The full details of the soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Encanto have been revealed. The album features the original songs from the movie written by Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana, In the Heights) performed by the film’s voice cast, as well as the full original score composed by Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Tag, Dope, Little). Also included is Colombia, Mi Encanto by Carlos Vives and the original song Dos Oruguitas in two different (Spanish and English language) versions. The digital version also includes instrumental versions of the songs. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. A CD version will be released on December 17 by Wal Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a new video featurette about the film’s music after the jump. Encanto is directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Adassa, Wilmer Valderrama, Diane Guerrero, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Mauro Castillo, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Byron Howard, Encanto, Germaine Franco, Jared Bush, Lin-Manuel Miranda, score, Soundtrack
‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 1 – Vol. 1 Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack, The Wheel of Time
Milan Records has released the first of three soundtrack albums featuring the original score from the first season of the Amazon original series The Wheel of Time. The Vol. 1 featuring music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, The Lego Batman Movie, His Dark Materials) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The second and third volume will be released over the next couple of weeks. The label has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring Balfe’s principal themes from the series last week. The Wheel of Time is developed by Rafe Judkins based on Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic of the same name and stars Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Barney Harris, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins, Hammed Animashaun, Daniel Henney, Álvaro Morte, Priyanka Bose, Johann Myers, Taylor Napier and Emmanuel Imani. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Flee’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, score, Soundtrack, Uno Helmersson
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the animated documentary Flee. The album features the film’s original music composed by Uno Helmersson (The Painter and the Thief, The Lion Woman, Magnus, The Absent One, Bobbi Jene). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Leaving Family Behind) is already being released today and can be checked out after the jump. Flee is directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, executive produced by Riz Ahmed & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Showtrial’ Released
Posted: November 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Samuel Sim, score, Showtrial, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Showtrial. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Domina, Home Fires, The Long Call). 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. Showtrial is created by Ben Richards and stars Tracy Ifeachor, Celine Buckens, Sinead Keenan, Sharon D. Clarke, Lolita Chakrabarti and Kerr Logan. The 5-part series centers on the case of an arrogant daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur who is arrested following the disappearance of a fellow student, the hard-working daughter of a single mother. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong’s ‘Love Actually’ Score to Be Released
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, Love Actually, Richard Curtis, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the first-ever commercial score album for the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually written and directed by Richard Curtis and starring Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy and Rowan Atkinson. The album features the film’s original score composed by Grammy Award winner Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, The Bone Collector, Ray, Far from the Madding Crowd, The One and Only Ivan). Also included are two versions of Billy Mack’s Christmas Is All Around. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. A limited edition CD version will released by La-La Land Records later this month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Kevin Smith, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Mattel & Arts Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second part composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Foundation, Happy Death Day, The Walking Dead). The Vol. 2 album will be released digitally tomorrow, November 19 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). The label has previously released the first volume featuring selections of the composer’s score from Part 1 this past summer. Masters of the Universe: Revelation is developed by Kevin Smith and features the voices of Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Chris Wood, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Stephen Root, Tiffany Smith, Diedrich Bader, Griffin Newman, Susan Eisenberg, Henry Rollins, Alan Oppenheimer, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Long, Jason Mewes, Phil LaMarr, Tony Todd, Kevin Michael Richardson, Cree Summer Kevin Conroy and Harley Quinn Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ to Be Released
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cowboy Bebop, Netflix, score, Seatbelts, Soundtrack, Yoko Kanno
The details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Cowboy Bebop have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Yoko Kanno who previously scored all episodes of the 90s anime series and the 2001 feature Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and performed by Seatbelts. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 19 by Sunrise Music Label and will be available to stream/download here. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Check out the opening credits sequence and a video featurette about the Kanno’s music from the show after the jump. Cowboy Bebop is developed by Andre Nemec & Jeff Pinkner based on the classic anime series of the same title created by Hajime Yatate and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell and Elena Satine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘8-Bit Christmas’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 8-Bit Christmas, HBO Max, Joseph Trapanese, Michael Dowse, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original movie 8-Bit Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Shadow and Bone, The Witcher, Straight Outta Compton, Lady and the Tramp, The Greatest Showman, Stuber, Arctic). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. 8-Bit Christmas is directed by Michael Dowse and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross and Steve Zahn. The comedy is set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s and centers on a ten-year-old’s herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘The Rescue’ Documentary to Be Released
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Disney Plus, E. Chai Vasarhely, Jimmy Chin, National Geographic, score, Soundtrack, The Rescue
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Rescue. The album features the film’s original score by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Birds of Prey, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ocean’s 8, Enola Holmes). Also included is the original song Believe co-written (with Pemberton & Gary Go) and performed by Aloe Blacc. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The Rescue is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) and chronicles the the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand in 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
‘King Richard’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: King Richard, Kris Bowers, Reinaldo Marcus Green, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama King Richard. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, Dear White People, When They See Us, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America, Respect, The United States vs. Billie Holiday). Also included is the original song Be Alive co-written and performed by Beyoncé (already available as a digital single now). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 19 and will be available to stream/download here. King Richard is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and stars Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Kevin Dunn and Andy Bean. The movie follows the journey of an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most gifted athletes of all time: Venus and Serena Williams. Read the rest of this entry »
