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 »
‘Lionheart’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Genevieve Nnaji, Kulanen Ikyo, Lionheart, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
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Nate Heller Scoring Marielle Heller’s ‘Nightbitch’
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marielle Heller, Nate Heller, Nightbitch
Nate Heller has provided the original score for the upcoming horror comedy Nightbitch. The film is written and directed by Marielle Heller and stars Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Zoë Chao, Emmett James Snowden, Archana Rajan, Mary Holland and Jessica Harper. The movie is based on Rachel Yoder’s debut novel of the same title and tells the story of a woman thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre signs that she may be turning into a canine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anthracite’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anthracite, David Quattrini, Judson Crane, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
440Hz has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix limited series Anthracite. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Judson Crane (Poker Face, Postcard from Earth) and David Quattrini (L’Homme que j’ai condamné). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Ida’s Theme) from the composers’ score below. Anthracite is created by Fanny Robert, Maxime Berthemy & Mehdi Ouahab and stars Hatik, Noémie Schmidt, Camille Lou, Nicolas Godart, Léo Legrand, Raphaël Ferret and Kad Merad. The 6-part thriller centers on an old case that is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami Scoring John Woo’s ‘The Killer’ Remake
Posted: May 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Woo, Marco Beltrami, The Killer
This past week, Marco Beltrami (Logan, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine) has been recording his score for the upcoming action thriller The Killer. The film is directed by John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2) and stars Omar Sy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sam Worthington, Saïd Taghmaoui and Diana Silvers. The movie is being described as a reimagining of Woo’s Hong Kong 1989 classic of the same title. No plot details have been revealed yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2024)
Posted: May 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: After the Flood, Amazon, Blair Mowat, BritBox, Ceiri Torjussen, Hulu, Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever, Outer Range, Samuel Sim, Shudder, The Killing Kind, Wendy & Lisa
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British series After the Flood created by Mick Ford and starring Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonas Armstrong, Nicholas Gleaves, Matt Stokoe, Anita Adam Gabay and Jacqueline Boatswain. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Nolly, Class, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK this past January on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, May 14, is the British series The Killing Kind written by Zara Hayes & Jonathan Stewart based on the novel of the same title by Jane Casey and starring Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Olivia D’Lima, Kerr Logan and Sara Powell. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, MaryLand, The Bay, Anne, The Long Call, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part thriller, which follows a barrister who her client against stalking charges, only for him to turn on her, premiered in the UK last year on Paramount+ and is making its domestic debut on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bad Boys 4, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Bilall Fallah
Epic Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the action comedy sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Tonight performed by Black Eyed Peas x El Alfa feat. Becky G. Also listen to the song below and check back on this page for the details of full soundtrack album. Bad Boys: Ride or Die is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Paola Nuñez, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Haddish and Joe Pantoliano. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2024)
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ainz Brainz Prasad, Ameya Saraf, Andrew Bird, Caroline Ho, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, John Paesano, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Mother of the Bride, Not Another Church Movie, Peter Raeburn, Poolman, Power, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi adventure Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes directed by Wes Ball and starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy and Peter Macon. The film’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Cheaper by the Dozen, Invincible, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Truth Be Told). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.
Also opening wide is the comedy Not Another Church Movie written and directed by Johnny Mack and starring Kevin Daniels, Jamie Foxx, Vivica A. Fox, Kyla Pratt, Tisha Campbell, Jasmine Guy, Lamorne Morris, Luc Ashley, Buddy Lewis, T’Shaun Barret and Mickey Rourke. Ainz “Brainz” Prasad (Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!) and Ameya Saraf have composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows a billionaire talk show host who uses her direct connection to God to demand he deliver a hero to help her plummeting ratings, is being released by Briarcliff Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Jonny Greenwood to Score Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Feature
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Jonny Greenwood has confirmed in a recent interview with The Guardian that he has started work on his score for the next (currently untitled) feature directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is written and directed by Anderson (Magnolia, Boogie Nights) and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim, Wood Harris, and Chase Infiniti. No plot details have been announced yet. Anderson is also producing the project with Sara Murphy (If Beale Street Could Talk, Never Rarely Sometime Always) and Adam Somner. Read the rest of this entry »
T Bone Burnett to Write Original Songs for Robert D. Krzykowski’s ‘Grendel’
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grendel, Robert D. Krzykowski, T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett (True Detective, Crazy Heart, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Inside Llewyn Davis, Walk the Line) has been tapped to contribute original songs to the upcoming monster movie Grendel. The film will be directed by Robert D. Krzykowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot) and is set to Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, Thomasin McKenzie and Aidan Turner, as well as Burnett himself as The Shaper. The movie is based on John Gardner’s novel of the same name and tells the tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of this story. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Jordan Scott’s ‘A Sacrifice’
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Sacrifice, Jordan Scott, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose, One Life, Ammonite) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller A Sacrifice. The film is written and directed by Jordan Scott (Cracks) and stars Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, Sylvia Hoeks, Jonas Dassler, Stephan Kampwirth, Sophie Rois and Lara Feith. The movie is inspired by Nicholas Hogg’s 2015 novel Tokyo Nobody and follows an American social psychologist living in Berlin who investigates a disturbing cult, while his rebellious teenage daughter gets involved with a mysterious local boy who introduces her to the city’s underground party scene. Read the rest of this entry »
