Troll Court & Watertower Music have released the piano version of Mötley Crüe’s Home Sweet Home as featured in the latest episode of the HBO Max original series Peacemaker. The track is performed on piano by lead actor John Cena and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the cover below. The labels have previously released John Murphy’s Pumped Up Kicks cover from the series. A full soundtrack album featuring Clint Mansell’s & Kevin Kiner’s score is in the works and will be announced soon. Peacemaker is written and directed by James Gunn and also stars Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Steve Agee, Jennifer Holland, Chukwudi Iwuji and Robert Patrick. Read the rest of this entry »
John Cena’s ‘Home Sweet Home’ Piano Version from ‘Peacemaker’ Released
Posted: February 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO Max, James Gunn, John Cena, Peacemaker
Taylor Goldsmith’s & Mandy Moore’s Original Song ‘Finding You Backwards’ from ‘I Want You Back’ Released
Posted: February 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, I Want You Back, Jason Orley, Mandy Moore, Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith
Amazon Music has premiered the original song Finding You Backwards from the new Amazon original movie I Want You Back. The track is performed by Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith featuring Mandy Moore and co-written by Goldsmith and the film’s composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building, Runaways, Queenpins). The song, which was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, is now available to stream exclusively on Amazon Music. I Want You Back is directed by Jason Orley and stars Jenny Slate, Charlie Day, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, Manny Jacinto, Clark Backo, Isabel May, Luke David Blumm, Jami Gertz, Dylan Gelula and Mason Gooding. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sextet Montage’ from Netflix’s ‘tick, tick… Boom!’ Released
Posted: February 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Larson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Netlix, tick tick... BOOM!
Sony Music Masterworks has released Sextet Montage, a previously unreleased song from the Netflix original film tick, tick… Boom!. The track written by late composer and playwright Jonathan Larson is featured in the movie during the workshop of Larson’s musical Superbia and includes vocals by cast members Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Aneesa Folds, Gizel Jimenez, Joel Perez and Janet Dacal. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the track, which is being released today coinciding with Larson’s 62th birthday. Also listen to the song below. Read the rest of this entry »
Yelawolf’s & DJ Paul’s ‘If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough’ Cover from ‘Jackass Forever’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: DJ Paul, Jackass, Jackass Forever, Jeff Tremaine, Yelawolf
Paramount Music has released a new version of Roger Alan Wade’s If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough from the soundtrack for the comedy Jackass Forever. The new track, which was recorded for the fifth Jackass movie, is performed by Yelawolf & DJ Paul and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Jackass Forever is directed by Jeff Tremaine and stars Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Danger Ehren, Wee Man and Preston Lacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino’s ‘The Riddler’ Theme from ‘The Batman’ Released
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Matt Reeves, Michael Giacchino, The Batman
WaterTower Music has released the second track from the soundtrack for Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon) is The Riddler theme written by the film’s composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Star Trek, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ratatouille). Also listen to the full track after the jump and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. The label has previously released Giacchino’s Batman theme last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli Scoring NBC’s ‘The Thing About Pam’
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Giona Ostinelli, NBC, Sonya Belousova, The Thing About Pam
Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Witcher, The Mist, The Romanoffs, Inside Man: Most Wanted) are scoring the upcoming NBC drama The Thing About Pam. The show is inspired by one of the most popular sagas ever told on Dateline NBC and stars Renée Zellweger, Josh Duhamel, Judy Greer, Katy Mixon, Glenn Fleshler, Gideon Adlon, Sean Bridgers, Suanne Spoke and Mac Brandt. The limited series centers on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband who was later exonerated andd set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme involving a woman named Pam Hupp. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rise Up, Sing Out’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Thought, Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Questlove, Rise Up Sing Out, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Junior short-form animated series Rise Up, Sing Out. The album features the original songs from the show written and produced by Ahmir ‘”Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter (of the Grammy Award winning musical group The Roots) who also appear in the series as animated characters. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 4. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Rise Up, Sing Out executive produced by Questlove, Black Thought & Latoya Raveneau follows a group of neighborhood friends of multiple ethnicities and tells eight stories that directly reflect the realities of the world kids live in today. Read the rest of this entry »
Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman Scoring AMC’s ’61st Street’
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 61st Street, AMC, Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, The After Party) & Laure Karpman (What If…?, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Why We Hate) are teaming up to co-score the upcoming AMC original series 61st Street. The show is created by Peter Moffat (The Night Of, Your Honor) and stars Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Tosin Cole and Bentley Green. The thriller examines the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as police and prosecutors investigate a deadly drug bust that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of fifteen titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, March 13. For the full list of nominations, click here. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Reunion’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Rosenberg, Nicolas Repetto, score, Soundtrack, The Reunion
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the indie thriller The Reunion. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Repetto (The Sound of Identity). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. The Reunion is written and directed by Dave Rosenberg and stars Rosenberg himself, Andrea Modica, Dinh James Doan and Cara Ronzetti. The movie follows a former actor on a spiritual journey of self-discovery when he runs into his childhood nemesis who had put him in the hospital in high school after a fight over a girl. Read the rest of this entry »
