Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy Contra. The album features the film’s original score composed by Martin Todsharow (Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, The Captain, Tattoo, Friend Request, Desert Flower, Head Full of Honey). Also included is the song Use Me by Joy Denalane. 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. Contra is directed by Sönke Wortmann and stars Christoph Maria Herbst, Nilam Farooq, Hassan Akkouch, Ernst Stötzner, Meriam Abbas and Mohammed Issa. The movie centers on the fallout for a university professor whose insult to a law student goes viral and is given one chance to redeem himself. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Contra’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Contra, Martin Todsharow, score, Sonke Wortmann, Soundtrack
Moby to Compose Music for Yaniv Raz’s ‘The Great Emu War’
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Moby, The Great Emu War, Yaniv Raz
THR is reporting that Moby will contribute original music to the upcoming Australian action adventure comedy The Great Emu War. The film will be directed by Yaniv Raz (Dr. Birds Advice for Sad Poets) and is set to star John Cleese, Monty Franklin, Jim Jefferies and Rhys Darby. The movie is set in Western Australia in 1932 and follows a group of farmers who complain that emu are eating their crops and creating a nuisance and turn to the Australian government, which sends heavily-armed divisions of the army to wipe out the bird. Franklin also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Mayor of Kingstown, Paramount+, Taylor Sheridan
Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rampage, Frontier, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters) is scoring the new Paramount+ original series Mayor of Kingstown. The show is created by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, Wind River, Those Who Wish Me Dead) & Hugh Dillon and stars Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Kyle Chandler, Dillon himself, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird and Tobi Bamtefa. The crime drama follows the McLusky family – power brokers in Kingstown, Mich., where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Read the rest of this entry »
Annaleigh Ashford’s ‘B Positive’ Season 2 Main Titles Theme Song Released
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Annaleigh Ashford, B Positive, CBS, Chuck Lorre, Keb' Mo'
WaterTower Music has released a new version of the theme song from the CBS comedy B Positive. The track produced by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Keb’ Mo’ & series producer Chuck Lorre (who co-wrote the theme for the first season) is performed by lead actress Annaleigh Ashford and will be introduced in tomorrow’s season 2 premiere episode. The song is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon). Also watch the opening titles sequence and listen to the full track after the jump. The label has previously released the Keb’ Mo’-performed version from Season 1 earlier this year. B Positive is created by Marco Pennette and also stars Thomas Middleditch, Kether Donohue, Sara Rue, Izzy G and Terrence Terrell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Most Reluctant Convert’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Armstrong, Norman Stone, score, Soundtrack, The Most Reluctant Convert
CMA Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama The Most Reluctant Convert. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Romeo + Juliet, The Incredible Hulk, Love Actually, The Bone Collector, The One and Only Ivan). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Most Reluctant Convert is directed by Norman Stone and stars Max McLean, Nicholas Ralph, Eddie Ray Martin, Richard Harrington, Amy Alexander, Tom Glenister, David Shields, Hubert Burton, David Gant, Sandy Knight and Charlie Reid. The movie follows an elder C.S. Lewis and looks back on The Chronicles of Narnia author’s journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski Scoring Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Emily, Frances O'Connor
Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, The Courier, W.E., The Nun, Romeo and Juliet) has been tapped to score the upcoming biographical drama Emily. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Frances O’Connor and stars Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Gemma Jones and Adrian Dunbar. The movie centers on the early life of Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights. O’Connor also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Divide’ (‘La Fracture’) Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Catherine Corsini, La Fracture, Rob, Robin Coudert, score, Soundtrack, The Divide
Hippocampus has released a soundtrack EP for the French political comedy drama The Divide (La Fracture). The 3-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Gretel & Hansel, Revenge, Horns, Troy: Fall of a City, Oxygen, Planetarium). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all three tracks after the jump. The Divide is co-written and directed by Catherine Corsini and stars Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Marina Foïs, Pio Marmaï and Aissatou Diallo Sagna. The movie follows two women on the verge of a breakup who get trapped in a hospital emergency room under siege. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Matthew David Scoring Matt Angel’s & Suzanne Coote’s Netflix Film ‘Hypnotic’
Posted: October 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hypnotic, Matt Angel, Nathan Matthew David, Netflix, Suzanne Coote
Nathan Matthew David (Deadly Class, The Last Word, Slice, Angie Tribeca, Satisfaction, Surviving R. Kelly) has recently scored the new Netflix original film Hypnotic. The movie is directed by Matt Angel & Suzanne Coote (The Open House) and stars Kate Siegel, Jason O’Mara, Dulé Hill, Lucie Guest, Jaime M. Callica, Luc Roderique, Tanja Dixon-Warren, Devyn Dalton, Stephanie Cudmore and Jessie Fraser. The thriller revolves around a woman feeling stuck both personally and professionally who turns to a mysterious hypnotherapist for help, only to find herself caught in a deadly mind game. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Held for Ransom’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Held for Ransom, Johan Söderqvist, Niels Arden Oplev, score, Ser du månen Daniel, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the Danish drama Held for Ransom (Ser du månen, Daniel). The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, After the Wedding,The Last Vermeer, In a Better World, The King’s Choice). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Held for Ransom is directed by Niels Arden Oplev and stars Esben Smed, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell, Ardalan Esmaili, Sofie Torp and Sara Hjort Ditlevsen. The movie tells the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organization ISIS along with several other foreign nationals including the American journalist, James Foley. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Michael Dowse’s ‘8-Bit Christmas’ & Chris Woods’ ‘To What Remains’
Posted: October 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 8-Bit Christmas, Chris Woods, HBO Max, Joseph Trapanese, Michael Dowse, To What Remains
Composer Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Shadow and Bone, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, Lady and the Tramp, The Raid: Redemption) is reuniting with director Michael Dowse (Goon, What If) on the upcoming HBO Max original film 8-Bit Christmas. The movie starring Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael and Steve Zahn is set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s and centers on ten-year-old’s herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
