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 »
‘Encounter’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Encounter, Jed Kurzel, Michael Pearce, score, Soundtrack
First Song from Fox’s ‘Monarch’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fox, Monarch, Trace Adkins
Arista Records has released the first song from the upcoming Fox musical drama Monarch. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the cover version of Hank Williams Jr.’s A Country Boy Can Survive performed by the show’s lead actor Trace Adkins . Also listen to the full track below and check back on this page for updates on the release of more music from the series, which will feature both covers and original songs. Monarch is created by Melissa London Hilfers and also stars Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Novice’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Weston, Lauren Hadaway, score, Soundtrack, The Novice
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Novice. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, Wander Darkly, What Breaks the Ice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Novice is written and directed by Lauren Hadaway and stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Kate Drummond, Jonathan Cherry and Charlotte Ubben. The movie centers on an obsessive college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an extreme physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s & BBC’s ‘9/11: Inside the President’s War Room’ Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 9/11: Inside The President's War Room, Adam Wishart, Apple TV +, BBC, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ documentary special 9/11: Inside The President’s War Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, The Last Tree, Stephen). 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. 9/11: Inside The President’s War Room is directed by Adam Wishart and tells the story of 9/11 through the eyes of the presidency by gaining unprecedented access to the key decision makers who responded for the nation. The special narrated by Jeff Daniels recounts the 12 hours after the strike on that momentous day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 1 – Vol. 3 Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, The Wheel of Time
Milan Records has released the third soundtrack album featuring the original score from the first season of the Amazon original series The Wheel of Time. The Vol. 3 album featuring music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The Lego Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, The Crown, His Dark Materials, Gemini Man) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The first volume was released last month and the second volume dropped earlier this month. The label has also released The First Turn featuring Balfe’s principal themes from the series in November. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Paramount+’s ‘1883’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 1883, Brian Tyler, Paramount+
Milan Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the new Paramount+ original series 1883. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is 1883 Opus composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone) who is co-scoring the show with Breton Vivian. Also listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be announced soon. 1883 is created by Taylor Sheridan and stars Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Audie Rick, Marc Rissmann, Eric Nelsen and James Landry Hebert. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s Animated ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Movie Released
Posted: December 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney Plus, John Paesano, score, Soundtrack, Swinton Scott
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ animated movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Invincible, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, When the Game Stands Tall, spider-Man: Miles Morales). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is directed by Swinton Scott and features the voice talent of Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Chris Diamantopoulos, Erica Cerra and Hunter Dillon. The 20th Century Animation production based on Jeff Kinney’s bestselling book series of the same title revolves around Greg Heffley, a kid with an active imagination as he tries to survive middle school. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman & Chris Bacon to Score Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ TV Series
Posted: December 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bacon, Danny Elfman, Netflix, Tim Burton, Wednesday
Netflix announced today that Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Chris Bacon (Source Code, Gnomeo & Juliet, Bates Motel) are set to compose the original music for the streamer’s upcoming original series Wednesday. Elfman is writing the theme and is collaborating with Bacon to score the show created by Al Gough & Miles Millar (Smallville, Shanghai Noon) based on the characters from The Addams Family and starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams and Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams. Tim Burton is directing multiple episodes of the live-action coming-of-age comedy, which charts Wednesday’s years as a student at the peculiar Nevermore Academy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rumble’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hamish Grieve, Lorne Balfe, Paramoun+, Rumble, score, Soundtrack
Paramount Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rumble. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible: Fallout, Black Widow, The Lego Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Bad Boys for Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Rumble is directed by Hamish Grieve and features the voices of Will Arnett, Geraldine Viswanathan, Terry Crews, Stephen A. Smith, Jimmy Tatro, Tony Danza, Susan Kelechi Watson, Tony Shalhoub, Bridget Everett, Greta Lee, Ben Schwartz, Becky Lynch, Joe Anoa’i, Michael Buffer and Charles Barkley. The movie is set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes and follows a teenager who seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion. Read the rest of this entry »
Pinar Toprak to Score Adam & Aaron Nee’s ‘The Lost City’
Posted: December 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, Pinar Toprak, The Lost City
Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, Stargirl, Krypton, Us Again, McMillions, The Angel, Fortnite) has signed on the score the upcoming adventure comedy The Lost City. The film is directed by Adam Nee & Aaron Nee (Band of Robbers) and stars Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison and Bowen Yang. The movie follows a brilliant, but reclusive author who has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels who is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story. Read the rest of this entry »