Mirrotone will release a soundtrack album for the Thai Netflix original film AI Love You. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Roman Molino Dunn (Snakehead, Hurracan). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. AI Love You is directed by David Asavanond & Stephan Zlotescu and stars Baifern Pimchanok, Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon, Mario Maurer, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Kenneth Won. The sci-fi romance tells the story of a glitchy, soon-to-be-terminated AI who falls in love with a woman and needs to escape into the body of a real man and try to win her heart. Read the rest of this entry »
‘AI Love You’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: AI Love You, David Asavanond, Netflix, Roman Molino Dunn, score, Soundtrack, Stephan Zlotescu
Terrace Martin & Robert Glasper Scoring Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’
Posted: February 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bel-Air, Peacock, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin
Rapper/singer and music producer Terrace Martin & jazz pianist/composer/record producer Robert Glasper (Miles Ahead, The Photograph) are scoring the new Peacock original series Bel-Air. The show based on the classic sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (starring Will Smith) and inspired by Morgan Cooper’s viral trailer stars Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones and Simone Joy Jones. The one-hour drama is set in modern day America and chronicles Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. Read the rest of this entry »
New ‘Drive My Car’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drive My Car, Eiko Ishibashi, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, score, Soundtrack
Newhere Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Drive My Car (Doraibu mai ka). The album features the film’s original music composed by Eiko Ishibashi, including two previously unreleased bonus tracks. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The original album that was released last summer is available here. Drive My Car is co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Reika Kirishima and Jin Daeyeon. The movie follows a renowned stage actor and director who receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima two years after his wife’s unexpected death. Read the rest of this entry »
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Scoring Keith Thomas’ ‘Firestarter’
Posted: February 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Firestarter, John Carpenter, Keith Thomas
John Carpenter (Halloween, Assault on Precint 13, Christine, The Fog), Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies have teamed up to score the upcoming horror thriller Firestarter. The film is directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil) and stars Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, John Beasley, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes and Gloria Reuben. The movie based on Stephen King’s novel of the same title centers on a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. Read the rest of this entry »
Paramount+’s ‘Three Months’ to Feature Original Songs by Troye Sivan and Score by Roger Neill
Posted: February 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Paramount+, Roger Neill, Three Months, Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan has written two original songs for the new Paramount+ original movie Three Months. Roger Neill (20th Century Women, Beginners, King of the Hill, Mozart in the Jungle, Unpregnant) has composed the original score for the film written and directed by Jared Frieder and starring Sivan himself, Viveik Kalra, Brianne Tju, Ellen Burstyn, Judy Greer, Javier Munoz, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Amy Landecker. The coming-of-age comedy drama tells the story of a South Florida teen who gets exposed to HIV on the eve of his high school graduation and finds love in the most unlikely of places as he is waiting for his results. Read the rest of this entry »
Jarvis Cocker Scoring BBC’s ‘This Is Going to Hurt’
Posted: February 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Kay, AMC, BBC, Jarvis Cocker, Serafina Steer, This Is Going to Hurt
Jarvis Cocker (of the rock band Pulp) has composed the original music for the new BBC drama This Is Going to Hurt. The show is created by Adam Kay based on his best-selling book of the same title and stars Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Michele Austin, Hannah Onslow, Rosie Akerman and Andreea Paduraru. The series follows a doctor who is juggling his personal life with a hectic job on the labor ward, where he is faced with a racist mother-to-be and an irritating frequent flyer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Deer King’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harumi Fuuki, Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji, score, Soundtrack, The Deer King
A soundtrack album has been released for the Japanese animated feature The Deer King (Shika no Ou). The album features the original film’s original music composed by Harumi Fuuki (Chronicle of My Mother, The Emperor in August, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and check out audio samples. A CD version is available to order as an import on Amazon. The Deer King directed by Masashi Ando & Masayuki Miyaji is based on the book series by author Nahoko Uehashi is set in the years following a destructive war, with the Empire of Zol controlling the land and citizens of rival Aquafa. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fireheart’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Egan, Fireheart, Laurent Zeitoun, score, Soundtrack, Ted Ty
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Fireheart (Vaillante). The album features the film’s original music composed by Chris Egan (The Spanish Princess, Tiny World, Man Down). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Fireheart is directed by Theodore Ty & Laurent Zeitoun and stars Olivia Cooke, Kenneth Branagh, William Shatner, Laurie Holden, Mara Junot, Wilex Ly and Ryan W. Garcia. The movie is set in New York during the roaring twenties and tells the story of a 16-year old young girl who dreams of being the world’s first-ever firefighter and disguises herself as an awkward young man to join a team of improvised firemen in charge of stopping an arsonist. Read the rest of this entry »
94th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: February 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Here are the music-related nominations: Read the rest of this entry »
