Decca Records has released the original song Turn Up the Sunshine from the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru. The track written by Jack Antonoff (who also produced the song), Patrik Berger, Sam Dew & Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and performed by Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released digitally and physically on July 1. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Diana Ross’ & Tame Impala’s Original Song ‘Turn Up the Sunshine’ from ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Released
Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diana Ross, Jack Antonoff, Minions, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Tame Impala
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s & HBO Max’s ‘The Tourist’ to Be Released
Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Dominik Scherrer, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, The Tourist
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC/HBO Max original series The Tourist. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award nominee Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, The Serpent, Primeval, Baptiste, The Widow, Requiem). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 20. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Tourist is created by Harry & Jack Williams and stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Alex Dimitriades, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Damon Herriman. The 6-part thriller follows a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. Read the rest of this entry »
Vangelis (born as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou) has passed away at age 79 in France. The Greek composer has scored numerous films, including Hugh Hudson’s 1981 drama Chariots of Fire, for which he won the Academy Award and also received a Grammy Award nomination, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, for which he was BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated and Scott’s 1492: Conquest of Paradise, for which he earned another Golden Globe nomination. His other film scoring credits include Costa-Gavras’ Missing, Koreyoshi Kurahara’s Antarctica, Roger Donaldson’s The Bounty, Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon and Oliver Stone’s Alexander. Read the rest of this entry »
Spoiler Tracks from ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Score to Be Released
Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel, Sam Raimi, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music will release three previously unreleased tracks from the score for Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The full soundtrack album including the previously released 32 tracks and the three “spoiler” tracks composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Nightmare Before Christmas) will also be available to download tomorrow, May 20. The album has previously only been available to stream. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the full soundtrack and listen to the three tracks and check out the track titles after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s & Sky’s ‘The Baby’ to Be Released
Posted: May 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Lucrecia Dalt, score, Sky, Soundtrack, The Baby
Invada Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO/Sky original series The Baby. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lucrecia Dalt (The Seed). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Mareterna) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. The Baby is created by Siân Robins-Grace & Lucy Gaymer and stars Michelle De Swarte, Amira Ghazalla, Patrice Naiambana, Amber Grappy, Sinéad Cusack, Isy Suttie, Shvorne Marks, Tanya Reynolds, Karl Davies, Seyan Sarvan and Divian Ladwa. The horror comedy centers on a woman whose life dramatically implodes when she gets pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Stasi Comedy’ (‘Stasikomödie’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Stasi Comedy, Leander Haussmann, Malakoff Kowalski, score, Soundtrack, Stasikomödie
Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the German film A Stasi Comedy (Stasikomödie). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Malakoff Kowalski (Klappe Cowboy!, Berlin für Helden). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A Stasi Comedy is written and directed by Leander Haussmann and stars David Kross, Henry Hübchen, Jörg Schüttauf, Deleila Piasko, Antonia Bill and Tom Schilling. The comedy is set in Communist East Berlin during the early 1980s and tells the story of a man who is hired by the Stasi to infiltrate a subversive countercultural movement and ends up living two lives – one as an underground poet and one as a Stasi agent. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann Scoring Netflix’s ‘Uncoupled’
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Darren Star, Gabriel Mann, Jeffrey Richman, Netflix, Uncoupled
Gabriel Mann (A Million Little Things, Rectify, Better Nate Than Never, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, Rosewood) is scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Uncoupled. The show is created by Darren Star (Sex and the City, Emily in Paris) & Jeffrey Richman and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Tisha Campbell, Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks, Marcia Gay Harden and Tuc Watkins. The comedy revolves around a man who has to confront two nightmares after his husband leaves him: losing what he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Music Team Credits Revealed
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick
The full music team credits for Joseph Kosinksi’s Top Gun: Maverick have been revealed. In addition to Harold Faltermeyer (who scored the original 1986 Top Gun), Lady Gaga (who contributed the original song Hold My Hand), Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe (who is credited as score producer and is believed to have been heavily involved in the composition of the film’s score) whose names appear in the film’s opening credits sequence, the full credits include such names as T Bone Burnett (True Detective, Inside Llewyn Davis), Ryan Tedder (who co-wrote OneRepublic’s original song I Ain’t Worried), former KCRW music director/host Jason Bentley and music supervisor Kathy Nelson as music consultants, David Fleming (Hillbilly Elegy, The Unforgivable), Andrew Kawczynski (Chappie, Sky Hunters) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, Army of Thieves) as additional music composers, guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats, Asia, The Young Punx) as score consultant and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith as a musician. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superhost’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blitz//Berlin, Brandon Christensen, score, Soundtrack, Superhost
Blitz//Berlin (Still/Born, Day of the Dead, Extraterrestrial, It Stains the Sands Red) have released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Superhost. The album features the composer trio’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Superhost is written and directed by Brandon Christensen and stars Sara Canning, Osric Chau, Gracie Gillam and Barbara Crampton. The movie follows two travel vloggers who check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review. Read the rest of this entry »
