WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama Cry Macho. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Twister, August Rush, Training Day). Also included is the original song Find a New Home written by Mancina and performed by Will Banister. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music platforms. Cry Macho is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Eastwood himself, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakam, Fernanda Urrejola and Horacio Garcia-Rojas. The movie is set in 1979 and follows a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cry Macho’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Eastwood, Cry Macho, Mark Mancina, score, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Prey’ Released
Posted: September 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maximilian Stephan, Michael Kamm, Netflix, Prey, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Sieben
LOVEBOX has released a soundtrack album for the German Netflix original film Prey. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Michael Kamm (Sleepless, Who Am I, Close to the Horizon) & Maximilian Stephan (Whatever Happens). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Prey is written and directed by Thomas Sieben and stars David Kross, Hanno Koffler, Maria Ehrich, Robert Finster, Yung Ngo, Klaus Steinbacher, Livia Matthes and Nellie Thalbach. The thriller follows five friends on the run from a mysterious shooter after a hiking trip into the wild turns into a desperate bid for survival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Best Friend Anne Frank’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Sombogaart, Merlijn Snitker, My Best Friend Anne Frank, score, Soundtrack
Riva Media Records has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch drama My Best Friend Anne Frank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Merlijn Snitker (The Resistance Banker, The Prime Minister, A Noble Intention, Love Is All). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. My Best Friend Anne Frank is directed by Ben Sombogaart and stars Aiko Mila Beemsterboer, Josephine Arendsen, Roeland Fernhout, Lottie Hellingman and Stefan de Walle. The movie centers on the relationship between Anne Frank and Hannah Goslar, the teenage diarist’s best friend who also was sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp but survived and is still alive today. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Riverdale’ Special Episode ‘The Return of the Pussycats’ Released
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Riverdale, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the CW drama Riverdale. The album features the songs from Season 5 special episode The Return of the Pussycats performed by cast members including Ashleigh Murray, Hayley Law, Vanessa Morgan, Asha Bromfield, Erinn Westbrook, Camille Hyde & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to all seven songs on the album after the jump. The label has previously released numerous soundtracks featuring the songs and score from the series, including albums for the special musical episodes, Carrie the Musical, Heathers the Musical and Hedwig and the Angry Inch the Musical. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Girlfriends’ (‘Chavalas’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carol Rodríguez Colás, Chavalas, Claudia Lively, Francesc Gener, Girlfriends, score, Soundtrack
MMV Music & Balance Media Entertainment have released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy drama Girlfriends (Chavalas). The album features the songs from the film by Claudia Lively, Seguridad Social, Los Vinagres, McGregor’s and Antonio El Remendao, as well as the movie’s original score composed by Lively & Francesc Gener (Arachnid, Wolf, GAL). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Girlfriends is directed by Carol Rodríguez Colás and stars Vicky Luengo, Elisabet Casanovas, Carolina Yuste and Angela Cervantes. Read the rest of this entry »
Explosions in the Sky’s ‘Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas’ Score to Be Released
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas, Explosions in the Sky, Jamie Fitzpatrick, John Murray, score, Soundtrack
Temporary Residence has announced a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Prince Avalanche, Manglehorn). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and vinyl versions. A first track (Climbing Bear) premiered last month and a second track (Flying) has just been released today. Listen to both full tracks after the jump. Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas is directed by John Murray & Jamie Fitzpatrick, narrated by Thomas Haden Church and follows the lives of native animals amid expansive aerial views of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend at the border between the USA and Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers Scoring Netflix’s ‘Colin in Black and White’
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ava DuVernay, Colin in Black and White, Kris Bowers, Netflix
Composer Kris Bowers (Green Book, Bridgerton, Dear White People, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America) is reuniting with writer/producer/director Ava DuVernay on the upcoming Netflix limited series Colin in Black and White. The show is created by DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) & athlete/activist Colin Kaepernick (who is also providing the voiceover narration) and stars Jaden Michael, Mary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman. The 6-part drama explores Kaepernick’s high school years and chronicles what inspired him to risk his livelihood in support of civil rights. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Walt Disney Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise and starring Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes and David Ogden Stiers. The Legacy Collection release coincides with the movie’s 25th anniversary and features the original songs from the film written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, Tangled) and featuring lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Wicked), as well as the remastered original score by Menken, including previously unreleased music. Also included are never before released demo recordings of the songs performed by Menken, Schwartz & others. The 2-CD set will be coming out on September 22 and is now available for pre-order on the Disney Music Emporium website. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Compose Music for Disney+ Series ‘Willow’
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, James Newton Howard, Willow
James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, Signs) has revealed in a recent interview in the latest episode of Score: The Podcast that he is attached to compose music for Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ original series Willow. The show is developed by Jonathan Kasdan (Solo: A Star Wars Story, In the Land of Women) & Wendy Mericle (Arrow) and stars Warwick Davis who returns in the title role, alongside Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori, Ruby Cruz and Amer Chadha-Patel. The fantasy drama is based on the 1988 feature (produced and written by George Lucas, directed by Ron Howard and scored by James Horner) and will take place years after the events of the film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bjørn Johnson, David Belton, Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11, MSNBC, Paul Saunderson, Peacock, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers, Starfish, Trying, The More You Ignore Me, Strike Back). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 is directed by David Belton & Bjørn Johnson and tells the story of September 11, 2001, through a unique set of eyewitness testimonies recorded in a small plywood booth in the months following the attacks and through present-day interviews from the same group. Read the rest of this entry »
