Eagle Eye Drama has released a soundtrack album for the British animated holiday special Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby. The album features the original music from the Christmas special composed by Stefano Cabrera (Lovers, Lost in Laos). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby is directed by Massimo Fenati and features the voices of Julie Walters and Hugh Dancy, as well as David Harewood as the narrator. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Channel 4, Massimo Fenati, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Cabrera, Terry Pratchett's The Abominable Snow Baby
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 12, 2021)
Posted: December 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A California Christmas: City Lights, Amazon, Dan Romer, HBO Max, Jamie Christopherson, Lauren Culjak, Lorne Balfe, Netflix, Paramount+, Rumble, Siddhartha Khosla, Station Eleven, With Love
Premiering on Wednesday, December 15 is the animated feature Rumble directed by Hamish Grieve and starring Will Arnett, Geraldine Viswanathan, Terry Crews, Jimmy Tatro, Stephen A. Smith, Tony Danza, Susan Kelechi Watson, Tony Shalhoub, Greta Lee,Bridget Everett, Ben Schwartz, Joe Anoa’i, Becky Lynch, Michael Buffer and Charles Barkley. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible: Fallout, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life, The Lego Batman Movie). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which was originally set to receive a theatrical release by Paramount Pictures and is now premiering exclusively on Paramount+.
Premiering on Thursday, December 16 is the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven created by Patrick Somerville based on Emily St. John Mand’s of the same title and starring Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan and Lori Petty. Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of No Nation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Atypical, The Good Doctor, Wendy) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Score 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 scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, historical data and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Claus Family 2’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Kathrin Dern, Ruben Vandenborre, score, Soundtrack, The Claus Family, The Claus Family 2
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch-Belgian family adventure The Claus Family 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne-Kathrin Dern (Fearless, The Jade Pendant, The Legend of the War Horse, Help, I Shrunk My Parents). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released the composer’s score for last year’s original The Claus Family movie. The sequel is directed by Ruben Vandenborre and stars Mo Bakker, Jan Decleir, Bracha van Doesburgh, Eva van der Gucht, Josje Huisman, Janne Desmet, Stefaan Degand, Renée Soutendijk, Sien Eggers, Amber Metdepenningen and Pommelien Thijs. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Lou Ye’s ‘Blind Massage’ Announced
Posted: December 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blind Massage, Johann Johannsson, Jonas Colstrup, Lou Ye, score, Soundtrack, The Shadow Play
Soundtrack Magazine has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2014 Chinese drama Blind Massage directed by Lou Ye and starring Guo Xiaodong, Qin Hao and Zhnag Lei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario, The Theory of Everything, Arrival, Prisoners, Mandy) & Jonas Colstrup (Tigers, The Shadow Play, In the Blood). Visit the label’s official website for more details and to order the limited edition CD. Blind Massage is based on the novel of the same name by Bi Feiyu and revolves around a group of blind employees at a massage parlor. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EP for Netflix’s ‘Money Heist’ (‘La Casa de Papel’) Released
Posted: December 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ivan Martinez Lacamara, La Casa de Papel, Money Heist, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Interscope Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Spanish Netflix original series Money Heist (La Casa de Papel). The EP features five tracks from the show’s original score composed by Ivan M. Lacamara (Sky Rojo, Vis a vis) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to four of the five tracks below. Available separately as a digital single is Cecilia Krull’s cover of Can’t Take My Eyes Off You as featured in the latest season. Money Heist is created by Álex Pina and stars Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Esther Acebo and Darko Peric. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 10, 2021)
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton, David Newman, Don't Look Up, Gary Hickerson, Jonathan Sanford, Mario Grigorov, National Champions, Nicholas Britell, Off the Rails, Red Rocket, Spencer David Hutchings, The Hating Game, West Side Story
Opening in nationwide this weekend is the musical drama West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Ana Isabelle and Rita Moreno. The film’s music was originally written for the stage musical of the same title by Leonard Bernstein (with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) and has been adapted by David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, Serenity, The Flintstones). Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and score from the movie last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios production.
Also opening wide is the sports drama National Champions directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Stephan James, J.K. Simmons, Alexander Ludwig, Tim Blake Nelson, Timothy Olyphant, Uzo Aduba, Lil Rel Howery, Jeffrey Donovan, Russell Wilson, Andrew Bachelor, Kristin Chenoweth and David Koechner. Jonathan Sanford (Teenage Bounty Hunters, Good on Paper, As We See It, Dare Me, Social Distance) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the STXfilms release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hating Game’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Hutchings, Soundtrack, The Hating Game
Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy The Hating Game. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Astrid S, Dagny, bülow, Baby Queen, Lyn Lapid, Angelina Jordan, Joy Oladokun & Others .Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Hating Game is directed by Peter Hutchings and stars Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Damon Dasunno, Yasha Jackson, Sean Cullen, Sakina Jaffrey and Corbin Bernsen. The movie is based on the best-selling book by Sally Thorne and tells the story of ambitious good girl trying to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics as she embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Johnny Klimek, Lana Wachowski, score, Soundtrack, The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Tykwer
WaterTower Music has announced the official soundtrack album for Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas, The International, Run Lola Run, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer). Also included are 11 remixes by Klimek & Tykwer, Marcel Dettmann, Moderna, Thomas Fehlmann, System 01, Esther Silex & Kotelett, Gudrun Gut, Almost Falling, Psychic Health, Eclectic Youth, and Alessandro Adriani. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, December 17 (click here to stream/download) and a CD version is available to order on Amazon. A first remix (Neo and Trinity Theme (Exomorph Remix)) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cyrano’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Cyrano, Joe Wright, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records has released the full soundtrack album for the musical drama Cyrano. The album features the songs from the movie written by Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner (of The National), with lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser and performed by cast members Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn & others, as well as selections of Bryce & Aaron’s originals score performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Also included is The National’s original song Someone Desperate, which has previously been released as a digital single. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. A CD version is available to order here and a vinyl edition (to be released on January 14, 2022) is available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
