Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1975 action thriller The Eiger Sanction directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood himself, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee and Jack Cassidy. The 2-CD set features the expanded original score from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial), including the world premiere release of the complete score on the first disc and a remastered version of the original soundtrack album, as well as bonus tracks on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to check out audio samples and to order the soundtrack, which will also be available to purchase on Amazon within the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Eiger Sanction’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clint Eastwood, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Eiger Sanction
Genevieve Vincent Scoring Fox’s ‘Fantasy Island’ Reboot
Posted: August 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fantasy Island, Fox, Genevieve Vincent
Genevieve Vincent (The Broken Hearts Gallery, Modern Art) has been tapped to score the new Fox drama Fantasy Island. The show is developed by Liz Craft & Sarah Fain (The 100, Lie to Me) based on the classic TV series of the same title created by Gene Levitt and stars Roselyn Sanchez, Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriquez. Among the guest stars of the first season are Bellamy Young, Dave & Odette Annable, Leslie Jordan, Laura Leighton, Josie Bissett and Daphne Zuniga. The series takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected, and will tell stories about people who arrive with dreams and desires and depart enlightened and transformed through the magical realism of Fantasy Island. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Anthony Giacchino’s ‘Colette’ Released
Posted: August 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Giacchino, Colette, Nami Melumad, score, Soundtrack
EA Music & Lakeshore Records have released a soundtrack album for the documentary short Colette. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Star Trek: Prodigy, Absentia, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, Miss Arizona). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music platforms to stream/download the soundtrack. Colette is directed by Anthony Giacchino and centers on Colette Marin-Catherine who fought the Nazis as a member of the French Resistance when she was a young girl and – decades later – is encouraged by a young history student to visit the concentration camp where the Nazis killed her brother. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami & Miles Hankins Scoring Hulu’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
Posted: August 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David E. Kelley, Hulu, Jonathan Levine, Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins, Nine Perfect Strangers
Marco Beltrami (Logan, A Quiet Place, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, Hellboy, The Hurt Locker) and Miles Hankins (Len & Company, Being Serena) have teamed up to score the new Hulu limited series Nine Perfect Strangers. The show is deeveloped by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, The Undoing) & John Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow, Ford v Ferrari) based on the New York Times bestselling book by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) and stars Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Samara Weaving, Regina Hall, Asher Keddie, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Manny Jacinto. The drama takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living and have no idea what is about to hit them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Soil’ (‘Rouge’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Farud Bentoumi, Pierre Desprats, Red Soil, Rouge, score, Soundtrack
Les Films Velvet has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Red Soil (Rouge). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pierre Desprats (The Wild Boys, Perfect Nanny, Don’t Look Down). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audios samples. Red Soil is directed by Farud Bentoumi and stars Zita Hanrot, Sami Bouajila, Céline Sallett, Olivier Gourmet, Henri-Noël Tabary and Alka Balbir. The movie follows a young nurse working at her dad’s chemical factory who uncovers long hidden secrets and arrangements between the syndicates, politicians and industry leaders and has to choose between her father or become a whistleblower. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 8, 2021)
Posted: August 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Beckett, Disney Channel, Disney Plus, Jay Wadley, Laura Karpman, Marius de Vries, Modern Love, Netflix, Patrick Kirst, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Spin, The Kissing Booth 3, What If
Premiering on Wednesday, August 11, is Marvel Studios’ animated series What If…? developed by A.C. Bradley and starring Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Whitford, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell, Jeremy Renner, Jon Favreau, Josh Brolin, Karen Gillan, Kat Dennings, Kurt Russell, Mark Ruffalo, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Douglas, Michael Rooker, Natalie Portman, Paul Bettany, Paul Rudd, Rachel House, Rachel McAdams, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Stanley Tucci, Taika Waititi, Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Underground, Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate, Paris Can Wait). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix original film The Kissing Booth 3 directed by Vince Marcello and starring Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Molly Ringwald, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Meganne Young and Stephen Jennings. Patrick Kirst (Inherit the Viper, Breaking Surface, Grace Stirs Up Success, Convergence) who previously scored the first two installments has composed the movie’s original music. The romantic comedy, which follows Elle as she plans the ultimate bucket list to make the most of her final summer before college, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Ian Hultquist Scoring Showtime’s ‘UFO’
Posted: August 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Glen Zipper, Ian Hultquist, Showtime, UFO
Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Good Girls, Animals, Die in a Gunfight, A-X-L, Yes, God, Yes) has composed the original score for the new Showtime docu-series UFO. The show is directed by Mark Monroe (The Dissident, Morning Light) & Paul Crowder (The Last Play at Shea) and explores our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Levine’s Original Song ‘Good Mood’ from ‘PAW Patrol: The Movie’ Released
Posted: August 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Levine, Carl Brunker, Paramount+, PAW Patrol: The Movie
222 Records & Interscope Records have released the original song Good Mood from the animated feature PAW Patrol: The Movie. The track is performed Adam Levine and co-written by himself, Shellback, Savan Kotecha and Oscar Görres. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the track and also check out the official lyric video after the jump. PAW Patrol: The Movie is directed by Cal Brunker and stars original series cast members Beckett Hipkiss, Kingsley Marshall, Shayle Simons, Keegan Hedley, Lilly Bartlam & Ron Pard, as well as Iain Armitage, Marsai Martin, Yara Shahidi, Randall Park, Kim Kardashian West, Dax Shepard, Tyler Perry, Jimmy Kimmel and Will Brisbin. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 6, 2021)
Posted: August 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annette, Brendan Angelides, Caterina Barbieri, Chris Stephens, David Hirschfelder, ESKMO, John and the Hole, John Murphy, Naked Singularity, Rising Wolf, Sparks, Swan Song, The Suicide Squad
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the superhero action adventure The Suicide Squad written and directed by James Gunn and starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Joel Kinnaman, John Cena, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Daniela Melchior, David Dastmalchian Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Peter Capaldi, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion and Sylvester Stallone.. The film’s original score is composed by John Murphy (28 Days Later, Kick-Ass, Sunshine, Snatch, Millions). WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums featuring both the songs from the movie and Murphy’s score. Click here for the full details of the song soundtrack and click here for the full details of the score album. The Suicide Squad is also premiering on HBO Max today.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Amazon Prime on August 20 is the musical drama Annette co-written and directed by Leos Carax and starring Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg and Devyn McDowell. Sparks (Ron and Russell Mael) have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a selection of the songs from the movie today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Schmigadoon!’ Episode 5 Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Christopher Willis, Cinco Paul, Schmigadoon!, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released the fifth soundtrack for the Apple TV+ original series Schmigadoon! The album features the original songs (Suddenly (Melissa Reprise), Tribulation & I Always, Always, Never Get My Man) from the fifth episode of the show written by Cinco Paul (Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax), as well as four score cues composed by Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, Veep, The Personal History of David Copperfield). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to all the songs after the jump. The label has previously released the music from Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 & Episode 4 earlier this month and a final soundtrack for the sixth episode will be coming out next Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
