Konsonant Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hulu original documentary Jacinta. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gil Talmi (The Great Hack, All In: The Fight for Democracy, Savannah, Desert Migration). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Jacinta is directed and produced by Jessica Earnshaw and follows a young woman who struggles to find stability amid years of addiction and reconnect with the daughter she left behind. The ABC News and Impact Partners production explores the cyclical nature of addiction and generational trauma. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jacinta’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gil Talmi, Hulu, Jacinta, Jessica Earnshaw, score, Soundtrack
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Chris Benstead Scoring Guy Ritchie’s ‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre’
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Benstead, Guy Ritchie, Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Chris Benstead is reteaming with director Guy Ritchie (Snatch, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) on the upcoming spy thriller Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre. The film starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone and Hugh Grant follows a super spy who recruits Hollywood’s biggest movie star to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by a billionaire arms broker. Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies wrote the screenplay, with revisions by Ritchie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Parallel Mothers’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Madres paralelas, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a soundtrack album for Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish drama Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Kite Runner, The Constant Gardener, Pain & Glory, Volver, Talk to Her). Also included are two classic pieces by Janis Joplin and Miles Davis. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version is available on the label’s official website and will also be available to purchase on Amazon within the next couple of days. Parallel Mothers is written and directed by Almodóvar and stars Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Israel Elejalde, Julieta Serrano and Rossy De Palma. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla & Scoring Amazon’s ‘With Love’
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Lauren Culjak, Siddhartha Khosla, With Love
Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska) & Lauren Culjak (Long Weekend) have teamed up to score the upcoming Amazon original series With Love. The show is created by Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time) and stars Emeraude Toubia, Mark Indelicato, Rome Flynn, Vincent Rodriguez, Desmond Chiam, Isis King, Constance Marie, Todd Grinnell and Benito Martinez. Each episode of the romantic comedy is set during a different holiday throughout the year and follow two siblings and their family as they experience the highs and lows of life during some of the most heightened days of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 10, 2021)
Posted: October 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Blitz/Berlin, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Cartoon Network, Day of the Dead, Disney Plus, Dopesick, Drum & Lace, HBO Max, Hulu, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ian Hultquist, Just Beyond, Lorne Balfe, Matthew Janszen, Syfy
Premiering on Wednesday, October 13, is the Disney+ anthology series Just Beyond created by Seth Grahame-Smith inspired by the writings of R.L. Stine and starring Mckenna Grace, Leeann Ross, Nasim Pedrad, Gabriel Bateman, Arjun Athalye, Timothy Heidecker, Riki Lindhome, Parvesh Cheena, Henry Thomas, Rachel Marsh, Jy Prishkulnik, Megan Stott, Sally Pressman, Izabela Vidovic, Christine Ko, Lexi Underwood, Kate Baldwin, Cyrus Arnold, Logan Gray, Cedric Joe and Christine Young. The show’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks). Click here to learn more about the series, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Hulu limited series Dopesick developed by Danny Strong and starring Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Kaitlyn Dever, Will Poulter, Rosario Dawson and John Hoogenakker. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, The Crown, The Tomorrow War) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 8-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
Linda Perry to Compose Music for Stephen David Brooks’ ‘Meet the Pumps’
Posted: October 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Linda Perry, Meet the Pumps, Stephen David Brooks
Grammy Award nominee Linda Perry (of the former rock band 4 Non Blondes) is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Meet the Pumps. The singer/songwriter and film & TV composer will also serve as the music supervisor and an executive producer of the movie directed by Stephen David Brooks (Flytrap, Heads N Tailz) . The film will examine the rise, fall, and ultimate resurrection of charismatic lead singer, Antoinette “Toni” Sabo of the all-female LA punk band The Pumps. Brooks also co-wrote the screenplay with Mike “in Tokyo” Rogers. They are both also producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Annette’ Unlimited Edition Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Annette, Leos Carax, Soundtrack, Sparks
Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the musical drama Annette. The album features all the music from the film written by art-pop duo Sparks (Ron and Russell Mael), with lyrics co-written by the band and director Leos Carax, and performed by movie’s cast and Sparks themselves. Also included are six demos and unreleased tracks used during the conception of the film. The 2-CD set, which also includes a 28-page booklet containing all the lyrics of the songs. will be released on November 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital version is also expected to come out around the same time. The label has previously released the Cannes Edition featuring selections of the film’s music. Annette is co-written and directed by Carax and stars Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg and Devyn McDowell. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 8, 2021)
Posted: October 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, Daniel Pemberton, Darren Morze, David Fleming, Fever Dream, Hans Zimmer, Lamb, Mass, Natalie Holt, No Time to Die, Patrick Jonsson, South of Heaven, Survive the Game, The Rescue, Tim Jones, Tóti Guðnason
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the 25th James Bond movie No Time to Die directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original score is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King) and produced by Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The Rhythm Section). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the title song co-written and performed by Billie Eilish last week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the United Artists/MGM release.
Opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters is the supernatural horror movie Lamb co-written and directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson and starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Ingvar Sigurdsson. Tóti Guðnason has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next Friday, October 15. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, to listen to a first track and for more information about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Cyrano’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Carin Besser, Cyrano, Joe Wright, Matt Berninger
Decca Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the musical drama Cyrano. Available to stream/download now is Someone to Say written by Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner (of The National), with lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser and performed by lead actress Haley Bennett, Víkingur Ólafsson (on piano) and the London Contemporary Orchestra. Also listen to the full track after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released digitally and physically (on CD and vinyl) on December 10. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Check back on this page for the full album details. Cyrano is directed by Joe Wright and also stars Peter Dinklage, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bashir Salahuddin and Ben Mendelsohn. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson to Score Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
Posted: October 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures announced today that Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Creed, The Mandalorian, Venom, Community) will reteam with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) on the director’s upcoming historical drama Oppenheimer. The film is written and directed by Nolan and will star Cillian Murphy in the title role of American physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer. The movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin and is produced by Nolan, Emma Thomas and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven (Wonder Woman, Man of Steel). Read the rest of this entry »
