MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the French/American drama Port Authority. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Herbert (A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience, Gloria Bell, The Beast Must Die, The Cave, Temple, Noughts + Crosses). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Port Authority is written and directed by Danielle Lessovitz and stars Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom and McCaul Lombardi. The movie follows a displaced teen from the rust belt as he navigates his attraction to a trans girl from the kiki ballroom scene and gets lost along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pil’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Julien Fournet, Olivier Cussac, Pil, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Pil. The album features the film’s original music composed and orchestrated by Olivier Cussac (Terra Willy, The Jungle Bunch) and performed by the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version of the soundtrack is available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website. Pil is directed by Julien Fournet and follows an orphaned young girl who lives in the medieval city of Misty Rock and – when a cruel regent curses the heir to the throne – embarks on a quest to find the antidote to save his life and safeguard the kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Peacock’s ‘The Amber Ruffin Show’ Released
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Allen Schmoll, Peacock, Soundtrack, The Amber Ruffin Show
Back Lot Music has released the first soundtrack album for the Peacock original late-night series The Amber Ruffin Show. The album features a selection of the songs from the show performed by Ruffin written by herself, David Allen Schmoll, Jenny Hagel, Dewayne Perkins, Shantira Jackson, among others and performed by Ruffin. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Amber Ruffin Show showcases Amber’s signature smart and silly take on the week’s news. The Universal Television production executive produced by Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, Seth Meyers & Mike Shoemaker premiered last fall and is currently available to stream on Peacock and also airs every Friday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Electric Youth to Score Carly Stone’s ‘North of Normal’
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carly Stone, Electric Youth, North of Normal
Synth-pop duo Electric Youth has signed to score the upcoming drama North of Normal. The film is directed by Carly Stone (The New Romantic) and stars Sarah Gadon, Robert Carlyle, James D’Arcy, Amanda Fix, Benedict Samuel and Janet Porter. The movie is based on the best-selling memoir of the same title written by Cea Sunrise Person and revolves around a teenage girl raised in the wilderness who moves to the city hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother. Alexandra Weir wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Time Tunnel’ Soundtrack Collection Vol. 2 Announced
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: George Duning, John Williams, Joseph Mullendore, Leith Stevens, Paul Sawtell, Robert Drasnin, score, Soundtrack, The Time Tunnel
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the second volume collection of original music from the 60s sci-fi series The Time Tunnel created by Irwin Allen and starring James Darren, Robert Colbert, John Zaremba, Whit Bissell and Lee Meriwether. The album features music from the show composed by John Williams (as Johnny Williams) (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Leith Stevens (The War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide), Joseph Mullendore (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants), Paul Sawtell (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Jack the Giant Killer), Robert Drasnin (Mission: Impossible, Lost in Space) and George Duning (3:10 to Yuma, Star Trek: The Original Series). Featured episodes include Revenge of the Gods, Massacre, Reign of Terror, Secret Weapon, The Death Trap and The Death Merchant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zana’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antoneta Kastrati, Dritero Nikqi, score, Soundtrack, Zana
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Kosovan drama Zana. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dritero Nikqi. Also included is Andrra’s theme song Zana’s Lullaby, which has previously been released a digital single. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Zana is co-written and directed by Antoneta Kastrati and stars Adriana Matoshi, Astrit Kabashi and Fatmire Sahiti. The movie centers on a a Kosovar woman haunted by her long-suppressed past who struggles to reconcile the expectations of motherhood with a legacy of wartime brutality. 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
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 »
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 »
