Alpha 7 Music will release a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic action thriller Last Man Down. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Arntzen (Initiation, Beyond the Woods, Behemoth, Wally Got Wasted, A New York Christmas Wedding). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Tuesday, October 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Last Man Down is directed by Fansu Njie and stars Daniel Stisen, Olga Kent, Daniel Nehme, Stanislav Yanevski, Madeleine Vall and Natassia Malthe. The movie follows a special forces soldier who – after civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered – abandons his duty and becomes a recluse in the Nordic wilderness, where – years later – a wounded woman who is hunted by violent mercenaries appears on his doorstep. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Man Down’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Arntzen, Fansu Njie, Last Man Down, score, Soundtrack
Michael Kiwanuka’s Original Song ‘Beautiful Life’ from Netflix’s ‘Convergence: Courage in a Crisis’ Released
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, Michael Kiwanuka, Netflix, Orlando von Einsiedel
Polydor Records has released the original song Beautiful Life from the Netflix original documentary Convergence: Courage in a Crisis. The track is performed by Grammy Award nominee Michael Kiwanuka and co-written by himself & Declan Gaffney. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single (which features two versions of the track and also includes another new song, All My Life) on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to the full song after the jump. Convergence: Courage in a Crisis directed by Orlando von Einsiedel spans eight countries and nine individual stories and reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heels’ Score Album Released
Posted: October 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Heels, Jeff Cardoni, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Lionsgate Records has released a full soundtrack album for the Starz original series Heels. The album features the original score from the show’s first season composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, CSI: Miami, Just Friends, Turner & Hooch). Also included is the the main title theme Love In War by Cardoni & Ben Bridwell (of Band of Horse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and Spotify. The label has previously released eight digital EPs and singles featuring both Cardoni’s score and several songs from the drama over the last couple of weeks. Heels is created by Michael Waldron and stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Allen Maldonado, Mary McCormack, James Harrison and Chris Bauer. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Bright: Samurai Soul’ to Be Released
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bright: Samurai Soul, Kyohei Ishiguro., Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Maisie Music Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix anime film Bright: Samurai Soul. The album features the movie’s original music composed by the Japanese rock band LITE. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 12 and will be available to stream/download here. Bright: Samurai Soul is directed by Kyohei Ishiguro and features the voices of Simu Liu, Fred Mancuso and Yuzu Harada. The Arect production based on Neflix’s 2016 live-action feature Bright is set in the early years of Japan’s Meiji Restoration and follows a human ronin must unite with an orc assassin to save an elf orphan from their common adversary. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Duel’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack, The Last Duel
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the historical drama The Last Duel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mulan, Man on Fire, Chicken Run). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 15 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Last Duel is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. The movie based on Eric Jager’s book The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France and is set against the brutality of 14th century France and tells the tale of two knights whose bond is tested by treachery and a young woman forced to navigate the brutal and oppressive culture of the era in order to survive. 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
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 »
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 »
