Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1957 western Night Passage directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart and Brandon deWilde. The album features the original score from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon, The Alamo, It’s A Wonderful LifeGiant, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Guns of Navarone). Also included are two original songs (Follow the River & You Can’t Get Far Without a Railroad) written by the composer with lyricist Ned Washington. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release and check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Night Passage’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dimitri Tiomkin, James Neilson, Night Passage, score, Soundtrack
Kathryn Bostic Scoring Tina Mabry’s ‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Kathryn Bostic, The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Tina Mabry
Kathryn Bostic (Clemency, Women of the Movement, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, Praise Petey, Holiday Rush) is scoring the upcoming comedy drama The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat. The film is directed by Tina Mabry and stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, Julian McMahon, Mekhi Phifer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Russell Hornsby. The movie based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Edward Kelsey Moore and follows a trio of best friends who see their bond put to the test as heartbreak and illness stir up the past and threaten to destroy their friendship. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Above the Dust’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Above the Dust, Ella van der Woude, Juho Nurmela, score, Soundtrack
Ella van der Woude (Take Me Somewhere Nice, Armand, Instinct, Something You Said Last Night, Stranger in Paradise) and Juho Nurmela (My Rembrandt) have released a soundtrack album for the Chinese/Dutch drama Above the Dust (Wo Tu). The album features the composers’ original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. Above the Dust is written and directed by Xiaoshuai Wang and stars Ouyang Wenxin, Yong Mei, Zu Feng, Wang Zichuan, Li Jun and Zhao Xiaoning. The movie follows a 10-year-old Chinese boy who dreams of owning a water pistol and goes on a journey through his grandfather’s memories of the 1950s and his terrible misdeeds at the time. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney Junior’s ‘Ariel’ TV Series Announced
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anthony M. Jones, Ariel, Chantry Johnson, Disney Junior, Michelle Zarlenga, Olivia Waithe, Rosemarie Tan, Sofia Quinn, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Junior animated series Ariel. The album features ten songs from the show inspired by the diverse genres of Caribbean music, written by Anthony M. Jones, Olivia Waithe, Sofia Quinn, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga & Rosemarie Tan and performed by the project’s voice cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 28 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The show’s theme song (written by Johnson, Zarlenga & Tan) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Ariel is based on Disney’s animated classic The Little Mermaid and features the voices of Mykal-Michelle Harris, Taye Diggs, Amber Riley, Gracen Newton, Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Cruz Flateau, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kevin Michael Richardson, Melissa Villaseñor and Ron Funches. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lionheart’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Genevieve Nnaji, Kulanen Ikyo, Lionheart, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Kulanen Ikyo (The Black Book, Blood Sisters) has released a soundtrack album for the Nigerian drama Lionheart. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the song Ka Anyi Je Be Nu and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and first score track (After Devotion) after the jump. Lionheart is co-written and directed by Genevieve Nnaji and stars Nnaji herself, Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Kanayo O. Kanayo and Onyeka Onwenu. The movie revolves around a woman who steps up to run the family business alongside her uncle when her father falls ill, and prove herself in a male-dominated world. Read the rest of this entry »
Nate Heller Scoring Marielle Heller’s ‘Nightbitch’
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marielle Heller, Nate Heller, Nightbitch
Nate Heller has provided the original score for the upcoming horror comedy Nightbitch. The film is written and directed by Marielle Heller and stars Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Zoë Chao, Emmett James Snowden, Archana Rajan, Mary Holland and Jessica Harper. The movie is based on Rachel Yoder’s debut novel of the same title and tells the story of a woman thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre signs that she may be turning into a canine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anthracite’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Anthracite, David Quattrini, Judson Crane, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
440Hz has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix limited series Anthracite. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Judson Crane (Poker Face, Postcard from Earth) and David Quattrini (L’Homme que j’ai condamné). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Ida’s Theme) from the composers’ score below. Anthracite is created by Fanny Robert, Maxime Berthemy & Mehdi Ouahab and stars Hatik, Noémie Schmidt, Camille Lou, Nicolas Godart, Léo Legrand, Raphaël Ferret and Kad Merad. The 6-part thriller centers on an old case that is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami Scoring John Woo’s ‘The Killer’ Remake
Posted: May 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Woo, Marco Beltrami, The Killer
This past week, Marco Beltrami (Logan, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine) has been recording his score for the upcoming action thriller The Killer. The film is directed by John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2) and stars Omar Sy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sam Worthington, Saïd Taghmaoui and Diana Silvers. The movie is being described as a reimagining of Woo’s Hong Kong 1989 classic of the same title. No plot details have been revealed yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2024)
Posted: May 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: After the Flood, Amazon, Blair Mowat, BritBox, Ceiri Torjussen, Hulu, Nightwatch - Demons Are Forever, Outer Range, Samuel Sim, Shudder, The Killing Kind, Wendy & Lisa
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British series After the Flood created by Mick Ford and starring Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonas Armstrong, Nicholas Gleaves, Matt Stokoe, Anita Adam Gabay and Jacqueline Boatswain. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Nolly, Class, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK this past January on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, May 14, is the British series The Killing Kind written by Zara Hayes & Jonathan Stewart based on the novel of the same title by Jane Casey and starring Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Olivia D’Lima, Kerr Logan and Sara Powell. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, MaryLand, The Bay, Anne, The Long Call, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part thriller, which follows a barrister who her client against stalking charges, only for him to turn on her, premiered in the UK last year on Paramount+ and is making its domestic debut on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bad Boys 4, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Bilall Fallah
Epic Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the action comedy sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Tonight performed by Black Eyed Peas x El Alfa feat. Becky G. Also listen to the song below and check back on this page for the details of full soundtrack album. Bad Boys: Ride or Die is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Paola Nuñez, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Haddish and Joe Pantoliano. Read the rest of this entry »
