Back Lot Music will release the first-ever soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Tales of Arcadia saga. The album includes music from all parts of the trilogy: Trollhunters featuring selections of the score by Tim Davies (Maya and the Three) and the Trollhunters Theme written by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water); 3Below featuring the theme by The Crystal Method (Bones, London) and selections of the score composed by Jeff Danna (Onward, The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family) and Wizards featuring theme and score by Danna & John Fee. Also included are selections of Danna’s score from the new movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans and the end credits music and two additional tracks by The Crystal Method. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 21 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Tales of Arcadia’ Saga to Be Released
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 3Below, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, Alexandre Desplat, Jeff Danna, John Fee, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Crystal Method, Tim Davies, Trollhunters, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner Scoring Mike Mills’ ‘C’mon C’mon’
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, C'mon C'mon, Mike Mills
Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Irresistible, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Transpecos, Big Sur) of the rock band The National have teamed up to score the upcoming drama C’mon C’mon. The film is written and directed by Mike Mills (Beginners, 20th Century Women, Thumbsucker) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, Woody Norman and Kenneth Kynt Bryan. The movie follows an artist left to take care of his precocious young nephew as they forge an unexpected bond over a cross country trip. Chelsea Barnard (Booksmart), Lila Yacoub (Eighth Grade, Frances Ha) and Andrea Longacre-White are producing the A24 production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Looking for Oum Kulthum’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amine Bouhafa, Looking for Oum Kulthum, score, Shirin Neshat, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the drama Looking for Oum Kulthum. The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Gagarine, Beauty and the Dogs, A Son). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio clips. Looking for Oum Kulthum is directed by Shirin Neshat and stars Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, GK Tahmid, Mehdi Moinzadeh and Kais Nashef. The movie centers an ambitious Persian director’s attempts to film the life and legacy of legendary Egyptian singer Oum Kulthum and her struggle with the daunting task of capturing the essence of the great diva. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Justice of Bunny King’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gaysorn Thavat, Karl Steven, score, Soundtrack, The Justice of Bunny King
Stay Drab will release the official soundtrack album for the New Zealand drama The Justice of Bunny King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Steven (Come to Daddy, The Girl on the Bridge, Bellbird, This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 2, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Justice of Bunny King is directed by Gaysorn Thavat and stars Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie. The movie follows a troublemaking mother who is cleaning car windscreens for a living as she is given new purpose when she takes her niece under her wing. Read the rest of this entry »
Émoi to Score Kevin Lewis’ ‘The Accursed’
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Émoi, Kevin Lewis, The Accursed
Composer Émoi is set to reteam with director Kevin Lewis on the upcoming horror movie The Accursed. The film starring Mena Suvari, Sarah Grey, Alexis Knapp, Meg Foster and Sarah Dumont focuses on a young woman who is forced to return home from volunteering as a nurse abroad after her estranged mother dies by suicide and finds herself haunted by terrifying visions of her mother. Consumed by guilt and eager for a quick escape, she accepts the offer as a temporary caregiver to look after a comatose woman in her isolated cabin, where she is confronted by a witch hunter who is hellbent on lifting the demonic curse that has plagued her family for generation. Rob Kennedy (Midnight Man) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Summertime’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlos López Estrada, John W. Snyder, score, Soundtrack, Summertime
Good Deed Music Group will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Summertime. The album features the film’s original score composed by John W. Snyder (The Veil, High & Mighty) and other music from the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, July 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Summertime is directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada (Raya and the Last Dragon, Blindspotting) and stars Tyris Winter, Marquesha Babers, Maia Mayor, Austin Antoine, Bryce Banks, Amaya Blankenship, Bene’t Benton, Gordon Ip and Jason Alvarez. The movie chronicles the intersecting stories of 25 young spoken word poets over a day in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr Scoring Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s Netflix Film ‘Kate’
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Kate, Nathan Barr, Netflix
Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hollywood, Cabin Fever) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film Kate. The movie is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Michiel Huisman, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Miyavi Lee Ishihara and Miku Martineau. The thriller revolves around a ruthless criminal operative who – after getting poisoned – has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vanquish’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aldo Shllaku, George Gallo, score, Soundtrack, Vanquish
Notefornote Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Vanquish. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aldo Shllaku (The Comeback Trail, The Poison Rose, The Doorman, Downrange, Kill ‘Em All). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Vanquish is co-written and directed by George Gallo and stars Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose, Nick Vallelonga, Miles Doleac and Patrick Muldoon. The movie follows a former drug courier who is trying to put her dark past behind her, when a retired cop forces her to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Read the rest of this entry »
Isobel Waller-Bridge Scoring Craig Roberts’ ‘The Fantastic Flitcrofts’
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Roberts, Isobel Waller-Bridge, The Fantastic Flitcrofts
Last week, Isobel Waller-Bridge (Emma, Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Vita & Virginia, The Split, The ABC Murders) has recorded her score for the upcoming British comedy drama The Fantastic Flitcrofts. The film is directed by Craig Roberts (Just Jim, Eternal Beauty) and stars Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers. The movie tells the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Channel 4’s ‘Before We Die’ Released
Posted: July 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Before We Die, Channel 4, Jeroen Swinnen, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the Channel 4 series Before We Die. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Jeroen Swinnen (Red Light, Hotel Beau Séjour, The Twelve, GR5). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music platforms to stream/download the soundtrack. Before We Die is written by Matt Baker based on the Swedish hit series of the same title and stars Lesley Sharp, Patrick Gibson, Vincent Regan, Tony Gojanovic, Issy Knopfler, Rebecca Scroggs, Steve Toussaint, Kazia Pelka, Petar Cvirn and Ryszard Turbiasz . The crime thriller revolves around a detective who faces impossible choices in a murky world where loyalties are tested and lines are blurred. Read the rest of this entry »
