La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1982 sci-fi movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley. The album features the remastered original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Glory, Aliens), as well as previously unreleased alternate tracks. The 2-CD includes the score presentation on the first disc and the remastered 1982 soundtrack album, as well as alternate tracks on the second disc. The soundtrack, which is limited to 10,000 copies, will be available to order at noon today on the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Nicholas Meyers, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
First Track from Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s ‘Candyman’ Score Released
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Candyman, Nia DaCosta, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, score, Soundtrack
Waxwork Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the supernatural slasher movie Candyman. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platform is Rows and Towers written by the film’s composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. Also listen to the full track below and check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album. Candyman is co-written and directed by Nia DaCosta, produced by Jordan Peele and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Colman Domingo. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Halloween Kills’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Kills, John Carpenter, score, Soundtrack
Sacred Bones Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror sequel Halloween Kills. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies who previously co-scored Blumhouse’s 2018 Halloween film. The soundtrack will be released on October 15, 2021. Click here to order the digital version. A CD version will be available to for pre-order on Amazon within the next few days and several different vinyl editions are now available to purchase on the label’s official website. A first track (Unkillable) is being released today and can be checked out after the jump. Halloween Kills is co-written and directed by David Gordon Green and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Thomas Mann and Anthony Michael Hall. The movie follows the Strode women as they join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all. Read the rest of this entry »
Gene Back to Score Alejandro Monteverde’s ‘Cabrini’ Biopic
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alejandro Monteverde, Cabrini, Gene Back
Gene Back (Cowboys, Holler) has been hired to score the upcoming (currently untitled) biographical drama about Francesca Cabrini. The film is directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Little Boy, Sound of Freedom) and stars Christiana Dell’Anna, Montserrat Espadalé, Romana Maggiora Vergano, David Morse, Patch Darragh, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb, Andrew Polk, Giampiero Judica and Rolando Villazó. The movie tells the story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 19th Century who started with nothing and created the largest multinational charitable empire the world had ever known. Rod Barr wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and Monteverde. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eat Wheaties!’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eat Wheaties!, Kevin Krouglow, score, Scott Abramovitch, Soundtrack
Kevin Krouglow (Trench 11, Full Out) has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Eat Wheaties!. The album features composer’s original score and is now available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music services. Eat Wheaties! is directed by Scott Abramovitch and stars Tony Hale, Paul Walter Hauser, Sarah Chalke, Elisha Cuthbert, Danielle Brooks, David Walton, Alan Tudyk, Robbie Amell and Kylie Bunbury. The movie follows a man whose unexceptional life takes a wild turn when he’s named co-chair of his college reunion and accidentally stalks famous college classmate, actress Elizabeth Banks, on social media. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Netflix, The Lost Daughter
Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Peaky Blinders, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Lost Daughter. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ed Harris and Dagmara Domińczyk. The movie is based on the 2006 novel of the same title by Elena Ferrante and revolves around a woman whose beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past. Read the rest of this entry »
Theme Song from Netflixs ‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ Released
Posted: August 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ada Twist Scientist, Dan Petty, Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis, Netflix, Renée Elise Goldsberry
Milan Records has released the theme song from the upcoming Netflix animated series Ada Twist, Scientist. The song written by Kay Hanley, Michelle Lewis & Dan Petty and performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Ada Twist, Scientist is developed by Chris Nee based on the best-selling book series by author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts and follows the adventures of an eight-year-old pint-sized scientist with a giant-sized curiosity, who aspires to discover the truth about absolutely everything. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 15, 2021)
Posted: August 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heels, Hulu, Jeff Cardoni, Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins, Nathaniel Mechaly, Netflix, Nine Perfect Strangers, Shadowplay, Starz, Stephanie Economou, Steven Price, Sweet Girl, The Chair, The Defeated
Premiering today is the Starz original series Heels created by Michael Waldron and stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Mary McCormack, James Harrison, Allen Maldonado and Chris Bauer. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI: Miami, The Kominsky Method, Step Up All In). Lionsgate Records will release weekly soundtracks featuring Cardoni’s score and other music from the drama. The first soundtrack featuring music from the first episode has just been released today. Click here for the full details and to learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday on Starz.
Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, August 18 is the crime drama The Defeated created by Måns Mårlind and starring Taylor Kitsch, Nina Hoss, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael C. Hall, Tuppence Middleton, Mala Emde, Maximilian Ehrenreich, Sebastian Koch and Benjamin Sadler. Chanda Dancy (After We Leave, Pigeon Kings, Dramarama) has composed the show’s original music. Nathaniel Mechaly has previously scored the original version of the series, which premiered overseas under the title Shadowplay. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information about the 8-parter, which will be available to stream stateside on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
First Soundtrack for Starz’s ‘Heels’ Released
Posted: August 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Heels, Jeff Cardoni, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Lionsgate Records has released the first soundtrack for the Starz original series Heels. The 7-track album features music from the first episode of the show, including selections of the original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Turner & Hooch), the main title theme Love In War by Cardoni & Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, as well as songs performed by Coincidental Minors feat. Todd Kerns and Alison Luff who also stars in the drama. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Heels is created by Michael Waldron and stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Mary McCormack, Allen Maldonado, James Harrison and Chris Bauer. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt Scoring Edoardo Vitaletti’s ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’
Posted: August 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edoardo Vitaletti, Keegan DeWitt, The Last Thing Mary Saw
Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, A Teacher, Divorce, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Sorry for Your Loss, The Hero) has recently scored the upcoming period horror thriller The Last Thing Mary Saw. The film is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti and stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin, Judith Roberts an Stefanie Scott. The movie revolves around a young woman who is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Isen Robbins & Aimee Schoof (Tesla, Experimenter) are producing the project for Intrinsic Value Films, alongside Harrison Allen & Madeleine Schumacher for Arachnid Films, as well as Stephen Tedeschi (Blue Caprice). Read the rest of this entry »
