Premiering on Friday, November 5, is the Netflix original film Love Hard directed by Hernán Jiménez and starring Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Harry Shum Jr., Darren Barnet. Mikaela Hoover, James Saito, Rebecca Staab, Matty Finochio and Heather McMahan. The movie’s original score is composed by Mark Orton (Nebraska, The Good Girl, 12 Mighty Orphans, My Old Lady, The Last Shift, People Places Things) . Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 31, 2021)
Posted: October 31, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Man Named Scott, Amazon, Love Hard, Mark Orton, Nathan Matthew David, Netflix
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Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Wolfe’ Released
Posted: October 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: score, Sky, Soundtrack, Vince Pope, Wolfe
SATV has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original drama Wolfe. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Vince Pope (No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Resistance, Misfits). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Wolfe is created by Paul Abbott and stars Babou Ceesay, Amanda Abbington, Natalia Tena, Adam Long, Naomi Yang, Talitha Wing, Shaniqua Okwok and and Christine Tremarco. The series revolves around a forensic powerhouse and North England’s finest crime scene expert whose brilliance comes with an appetite for bending any rule he encounters. Read the rest of this entry »
Nainita Desai Scoring ITV’s ‘The Tower’
Posted: October 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ITV, Nainita Desai, Patrick Harbinson, The Tower
Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Reason I Jump, American Murder: The Family Next Door, Enslaved, Sophie: A Murder in West Cor, Enemy Within, Telling Lies) has recently been scoring the new ITV series The Tower. The show is adapted by Patrick Harbinson (Homeland, Fearless) based on Post Mortem, the first in Kate London’s Metropolitan series of novels, and stars Gemma Whelan, Tahirah Sharif, Jimmy Akingbola and Emmett J. Scanlan. The 3-part crime thriller follows Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins, a former Met Police Officer, who is charged to investigate after a veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and a rookie police officer on the roof, only for them to go missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 29, 2021)
Posted: October 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Minutes, A Mouthful of Air, Antlers, Ariel Marx, Devonté Hynes, Heart of Champions, Jan Miserre, Javier Navarrete, John Gürtler, Julian Scherle, Last Night in Soho, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Passing, Roman Molino Dunn, Snakehead, Steven Price, Yuki Hayashi
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological horror thriller Last Night in Soho co-written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Rita Tushingham and Synnøve Karlsen. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Fury, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, The World’s End). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by artists including Dusty Springfield, The Who, The Walker Brothers, The Kinks, The Searchers & others last week (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller Antlers co-written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane and Amy Madigan. Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, Inkheart, Byzantium, Greta, Mirrors, Hemingway & Gellhorn) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Searchlight Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Tapped as Composer of Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Season 2
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Netflix, The Witcher
Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Shadow and Bone, The Greatest Showman, Lady and the Tramp, Straight Outta Compton, The Raid: Redemption) is the new composer of the Netflix original series The Witcher. He has recently been scoring the second season of the show created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and starring Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, MyAnna Buring, Mimî M Khayisa, Anna Shaffer, Mahesh Jadu, Eamon Farren, Joey Batey and Royce Pierreson. Season 2 continues the story of Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, as he journeys toward his destiny. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney’s ‘Harmonious’ Album Announced
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harmonious
Walt Disney Records has announced the album Harmonious: Globally Inspired Music from the EPCOT Nighttime Spectacular featuring a medley of classic Disney music (written by composers Alan Menken, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, the Sherman Brothers, Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, David Zippel, Elton John, Tim Rice, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz & others) and visuals reinterpreted by a culturally diverse group of 240 artists from all around the world. The album features global artists such as Grammy Award winner Luis Fonsi, Emmy-nominated violinist Lindsay Stirling, the South African Ndlovu Youth Choir, Grammy-winning gospel singer Karen Clark and gospel artist Danny Gokey. Throughout the soundtrack, composer Pinar Toprak’s new EPCOT anthem makes several appearances. The album was produced by Yaron Spiwak & Mark Hammond and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the first and final tracks from the record after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Identifying Features’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clarice Jensen, Fernanda Valadez, Identifying Features, score, Sin Senas Particulares, Soundtrack
FatCat Records has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican/Spanish drama Identifying Features (Sin Senas Particulares). The 4-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Clarice Jensen (No Man of God, Ainu Mosir). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to all four tracks below. Identifying Features is co-written and directed by Fernanda Valadez and stars Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela , Ana Laura Rodríguez, Laura Elena Ibarra and Xicoténcatl Ulloa. The movie tells the story of a middle-aged woman who has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S. and – desperate to find out what happened to him – embarks on a angerous journey to discover the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
New Version of Tobe Nwigwe’s ‘Day Ones’ from Apple TV+’s ‘Swagger’ Released
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Nell, Swagger, Tobe Nwigwe
Lakeshore Records has released a new version of the song Day Ones by Tobe Nwigwe from the soundtrack of the new Apple TV+ original series Swagger. The track produced by Nell is now available to stream/download as a digital single on all major digital music services (including Amazon) and can also be checked out after the jump. Swagger is created by Reggie Rock Bythewood and stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Isaiah Hill, Quvenzhané Wallis, Shinelle Azoroh, Caleel Harris, Ozie Nzeribe, Solomon Irama, James Bingham, Tessa Ferrer, Tristan Mack Wilds and Jason Rivera. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Harder They Fall’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: JAY=Z, Jeymes Samuel, Netflix, Soundtrack, The Harder They Fall
Geneva Club and Roc Nation Records have released the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original film The Harder They Fall. The album produced by co-writer/director/producer Jeymes Samuel (aka The Bullitts) includes the original songs from the movie, including Guns Go Bang (featured during the film’s opening sequence) written by Samuel, Scott Mescudi & Shawn Carter and performed by Kid Cudi & JAY-Z (who also executive produced the album and serves as a co-producer on the western). Other artists appearing on the soutrack include Koffee, Seal, CeeLo Green, Barrington Levy, Fatoumata Diawara & Ms. Lauryn Hill and Alice Smith. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to Guns Go Bang after the jump. The Harder They Fall is c-written and directed Samuel and stars Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, Deon Cole, RJ Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Julio Cesar Cedillo and Woody McClain. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominik Scherrer Scoring BBC’s & HBO Max’s ‘The Tourist’
Posted: October 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Dominik Scherrer, Harry Williams, HBO Max, Jack Williams, The Tourist
Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Serpent, Ripper Street, Primeval, Requiem) has been hired to score the upcoming BBC and HBO Max limited series The Tourist. The show is created by Harry & Jack Williams (Liar, Fleabag) and stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Alex Dimitriades and Damon Herriman. The 6-part mystery thriller follows a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. When he later wakes in hospital, he has no idea who he is, and his search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback. Read the rest of this entry »
