Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Santa Claus: The Movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith and Judy Cornwell. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, Charade, The Thorn Birds), as well as the movie’s original songs written by Mancini and featuring lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list, listen to audio samples and find out more about the 2-CD set. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Santa Claus: The Movie’ 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Henry Mancini, Jeannot Szwarc, Leslie Bricusse, Santa Claus: The Movie, score, Soundtrack
‘Love and Wine’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Lane, JR & Xivo, Love and Wine, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original film Love and Wine. The album features the movie’s original music composed by JR & Xivo. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Love and Wine is directed by Amanda Lane and stars Ntobeko Sishi, Masali Baduza, Thandolwethu Zondi, Bongile Mantsai and Thando Thabethe. The romantic comedy follows a prestigious wine farm heir who trades lives with his down-to-earth childhood friend to prove that his luck with the ladies is more than wallet deep. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 5, 2025)
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 'Frontier Crucible, 100 Nights of Hero, David Arnold, Fackham Hall, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Mateus Alves, O Agente Secreto, Oli Julian, Oliver Coates, Sean Rowe, The Newton Brothers, The Secret Agent, Tomaz Alves Souza
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 directed by Emma Tammi and starring Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Mckenna Grace, Wayne Knight, Freddy Carter, Theodus Crane, Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, Daredevil: Born Again, X-Men ’97, The Haunting of Hill House, The Life of Chuck, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Forever Purge). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the British spoof comedy Fackham Hall directed by Jim O’Hanlon and stars Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Damian Lewis,Emma Laird, Katherine Waterston and Adam Woodward. Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, The Full Monty, Renegade Nell, Breeders, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl) is credited as the film’s “composer” and David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Shaft) is receiving “music by” credit. Click here for more information about Julian’s involvement and click here for more details about Arnold’s involvement and for more information about the Bleecker Street release. Read the rest of this entry »
135 Original Scores Advance in Oscar Race
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The list of original scores (and songs) in contention for next year’s Academy Awards has been revealed. Unlike in previous year, all of the expected major contenders have qualified in the Original Score category, including Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, The Testament of Ann Lee and Wicked: For Good, which have been expected by some observers to face potential issues because of their use of pre-existing material. Notable (but mostly fully expected omissions) include After the Hunt (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), Blue Moon (Graham Reynolds), The Choral (George Fenton), Die My Love (George Vjestica, Raife Burchell & Lynne Ramsay), Ella McCay (Hans Zimmer, likely not submitted), Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch & Anika), How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell), KPop Demon Hunters (Marcelo Zarvos), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Max Aruj & Alfie Godfrey), The Phoenician Scheme (Alexandre Desplat), Snow White (Jeff Morrow), Superman (John Murphy & David Fleming) and The Thursday Murder Club (Thomas Newman). Check out the full list of the 135 eligible original scores after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buck Henry, Dave Grusin, Heaven Can Wait, score, Soundtrack, Warren Beatty
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1978 fantasy comedy drama Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty himself, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Dyan Cannon, Vincent Gardenia and Jack Warden. The album features the film’s Academy Award-nominated expanded and remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Firm, The Milagro Beanfield War, Tootsie, Havana), as well as unused music and numerous alternate cues. The CD is now available to order on Quartet’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Georges Delerue’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Score Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Zinnemann, Georges Delerue, score, Soundtrack, The Day of the Jackal
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander,Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack and Delphine Seyrig. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Georges Delerue (Platoon, Steel Magnolias, Twins, The Day of the Dolphin, Beaches, A Little Romance, Joe Versus the Volcano). The CD, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
31st Critics Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 31st Critics Choice Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 4, 2026 at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, hosted by Chelsea Handler and will broadcast in the U.S. live on E! and USA Network. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Celluloid Closet’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein, score, Soundtrack, The Celluloid Closet
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about Hollywood’s depiction of gays and lesbians on the silver screen from the silent era of the 1920’s to the present day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, The Banshees of Inisherin, Fargo, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Blind Side, Twilight,Anomalisa). Also included is k.d. lang’s cover of Secret Love, as well as songs performed by Marilyn Mornoe, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich, Roberta Flack, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Jane Russell. The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 30th Anniversary, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips and learn more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded & Remastered ‘Black Rain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Rain, Hans Zimmer, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 action thriller Black Rain directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura and Yūsaku Matsuda. The album features the film’s newly remastered and (slightly) expanded original score composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, Man of Steel), including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about he release. Virgin Records has previously released the original 1989 soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, as well as a four-track score suite by Zimmer, while La-La Land Records has released an expanded album featuring both score and songs back in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘In Oil We Trust’ from ‘Black Gold’ (‘Schwarzes Gold’) Released
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aleksey Igudesman, Black Gold, Ekaterina Shehelova, Hans Zimmer, Schwarzes Gold
Sony Classical has released the first track from the soundtrack for the German event series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services if the original song In Oil We Trust written by the show’s composers Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar) & Aleksey Igudesman and performed by Ekaterina Shehelova. Also listen to the song after the jump. Black Gold is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Merlin Sandmeyer, Marton Csokas, Lena Urzendowsky, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić, Jessica Schwarz and Liliom Lewald. Read the rest of this entry »
