Maisie Music Publishing has released the theme song from the South African Netflix original series Blood & Water. The track is written by Mr Kamera (with lyrics by Rutendo Maregere) and performed by FYRA and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Blood & Water is co-written and directed by Nosipho Dumisa and stars Ama Qamata, Khosi Ngema, Gail Mabalane, Thabang Molaba, Dillon Windvogel, Natasha Thahane, Arno Greeff and Xolile Tshabalala. The mystery drama follows a Cape Town teen who sets out to prove whether a private-school swimming star is her sister who was abducted at birth. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, A Quiet Place, Scream, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, World War Z, Hellboy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 1 and will be available for pre-order here. A CD version is also being released overseas on October 15 and is now available to order as an import on Amazon. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is directed by Andy Serkis and stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, as well as Woody Harrelson as villain Cletus Kasady/Carnage. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records and INVADA Records have released a soundtrack album for The North Water. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by electronic music artist Tim Hecker (The Free World). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is also in the works for a release in early 2022. The North Water is developed by Andrew Haigh based on Ian McGuirand’s best-selling novel of the same title and stars Jack O’Connell, Colin Farrell, Peter Mullan, Stephen Graham, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. The 5-parter is set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s and tells the story of a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. Read the rest of this entry »

Feed Me Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary Schumacher. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christian Wilckens & Peter Hinderthür (The Baader Meinhof Complex, Back on Track, Ice Princess Lily). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Schumacher is directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker & Michael Wech and traces an intimate portrait of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher. The movie, which features rare interviews and previously unreleased archive footage, is the only film supported by Schumacher’s family. Read the rest of this entry »

OONA Soundtracks and SF Studios have released a soundtrack album for the historical drama Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den første). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Morbius, LifeEasy Money, Borg vs. McEnroe, Child 44, Queen of Hearts, I Am Greta). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Margrete – Queen of the North is co-written and directed by Charlotte Sieling and stars Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Morten Hee Andersen and Paul Blackthorne. The movie centers on Margrete I of Denmark, who is considered the most powerful ruler in Scandinavian history and gathered Denmark, Sweden and Norway into a peaceful union. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Dear White People. The album the songs from the show’s fourth and final season produced by series composer Kris Bowers (Green Book, Bridgerton, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America, Respect, When They See Us) and performed by cast members including Logan Browning, John Patrick Amedori, Marque Richardson, Ashley Featherson, Brandon P. Bell, Joi Collier, Quei Tann, Brandon Black & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 22 and is now available for pre-order here. A first song (Together All the Way) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Columbia Records has previously released the soundtracks for the show’s first two seasons and Lionsgate Records has released an album featuring Bowers’ score from the first three seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Loma Vista Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy The Nowhere Inn. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) who also co-wrote the movie’s screenplay and serves a producer on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. St. Vincent’s title song is already available to stream/download now. Check out the official music video after the jump. The Nowhere Inn is directed by Bill Benz and stars Clark herself and Carrie Brownstein. The movie follows two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent’s music, touring life, and on-stage persona. Read the rest of this entry »

Will Bates (Unbelievable, The MagiciansThe Path, I Origins, Away, The Looming TowerAnother Earth) has been tapped to score the new Peacock original series Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. The show is developed by Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel of the same title and stars Ashley Zukerman, Valorie Curry, Sumalee Montano, Rick Gonzalez, Eddie Izzard and Beau Knapp. The drama follows the early adventures of young Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy. Read the rest of this entry »

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1981 comedy Stripes directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young and John Candy. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the Columbia Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Animal House, Far from Heaven), including around 10 minutes of previously unreleased music. The CD, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »

Varese Sarabande has announced the label’s titles for Record Store Day Black Friday 2021, including a new soundtrack album for the 1986 thriller Blue Velvet written and directed by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. The double LP features the content of the original soundtrack album (including the film’s original score composed and conducted by Angelo Badalamenti and songs performed by Bobby Vinton, Bill Doggett, Roy Orbison, Ketty Lester & Julee Cruise) on the first disc and previously unreleased alternate versions, improvisations and experimentations by Badalamenti (released under the title of Lumberton Firewood) on the second disc. Blue Velvet: Deluxe Edition will be released on November 26 at participating Record Store Day retailers. Read the rest of this entry »