WaterTower Music has announced three separate album releases of music from and in celebration of the new film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar). Coming out on September 3 is the digital album The Dune Sketchbook (Music from the Soundtrack), which is comprised of extended, immersive musical explorations of composer’s Dune film score, to be released in Standard and Dolby Atmos Music configurations. Coming out on September 17 is the digital album Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which features Zimmer’s Dune film score and will also be released in both Standard and Dolby Atmos Music configurations. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dune’ Soundtracks Release Schedule Announced
Posted: July 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack
‘Blood Red Sky’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blood Red Sky, Dascha Dauenhauer, Netflix, Peter Thorwarth, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the German Netflix original film Blood Red Sky. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Dascha Dauenhauer (Berlin Alexanderplatz, Glück, Jibril). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Blood Red Sky is co-written and directed by Peter Thorwarth and stars Peri Baumeister, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti, Carl Koch, Gordon Brown, Roland Møller, Chidi Ajufo, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Graham McTavish and Dominic Purcell. The horror action thriller revolves around a mysteriously ill woman who must unleash a monstrous secret to protect her young son when a group of terrorists hijacks an overnight transatlantic flight. Read the rest of this entry »
First Tracks from Hans Zimmer’s ‘Dune’ Score Released
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released first two tracks from the soundtrack for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. Available to stream/download now as a digital single on all major digital music platforms are Paul’s Dream and Ripples in the Sand composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Rain Man, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean). Also listen to both tracks after the jump. The label has previously released Zimmer’s Eclipse cover from the movie’s first trailer last year. Dune starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Chang Chen, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem will be released in theaters nationwide on October 22, 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures and will also be available to stream on HBO Max on the same day. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for The CW’s ‘Kung Fu’ to Be Released
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kung Fu, score, Sherri Chung, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music will release the first soundtrack album for the CW drama Kung Fu. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Sherri Chung (Riverdale, Batwoman, Blindspot, The Lost Husband, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase). Also included is the song Two Worlds performed by David Choi. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 23 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the album). The label has previously released the composer’s main title theme as a digital single earlier this year. Kung Fu is developed by Christina M. Kim based on the original 70s series of the same name created by Ed Spielman and stars Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Jon Prasida, Eddie Liu, Shannon Dang, Vanessa Kai, Gavin Stenhouse, Tony Chung and Tzi Ma. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jolt’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dominic Lewis, Jolt, score, Soundtrack, Tanya Wexler
Millennium Media Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Jolt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, The King’s Man, Peter Rabbit, DuckTales, Money Monster, Free Birds). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 23 and will be available on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Jolt is directed by Tanya Wexler and stars Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci and Jai Courtney. The movie follows a bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal who goes on a revenge-fueled rampage to find the killer of her boyfriend after he is murdered. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’ to Be Released
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Kevin Smith, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the first soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the first part of the show composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day, The Walking Dead). The Volume 1 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 23 by Mattel & Arts Music and will be available to stream/download here, on Amazon and other digital music stores. A CD version is also in the works and will be available for pre-order here within the next couple of days. Masters of the Universe: Revelation is developed by Kevin Smith based on the Mattel franchise and stars Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Chris Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liam Cunningham, Stephen Root, Diedrich Bader, Tiffany Smith, Griffin Newman, Henry Rollins, Susan Eisenberg, Alan Oppenheimer, Alicia Silverstone, Jason Mewes, Justin Long, Phil LaMarr, Tony Todd, Cree Summer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kevin Conroy and Harley Quinn Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Last Letter from Your Lover’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Augustine Frizzell, Daniel Hart, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Last Letter from Your Lover
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story, The Old Man & the Gun, The Green Knight, Comet, Strange Angel). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. As previously reported, Columbia Records has released HAIM’s original song Cherry Flavored Stomach Ache from the movie last week. The Last Letter from Your Lover is directed by Augustine Frizzell and stars Shailene Woodley, Felicity Jones, Callum Turner, Joe Alwyn, Nabhaan Rizwan, Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Appleton. The movie centers on the forbidden love affair between a 1960s couple that is uncovered by an ambitious present-day journalist after she finds a trove of secret love letters. Read the rest of this entry »
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Original Song ‘Keep the Beat’ from ‘Vivo’ Released
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Kirk DeMicco, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Netflix, Vivo, Ynairaly Simo
Atlantic Records has released the first song from the animated feature Vivo. Keep the Beat is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Moana) and performed by Miranda himself and Ynairaly Simo. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the track. Also listen to the full song after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be announced soon. Vivo is directed by Kirk DeMicco and features the voices of Miranda, Simo, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Gloria Estefan, Michael Rooker and Nicole Byer. The Sony Pictures Animation production follows a music-loving kinkajou as he embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Old’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Old, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Gureckis
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Old. The album features the film’s original music composed by Trevor Gureckis (Servant, The Goldfinch, Voyagers, Bloodline). Also included is the original song Remain written and performed by Shyamalan’s daughter Saleka. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 23 and will be available to stream on Amazon and all other major digital music platforms. Old is written and directed by Shyamalan and stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Kathleen Chalfant, Alexa Swinton, Nolan River, Kylie Begley, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Alex Wolff, Emun Elliott and Thomasin McKenzie. The movie based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy & Frederik Peeters revolves around a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly. Read the rest of this entry »
AMC+’s to ‘Ultra City Smiths’ to Feature Original Songs by Steven Conrad & Brad Jones
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Brad Jones, Steve Conrad, Ultra City Smiths
Steven Conrad and Brad Jones have written original songs to the new AMC+ original series Ultra City Smiths. The stop-motion animated comedy is created by Conrad himself and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords) and features the voices of Damon Herriman, Bebe Neuwirth, John C. Reilly, Alia Shawkat, Melissa Villaseñor, Tim Heidecker, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Debra Winger, Terry O’ Quinn, Tim Meadows, Hana Mae Lee, Luis Guzman, Chris Conrad, Sunita Mani, Jason Mantzoukas, Caleb McLaughlin, Julian Barratt, Kurtwood Smith and Tom Waits. Read the rest of this entry »
