Singer/songwriter Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck) has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming drama Oh, Canada. The film is written and directed by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, American Gigolo, First Reformed) and stars Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli and Victoria Hill. The movie is based on the novel Foregone by Russell Banks and tells the story of famed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, an American leftist who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft, and gives a final interview to one of his former students to tell the whole truth about his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Phosphorescent Scoring Paul Schrader’s ‘Oh, Canada’
Posted: May 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Oh Canada, Paul Schrader, Phosphorescent
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‘The Monk and the Gun’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: May 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederic Alvarez, Pawo Choyning Dorji, score, Soundtrack, The Monk and the Gun
Parallel 45 & Films Boutique will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Monk and the Gun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frédéric Alvarez (The Third War, Love According to Dalva, Louloute). The soundtrack is already available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track below. The Monk and the Gun is written and directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji and stars Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam and Harry Einhorn. The movie, which was shortlisted as the Bhutanese entry in the International Feature category at this year’s Academy Awards, is set in 2016 as the isolated Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan prepares to become the world’s youngest democracy and tells the story of a Buddhist lama sends sho his disciple on a journey across the nation to bring him guns by the full moon to “set it right”. Read the rest of this entry »
Heitor Pereira Scoring Oliver Stone’s ‘Lula’
Posted: May 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, Lula, Oliver Stone, Rob Wilson
Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Angry Bird Movie, Paw Patrol: The Movie, The Smurfs, Smallfoot, Beverly Hills Chihuahua) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Lula. The film is directed by Oliver Stone (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July), co-directed by Rob Wilson (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass) and explores the rise, fall and triumphant return of Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. The movie focuses on his extraordinary journey in 2022 to regain the Brazilian presidency after spending nineteen months in prison. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Glory of Life’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: May 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens, Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann, score, Soundtrack, The Glory of Life
Tiger Tune Records has released a soundtrack EP for the German romantic drama The Glory of Life (Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens). The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Paul Eisenach (Lost Ones, Berlin Bouncer, Summer Rebels) & Jonas Hofer (Black Island, Spy City). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composers’ Kafka’s Theme after the jump. The Glory of Life is directed by Georg Maas & Judith Kaufmann and stars Sabin Tambrea and Henriette Confurius. The movie is based on the bestselling novel by Michael Kumpfmüller and explores the relationship between Franz Kafka and Dora Diamant who met in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, a year before the author died from tuberculosis. Read the rest of this entry »
Erick Schroder Scoring Chris McGowan’s ‘You Don’t Belong Here’
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris McGowan, Erick Schroder, You Don't Belong Here
Composer Erick Schroder (The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, Under the Stadium Lights, Skeletons in the Closet, No Man’s Land, Angry Neighbors, American Christmas) is reuniting with director Chris McGowan on the upcoming supernatural thriller You Don’t Belong Here. The film starring Shane West, Nikki Roumel, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Destiny Hernandez, Chibuikem Uche, Ilirida Memedovski & Major Curda follows a group of amateur crime solvers as they take a trip to an infamous campsite to investigate an unsolved murder and unexpectedly find themselves in 1991, days before the murder took place, with a mysterious killer on the loose. Martin Bartlett wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Night Passage’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dimitri Tiomkin, James Neilson, Night Passage, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1957 western Night Passage directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart and Brandon deWilde. The album features the original score from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon, The Alamo, It’s A Wonderful LifeGiant, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Guns of Navarone). Also included are two original songs (Follow the River & You Can’t Get Far Without a Railroad) written by the composer with lyricist Ned Washington. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release and check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Kathryn Bostic Scoring Tina Mabry’s ‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Kathryn Bostic, The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Tina Mabry
Kathryn Bostic (Clemency, Women of the Movement, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, Praise Petey, Holiday Rush) is scoring the upcoming comedy drama The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat. The film is directed by Tina Mabry and stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, Julian McMahon, Mekhi Phifer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Russell Hornsby. The movie based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Edward Kelsey Moore and follows a trio of best friends who see their bond put to the test as heartbreak and illness stir up the past and threaten to destroy their friendship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Above the Dust’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Above the Dust, Ella van der Woude, Juho Nurmela, score, Soundtrack
Ella van der Woude (Take Me Somewhere Nice, Armand, Instinct, Something You Said Last Night, Stranger in Paradise) and Juho Nurmela (My Rembrandt) have released a soundtrack album for the Chinese/Dutch drama Above the Dust (Wo Tu). The album features the composers’ original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Above the Dust is written and directed by Xiaoshuai Wang and stars Ouyang Wenxin, Yong Mei, Zu Feng, Wang Zichuan, Li Jun and Zhao Xiaoning. The movie follows a 10-year-old Chinese boy who dreams of owning a water pistol and goes on a journey through his grandfather’s memories of the 1950s and his terrible misdeeds at the time. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney Junior’s ‘Ariel’ TV Series Announced
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anthony M. Jones, Ariel, Chantry Johnson, Disney Junior, Michelle Zarlenga, Olivia Waithe, Rosemarie Tan, Sofia Quinn, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Junior animated series Ariel. The album features ten songs from the show inspired by the diverse genres of Caribbean music, written by Anthony M. Jones, Olivia Waithe, Sofia Quinn, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga & Rosemarie Tan and performed by the project’s voice cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The show’s theme song (written by Johnson, Zarlenga & Tan) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Ariel is based on Disney’s animated classic The Little Mermaid and features the voices of Mykal-Michelle Harris, Taye Diggs, Amber Riley, Gracen Newton, Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Cruz Flateau, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kevin Michael Richardson, Melissa Villaseñor and Ron Funches. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lionheart’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Genevieve Nnaji, Kulanen Ikyo, Lionheart, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Kulanen Ikyo (The Black Book, Blood Sisters) has released a soundtrack album for the Nigerian drama Lionheart. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the song Ka Anyi Je Be Nu and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and first score track (After Devotion) after the jump. Lionheart is co-written and directed by Genevieve Nnaji and stars Nnaji herself, Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Kanayo O. Kanayo and Onyeka Onwenu. The movie revolves around a woman who steps up to run the family business alongside her uncle when her father falls ill, and prove herself in a male-dominated world. Read the rest of this entry »
