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 »
‘The Crusade’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gregoire Hetzel, La croisade, Louis Garrel, score, Soundtrack, The Crusade
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 »
‘A Discovery of Witches’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A Discovery of Witches, AMC, Rob Lane, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Dubois Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Sky original series A Discovery of Witches. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and final season composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, Merlin, The Damned United, Atlantis, MotherFatherSon, Beowulf). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released two soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 and Season 2. A Discovery of Witches is is based on Deborah Harkness’ historical fantasy novel and stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Alex Kingston,Malin Buska, Valarie Pettiford, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Trevor Eve, Steven Cree, Paul Rhys, Adelle Leonce and Lindsay Duncan. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 9, 2022)
Posted: January 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Jones, Archive 81, Ben Salisbury, Bill Whelan, Clint Mansell, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Geoff Barrow, Gustavo Santaolalla, HBO Max, Kevin Kiner, Naomi, Netflix, Peacemaker, Peacock, Piers Burbrook de Vere, Pivoting, Riverdance: The Animated Adventure, The CW, The House, Wolf Like Me
Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy Pivoting created by Liz Astrof and starring Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, JT Neal, Tommy Dewey and Marcello Reyes. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Rectify, The Unicorn, Rosewood). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will move to its regular time slot on January 13 and will air every Thursday night on Fox.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 11, is the CW drama Naomi developed by Ava DuVernay & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same name and starring Kaci Walfall, Mary-Charles Jones, Cranston Johnson, Alexander Wraith, Camila Moreno, Mouzam Makkar, Barry Watson, Will Meyers and Aidan Gemme. Amanda Jones (Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Twenties, Cherish the Day) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on CW. Read the rest of this entry »
Piers Burbrook de Vere Scoring Peacock’s & Stan’s ‘Wolf Like Me’
Posted: January 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abe Forsythe, Peaock, Piers Burbrook de Vere, Stan, Wolf Like Me
Composer Piers Burbrook de Vere is reteaming with writer/director Abe Forsythe on the new Peacock/Stan original series Wolf Like Me. The show is created, written and directed by Forsythe and stars Josh Gad, Isla Fisher and Ariel Donoghue. The romantic dramedy centers on the relationship between a man who struggles to provide for his daughter since the death of his wife and a woman who has a secret she can’t bring herself to share with anyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)
Posted: January 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Marilyn Bergman
Marilyn Bergman has passed away today at her home in Los Angeles. She was 93. Together with her husband Alan, the songwriter/lyricist wrote dozens of songs for film and television and won three Academy Awards for the songs The Way We Were from Sydney Pollack’s movie of the same title, The Windmills of Your Mind from Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair, as well as the (song) score from 1983’s Yentl. Among her 16 Oscar nominations also were songs for Tootsie, Sydney Pollack’s Sabrina, Shirley Valentine, Yes, Giorgio, Best Friends, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The Happy Ending, Same Time, Next Year and The Promise. She also received multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards and nominations. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 7, 2022)
Posted: January 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Hero, Christopher Gordon, Joseph Murray, June Again, Junkie XL, Lodewijk Vos, See for Me, The 355, Tom Holkenborg
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the spy thriller The 355 co-written and directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Bingbing Fan, Édgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Deadpool, Godzilla vs. Kong, Alita: Battle Angel, Divergent, Black Mass). No word on a soundtrack release. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the Universal Pictures release, which follows four women on a mission to retrieve a top-secret weapon that has fallen into mercenary hands.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD is the Australian comedy drama June Again written and directed by JJ Winlove and starring Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan and Stephen Curry. Christopher Gordon (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, On the Beach, Daybreakers, Moby Dick, Crawl, Adore) has composed the film’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring his score last spring when the movie opened in Australia. Check our our soundtrack announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann Scoring Fox’s ‘Pivoting’
Posted: January 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Gabriel Mann, Pivoting
Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Rectify, Rosewood) is scoring the new Fox comedy Pivoting. The show is created by Liz Astrof and stars Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, Tommy Dewey, JT Neal and Marcello Reyes. The series follows three women and close-knit childhood friends as they cope with the death of the fourth member of their group and alter their current paths, by way of a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions. Read the rest of this entry »
Caitlyn Smith’s Theme Song ‘The Card You Gamble’ from Fox’s ‘Monarch’ Released
Posted: January 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Caitlyn Smith, Fox, Monarch, Soundtrack
Arista Records has released the main theme song The Card You Gamble from the new Fox drama Monarch. The written by Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna, produced by Adam Anders & Peer Astrom (Glee, Rock of Ages) and performed by Caitlyn Smith and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track below. A first song from the show’s soundtrack (A Country Boy Can Survive performed by Trace Adkins) was released last month. Monarch is created by Melissa London Hilfers and stars Susan Sarandon, Anna Friel, Trace Adkins, Hend Baghdady and Jason Owen. Read the rest of this entry »
