Carter Burwell (Fargo, CarolThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, True GritTwilight, In Bruges) has recently been scoring the upcoming British comedy Catherine, Called Birdy. The film is directed by Lena Dunham (Girls) and stars Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman and Isis Hainsworth. The movie based on the 1994 children’s novel of the same title by Karen Cushman and follows adventures of a 14-year-old girl in medieval England as she navigates through life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Iranian drama There Is No Evil (Sheytan vojud nadarad). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amir Molookpour. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 23 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital services, including Amazon. There Is No Evil is written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof and stars Ehsan Mirhosseini, Shaghayegh Shourian, Alireza Zareparast, Kaveh Ahangar and Salar Khamse. The anthology movie tells four different stories of men who are each put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice: to follow orders to enforce the death penalty upon others. Read the rest of this entry »

Mervyn Warren (The Wedding PlannerA Walk to RememberJoyful NoiseHoney) has been hired to score the upcoming drama Lola James. The film marks the directorial debut of actresses Nicola Peltz (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bates Motel) & Bria Vinaite (The Florida Project) and stars Peltz herself, alongside Virginia Madsen, Richie Merritt, Trevor Long, Raven Goodwin and Luke David Blumm. The movie is set in middle America and revolves around the 19-year old title character who is working to save enough money to get her little brother out of their toxic home, when she she spirals into a drug addiction that threatens to consume her. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Cardo’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: December 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Atresplayer Premium original series Cardo. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Álex de Lucas. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Cardo is created by Claudia Costafreda & Ana Rujas and stars Rujas herself, Clara Sans, Ana Telenti, Juani Ruiz, Alberto San Juan, Diego Ibáñez and Yolanda Ramos. The drama centers on a 30-something woman who has seen better days and tries to turn her life around without a real sense of introspection. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has released the original song Mon Soleil from the second season of the Netflix original series Emily in Paris. The track written by Freddy Wexler and performed by actress Ashley Park (who stars as Mindy Chen) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Emily in Paris is created by Darren Star and also stars Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Kate Walsh, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camille Razat, Lucien Laviscount and Kevin Dias. Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the second soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Hawkeye have been revealed. The album features the original music from the show’s final three episodes composed by Emmy Award winner Christophe Beck (WandaVisionFrozen, Ant-Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Edge of TomorrowFree Guy, The Hangover) & Michael Paraskevas (The Christmas Chronicles). Also included is the Marc Shaiman- & Scott Wittman-penned original song Save The City, which has previously been available as a digital single. The Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other digital music services). Read the rest of this entry »

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 94th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8, 2022 and the awards show will be held on March 27. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Sing 2’ Score Album Details

Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Back Lot Music will release a score album for Illumination Entertainment’s animated sequel Sing 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Closed Circuit, PenelopeSon of Rambow). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 and will be available to stream/download here. As previously reported, Republic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie last Friday. Talbot’s score from the original film was released back in 2016 by Back Lot Music. Read the rest of this entry »

Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Matthew Vaugn’s Kingsman prequel The King’s Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Matthew Margeson (Rocketman, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle) and Dominic Lewis (Peter RabbitThe Man in the High CastleMoney Monster). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Parlaphone Records has previously released the original end credits song Measure of a Man (co-written by Margeson & Lewis) performed by FKA twigs feat. Central Cee last month. Read the rest of this entry »

Nominations for 49th Annie Awards Announced

Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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annie-awardsThe International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 49th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:

Music in an Animated Feature Production

  • Encanto –  Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco – Walt Disney Animation Studios |
  • Luca –  Dan Romer – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Poupelle of Chimney Town –  Youki Kojima & Yuta Bandoh – Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  • Raya and the Last Drago – James Newton Howard &  Jhené Aiko – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Vivo –  Alex Lacamoire &  Lin-Manuel Miranda – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

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