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 »
‘Old’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Old, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Gureckis
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 »
‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Martin Todsharow, Robert Schwentke, score, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Soundtrack
Paramount Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action adventure Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. The album features the film’s original score composed by Martin Todsharow (The Captain, Tattoo, Desert Flower, Friend Request, Head Full of Honey). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 23 and will be available to stream/download here. A CD version (to be released by La-La Land Records) is also in the works. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is directed by Robert Schwentke and stars Henry Golding, Andrew Koji, Úrsula Corberó, Samara Weaving, Haruka Abe, Takehiro Hira and Iko Uwais. The movie tells the original story of the title character as he is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent and is being taught the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephanie Economou Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Chair’
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Stephanie Economou, The Chair
Stephanie Economou (Jupiter’s Legacy, Manhunt: Deadly Games, Marvel’s 616) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series The Chair. The show is created by Amanda Peet & Annie Wyman and stars Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Holland Taylor, Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse and Everly Carganilla. The dramedy follows a woman as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University and is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department, and as one of the few staff members of color at the university. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Loki’ Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Loki, Marvel, Natalie Holt, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the second soundtrack album for the Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Loki have been revealed. The album features the original music from the show’s fourth, fifth and sixth episodes composed by Natalie Holt (Knightfall, Herself, Journey’s End, Press, Deadwater Fell). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 23 by Hollywood Records/Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music platforms. A first soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first three episodes was released earlier this month. Loki is developed for television by Michael Waldron, directed by Kate Herron and stars Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku and Richard E. Grant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Gabriel Mann, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The album features all songs from the show’s second season, including the reimagined musical numbers from the stage production of Beauty and the Beast, as well as original tracks Even When/The Best Part performed by Olivia Rodrigo & Joshua Bassett and The Rose Song written and performed by Olivia Rodrigo. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 30 and will be available to stream/download here. A CD version will be available exclusively at Target. The label has previously released full albums featuring the songs from Season 1 and last year’s holiday special, as well as numerous digital singles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Final Set’ (‘5ème set’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 5ème set, Delphine Malausséna, Final Set, Quentin Reynaud, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Final Set (5ème set). The album features the film’s original music composed by Delphine Malausséna (Moon, 66 Questions). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Final Set is written and directed by Quentin Reynaud and stars Alex Lutz, Ana Girardot and Kristin Scott Thomas. The movie follows a man who was once a young professional tennis prodigy who never had the career in the game he had hoped for and – at age 37 – decides to return to the French Open, in spite of declining physical fitness and a shattered knee. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dos’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diego Navarro, Dos, Mar Targarona, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller Dos. The album features the film’s original music composed by Diego Navarro (The Photographer of Mauthausen, Capture the Flag, Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead, Passage to Dawn). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 23 and is now available for pre-order here. Dos is directed by Mar Targarona and stars Marina Gatell and Pablo Derqui. The movie follows two strangers who wake up in an unknown place, naked and glued to each other by their stomachs, and struggle to understand how and why they got there – and becoming increasingly terrified as the truth emerges. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Great Yokai War: Guardians’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Koji Endo, score, Soundtrack, Takashi Miike, The Great Yokai War: Guardians, Yokai Daisenso: Guardians)
Rambling Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese fantasy adventure The Great Yokai War: Guardians (Yokai Daisenso: Guardians). The album features the film’s original music composed by Koji Endo (13 Assassins, Mojin: The Lost Legend, First Love, Blade of the Immortal) who previously scored the original 2005 The Great Yokai War movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 4, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list (in Japanese). The Great Yokai War: Guardians is directed by Takashi Miike and stars Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Sakura Ando, Takahiro Miura, Yuko Oshima, Eiji Akaso, Renji Ishibashi and Kenichi Endō. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring Hulu’s ‘Vacation Friends’
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clay Tarver, Hulu, Rolfe Kent, Vacation Friends
Rolfe Kent (Sideways, About Schmidt, Wedding Crashers, Election, Up in the Air, Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Vacation Friends. The film is directed by Clay Tarver (Silicon Valley, Joy Ride) and stars John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, Robert Wisdom, Andrew Bachelor and Lynn Whitfield. The movie follows a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico and later discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home to the United States. Tarver also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Mullen & Tim Mullen and Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley (Game Night, Horrible Bosses). Read the rest of this entry »
