WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Shining Vale. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Tim Phillips (Ackley Bridge, Becoming Elizabeth, Shameless, Jericho, Esio Trot, Partners in Crime). Also included are the songs Whispering Hope & Ave Maria performed by cast member Gus Birney and One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) & Strange Affair performed by Mira Sorvino. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Shining Vale is created by Jeff Astrof & Sharon Horgan and stars Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Sorvino, Birney, Merrin Dungey, Judith Light, Dylan Gage and Sherilyn Fenn. The horror comedy follows a family moving to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shining Vale’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: score, Shining Vale, Soundtrack, Starz, Tim Phillips
Biosphere Scoring Tobias Lindholm’s ‘The Good Nurse’
Posted: April 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Biosphere, Geir Jenssen, Netflix, The Good Nurse, Tobias Lindholm
Norwegian electronic music artist and composer Biosphere (aka Geir Jenssen) has written the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Good Nurse. The movie is directed by Tobias Lindholm (A Hijacking, The Investigation) and stars Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Noah Emmerich, Kim Dickens, Malik Yoba and Alix West Lefler. The thriller is based on true events and follows a nurse who suspects that her colleague is behind a series of mysterious patient deaths and risks her own life to uncover the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Lake’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Black Lake, score, Shudder, Simon Kölle, Soundtrack, Viaplay
The Red Feather has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the Scandinavian TV series Black Lake. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Simon Kölle (The Huntress: Rune of the Dead, The Perfect Weapon, Ave Mater,White Trash). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Black Lake is created by Ulf Kvensler and stars Filip Berg who is joined in Season 2 by Hedda Stiernstadt, David Nzinga, Daniel Larsson, Bahar Pars and Alida Morberg. The thriller tells the mysterious tale of Black Lake, a remote and neglected ski resort which has been closed for years, after having been the scene of a horrific crime years prior. Read the rest of this entry »
Grégoire Hetzel Scoring Arnaud Desplechin’s ‘Brother and Sister’
Posted: April 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arnaud Desplechin, Brother and Sister, Frère et soeur, Gregoire Hetzel
Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, Summertime, The Midwife) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming French drama Brother and Sister (Frère et soeur). The film is directed by Arnaud Desplechin (Esther Khan, Jimmy P.) and stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. The movie centers on the relationship between two siblings, an actress and teacher/poet who have been estranged for over 20 years when the death of their parents brings them face to face. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 17, 2022)
Posted: April 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Very British Scandal, Adiescar Chase, Amazon, Apple TV +, Disney Plus, Geoff Zanelli, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heartstopper, Nathan Barr, Netflix, Polar Bear, Showtime, Terence Blanchard, The First Lady, They Call Me Magic
Premiering today is the Showtime original series The First Lady created by Aaron Cooley, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as Kiefer Sutherland, Aaron Eckhart, Dakota Fanning, Regina Taylor, Lily Rabe and Jayme Lawson. The show’s original music is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Into the West, Disturbia, The Intruder, Christopher Robin). The drama, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.
Premiering on Friday is the Apple TV+ docuseries They Call Me Magic directed by Rick Famuyiwa about the life and career of NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Perry Mason, 25th Hour, Red Tails, Harriet, Da 5 Bloods, Swagger, One Night in Miami…) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part event series , which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Phillips Scoring Starz’s ‘Becoming Elizabeth’
Posted: April 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Becoming Elizabeth, Starz, Tim Phillips
Tim Phillips (Shameless, Shining Vale, Jericho, Esio Trot, Delete, Partners in Crime) is the composer of the upcoming Starz original series Becoming Elizabeth. The show is created by Anya Reiss and stars Alicia von Rittberg, Romola Garai, Jessica Raine, Tom Cullen, John Heffernaan, Jamie Blackley, Alexandra Gilbreath and Jamie Parker. The drama tells the untold story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen: Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mulligan’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael O. Sajbel, Rob Pottorf, score, Soundtrack, The Mulligan
Rob Pottorf (The Ultimate Legacy, Mountain Top, Jimmy, Finding Faith, I Am Patrick, Dog Days of Summer) has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama The Mulligan. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Mulligan is directed by Michael O. Sajbel and stars Eric Close and Pat Boone, as well as PGA golfer Tom Lehman and broadcasting legend Jim Nantz as themselves. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Wally Armstrong & Ken Blanchard and follows a career-focused CEO separated from his wife and estranged from his son of who encounters a mysterious character known as “The Old Pro” who inspires him to reverse his downward spiral.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 15, 2022)
Posted: April 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex G, Choose or Die, Debbie Wiseman, Dickon Hinchliffe, Dual, Emma Ruth Rundle, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Father Stu, James Newton Howard, Liam Howlett, Paris 13th District, Rone, Stephen McKeon, The Cellar, To Olivia, We're All Going to the World's Fair
Opening in theaters nationwide is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore directed by David Yates and staring Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner and Victoria Yeates. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, The Fugitive, Jungle Cruise, Signs). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and a song by Gregory Porter last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Father Stu written and directed by Rosalind Ross and starring Mark Wahlberg, Teresa Ruiz, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Faith Jeffries, Cody Fern, Ned Bellamy and Malcolm McDowell. Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the film’s original score. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today..Click here for the full album details. Available separately as a digital single is an original song by Brett Young (click here to listen to the track and for more information about the song and movie). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Invisible Pilot’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ari Mark, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, Phil Lott, score, Soundtrack, The Invisible Pilot
H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, A Private War, Warrior, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Birth of the Dragon, Baghdad Central, Cartel Land) has released a soundtrack album for the HBO docuseries The Invisible Pilot. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Invisible Pilot is directed by Phil Lott & Ari Mark and tells the true story of a charismatic, daredevil husband and father who unexpectedly jumped off a bridge in 1977, despite a seemingly happy home life and a lucrative career as a pilot. Read the rest of this entry »
Phoebe Bridgers’ Original Song ‘Sidelines’ from ‘Conversations with Friends’ Released
Posted: April 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Conversations with Friends, Hulu, Phoebe Bridgers
Dead Oceans has released the original song Sidelines from the upcoming Hulu/BBC limited series Conversations with Friends. The track is written and performed by Phoebe Bridgers who also and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Conversations with Friends is based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same title and stars Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane and Jemima Kirke. Read the rest of this entry »
