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 »
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
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‘A Smile Doesn’t Lie’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Smile Doesn't Lie, Arthur Simonini, Chad Chenouga, Christine Paillard, Pourquoi tu souris?, score, Soundtrack
Persepolis has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy A Smile Doesn’t Lie (Pourquoi tu souris?). The album features the film’s original score composed by Arthur Simonini (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Vampires, Daughter of Rage, Hibou, Tendre et saignant). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Wizi) below. A Smile Doesn’t Lie is written and directed by Chad Chenouga & Christine Paillard and stars Jean-Pascal Zadi, Emmanuelle Devos, Judith Magre and Raphaël Quenard. The movie follows a young man who travels to Bordeaux to start a new life and passes himself off as a migrant and forms an unlikely trio with a humanitarian woman and homeless man. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dead Whisper’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Conor Soucy, Dead Whisper, Nikhil Koparkar, score, Soundtrack
Nikhil Koparkar will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Dead Whisper. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, July 5. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack. Dead Whisper is co-written and directed by Conor Soucy and stars Sam Dunning, Rob Evan, Tana Sirois, Samantha Hill, Bruce Winant, Dhane Ross and Hester Wilkinson. The movie follows a Cape Cod lawyer whose life is shattered after a tragedy, when he encounters a demonic entity on a remote island, where he is tempted by the promise of reunion with his lost daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sunflower’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Carrubba, Marlon Grunden, score, Soundtrack, Sunflower
Marlon Grunden (The Library Boys) has released a soundtrack album for the Australian coming-of-age drama Sunflower. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Sunflower is written and directed by Gabriel Carrubba and stars Liam Mollica, Luke J. Morgan, Daniel Halmarick, Olivia Fildes and Elias Anton. The movie revolves around a seventeen-year-old teenager who struggles to understand and embrace his sexuality as he comes of age in the working-class suburbs of Melbourne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Firebrand’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Firebrand. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s title track after the jump. Firebrand is directed by Karim Aïnouz and stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Sam Riley, Erin Doherty, Eddie Marsan, Junia Rees, Patsy Ferran, Ruby Bentall, Maia Jemmett and Bryony Hannah. The movie explores how Katherine Parr navigates a perilous marriage to the volatile Henry VIII in Tudor England, where court intrigue and the king’s paranoia threaten her survival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghost Trail’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghost Trail, Jonathan Millet, Les fantômes, score, Soundtrack, Yuksek
Discrete has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian/German thriller Ghost Trail (Les fantômes). The album features the film’s original music composed by EDM producer and DJ Yuksek (Marguerite & Julien, La cour des miracles, Who Killed Little Gregory?, Ils sont vivants). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Ghost Trail is co-written and directed by Jonathan Millet and stars Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter and Hala Rajab. The movie follows a member of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders whose mission takes him to France, where he plans to confront his former torturer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Secret Art of Human Flight’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: H.P. Mendoza, score, Soundtrack, The Secret Art of Human Flight
H.P. Mendoza (Colma: The Musical, I Am a Ghost) will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Secret Art of Human Flight. The album features the director/composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first track (Songs About Flight – Pt. 1) below. The Secret Art of Human Flight is directed by Mendoza and stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Lucy DeVito, Reina Hardesty, Nican Robinson, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Maggie Grace. The movie follows a man who – after the death of his wife – stumbles upon a self-help book by an enigmatic guru who claims to have harnessed the power to fly. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ride’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jake Allyn, Ride, score, Soundtrack, Those Who Ride With Giants
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama Ride. The album features the film’s original score composed by Australian musician Those Who Ride With Giants (aka MJ Callaghan). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the title track after the jump. Ride is co-written and directed by Jake Allyn and C. Thomas Howell, Annabeth Gish, Allyn himself, Patrick Murney, Laci Kaye Booth, Josh Plasse, Scott Reeves, Zia Carlock and Forrie J. Smith. The movie follows a retired bull rider desperate to fund his daughter’s cancer treatment who teams up with his estranged son and resorts to robbery. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell Scoring Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Powell, Jon M. Chu, Wicked
John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Don’t Worry Darling) has recently been recording his underscore for the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. The movie is directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) based on the hit musical created by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman and stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, as well as Jeff Goldblum as the legendary Wizard of Oz. The fantasy adventure tells the untold story of the witches of Oz: Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin and Glinda, a popular young woman who has yet to discover her true heart. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Meanwhile on Earth’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Levy, Jérémy Clapin, Meanwhile on Earth, Pendant ce temps sur Terre, score, Soundtrack
Because Music & One World Films will release the official soundtrack album for the French sci-fi drama Meanwhile on Earth (Pendant ce temps sur Terre). The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Vesper, Breaking Point, For My Country, Star Wars Visions: Sith, Empire of the Wolves). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Meanwhile on Earth is written and directed by Jérémy Clapin (who made his live-action feature debut on the project) and stars Megan Northam, Sofia Lesaffre and Catherine Salée. The movie follows a young woman who is struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her brother, an astronaut who vanished during his first mission. Read the rest of this entry »
