Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish biographical drama Tigers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonas Colstrup (The Square, In the Blood, President, The Shadow Play). The soundtrack is now available in all major digital music stores overseas. Click here to listen to audio samples. No word yet on a domestic release date. Tigers is written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl and stars Erik Enge, Alfred Enoch, Johannes Kuhnke, Liv Mjönes and Frida Gustavsson. The movie tells the true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson who was hired by the Italian club Inter Milan at age 17 and struggles with the pressures of success. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tigers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonas Colstrup, Ronnie Sandahl, score, Soundtrack, Tigers
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Ben Onono Scoring BBC’s ‘Ridley Road’
Posted: September 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Ben Onono, PBS, Ridley Road
Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the original score for the new BBC series Ridley Road. The show is written by Sarah Solemani based on the novel of the same title by Jo Bloom and stars Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tamzin Outhwaite, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. The 4-part thriller is set against the backdrop of a swinging sixties London and tells the story of a young Jewish woman who – after falling in love with a member of the ‘62 Group – infiltrates the NSM, a neo-Nazi movement which is becoming increasingly prominent in the city. Read the rest of this entry »
‘JJ+E’ (‘Vinterviken’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Almstrom, JJ+E, score, Soundtrack, Vinterviken, Vittorio Grasso
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix original film JJ+E (Vinterviken). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Vittorio Grasso. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. JJ+E is directed by Alexis Almstrom and stars Elsa Öhrn, Mustapha Aarab, Jonay Pineda Skallak, Magnus Krepper, Loreen, Albin Grenholm and Simon Mezher. The romantic drama based on Mats Wahl’s novel of the same name is set in Stockholm and focuses on the love story between two youngsters who are raised in the same city, yet they live light years apart, separated economically, socially and culturally. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Stracey & Este Haim Scoring Netflix’s ‘Maid’
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Stracey, Este Haim, MAID, Netflix
Chris Stracey and Este Haim (of the Grammy Award-nominated band HAIM) have teamed up to compose the original music for the new Netflix limited series Maid. The show is created by Molly Smith Metzler and stars Margaret Qualley, Andie MacDowell, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Tracy Vilar, Billy Burke and Rylea Nevaeh Whittet. The drama is inspired by the New York Times best-selling memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, by Stephanie Land and revolves around a young mother who – after fleeing an abusive relationship – finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andre Gaines, Kyle Townsend, Showtime, Soundtrack, The One and Only Dick Gregory
Hillman Grad Records and Def Jam Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory. The album is produced by record producer and composer Kyle Townsend (who also scored the film) and features songs by artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Big K.R.I.T., Bobby Sessions, Cory Henry, Statik Selektah, Danni Baylor, BJ The Chicago Kid & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The One and Only Dick Gregory is directed by Andre Gaines and examines activist and pop-culture icon Dick Gregory, whose work as a self-described ‘agitator’ shaped a generation demanding justice. The movie features Gregory’s personal reflections, archival footage and interviews with the artists he influenced. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Disney+’s ‘Just Beyond’
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Disney Plus, Just Beyond, Seth Grahame-Smith
Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks) is the composer of the new Disney+ original anthology series Just Beyond. The show is created by Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego Batman Movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) inspired by the writings of R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street) and tells stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Beatles and India’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ajoy Bose, Benji Merrison, Peter Compton, score, Soundtrack, The Beatles and India
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary The Beatles and India. The album features the film’s original score composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Dynasties, General Magic, Forces of Nature with Brian Cox) who recorded his music at Abbey Road Studios 2 in London, the legendary home of The Beatles recording sessions, Budapest, Hungary and Pune, India. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 29, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Beatles and India is directed by Ajoy Bose & Peter Compton and chronicles the enduring love affair between the Beatles and India that started more than half a century ago. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring Roger Michell’s ‘Elizabeth’ Documentary
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elizabeth, George Fenton, Roger Michell
George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Ever After, The Blue Planet) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Elizabeth. The movie marks the final film of late director Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) who passed away last week and centers on the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. The Free Range Films production is produced by Michell and Kevin Loader (The Death of Stalin, The Personal History of David Copperfield). Fenton has previously scored Michell’s last feature The Duke, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and has been picked up for domestic distribution by Sony Pictures Classics for a release in 2022. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: September 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ada Twist Scientist, Dan Petty, Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis, Netflix, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Netflix animated series Ada Twist, Scientist. The soundtrack features six songs from the show written by Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis & Dan Petty, including the theme song (performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry), which has previously been released as a digital single. The EP is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to all six songs below. Ada Twist, Scientist is developed by Chris Nee based on Andrea Beaty’s & David Roberts’ best-selling book series and features the voices of Amanda Christine, Nicholas Crovetti, Candace Kozak, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Susan Kelechi Watson and Taye Diggs. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Tranter to Compose and Produce Original Songs for Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum’s Netflix Film ‘Purple Hearts’
Posted: September 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Justin Tranter, Netflix, Purple Hearts
Deadline is reporting that Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Justin Tranter is writing and producing original songs for the upcoming Netflix original film Purple Hearts. The movie is directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Ramona and Beezus, Aquamarine) and stars Sofia Carson (who is also co-writing and performing additional music for the project), Nicholas Galitzine, Chosen Jacobs, John Harlan Kim, Anthony Ippolito, Kat Cunning, Scott Deckert, Sarah Rich and Linden Ashby. The romantic drama is based on the novel of the same title by Tess Wakefield and tells the story of an aspiring singer-songwriter and a marine who in spite of their many differences and against all odds, fall hopelessly in love. Read the rest of this entry »
