Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 94th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, historical data, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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‘You Keep the Kids’ (‘Mamá o Papá’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, Dani de la Orde, Mamá o Papá, score, Soundtrack, You Keep the Kids, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy You Keep the Kids (Mamá o Papá). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, The Kill Team, Below Zero, Tad the Explorer, Bent) & Alfred Tapscott (The Barcelona Vampiress, Superagente Makey, The Wedding Unplanner). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the full track list and to stream/download the soundtrack. You Keep the Kids is co-written and directed by Dani de la Orden and stars Paco León, Miren Ibarguren, Iván Renedo, Laura Quirós and Sofia Oria. The movie is based on the French feature Daddy or Mommy and follows two parents going through a divorce, but instead of fighting to keep the kids, they try to convince them to choose the other parent. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring Ron Howard’s ‘Thirteen Lives’
Posted: December 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives
Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Woman, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming drama Thirteen Lives. The film is directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) and stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Weir Sukollawat, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo, Nophand Boonyai, Tom Bateman, Paul Gleeson, and Lewis Fitz-Gerald. The movie tells the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team who were trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. William Nicholson (Gladiator, Unbroken) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 19, 2021)
Posted: December 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1883, Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, HBO, Jongnic Bontemps, Paramount+, Reopening Night
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series 1883 created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen and James Landry Hebert. The show’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me) & Breton Vivian (Five Feet Apart, Redeeming Love). Milan Records has released a first track from the soundtrack this past Friday. Check our previous article to listen to the track and for more information about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Betrayed’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Betrayed, Eirik Svensson, Johan Söderqvist, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian historical drama Betrayed (Den største forbrytelsen). The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, After the Wedding, Things We Lost in the Fire, Battlefield V, In a Better World). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Betrayed is directed by Eirik Svensson and stars Jakob Oftebro, Silje Storstein, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Eilif Hartwig and Michalis Koutsogiannakis. The movie tells the true story of an ordinary Jewish working class family who had lived in safety in Oslo before being transported to Auschwitz during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
Saunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi Scoring BBC’s ‘The Girl Before’
Posted: December 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Danny Bensi, HBO Max, Saunder Jurriaans, The Girl Before
Saunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Devil All the Time, Martha Marcy May Marlene) are the composers of the new BBC limited series The Girl Before. The show is written by JP Delaney based on his best-selling novel of the same title and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy. The 4-part psychological thriller tells the story of a woman who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, with just one catch: the occupants must abide by his list of exacting rules. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Harwood, All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Channel 5/PBS Masterpiece series All Creatures Great and Small. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD version is set to come out on February 4, 2022 and is available for pre-order here. All3Media & Playground Television have previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 17, 2021)
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Weston, Dara Taylor, Dickon Hinchliffe, Jay Wadley, Jon Ekstrand, Kevin Henthorn, Margrete – Queen of the North, Michael Giacchino, Michelle Birsky, Minamata, Mother/Android, Nightmare Alley, Nightmare Johnson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Swan Song, The Lost Daughter, The Novice, The Tender Bar
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the superhero movie Spider-Man: No Way Home directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home, Lost, Doctor Strange, Star Trek, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Inside Out). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.
Also opening wide is the psychological thriller Nightmare Alley co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Willem Dafoe and David Strathairn. Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper, The Brothers Bloom, Brick, Don Jon, Mr. Corman) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Vince Gill’s & Mickey Guyton’s Original Song ‘Love Changes Everything’ from ‘American Underdog’ Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Underdog, Mickey Guyton, Vince Gill
MCA Nashville has released the original song Love Changes Everything from the biographical sports drama American Underdog. The track written by J.T. Harding & Tom Douglas and performed by Vince Gill feat. Mickey Guyton is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. A full soundtrack album featuring John Debney’s score from the movie, as well as additional music by Jeremy Redmon will be released next week by Lakeshore Records. Check back on this page for the full album details. American Underdog is directed by the Erwin Brothers and stars Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Encounter’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Encounter, Jed Kurzel, Michael Pearce, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Encounter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Snowtown Murders, Macbeth, Overlord, The Babadook, Assassin’s Creed, The Mustang, True History of the Kelly Gang). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Encounter is co-written and directed by Michael Pearce and stars Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar, Lucian-River Chauhan and Aditya Geddada. The movie follows a decorated Marine who goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. Read the rest of this entry »
