Protozoa & Partisan Records have released the original song Rabbit Run from the crime thriller Caught Stealing. The track written by Joe Talbot & Mark Bowen and performed by the post-punk band Idles is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs by the band and the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen and performed by Idles will be released on August 29. Caught Stealing is directed by Darren Aronofsky and stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Vincent D’Onofrio, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Griffin Dunne, Benito A Martínez Ocasio and Carol Kane. Read the rest of this entry »
Idles’ Original Song ‘Rabbit Run’ from ‘Caught Stealing’ Released
Posted: July 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky, Idles
Jon Natchez Scoring Rich Lee’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Reboot
Posted: July 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jon Natchez, Rich Lee, War of the Worlds
Jon Natchez (The Climb, BOO!, Last Call, Luzzu, No Future, Pledge, Cubby) of the indie rock band The War on Drugs has recently scored the new sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds. The film is directed by Rich Lee and stars Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Iman Benson, Sasha Lane, Michael O’Neill, Linus Sebastian, Devon Bostick, Henry Hunter Hall, Andrea Savage, Zach King, Olivia DeLaurentis and Sydney Heller. The movie is based on H.G. Wells’ classic novel and follows W a top cyber-security analyst for Homeland Security who spends his days tracking potential threats to national security through a mass surveillance program, until an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from the world. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gangs of Taïwan’ (‘Locust’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gangs of Taiwan, Keff, Locust, score, Soundtrack, Yoshihiro Hanno
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Taiwanese crime thriller Gangs of Taïwan (Locust). The album features the film’s original score composed by Yoshihiro Hanno (Mountains May Depart, The Best Is Yet to Come, Revolver Lily Winter Boy). Also included are two tracks by Meuko Meuko. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Hanno’s main theme below. Gangs of Taïwan is written and directed by Keff and stars Liu Wei Chen, Rimong Ihwar, Devin Pan, An-shun Yu, Yi Jung Wu and Nien-Hsien. The movie takes place during the 2019 Hong Kong protests and follows a young silent man in Taiwan who leads a double life, working at a family restaurant by day, and running with a group of local gangsters by night. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg & Ramiro Zamarripa Scoring Gabe Polsky’s ‘The Man Who Saves the World?’
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabe Polsky, Leo Birenberg, Ramiro Rodriguez Zamarripa, The Man Who Saves the World?
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Bottoms, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Son of Zorn, Florida Man) has teamed up with Ramiro Zamarripa (How to Rob a Bank) to score the upcoming documentary The Man Who Saves the World? The film is written, directed and produced by Gabe Polsky and tells the story of Patrick McCollum, a spiritual leader and peace advocate who finds himself at the very center of an ancient prophecy that could decide the fate of our planet. Peter Farrelly (Green Book, There’s Something About Mary), Danny McBride & Jody Hill (Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstone) and David Gordon Green (Halloween, Pineapple Express) are among the project’s executive producers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bosco’ Score Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bosco, JeMarcus Bridges, Nicholas Manuel Pino, score, Soundtrack
Blocc Boyz Entertainment has released a new soundtrack album for the biographical drama Bosco. The album features the film’s original score composed by JeMarcus Bridges. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Freedman’s Suite and the composer’s final track below. The label has previously released two albums featuring the songs from the movie last fall. Bosco is written and directed by Nicholas Manuel Pino and stars Aubrey Joseph, Nikki Blonsky, Tyrese Gibson, Theo Rossi, Thomas Jane and Vivica A. Fox. The movie is based on Quawntay “Bosco” Adams’ book Chasin Freedum about his ingenious escape from a federal maximum-security prison in 2006 for the chance to be at his first child’s birth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ick’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brain and Melissa, Ick, Joseph Kahn, score, Soundtrack
Pirate Music has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi/horror comedy Ick. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brain and Melissa (aka Bryan ‘Brain’ Mantia & Guns N’ ‘Roses’ Melissa Reese) (Bodied, Detention). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the duo’s first two tracks after the jump. Ick is co-written and directed by Joseph Kahn and stars Brandon Routh, Malina Weissman, Harrison Cone, Taia Sophia, Zeke Donovan Jones, Mena Suvari, Debra Wilson and Jeff Fahey. The movie follows a high school science teacher who must grapple with a a parasitic alien entity, as well as the apathy of the small town it has been gradually absorbing. Read the rest of this entry »
Isabella Summers Scoring Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Fuller, Dust Bunny, Isabella Summers
Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Physical, The Offer, Hitpig!) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Dust Bunny. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) and stars David Dastmalchian, Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver. The movie revolves around a 10-year-old girl who procures the services of a hit man to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Billy Joel, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, HBO, Jessica Levin, Soundtrack, Susan Lacy
Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes. The 100+-track album features many of Joel’s iconic hits, alternative versions, and live renditions, as well as eight never-before-released songs, including December Theme (December Song), My Life (From the 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden and An Innocent Man (Live in London). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to several of the previously unreleased tracks below. Billy Joel: And So It Goes is directed by Susan Lacy & Jessica Levin and centers on the the six-time Grammy Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer from Long Island, New York. The 2-parter explores the life and work of the singer/songwriter whose music has not only endured but soared across generations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dracula: A Love Tale’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Dracula: A Love Tale, Luc Besson, score, Soundtrack
Because Music & EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for Luc Besson’s gothic horror movie Dracula: A Love Tale. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the compose’s end credits track below. Dracula: A Love Tale is written and directed by Besson and stars Caleb Landry Jones in the title role, alongside Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Haymon Maria Buttinger and Zoë Bleu Sidel. The new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel tells the story of 15th century Prince Vladimir who gets punished with eternal life after cursing God following his wife’s death, and decades later discovers his wife’s doppelgänger in London. Read the rest of this entry »
