Hollywood Records has released the cover version of The Cure’s Just Like Heaven from the new Fox comedy drama The Big Leap. The song is produced by composer Joe Wong (The Midnight Gospel, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Russian Doll) and performed by Eryn Allen Kane. The track is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. The Big Leap is created by Liz Heldens and stars Scott Foley, Simone Recasner, Piper Perabo, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Raymond Cham, Jr., Mallory Jansen,Kevin Daniels, Anna Grace Barlow and Teri Polo. The series revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of Swan Lake. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Just Like Heaven’ Cover from Fox’s ‘The Big Leap’ Released
Posted: September 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Eryn Allen Kane, Fox, Joe Wong, The Big Leap
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Stephen’ to Be Released
Posted: September 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack, Stephen
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV series Stephen. The album features the show’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, The Last Tree, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. Stephen is directed by Alrick Riley, written by Frank Cottrell Boyce & Joe Cottrell Boyce and stars Sharlene Whyte, Steve Coogan, Hugh Quarshie, Jordan Myrie, Sian Brook and Richie Campbell. The 3-part drama executive produced by Jed Mercurio & Paul Greengrass is the sequel to 1999’s TV movie The Murder of Stephen Lawrence and centers on the investigation that secures the convictions of two of the gang who committed the murder of Stephen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘I Am Not Alone’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Garin Hovannisian, I Am Not Alone, score, Serj Tankian, Soundtrack
Serjical Strike Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary I Am Not Alone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian (Truth to Power, Furious, 1915) who also serves as an executive producer of the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I Am Not Alone directed by Garin Hovannisian chronicles the 2018 Armenian revolution and centers on a modern-day political power struggle and the citizen activists who refused to accept it. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarah Warne Scoring ITV’s ‘Hollington Drive’
Posted: September 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hollington Drive, ITV, Sarah Warne
Sarah Warne (Humans, Des, Dark Money, Time) is currently scoring the upcoming ITV series Hollington Drive. The show is written by Sophie Petzal (Blood) and stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Rachael Stirling, Rhashan Stone, Ken Nwosu, Peter McDonald, Jonas Armstrong and Jodie McNee. The 4-part thriller follows the lives of two sisters whose lives are torn apart when one of the sisters’ child goes missing. Petzal is also executive producing the West Road Pictures production with Jonathan Fisher (Penance, Midsumer Murders). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nothing to Laugh About’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aslak Hartberg, Ingenting å le av, Nothing to Laugh About, Petter Naess, score, Soundtrack
Feber Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian comedy drama Nothing to Laugh About (Ingenting å le av). The album features the film’s original music composed by Aslak Hartberg (Heimbane, Gone with the Woman, Through a Glass, Darkly). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Nothing to Laugh About is directed by Petter Naess and stars Odd-Magnus Williamson (who also wrote the screenplay), Sara Khorami and Øystein Martinsen. The movie revolves around a middle-aged stand-up comedian as he tries to find laughter again after losing his job and his girlfriend getting diagnosed with cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Ludwig Göransson, Blake Neely, Steven Price, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blake Neely, Carlos Rafael Rivera, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, Emmy Awards, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Ludwig Göransson, Robert Lopez, Steven Price, The Flight Attendant, The Mandalorian, The Queen's Gambit, WandaVision
Carlos Rafael Rivera has won his second Emmy Award for his score for the episode End Game of the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special category at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony on the Event Deck at LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles.He was previously honored with his first Emmy for his main title music for Scott Frank’s Netflix series Godless. Ludwig Göransson was honored with his second Primetime Emmy Award for his score for the sixteenth chapter (The Rescue) of the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian in the Music Composition for a Series category. He previously won the award for his music for the first season in 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 12, 2021)
Posted: September 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, American Rust, Chicago Party Aunt, Edmund Butt, Evgueni Galperine, Finding Alice, FX on Hulu, HBO, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Hulu, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Marty Beller, Michael Abels, Michael Kramer, My Son, Nathan Whitehead, Netflix, Nightbooks, Peacock, Sacha Galperine, Scenes from a Marriage, Showtime, Y: The Last Man
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage written and directed by Hagai Levi and starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac. The show’s original music is composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Radioactive, The Family, Nine Lives, Loveless, Gagarine, Wizard of Lies) a. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 5-part drama, which is premiering today on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Also premiering today is the Showtime original series American Rust created by Dan Futterman based on the novel of the same title by Philipp Meyer and starring Jeff Daniels, Maura Tierney, Bill Camp, Alex Neustaedter, David Alvarez, Julia Mayorga, Mark Pellegrino and Rob Yang. Marty Beller (In Treatment, Korengal, Gracepoint, Another Gay Movie, Gypsy 83) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Delicious’ (‘Délicieux’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Julien, Délicieux, Delicious, Éric Besnard, score, Soundtrack
Nord-Ouest Films has released a soundtrack album for the French historical comedy Delicious (Délicieux). The album features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Julien (Nothing to Hide, See You Up There, Bye Bye Morons, 9-Month Stretch). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to check out the full track list and to listen to audio samples. Delicious is co-written and directed by Éric Besnard and stars Grégory Gadebois, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe and Guillaume de Tonquédec. The movie follows a gifted chef and his unlikely protégé who must find the resolve to free themselves from servitude. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Whitehead Scoring Netflix’s ‘Chicago Party Aunt’
Posted: September 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chicago Party Aunt, Nathan Whitehead, Netflix
Nathan Whitehead (The Purge, Keanu, Days Gone, The Veil, Stephanie, The Remaining) has composed the original score for the new Netflix animated series Chicago Party Aunt. The show is created by Chris Witaske, Jon Barinholtz & Katie Rich and features the voice talent of Lauren Ash, Rory O’Malley, RuPaul Charles, Jill Talley, Ike Barinholtz, Matthew Craig, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Hagerty, as well as Witaske, Jon Barinholtz & Rich themselves. The animated comedy follows the title character, an idolized troublemaker with a talent for avoiding adulthood — and a soft spot for her soul-searching nephew. Read the rest of this entry »
ASTU’s Song ‘Hold the Line’ from Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Twenty Something’ Released
Posted: September 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: ASTU, Disney Plus, Pixar, Sparkshorts, Twenty Something
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Hold the Line from Pixar Animation Studios’ SparkShorts title Twenty Something. The track, which is featured in the short’s end credits sequence, is written and performed by singer/songwriter ASTU and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Also listen to the full song below. Twenty Something is directed by Aphton Corbin, produced by Erik Langley and follows a young woman as he deals with “adulting” on the night of her 21st birthday. Read the rest of this entry »
