John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Office Space, Dante’s Peak, The Waterfront, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Legion, Thirteen Ghosts, Gods and Generals) is returning to score Hulu’s revival of the animated hit series King of the Hill. The composer has scored all ten episodes of the new season of the show created by Mike Judge & Greg Daniels and starring Judge himself, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Root, Johnny Hardwick, Lauren Tom and Toby Huss. Bluegrass singer/songwriter and guitarist Billy Strings has contributed a new arrangement of The Refreshment’s theme “song” for the end titles sequence of the animated comedy. Season 14 follows Hank and Peggy Hill who – after years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg – return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill. Read the rest of this entry »
Hulu’s ‘King of the Hill’ Revival to Feature Original Score by John Frizzell and End Titles Music by Billy Strings
Posted: August 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Billy Strings, Hulu, John Frizzell, King of the Hill
‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, John Lunn, score, Simon Curtis, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the period drama Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, The White Queen, Jamestown, Belgravia, The White Princess) who has previously scored all episodes of the Downton Abbey TV series, as as well as 2019’s first feature and the 2022 sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era. The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on September 12. A vinyl edition will be coming out on October 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and digital version and vinyl edition. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is directed by Simon Curtis, written by Julian Fellowes and stars Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Paul Giamatti, Penelope Wilton, Laura Carmichael, Alessandro Nivola, Dominic West, Simon Russell Beale, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Robert James-Collier and Joely Richardson. The movie follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Ben Proudfoot’s ‘The Eyes of Ghana’
Posted: August 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers, The Eyes of Ghana
Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot, Bridgerton, Green Book, Secret Invasion, King Richard, Haunted Mansion, Dear White People, The Color Purple, Space Jam: A New Legacy) has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary The Eyes of Ghana. The film is directed by Ben Proudfoot (The Queen of Basketball) and details the rise and fall of revolutionary African leader Kwame Nkrumah, a towering figure of African history who inspired the liberation of the continent in the 1950s and 1960s after rising to serve as Ghana’s first President. The movie also spotlights Chris Hesse, Nkrumah’s 93-year-old forgotten personal cinematographer and his protégé, filmmaker and producer Anita Afonu. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Brendan Canty’s ‘Christy’ Released
Posted: August 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brendan Canty, Christy, Daithi, score, Soundtrack
Faction Records has released a soundtrack album for the Irish drama Christy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daithi (Lakelands). Also included are songs by Murli, Bony, Citrus Fresh, Hazey Haze, Strange Boy, Rira, Issac Nelson and Kabin Crew. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. A limited vinyl edition is available to order here Also listen to Daithi’s main theme below. Christy is directed by Brendan Canty and stars Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Lewis Brophy, Chris Walley, Alison Oliver and Helen Behan. The movie revolves around a 17-year-old who gets thrown out of his comfortable suburban foster home and moves in with his estranged older brother in a rough part of the Irish town of Cork. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 3, 2025)
Posted: August 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, Christopher Lennertz, Claudia Sarne, Demascus, HBO, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Raphael Saadiq, Starz, The Pickup, The Yogurt Shop Murders, Tubi
Premiering tonight is the HBO original documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders directed by Margaret Brown about the tragic murder of four teenage girls at an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt Shop on December 6, 1991 in Austin, TX. The show’s original music is composed by Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Shining Girls, Triple 9, Broken City, Earthquake Bird, Dispatches from Elsewhere). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-parter, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and will air every Sunday on HBO and also will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 6, is the action comedy The Pickup directed by Tim Story and starring Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson, Eva Longoria, Andrew Dice Clay, Jack Kesy, Marshawn Lynch and Ismael Cruz Cordova. Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Ride Along, Sausage Party, Tom & Jerry, Agent Carter, Back in Action, Supernatural) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
Kat Graham’s Title Song from Lifetime’s ‘If I Run’ Released
Posted: August 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: If I Run, Kat Graham, Lifetime, Michael M. Scott
Sound Zoo has released the original title song from the Lifetime original movie If I Run. The track is co-written (with Jean-Yves “Jeeve” Ducornet) and performed by Kat Graham (who also stars in the film’s lead role) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. If I Run is directed by Michael M. Scott and also stars Evan Roderick and Jason Tupper. The drama is based on Terri Blackstock’s book of the same title and follows a woman on the run after discovering her best friend has been murdered and is being tracked down by a war-weary veteran and private investigator with PTSD. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Rage’ (‘Furia’) Released
Posted: August 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aitor Etxebarria, Furia, HBO Max, Rage, score, Soundtrack
Aitor Etxebarria (The Platform 2, Burning Body, The Radio Amateur, Intimacy) has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish HBO original series Rage (Furia). The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Etxebarria’s main theme below. Rage is created, written and directed by Félix Sabroso and stars Carmen Machi, Candela Peña, Nathalie Poza, Pilar Castro, Cecilia Roth, Alberto San Juan, Ana Torrent, Claudia Salas, Pedro Casablanc and Pepón Nieto. The satire revolves around five women, a snobbish artist, is a media-loving cook, a high fashion shop assistant, an unemployed mother and a forgotten actress from the erotic cinema of the 70s, as they go to the limit and perpetrate revenge when they are faced with extortion, oppression, deceit, exclusion and manipulation. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 1, 2025)
Posted: August 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Balz Bachmann, Blanck Mass, Cornel Wilczek, Daniel Pemberton, Lorne Balfe, She Rides Shotgun, The Bad Guys 2, The Naked Gun, The Sparrow in the Chimney, Together
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated sequel The Bad Guys 2 directed by Pierre Perifel and starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Maria Bakalova, Natasha Lyonne, Craig Robinson, Danielle Brooks, Alex Borstein, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz and Lilly Singh. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Birds of Prey, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two songs performed by Rag’n’Bone Man feat. WizTheMc and Busta Rhymes today. Check our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the action comedy The Naked Gun directed by Akiva Schaffer and starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Paul Walter Hauser, Liza Koshy, CCH Pounder, Cody Rhodes and Eddie Yu. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Adam, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Top Gun: Maverick) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two songs performed by Neeson and Anderson today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Best Time Ever’ from ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ Released
Posted: August 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Zachary, Apple TV +, Jeff Morrow, Michael Weiner, Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
WildBrain Peanuts Productions has released the first song from the Apple TV+ animated special Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Best Time Ever written by Jeff Morrow (Snow White, The Snoopy Show, A Christmas Story Christmas, Science Fair) and Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner (Trading Places, First Date)) and performed by Jayd Deroché & Hattie Kragten. Also watch the official song clip and listen to the track below. Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical is directed by Erik Wiese and written by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz & Cornelius Uliano. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weapons’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hays Holladay, Ryan Holladay, score, Soundtrack, Weapons, Zach Cregger
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the horror movie Weapons. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ryan Holladay & Hays Holladay (Class Action Park) and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the artists’ first track (Maddie) and main theme after the jump. A vinyl edition & CD version will released by Waxwork Records and will be available to order next week. Weapons is written and directed by Cregger and stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Austin Abrams, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Cary Christopher and Amy Madigan. The New Line Cinema production follows a small town community dealing with the aftermath of the mysterious disappearance of all but one child on the same night at exactly the same time. Read the rest of this entry »
