Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Taiwanese crime thriller Gangs of Taïwan (Locust). The album features the film’s original score composed by Yoshihiro Hanno (Mountains May Depart, The Best Is Yet to Come, Revolver Lily Winter Boy). Also included are two tracks by Meuko Meuko. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Hanno’s main theme below. Gangs of Taïwan is written and directed by Keff and stars Liu Wei Chen, Rimong Ihwar, Devin Pan, An-shun Yu, Yi Jung Wu and Nien-Hsien. The movie takes place during the 2019 Hong Kong protests and follows a young silent man in Taiwan who leads a double life, working at a family restaurant by day, and running with a group of local gangsters by night. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gangs of Taïwan’ (‘Locust’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gangs of Taiwan, Keff, Locust, score, Soundtrack, Yoshihiro Hanno
Leo Birenberg & Ramiro Zamarripa Scoring Gabe Polsky’s ‘The Man Who Saves the World?’
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabe Polsky, Leo Birenberg, Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa, The Man Who Saves the World?
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Bottoms, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Son of Zorn, Florida Man) has teamed up with Ramiro Zamarripa (How to Rob a Bank) to score the upcoming documentary The Man Who Saves the World? The film is written, directed and produced by Gabe Polsky and tells the story of Patrick McCollum, a spiritual leader and peace advocate who finds himself at the very center of an ancient prophecy that could decide the fate of our planet. Peter Farrelly (Green Book, There’s Something About Mary), Danny McBride & Jody Hill (Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstone) and David Gordon Green (Halloween, Pineapple Express) are among the project’s executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bosco’ Score Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bosco, JeMarcus Bridges, Nicholas Manuel Pino, score, Soundtrack
Blocc Boyz Entertainment has released a new soundtrack album for the biographical drama Bosco. The album features the film’s original score composed by JeMarcus Bridges. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Freedman’s Suite and the composer’s final track below. The label has previously released two albums featuring the songs from the movie last fall. Bosco is written and directed by Nicholas Manuel Pino and stars Aubrey Joseph, Nikki Blonsky, Tyrese Gibson, Theo Rossi, Thomas Jane and Vivica A. Fox. The movie is based on Quawntay “Bosco” Adams’ book Chasin Freedum about his ingenious escape from a federal maximum-security prison in 2006 for the chance to be at his first child’s birth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ick’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brain and Melissa, Ick, Joseph Kahn, score, Soundtrack
Pirate Music has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi/horror comedy Ick. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brain and Melissa (aka Bryan ‘Brain’ Mantia & Guns N’ ‘Roses’ Melissa Reese) (Bodied, Detention). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the duo’s first two tracks after the jump. Ick is co-written and directed by Joseph Kahn and stars Brandon Routh, Malina Weissman, Harrison Cone, Taia Sophia, Zeke Donovan Jones, Mena Suvari, Debra Wilson and Jeff Fahey. The movie follows a high school science teacher who must grapple with a a parasitic alien entity, as well as the apathy of the small town it has been gradually absorbing. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabella Summers Scoring Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Fuller, Dust Bunny, Isabella Summers
Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Physical, The Offer, Hitpig!) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Dust Bunny. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) and stars David Dastmalchian, Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver. The movie revolves around a 10-year-old girl who procures the services of a hit man to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Billy Joel, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, HBO, Jessica Levin, Soundtrack, Susan Lacy
Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. The 100+-track album features many of Joel’s iconic hits, alternative versions, and live renditions, as well as eight never-before-released songs, including December Theme (December Song), My Life (From the 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden and An Innocent Man (Live in London). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to several of the previously unreleased tracks below. Billy Joel: And So It Goes is directed by Susan Lacy & Jessica Levin and centers on the the six-time Grammy Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer from Long Island, New York. The 2-parter explores the life and work of the singer/songwriter whose music has not only endured but soared across generations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Dracula: A Love Tale, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack
Because Music & EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s gothic horror movie Dracula: A Love Tale. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the compose’s end credits track below. Dracula: A Love Tale is written and directed by Besson and stars Caleb Landry Jones in the title role, alongside Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Haymon Maria Buttinger and Zoë Bleu Sidel. The new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel tells the story of 15th century Prince Vladimir who gets punished with eternal life after cursing God following his wife’s death, and decades later discovers his wife’s doppelgänger in London. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lebanon – Borders of Blood’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Duki Dror, Frank Ilfman, Lebanon - Borders of Blood, score, Soundtrack
Tokyo Records has released a soundtrack album for the 2020 Israeli documentary seriesLebanon – Borders of Blood. The album features the show’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Gunpowder Milkshake, A Mistake, The Operative, Ghost Stories, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. Lebanon – Borders of Blood is directed by Duki Dror and centers on the bloody wars that have plagued Lebanon since the mid-1970s and until today, and explores how disastrous decisions shaped the destiny of millions in the region, and around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Jr., Marvel's Iron Man and his Awesome Friends, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disney Jr. animated series Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends have been revealed. The album features seven songs from the show’s first season, including Mark Hoppus’ theme song Totally Awesome, which was released a digital single last month. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 15 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A second song (Armor Up written by Gustavo Branger, Kevin Zijderveld Muñoz, Mila Branger, Stephan Bouwman & Tim Boomsma) is now also available to stream/download on all major digital music services and can be checked out below. Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends is executive produced by Sean Coyle & Harrison Wilcox and stars Jason Blomberg, Kapri Ladd, Aidyn Ahn, Talon Warburton, Tony Hale and Vanessa Bayer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Competition’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joel Oliansky, Lalo Schifrin, score, Soundtrack, The Competition
Geffen Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1980 drama The Competition written and directed by Joel Oliansky and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick and Sam Wanamaker. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Honorary Academy Award winner Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Bullit, Enter the Dragon, Dirty Harry, Rush Hour, Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror), as well as the Academy Award-nominated original song People Alone written by Schifrin and featuring lyrics by Will Jennings. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the the song and the composer’s love theme after the jump. MCA Records has previously released the soundtrack album on vinyl in 1980. Read the rest of this entry »
