Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the ballet movie Coppelia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Maurizio Malagnini (Call the Midwife, Peter and Wendy, The Paradise, The C Word) and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 25 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Coppelia is directed by Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul & Ben Tesseur and stars Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Vito Mazzeo, Sasha Mukhamedov, Irek Mukhamedov and Dame Darcey Bussell. The movie based on the classic ballet of the same name is a modern retelling of the love story between Swan and Franz, jeopardized by cosmetic surgeon Dr. Coppelius and his uncannily beautiful protégé Coppelia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Coppelia’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Tesseur, Coppelia, Jeff Tudor, Maurizio Malagnini, score, Soundtrack, Steven de Beul
Mark Mancina Scoring Chris Williams’ Netflix Animated Film ‘The Sea Beast’
Posted: November 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Williams, Mark Mancina, Netflix, The Sea Beast
Mark Mancina (Twister, Speed, Bad Boys, Tarzan, August Rush, Brother Bear, Training Day) has recently started recording his score for the upcoming Netflix animated film The Sea Beast. The movie is directed by Chris Williams (Bolt, Big Hero 6) and tells the story of a legendary sea monster hunter whose life is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship and befriends the most dangerous beast of them all. No voice casting announcements have been made yet. Williams also wrote the screenplay inspired by the fantastical beasts that adorned 16th and early 17th century nautical maps. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benito Zambrano, Joan Valent, Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake, Pan de Limón Con Semillas de Amapola, score, Soundtrack
Filmax has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish drama Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake (Pan de Limón Con Semillas de Amapola). The album features the film’s original music composed by Joan Valent (Witching and Bitching, Compadres, As Luck Would Have It, My Big Night, Childish Games). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake is co-written and directed by Benito Zambrano and stars Elia Galera, Eva Martin, Tommy Schlesser, Marilu Marini, Claudia Faci and Pere Arquillue. The movie is set in a small town located on the island of Mallorca and follows two sisters who were separated when they were teenagers and meet again to sell a bakery they’ve inherited from a mysterious benefactor they know nothing about. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Save The City’ from Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Hawkeye, Marc Shaiman, Marvel, Scott Wittman
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have released the original song Save The City from Rogers: The Musical, the fictional musical about Captain America featured in the first episode of Marvel Studios’ new Disney+ original series Hawkeye. The track is composed by Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Marc Shaiman (Hairspray, Mary Poppins Returns, Smash, A Few Good Men), with lyrics by Shaiman & Scott Wittman and performed by Adam Pascal, Ty Taylor, Rory Donovan, Derek Klena, Bonnie Milligan, Christopher Sieber and Shayna Steele. Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music services) to stream/download Save The City and also listen to the full song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Christophe Beck’s & Michael Paraskevas’s original score from the first three episodes will be released on December 10 and a second soundtrack featuring Beck’s music from Episodes 4-6 will be coming out on December 24. Check back on this page for updates. Hawkeye is developed by Jonathan Igla, directed by Rhys Thomas & Bert and Bertie and stars Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James and Alaqua Cox. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘True Story’ to Feature Original Score by Wendy & Lisa
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lisa Coleman, Netflix, True Story, Wendy Melvoin
Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman (Heroes, Dangerous Minds, Nurse Jackie, Crossing Jordan)are the composers of the new Netflix limited series True Story. The show is created by Eric Newman (Narcos, Children of Men, Dawn of the Dead) and stars Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, Tawny Newsome, Theo Rossi, Will Catlett, Paul, Adelstein, Ash Santos, John Ales, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lauren London and Billy Zane. The 7-part drama follows a world-famous comedian who desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Robin Robin’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Ojari, Michael Please, Netflix, Robin Robin, score, Soundtrack, The Bookshop Band
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix animated holiday special Robin Robin. The album features the short’s original music composed by The Bookshop Band. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 24. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Robin Robin is directed by Daniel Ojari & Michael Please and features the voices of Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Bronte Carmichael, Adeel Akhtar, Amira Macey-Michael, Tom Pegler, Endeavour Clutterbuck and Megan Harris. The Aardman Animation production follows a optimistic young robin raised by a family of mice who makes a heartfelt wish on a Christmas star. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Mikael Håfström’s ‘Slingshot’
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Mikael Hafstrom, Slingshot
Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The Lego Batman Movie) is set to reteam with director Mikael Håfström (1408, Derailed) on the upcoming psychological sci-fi thriller Slingshot. The film starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone and David Morrissey centers on an astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. R. Scott Adams (Donner Pass) and Nathan Parker (Moon, Our House) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Velvet Queen’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: La Panthère Des Neiges, Marie Amiguet, Nick Cave, score, Soundtrack, The Velvet Queen, Warren Ellis
Lakeshore and INVADA Records will release a soundtrack album for the French documentary The Velvet Queen (La Panthère des neiges). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hell or High Water, Wind River, The Proposal, The Road, Lawless). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. A first track (We Are Not Alone) is already being released today and can be checked out after the jump. The Velvet Queen is directed by Marie Amiguet and follows award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson on a journey across the Tibetan highlands to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Read the rest of this entry »
64th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 64th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridgerton – Kris Bowers
Dune – Hans Zimmer
The Mandalorian – Ludwig Göransson – Season 2 -Vol. 2 (Episodes 13-16)
The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera Read the rest of this entry »
Harry & Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, HBO, Julian Fellowes, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Gilded Age
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Mulan, Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven) & Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) have teamed up to score the upcoming HBO original series The Gilded Age. The show is created by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and stars Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Louisa Jacobson, Blake Ritson, Harry Richardson, Simon Jones, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski. The 9-part drama is set in the late 19th Century and revolves around a young woman moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts and inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her rich neighbors. Read the rest of this entry »
