Netflix Music has released two soundtrack EPs for the streamer’s original competition series Building the Band. The EPs features the songs from the show by the participating bands including Sweet Seduction, 3Quency, Siren Society, SZN4, Soulidified and Midnight Til Morning. Click here to stream/download the Part One EP and click here for the Part Two EP. Also listen to several songs below. Building the Band is hosted by Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and follows a group of gifted singers as they vie for a chance to form the next great music group sight unseen, leaving looks out of the equation. The Remarkable Entertainment & Banijay UK production also features Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls serving as mentor and judge and music experts and guest judges such as Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland and the late Liam Payne of One Direction. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EPs for Netflix’s ‘Building the Band’ Released
Posted: July 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Building the Band, Netflix, Soundtrack
AMC’s ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order’ to Feature Original Score by Natalie Holt
Posted: July 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Interview with the Vampire, Natalie Holt, Talamasca: The Secret Order
Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Journey’s End, The Princess, Knightfall, Beecham House, Herself, Press) is scoring the upcoming AMC original series Talamasca: The Secret Order. The show is the third title in AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe, following Interview with the Vampire (scored by Daniel Hart) & Mayfair Witches (scored by Will Bates), and stars Nicholas Denton, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Celine Buckens, Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman. The drama revolves around a secretive society called the Talamasca, comprised of the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Phil Lord’s & Christopher Miller’s ‘Project Hail Mary’
Posted: July 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Miller, Daniel Pemberton, Phil Lord, Project Hail Mary
Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Enola Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Bad Guys, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Birds of Prey) has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi Project Hail Mary. The film is directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and stars Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub and Ken Leung. The movie based on the based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir (The Martian) follows a science teacher who wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there and – as his memory returns – begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hitmakers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hitmakers, Netflix, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original hybrid documentary/reality series Hitmakers. The album features the songs from the show written by songwriters including Jenna Andrews, Tommy Brown, Trey Campbell, NOVA WAV, Harv, Ferras, Ben Johnson, Whitney Phillips, Stephen Kirk, JHart and Sevyn Streeter. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to several tracks below. Hitmakers is produced by Done and Done Productions & Harvey Mason Media and follows twelve of the industry’s best songwriters and producers as they come together at real high-stakes writing camps to create hits for today’s biggest stars like John Legend, Lisa of Blackpink and Shaboozey. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 25, 2025)
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Nikitin, Bobby Johnston, David Holmes, Death & Taxes, Four Letters of Love, Happy Gilmore 2, Michael Giacchino, Nathan Whitehead, Oh Hi!, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Shoshana, Steven Price, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Home
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps directed by Matt Shakman and starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Ralph Ineson, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Niles and Paul Walter Hauser. The film’s original music is composed byMichael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Batman, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange, The Incredibles, Ratatouille). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller The Home co-written and directed by James DeMonaco and starring Pete Davidson, Mary Beth Peil, John Glover, Bruce Altman, Mugga, Adam Cantor, Denise Burse,Ethan Phillips, Stuart Rudin and Nathalie Schmidt. Nathan Whitehead (The Purge, Keanu,Days Gone, Stephanie, This Is the Night, Chicago Party Aunt, The Remaining) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Roadside Attractions. Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere CD Release Announced for ‘Prince of the City’ & ‘The Twelve Chairs’ Soundtracks
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Morris, Mel Brooks, Paul Chihara, Prince of the City, Sidney Lumet, The Twelve Chairs
Quartet Records has announced the premiere CD release of the soundtrack album for the 1981 crime drama Prince of the City co-written and directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Foronjy and Bob Balaban. The limited edition album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Chihara (Death Race 2000, China Beach, The Bad News Bears Go to China, Romance and Cigarettes). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details. Varese Sarabande & TER Records have previously released a vinyl edition of the album in 1981 and a digital version is available from JAY Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Porter Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Pluribus’
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Dave Porter, Pluribus, Vince Gilligan
Dave Porter (The Disaster Artist, Preacher, Echo, The Blacklist, Hightown, Term Life) is providing the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Pluribus. The show is created by Vince Gilligan and stars Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Miriam Shor and Samba Schutte. The sci-fi drama revolves around the most miserable person on Earth who must save the world from happiness. Gilligan is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski and Jeff Frost. Read the rest of this entry »
Busta Rhymes’ Original Song ‘Taking Everything’ from ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Released
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Busta Rhymes, Daniel Pemberton, Pierre Perifel, The Bad Guys 2
Back Lot Music has released the original song Taking Everything from DreamWorks Animation’s sequel The Bad Guys 2. The track cowritten (with the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton) and performed by Busta Rhymes is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric music video after the jump. The label has previously released the song GOODLIFE performed by Rag’n’Bone Man feat. WizTheMc from the movie last week and is expected to release a full soundtrack album featuring Pemberton’s original score next week. The Bad Guys 2 is directed by Pierre Perifel and stars Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Maria Bakalova, Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne, Zazie Beetz, Alex Borstein, Lilly Singh and Richard Ayoade. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Ennio Morricone’s ‘Arabella’ Score Announced
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arabella, Ennio Morricone, Mauro Bolognini, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1967 comedy Arabella directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford and Terry-Thomas. The album, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, The Untouchables, The Hateful Eight, Cinema Paradiso, The Thing). The CD, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Amy Bradley Is Missing’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amy Bradley Is Missing, Ari Mark, Netflix, Phil Lott, score, Sheridan Tongue, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original true crime documentary series Amy Bradley Is Missing. The album features the show’s original music composed by Sheridan Tongue (Silent Witness, MI-5, Race to the Summit, DCI Banks). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Amy Bradley Is Missing is directed by Ari Mark & Phil Lott and investigates the 1998 disappearance of a 23-year-old woman from a Caribbean cruise and her family’s tireless search for answers. The 3-parter produced by Ample Entertainment explores the cold case decades in the making as possible sightings of the missing person pop up in various locations from multiple people. Read the rest of this entry »
