Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Book of Life,The Motorcycle Diaries) & Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & Rebels, CSI: Miami) are reuniting to co-score the new ABC drama Promised Land. The show is created by Matt Lopez (Race to Witch Mountain, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) and stars John Ortiz, Cecilia Suárez, Christina Ochoa, Augusto Aguilera, Mariel Molino, Tonatiuh, Katya Martín, Andres Velez and Rolando Chusan. The series centers on a Latinx family vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla & Kevin Kiner Scoring ABC’s ‘Promised Land’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hulu, Kevin Kiner, Promised Land
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‘There Is No Place Like Home – The Series’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A casa tutti bene - La serie, Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Buonvino, score, Sky, Soundtrack, There Is No Place Like Home - The Series
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Sky original comedy There Is No Place Like Home – The Series (A casa tutti bene – La serie). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Paolo Buonvino (Fathers & Daughters, Fatima, Medici, Romanzo Criminale, Quiet Chaos). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. There Is No Place Like Home – The Series is co-written and directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds) based on his 2018 feature of the same title (scored by Nicola Piovani) and stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Stefano Accorsi, Claudia Gerini and Stefania Sandrelli. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner’s Complete ‘Another 48 Hrs.’ Score to Be Released
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., James Horner, score, Soundtrack, Walter Hill
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 action comedy Another 48 Hrs. directed by Walter Hill and starring Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe and Ed O’Ross The album features the world premiere release of the complete original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, The Amazing Spider-Man, Apollo 13, Willow, Field of Dreams, Aliens). Visit the label’s official website for more details, to check out audio samples and to order the CD. The original soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie and four tracks of Horner’s score was released in 1990 by Scotti Bros. Read the rest of this entry »
Son Lux’s Ryan Lott & Keir Schmidt Scoring Freeform’s ‘Single Drunk Female’
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Hulu, Keir Schmidt, Ryan Lott, Single Drunk Female
Ryan Lott (of Son Lux) (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Paper Towns, Mean Dreams) & Keir Schmidt have teamed up to score the new Freeform original series Single Drunk Female. The show is created by Simone Finch and stars Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Rebecca Henderson, Sasha Compère, Lily Mae Harrington and Garrick Bernard. The comedy revolves around a 20-something alcoholic who – after a public flame-out at a New York media company – is forced to seize the only chance she has to sober up and avoid jail time by moving back home with her overbearing mother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ to Feature Original Song ‘Love Is Not Hard to Find’ by Yendry
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amazon, Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania: Transformia, Yendry
Dominican-Italian singer/songwriter Yendry has recorded an original song for the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The track, entitled Love Is Not Hard to Find, is written by herself, Morien van der Tang (aka Morgan Avenue), Glen Faria, Faried Arween Jhauw (Jeremia Jones) & Jheynner Argote, and will be featured in the movie directed by Derek Drymon & Jennifer Kluska and starring Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, Fran Drescher, Brad Abrell and Asher Blinkoff. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for 1972’s ‘Treasure Island’ Announced
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ed Welch, John Hough, Natale Massara, score, Soundtrack, The Thirty Nine Steps, Treasure Island
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1972 movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island directed by John Hough and starring Orson Welles (who also wrote the original version of the screenplay), Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak and Ángel del Pozo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Natale Massara (Craving Desire). The soundtrack is being released to coincide with the movie’s 50th Anniversary is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list, check out audio samples and to order the CD, which is limited to 500 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
Amelia Warner Scoring Emma Holly Jones’ ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amelia Warner, Emma Holly Jones, Mr. Malcolm's List
Last week, Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List) has recorded her score for the upcoming romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List. The film is directed by Emma Holly Jones and stars Zawe Ashton, Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Theo James and Ashley Park. The movie is set in the early 19th Century and revolves around a society lady who gets jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor when she fails to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride and enlists her friend to help her take revenge by tricking him into thinking he has found his perfect match. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Crusade’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gregoire Hetzel, La croisade, Louis Garrel, score, Soundtrack, The Crusade
Why Not Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French drama The Crusade (La croisade). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Ismael’s Ghosts, Incendies, Lovers, The Midwife, Summertime, Oh Mercy!, Holy Lands). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The Crusade is directed by Louis Garrel and stars Laetitia Casta, Joseph Engel, as well as Garrel himself who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière. The movie follows a couple who discover that their 13-year-old son has been selling the family’s valuables to finance a secret ecological project in Africa he believes will save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
John Murphy’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ Cover from HBO Max’s ‘Peacemaker’ Released
Posted: January 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO Max, James Gunn, John Murphy, Peacemaker, Ralph Saenz
WaterTower Music has released the cover version of Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks from the new HBO Max original series Peacemaker. The track (originally written by Mark Foster) produced and performed by John Murphy (The Suicide Squad, 28 Days Later…, Snatch, Sunshine, Millions, Kick-Ass, Miami Vice) feat. Ralph Saenz is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to the full track below. Peacemaker is written and directed by James Gunn and stars John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Chukwudi Iwuji and Robert Patrick. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer Wins Golden Globe for ‘Dune’ Score
Posted: January 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billie Eilish, Dune, Finneas, Golden Globes, Hans Zimmer, No Time to Die
Hans Zimmer has received his third Golden Globe in the Original Score category for his score for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune at tonight’s 79th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He previously his first two Golden Globes for 1994’s The Lion King and 2000’s Gladiator and was honored with multiple other nominations over the last three decades. The other composers nominated in the score category were Alexandre Desplat (The French Dispatch), Germaine Franco (Encanto), Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog) and Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mother). Read the rest of this entry »
