The full details of the soundtrack album for the fourth season of the Apple TV+ original series Trying have been revealed. The album features the original songs from the new season co-written (with Tobie Tripp) and performed by BEKA. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 22 by LAB Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first song (Forever) has already been released last month and a second track (Bags Packed) has just been released today (listen to the song after the jump). Poldyor, Atlantic and Communion Records have previously released the soundtracks for Season 1 (feat. songs by Guy Garvey, Peter Jobson & Paul Saunderson) and Season 2 (Maisie Peters) and Season 3 (Bear’s Den), while Lakeshore Records has released an album featuring Saunderson’s score. Read the rest of this entry »
Keefus Ciancia Scoring Netflix’s ‘Eric’
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abi Morgan, Eric, Keefus Ciancia, Netflix
Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, True Detective, Great Expectations,London Spy, Made for Love, Diana, The Motel Life, The Fall) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix limited series Eric. The show is created by Abi Morgan (The Split, Shame, The Iron Lady) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Clarke Peters, Dan Fogler, David Denman, Jeff Hephner, Ivan Morris Howe, Bamar Kane and Wade Allain-Marcus. The 6-part thriller follows a desperate father, alongside a tenacious cop, who battles his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing nine-year-old son. Read the rest of this entry »
‘It Lives Inside’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bishal Dutta, It Lives Inside, score, Soundtrack, Wesley Hughes
Gardener Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror movie It Lives Inside. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wesley Hughes (The Stay, ReBroken). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track after the jump. It Lives Inside is co-written and directed by Bishal Dutta and stars Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel and Vik Sahay. The movie revolves around an Indian-American teen who is rejecting her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else as she unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps her estranged friend. Read the rest of this entry »
Lucrecia Dalt Scoring Rungano Nyoni’s ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lucrecia Dalt, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Rungano Nyoni
Lucrecia Dalt (The Baby, The Seed) has provided the original score for the upcoming comedy drama On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. The film is written and directed by Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) and stars Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela and Henry B.J. Phiri. The movie follows a woman who stumbles across the body of her uncle on an empty road in the middle of the night and – together with her cousins – brings to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family. Ed Guiney (The Favourite, Room), Andrew Lowe (Poor Things, Chevalier) and Tim Cole (The Swimmers) are producing the BBC Film and Element Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Máxima’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fons Merkies, Laurens Goedhart, Máxima, score, Soundtrack, Videoland
Millstreet Films BV has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch TV series Máxima. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Fons Merkies (The Commune) & Laurens Goedhart (All Inclusive, Faithfully Yours, Invasion). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Máxima is directed by Saskia Diesing, Joosje Duk & Iván López Núñez and stars Delfina Chaves, Martijn Lakemeier, Sebastian Koch and Elsie de Brauw. The 6-part period drama tells the life story of the Argentinian-born Dutch Queen Máxima and centers on her relationship with then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2024)
Posted: May 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Bodkin, Dark Matter, Disney Plus, Doctor Who, Jason Hill, Maryland, Max, Murray Gold, Netflix, Paul Leonard Morgan, PBS, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, Ronit Kirchman, Samuel Sim
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series MaryLand created by Suranne Jones & Anne-Marie O’Connor and starring Jones herself, Eve Best, Stockard Channing, Dean Lennox Kelly, George Costigan, Hugh Quarshie and Andrew Knott. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Halcyon, Anne, The Long Call, Home Fires). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 3-part drama, which premiered in the UK last year on ITV (and ITVX) and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering on Wednesday, May 8, is the Apple TV+ original series Dark Matter created by Blake Crouch and starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley. Jason Hill (Mindhunter, City on Fire, Them: The Scare, The Confession Killer, Extrapolations, Love, Death & Robots, Voir) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article for more information about the sci-fi thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Glassworker’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carmine Diflorio, score, Soundtrack, The Glassworker, Usman Riaz
EMI Pakistan has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Glassworker. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carmine Diflorio and Usman Riaz (who also directed the movie). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the opening suite after the jump. The Glassworker is directed by Riaz and features (in its English language version) the voices of Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Tony Jayawardena, Anjli Mohindra, Teresa Gallagher, Maya Soraya, Mina Anwar and Sham Ali. The Mano Animation Studios production tells the story of a father and son running a glass workshop who find their lives upended by an impending war in which they want no part and whose relationship gets tested by the arrival an army colonel and his young, talented violinist daughter in their town. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘Parish’ to Be Released
Posted: May 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, JimiJame$, Parish, score, Soundtrack, Wow Jones
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC original series Parish. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Wow Jones & JIMIJAME$. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main title theme below. Parish is developed by Danny Brocklehurst & Sunu Gonera based on the UK series The Driver created by Brocklehurst & Jim Poyser and stars Giancarlo Esposito, Zackary Momoh, Paula Malcomson, Skeet Ulrich, Bonnie Mbuli, Ivan Mbakop, Dax Rey, Arica Himmel and Bradley Whitford. The 6-part crime thriller revolves around a family man and owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans who – after his son is violently murdered – reunites with an old friend from his days as a wheelman and sends him on a collision course with a violent criminal syndicate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Idea of You’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: August Moon, Savan Kotecha, Soundtrack, The Idea of You
Arista Records has released a second soundtrack album for the romantic comedy drama The Idea of You. The album features the content of the original soundtrack (available now on all major digital music platforms, on CD and vinyl), as well as four previously unreleased “live” versions of the songs Taste, Guard Down, Closer and I Got You co-written by Savan Kotecha (who serves as the project’s executive music producer) and performed by the fictional boy band August Moon. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download exclusively on Amazon Music. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2024)
Posted: May 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex G, Arturo Cardelús, Dominic Lewis, Dragonkeeper, Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist, Fred Avril, Harry Peat, I Saw the TV Glow, Jeanne du Barry, Joseph Bishara, Latham Gaines, Nainita Desai, Philippe Monthaye, Shelby Gaines, Something in the Water, Stephen Warbeck, Tarot, The Fall Guy, Wildcat
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy The Fall Guy directed by David Leitch and starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, The Man in the High Castle, Violent Night, Spirited, Money Monster). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (and songs), as well as tracks performed by Yungblud & Blake Shelton today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Tarot writtan and directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg and starring Harriet Slater, Jacob Batalon, Adain Bradley and Avantika. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Malignant, Insidious, The Unholy, The Curse of La Llorona, Annabelle) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records 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 Screen Gems production, which is being released by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
