Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Way Back, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, Tully, The Age of Adeline). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, November 19. and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Lab Partners & Mini-Pufts) will already be coming out tomorrow and can be checked out below. A CD version is now available as an import on Amazon. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is co-written and directed by Jason Reitman and stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd. The movie follows a single mom and her two kids who arrive in a small town, where they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian Scoring Paramount+’s ‘1883’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 1883, Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, Paramount+, Yellowstone
Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Fast & Furious, Now You See Me) & Breton Vivian are teaming up to co-score the upcoming Paramount+ original series 1883. The show is created by Taylor Sheridan (Wind River, Sicario) and stars Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Billy Bob Thornton and Faith Hill. The drama is a spin-off of the streamer’s hit series Yellowstone and follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘Love Life’ Season 2 to Be Released
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Romer, HBO Max, Love Life, Mike Tuccillo, score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO Max original anthology series Love Life. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Beasts of No Nation, The Good Doctor) and Mike Tuccillo (Ramy, Homeroom, Shot in the Dark). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composers’ score from Season 1. Season 2 of Love Life created by Sam Boyd stars William Jackson Harper, Jessica Williams, Chris “Comedian CP” Powell, Janet Hubert, Maya Kazan, Jordan Rock, Punkie Johnson, Leslie Bibb, Arian Moayed, John Earl Jelks, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood, Ego Nwodim, Keith David and Steven Boyer. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Wes Anderson on ‘Asteroid City’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City, Wes Anderson
Alexandre Desplat is set to reteam with Wes Anderson on the director’s next feature, Asteroid City. The film is written and directed by Anderson and stars Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Sophia Lillis, Bill Murray, Maya Hawke, Bryan Cranston, Fisher Stevens, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Rupert Friend, Jeff Goldblum, Hope Davis, Matt Dillon, Jason Schwartzman and Tony Revolori. No plot details have been announced yet. Anderson is also producing the project with Jeremy Dawson & Steven Rales (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl). Read the rest of this entry »
Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth to Make Feature Film Scoring Debut on Isaiah Saxon’s ‘The Legend of Ochi’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Longstreth, Isaiah Saxon, The Legend of Ochi
Singer/songwriter David Longstreth, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dirty Projectors, is set to make his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming fantasy epic The Legend of Ochi. The film will be directed by Isaiah Saxon and star Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Finn Wolfhard and Helena Zengel. The movie centers on a young girl who runs away from home and learns to communicate with an elusive animal species known as OCHI. Saxon is also producing the project for Encyclopedia Pictura, alongside Traci Carlson (Menashe) & Richard Peete (Blue Ruin, Super Dark Times) for Neighborhood Watch and Jonathan Wang (Swiss Army Man, The Death of Dick Long) for Year of the Rat. Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur Sharpe Scoring HBO’s & Sky’s ‘Landscapers’
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arhur Sharpe, HBO, Landscapers, Sky, Will Sharpe
Arthur Sharpe (Guilt, Flowers, Ghosts, The Darkest Universe) is the composer of the upcoming HBO/Sky limited series Landscapers. The show is created and written by Ed Sinclair and stars Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’ Flynn, Dipo Ola, Samuel Anderson, David Hayman, Felicity Montagu and Daniel Rigby. The drama tells the love story of a seemingly ordinary British couple who become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andre Matthias, Guled & Nasra, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, score, Soundtrack, The Gravedigger's Wife
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Gravedigger’s Wife (Guled & Nasra). The album features the film’s original music composed by Andre Matthias (Gaza mon amour, Pursuit of Love, Centaur, Control). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Gravedigger’s Wife is written and directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed and stars Yasmin Warsame, Omar Abdi and Khadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim. The movie, which marks Somalia’s first entry in the Best International Feature Film category, follows a gravedigger’s struggles to raise money to pay for his wife’s surgery. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Rona Scoring Netflix’s ‘A Castle for Christmas’
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Castle for Christmas, Jeff Rona, Mary Lambert, Netflix
Jeff Rona (White Squall, Exit Wounds, Generation Iron, Chicago Hope, Claws, Powers, Traffic) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original film A Castle for Christmas. The movie is directed by Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary) and stars Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross, Andi Osho, Tina Gray, Eilidh Loan, Stephen Oswald, Vanessa Grasse and Desiree Birch. The romantic comedy follows a bestselling author trying to escape from a scandal who journeys to Scotland, where falls in love with a castle and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Power of the Dog’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jane Campion, Jonny Greenwood, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Power of the Dog
The full details of the soundtrack album for Jane Campion’s western The Power of the Dog have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood, Spencer, Inherent Vice, The Master). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 17 by Lakeshore and INVADA Records and is now available for pre-order here. Two first tracks have been released as a digital single last month (listen to both tracks after the jump). The Power of the Dog is written and directed by Campion and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Thomasin McKenzie, Keith Carradine and Geneviève Lemon. The movie follows a domineering but charismatic rancher who wages a war of intimidation on his brother’s new wife and her teen son – until long-hidden secrets come to light. Read the rest of this entry »
Alanis Morissette to Write Music for ABC’s ‘Relatable’
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ABC, Alanis Morissette, Relatable
THR is reporting that Alanis Morissette will contribute original music to the ABC comedy Relatable. The show created by Elizabeth Beckwith and Christopher Moynihan (Marlon, Man Up!) is based on the family life of the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. The series revolves around a woman in her 40s, married with three kids, who spent her young adult life as an international rock star. Read the rest of this entry »
