Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a score album for the crime thriller . The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Stuart Jones (aka Tim Jones) (Chuck, Beast of Burden, Human Target, Office Uprising). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Cleopatra Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring a collection of songs. Survive the Game is directed by James Bressack and stars Chad Michael Murray, Bruce Willis, Sarah Roemer and Swen Temmel. The movie revolves around two cops who join forces with a troubled vet when a drug-dealing gang takes over the man’s farm as a hideout.. Read the rest of this entry »

Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021)

Posted: October 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Leslie Bricusse has passed away at age 90. The Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright wrote numerous songs and scores for stage and screen over the last six decades. He received two Academy Awards for the song Talk to the Animals from 1967’s original Doctor Dolittle and (in the Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score category) for 1982’s Victor/Victoria (shared with Henry Mancini). He was also Oscar-nominated for his Doctor Dolittle score, 1969’s Goodbye Mr. Chips, a song (Thank You Very Much) and score from 1970’s Scrooge, 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as the original songs Life in a Looking Glass from 1986’s That’s Life (co-written with Mancini), Somewhere in My Memory from 1990’s Home Alone and When You’re Alone from 1991’s Hook (with John Williams). Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Night Teeth. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Drum & LaceIan Hultquist (Dickinson, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Good Girls, The Gospel According to Andre, The First Monday in May). Also included is the song Come Alive performed by The Kid Daytona, Mez & lead actor Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Night Teeth is directed by Adam Randall and also stars Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Raul Castillo, Alexander Ludwig, Alfie Allen, Sydney Sweeney and Megan Fox. Read the rest of this entry »

Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish satire The Good Boss (El buen patrón). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zeltia Montes (Adiós, Sad Hill UnearthedTraces of Sandalwood). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Good Boss is written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and stars Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente, Fernando Albizu, Sonia Almarcha, Tarik Rmili, Celso Bugallo and Rafa Castejón. The movie, which has been selected as Spain’s submission in the International Feature category for next year’s Academy Awards, follows a seemingly benevolent owner of a family factory who will cross every line imaginable to win a local award for business excellence. Read the rest of this entry »

Maisie Music Publishing has released two songs from the Netflix original film Hubie Halloween. Available to stream/download now are the tracks Dancing with the Devil and Get Freaky written by Dan Bulla (who also serves as a co-producer on the movie) and performed by Amber Frank and Jared Sandler. Also listen to both songs below. Hubie Halloween is directed by Steven Brill and stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson, June Squibb, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis and Noah Schnapp . Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album has been released for the Australian documentary Blind Ambition. The album features the film’s original music composed by Helena Czajka (Revelation, Australian Survivor). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Blind Ambition is directed by Warwick Ross & Robert Coe and tells the story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete. Read the rest of this entry »

Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, ShrekMulanThe EqualizerMan on FireKingdom of Heaven) has composed the original music for the upcoming action drama Al Kameen (The Ambush). The film is directed by Pierre Morel (Taken, Peppermint, From Paris with Love) and stars Marwan Abdulla Saleh, Khalifa Al Jassem and Mohammed Ahmed. The movie centers on a rescue mission of a small group of Emirati soldiers trapped by rebel fighters in a mountainous valley. Brandon Birtell and Kurtis Birtell (Medal of Honor) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Broken Diamonds. The album features the film’s original music composed by  Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat LoudI’ll See You in My Dreams, A Teacher, Gemini, Divorce, The Hero, All the Bright Places) and Dabney Morris (Almost Love).. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Broken Diamonds is directed by Peter Sattler and stars Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley and Lynda Boyd. The movie follows a twenty-something writer who sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy after the death of his father when he’s forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.

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Composer Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Birds of PreyThe Man from U.N.C.L.E., Enola Holmes, Ocean’s 8) is reteaming with writer/director Aaron Sorkin on the upcoming biographical drama Being the Ricardos. The film is written and directed by Sorkin and stars Nicole Kidman as iconic comedienne Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as her husband Desi Arnaz. Nina Arianda, J.K. Simmons, Tony Hale, Alia Shwkat, Jake Lacy and Clark Gregg are also starring in the movie, which takes place during a week of production of the classic TV show I Love Lucy and explores the relationship between Ball and Arnaz as they face a set of crises that could end both their careers and their marriage. Read the rest of this entry »

Air-Edel Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix documentary Convergence: Courage in a Crisis. The album features the film’s original score composed by Patrick Jonsson (The White Helmets, Black Earth Rising, Virunga, Evelyn, On Her Shoulders). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. As previously reported, Polydor Records has released Michael Kiwanuka’s original song Beautiful Life from the movie last week. Convergence: Courage in a Crisis directed by Academy Award winner Orlando von Einsiedel who spotlights a cross-section of global citizens in the COVID-19 crisis and  reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of crisis. Read the rest of this entry »