MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama The Bus of Life (El bus de la vida). The album features the film’s original score composed by Paula Olaz (Nora, Beyond the Summit, Crónica de una tormenta). Also included are the movie’s songs written by Manuela Vellés, Alex Moreno and Pablo Fergus. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. The Bus of Life is co-written and directed by Ibon Cormenzana and stars Dani Rovira, Susana Abaitua, Elena Irureta and Pablo Scapigliati. The movie tells the story of a teacher who travels to a Basque town to work as a substitute teacher in a high school, when he gets diagnosed with cancer and finally faces his fears to fulfill his dream of getting on stage. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bus of Life’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: El bus de la vida, Ibon Cormenzana, Paula Olaz, score, Soundtrack, The Bus of Life
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Victims’ Game’ to Be Released
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Soundtrack, The Victims' Game
HIM International Music has released a soundtrack album for the Taiwanese Netflix original series The Victims’ Game. The album features nine songs from the first two seasons of the show by artists such as Yuan Chi Ling, Janice Yan, Yo Lee, Jud, Karencici, Shao Hao & others. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Victims’ Game is and stars Joseph Chang, Hsu Wei-ning, Jason Wang, Dean Fujioka, Tarcy Su, Moon Lee, Terrance Lau Chun-him and Chang Tsai-hsing. The crime thriller revolves around a forensic detective with Asperger’s syndrome who is placed in the spotlight as a prime suspect. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elyas’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elyas, Florent Emilio Siri, Jean-Pascal Beintus, score, Soundtrack
Grande Ourse has released a soundtrack album for the French action thriller Elyas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Pascal Beintus (Marseille, United Passions, The 11th Hour). 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. Elyas is directed by Florent-Emilio Siri and stars Roschdy Zem, Laëtitia Eïdo and Jeanne Michel. The movie revolves around a former Special Forces soldier who has become solitary and paranoid since serving in Afghanistan and gets recruited to provide security for a young woman and her daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Albert Glasser’s ‘Please Murder Me!’ & ‘Treasure of Monte Cristo’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Albert Glasser, Peter Godfrey, Please Murder Me!, score, Soundtrack, Treasure of Monte Cristo
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring the world premiere release of two scores composed by Albert Glasser (The Amazing Colossal Man, Invasion U.S.A., Geisha Girl, The Cyclops, High School Confidential). The limited edition CD includes the composer’s music for the 1956 noir thriller Please Murder Me! directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr & Dick Foran, as well as his score for the 1949 crime thriller Treasure of Monte Cristo directed by William Berke and starring Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens and Steve Brodie. The Albert Glasser Collection – Vol. 7 is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘MaXXXine’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: MaXXXine, score, Soundtrack, Ti West, Tyler Bates
A24 Music will release the official soundtrack album for Ti West’s slasher movie MaXXXine. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Watchmen, Deadpool 2, 300, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, The Punisher, Hobbs & Shaw, Dawn of the Dead) who previously co-scored the first two installments in the X trilogy (X with Chelsea Wolfe and Pearl with Timothy Williams). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 5. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. MaXXXine is written and directed by West and stars Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey, Lily Collins and Kevin Bacon. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Hart Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Sunny’
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Daniel Hart, Sunny
Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Peter Pan & Wendy, Strange Angel) has recently scored the new Apple TV+ original series Sunny. The show is developed by Katie Robbins based on the book The Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan and stars Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Judy Ongg, Joanna Sotomura, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura. The 10-part mystery comedy drama follows an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash and – as a consolation price – is given one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Trap’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Saleka, Soundtrack, Trap
The track list of the soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller Trap has been revealed. The album features the original songs written and performed by Saleka (as fictional pop star Lady Raven), including collaborations with Russ, Kid Cudi and amaarae. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 2 by Columbia Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (Release) is already available as a digital single now. Trap is written and directed by Shyamalan and also stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The movie follows a father and daughter who attending a pop concert, when they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Audrey Diwan, Emmanuelle, Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Baby Reindeer, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, Loveless, Wizard of Lies, The Family) have composed the original music for the upcoming French erotic drama Emmanuelle. The film is directed by Audrey Diwan (Losing It) and stars Noémie Merlant, Will Sharpe, Jamie Campbell Bower, Chacha Huang, Anthony Wong and Naomi Watts. The movie is inspired by the novel and character of the same name created by Emmanuelle Arsan and follows the steps of a woman in search of a lost pleasure who encounters numerous people on a business trip to Hong Kong, including a man who constantly eludes her. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Last Action Hero’ Score Album Announced
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John McTiernan, Last Action Hero, Michael Kamen, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 fantasy action comedy Last Action Hero directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Mercedes Ruehl, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Robert Prosky, Tom Noonan and Anthony Quinn. The album features the film’s expanded and remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Michael Kamen (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, X-Men, The Three Musketeers, The Iron Giant), including around an hour of previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set is limited to 3,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today and on Amazon within the next few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Whirlwind’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kim Dong-Wook, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Whirlwind
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix limited series The Whirlwind. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kim Dong-Wook (Jung_E, Badland Hunters, Hellbound, The Cursed), as well as Kim Dong-Wook, Chai Min-Joo, Insang Yoo, Yeji Jeong & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to Dong-Wook’s opening title track after the jump. The Whirlwind is created by Kim Yong-wan & Park Kyung-su and stars Sul Kyung-gu and Kim Hee-ae. The political thriller centers on a whirlwind power clash between the prime minister and deputy prime minister that unravels the day the president suffers an assassination attempt. Read the rest of this entry »
