are fighting for peace. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 7, 2024)
Posted: July 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Bornstein, Amazon, Apple TV +, BBC America, Christopher Lennertz, Daniel Hart, Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney Plus, Divorce in the Black, Exploding Kittens, Faye, Gary Gunn, HBO, Jeff Russo, Jina Hyojin An, Mammals, Netflix, Quad Gods, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, Sherri Chung, Shirley Song, Sunny, Thomas Farnon, Torin Borrowdale, Tyler Strickland, Vanished Into the Night
Premiering on Wednesday, July 10, is the Apple TV+ original series Sunny developed by Katie Robbins based on Colin O’Sullivan’s book The Dark Manual an starring Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Interview with the Vampire, A Ghost Story, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints). Check out our previous news article for more information about the mystery comedy drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the HBO original documentary Quad Gods directed by Jess Jacklin, produced by Johnny Fego & Jacklin and executive produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Gary Gunn (A Thousand and One) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which follows the lives of three New Yorkers with quadriplegia that meet in a neuro-rehabilitation lab where they create the world’s first fully quadriplegic e-sports team, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will air on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harka’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eli Keszler, Harka, Lotfy Nathan, score, Soundtrack
LUCKYME® Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Harka. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eli Keszler (Pet Shop Days, Alex’s War). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s Alyssa’s Theme below. Harka is written and directed by Lotfy Nathan and stars Adam Bessa, Najib Allagui, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi and Khaled Brahem. The movie follows a young Tunisian petrol bootlegger dreaming of a better life who is pushed to the brink by misfortune, injustice, and government corruption still in place over a decade after the Arab Spring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 4 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: LightSkinKeisha, Power Book II: Ghost, Soundtrack, Starz, Talia Robinson, Yung Bleu
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Starz original series Power Book II: Ghost. The 5-track EP features five songs from the fourth season of the show performed by LightSkinKeisha, Yung Bleu & Talia Robinson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all five tracks after the jump. Power Book II: Ghost is created by Courtney A. Kemp and stars Michael Rainey Jr., Mary J. Blige, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Gianni Paolo, Lovell Adams-Gray, Woody McClain, LaToya Tonodeo, Larenz Tate, Alix Lapri, Caroline Chikezie, Lightskinkeisha and Michael Ealy. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 5, 2024)
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Christopher Bear, Dead Whisper, Despicable Me 4, H.P. Mendoza, Heitor Pereira, Ketan Sodha, Kill, Lorne Balfe, MaXXXine, Mother Couch, Nikhil Koparkar, Pharrell Williams, Sean Philip Johnson, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, The Secret Art of Human Flight, Tyler Bates
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel Despicable Me 4 directed by Chris Renaud and starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Pierre Coffin, Chloe Fineman, Stephen Colbert, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Minions, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Smurfs, Smallfoot, Paw Patrol: The Movie). Pharrell Williams is credited for providing the original songs and themes. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Pereira’s score last Friday (click here for the full album details) and Columbia Records haw released Williams’ new song Double Life as a digital single (click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the Illumination production).
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the slasher movie MaXXXine written and directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Bobby Cannavale, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito, Lily Collins and Kevin Bacon. Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, John Wick, Watchmen, Atomic Blonde, The Punisher, The Way, Dawn of the Dead) has composed the film’s original score. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Haseltine & Matthew S. Nelson Scoring Dallas Jenkins’ ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dallas Jenkins, Dan Haseltine, Matthew S. Nelson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Composers Dan Haseltine & Matthew S. Nelson are reteaming with writer/director/producer Dallas Jenkins on the upcoming family holiday comedy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The film is directed by Jenkins (The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, What if…) and stars Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright and Lauren Graham. The movie is based on the bestselling book of the same title by Barbara Robinson and follows a group of children as they are taking over their local church Pageant and unwittingly teach a shocked community the true meaning of Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kill’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haroon-Gavin, Kill, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, Shashwat Sachdev, Soundtrack, Vikram Montrose
Sony Music India has released a soundtrack EP for the Indian action thriller Kill. The 4-track EP features the songs from the film written by Shashwat Sachdev, Haroon-Gavin and Vikram Montrose and featuring lyrics by Sachdev, Siddhant Kaushal and Shekhar Astitwa. The soundtrack is now available on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all four tracks after the jump. Kill is written and directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and stars Lakshya, Tanya Maniktala, and Raghav Juyal. The movie follows army commando who takes on gang of knife-wielding thieves who begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train to save those around him. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score Joseph Kosinski’s ‘F1’
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: F1, Hans Zimmer, Joseph Kosinski
Hans Zimmer is set to score the upcoming sports action drama F1. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy, Oblivion) and stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles and Samson Kayo. The movie, which is made in collaboration with Formula 1 and has been shot during actual Grand Prix weekends, follows a former driver who returns to Formula 1 at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid. Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Arlington Road) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vanished Into the Night’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Russo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Svaniti nella notte, Vanished Into the Night
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original film Vanished Into the Night (Svaniti nella notte). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, Legion, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Dove Sono) after the jump. Vanished Into the Night is directed by Renato De Maria and stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Annabelle Wallis, Gaia Coletti, Massimiliano Gallo and Lorenzo Ferrante. The thriller follows father who is immersed in a difficult divorce process and embarks on a dangerous mission when his children disappear from their isolated country house. Read the rest of this entry »
Högni’s Love Theme from Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’ Released
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baltasar Kormakur, Högni Egilsson, Touch
Back Lot Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the Icelandic romantic drama Touch. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the film’s love theme, Broken Thread, written by the movie’s composer Högni Egilsson (Under the Tree, Against the Current). Also listen to the full track after the jump. Touch is directed by Baltasar Kormákur and stars Egill Olafsson, Kōki, Sigurdur Ingvarsson, Masahiro Motoki, Palmi Kormakur and Yoko Narahashi. The drama, which follows a widower’s journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, opened in Icelandic theaters this past May and will be released in U.S. theaters next Friday, July 12 by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »
