Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama The Grand Duke of Corsica (aka The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica). The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers, Trying, Starfish, The More You Ignore Me, Strike Back). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Outbreak) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. The Grand Duke of Corsica is written and directed by Daniel Graham and stars Timothy Spall, Peter Stormare and Matt Hookings. The movie follows a cantankerous and brilliant architect as he embarks upon a highly unusual commission for an eccentric billionaire in Malta who calls himself the ‘Grand Duke of Corsica’. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Grand Duke of Corsica’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Graham, Paul Saunderson, score, Soundtrack, The Grand Duke of Corsica, The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica
John Paesano Scoring Disney+’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Animated Movie
Posted: September 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney Plus, John Paesano, Swinton Scott
John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Invincible, When the Game Stands Tall, The Star) has composed the original music for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The animated feature is directed by Swinton Scott and features the voices of Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress and Chris Diamantopoulos. The film is based on the first book in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling book series and follows Greg Heffley, a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous as he tries to survive middle school. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bigger Than Us’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bigger Than Us, Flore Vasseur, Rémi Boubal, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary Bigger Than Us. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rémi Boubal (Black Tide, Our Mothers). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Bigger Than Us is directed by Flore Vasseur, produced by Marion Cotillard and follows young activist Melati Wijsen fighting for human rights, freedom of expression, climate, social justice who decided to travel to Malawi, Lebanon, Brazil, Greece, Indonesia, Uganda and the U.S. to meet her peers, who already have managed to have a huge impact in their fields thanks to their convictions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Confessions of an Invisible Girl’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: September 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bruno Garotti, Confessions of an Invisible Girl, Confissões de uma Garota Excluída, Netflix
Maisie Music Publishing has released a soundtrack EP for the Brazilian Netflix original film Confessions of an Invisible Girl (Confissões de uma Garota Excluída). The EP features three songs from the movie performed by lead actors Klara Castanho & Lucca Picon, as well as Melim, Lucas Vasconcellos and Plinio Profeta. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. All three tracks can also be checked out after the jump. Confessions of an Invisible Girl is directed by Bruno Garotti and also stars Júlia Gomes, Marcus Bessa, Kiria Malheiros, Fernanda Concon, Gabriel Lima, Caio Cabral, Leonardo Cidade and Jade Cardozo. The comedy is based on the best-selling book by Thalita Rebouças follows a clever, but socially-awkward teenage girl who joins a new school, where she tries anything to fit in. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kaska Joins ‘The Orville’ Composer Team
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Kevin Kaska, Seth MacFarlane, The Orville
Kevin Kaska has recently scored his first episode of the sci-fi series The Orville. The orchestrator, arrangers composer and conductor joins John Debney, Joel McNeely and Andrew Cottee who all scored multiple episodes of the show, as well as Bruce Broughton who composed the main title theme and the music for the pilot episode. The first recording sessions of the music for the show’s third season took place last week on the Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox lot in Los Angeles (visit Seth MacFarlane’s Instagram page for a video from the scoring sessions of Kaska’s first episode). Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley Scoring Benjamin Cleary’s ‘Swan Song’
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Benjamin Cleary, Jay Wadley, Swan Song
Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Indignation, I Carry You with Me, Driveways, Olympic Dreams) has been tapped to score the upcoming dram Swan Song. The film written and directed by Benjamin Cleary (Stutterer) and stars Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Glenn Close, Awkwafina and Adam Beach. The movie is set in the near future and centers on a loving husband and father who gets diagnosed with a terminal illness and is being presented with a controversial alternative solution to replace himself with a carbon copy clone. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Really Love’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Kristi Williams, Khari Mateen, Netflix, Really Love, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records & Endeavor Content have released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Really Love. The album features the film’s original music composed by Khari Mateen (The Price of Freedom, Fyre Fraud, ACORN and the Firestorm, Don’t Be Nice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Really Love is co-written and directed by Angel Kristi Williams and stars Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Michael Ealy, Uzo Aduba, Mack Wilds, Naturi Naughton, Suzzanne Douglas, Jade Eshete and Blair Underwood. The movie revolves around a rising Black painter who tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring the Erwin Brothers’ ‘American Underdog’
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Underdog, Andrew Erwin, John Debney, Jon Erwin
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Elf) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming biographical drama American Underdog. The film is directed by the Erwin Brothers (I Can Only Imagine, Woodlawn) and stars Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid. The movie tells the true story of Kurt Warner who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. Jon Erwin & David Aaron Cohen (Friday Night Lights, The Devil’s Own) and Jon Gunn (Mercy Streets) wrote the screenplay based on the book All Things Possible Kurt Warner and Michael Silver. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Royal Game’ (‘Schachnovelle’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel, Philipp Stölzl, Schachnovelle, score, Soundtrack, The Royal Game
Northern Artists Outlet has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Royal Game (Schachnovelle). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel (Young Goethe in Love, The Physician, The Tunnel, The Last Supper). 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. The Royal Game is directed by Philipp Stölzl and stars Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Andreas Lust, Rolf Lassgård and Samuel Finzi. The movie is based on Stefan Zweig’s novella of the same name and tells the story of a lawyer who recalls on a cruise his prior torture and imprisonment by the Nazis in Vienna. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Released
Posted: September 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jaeil Jung, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Squid Game
Genie Music Corperation & Stone Music Entertainment have released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Squid Game. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Okja). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to stream/download the soundtrack. Squid Game is created by Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-jun, Oh Young-soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung. The drama follows 456 desperate contestants who compete with each other in a mysterious and deadly survival game involving multiple rounds of childhood games to win a prize that can pull them out of their misery. Read the rest of this entry »
