La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1966 spy thriller Torn Curtain directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Wolfgang Kieling and Ludwig Donath. The album, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by John Addison (A Bridge Too Far, Sleuth, Tom Sawyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included is the unused score recording by Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver, Marnie). The CD is limited to 3,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded and Remastered ‘Torn Curtain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, John Addison, score, Soundtrack, Torn Curtain
Jennifer Love Hewitt’s ‘Islands in the Stream’ Cover from ‘9-1-1’ Released
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 9-1-1, ABC, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Hollywood Records has released the cover version of the Bee Gees’ Islands in the Stream from last week’s episode (There Goes the Groom) of the ABC drama 9-1-1. The track (originally written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) produced by Nick Marzock and performed by Jennifer Love Hewitt (who stars in the show as Maddie Buckley) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. 9-1-1 is created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Tim Minear and also stars Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman and Gavin McHugh. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Archer’ Seasons 7-9 Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Archer, FX, J.G. Thirlwell, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a digital version of the first score album for the FX original animated series Archer. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s seventh, eighth and ninth seasons composed and performed by J.G. Thirlwell (The Venture Bros). Also included is Scott Sims’ Archer Main Theme (listen to the track below). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. iam8bit has previously released a vinyl edition featuring Sims’ theme and 26 tracks of Thirlwell’s score last year. Archer is created by Adam Reed and features the voices of H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Judy Greer, Chris Parnell, Amber Nash, Reed himself and Lucky Yates. The animated comedy follows Sterling Archer as he navigates the changing landscape of the spy world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Trying’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, BEKA, Soundtrack, Trying
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 »
