Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Cube, Them, The Terror: Infamy, In the Tall Grass) is the composer of the upcoming Epix original series Chapelwaite. The show is developed by Peter Filardi (Flatliners, The Craft) & Jason Filardi (Bringing Down the House, 17 Again) based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King and stars Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire. The horror drama is set in the 1850 and follows a man who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in Maine after his wife dies at sea and will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history. Read the rest of this entry »

Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original film A Classic Horror Story. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Massimiliano Mechelli (The Binding, In the Trap). Also included are two songs by Sergio Endrigo and Gino Paoli. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to check out the full track list and to stream/download the soundtrack. A Classic Horror Story is co-written and directed by Roberto De Feo & Paolo Strippoli and stars Matilda Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Will Merrick, Yuliia Sobol, Alida Baldari Calabria, Cristina Donadio and Francesca Cavallin. The movie follows a group of strangers traveling in southern Italy ho become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive. Read the rest of this entry »

Stones Throw Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Cryptozoo. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Carroll Kirby. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 13, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Apple Music/iTunes. A first track (Phoebe’s Theme) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Cryptozoo is directed by Dash Shaw and features the voice talent of Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera, Peter Stormare, Louisa Krause, Thomas Jay Ryan, Grace Zabriskie and Angeliki Papoulia. The movie follows cryptozookeepers through a richly-drawn hallucinatory world as they struggle to capture a baku and begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a zoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown. Read the rest of this entry »

La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 crime thriller Internal Affairs directed by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, One Night Stand, Timecode, Miss Julie) and starring Richard Gere, Andy Garcia and Nancy Travis. The album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Figgis himself, Anthony Marinelli (15 Minutes, 2 Days in the Valley) and Brian Banks (Graveyard Shift, Young Guns). The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more details. Internal Affairs is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »

La-La Land Records has announced a soundtrack album for the action drama Waiting for the Barbarians. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominees Marco Beltrami (Logan, Scream, A Quiet Place, World War Z, Hellboy) & Buck Sanders (Ford v. Ferrari, The Hurt Locker, Warm Bodies). The CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, will be available to order on the label’s official website later today. A digital version will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music platforms. Waiting for the Barbarians is directed by Ciro Guerra and stars Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan and Greta Scacchi. The movie is based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same title and focuses on the crisis of conscience of a magistrate from a small colonial town after he witnesses the cruel treatment of prisoners of war. Read the rest of this entry »

2021 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: July 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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emmysThe nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):

Bridgerton – “Diamond Of The First Water” – Kris Bowers
Lovecraft Country – “Rewind 1921” – Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
The Crown – “The Balmoral Test” – Martin Phipps
The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Crossing” – Adam Taylor
The Mandalorian – “Chapter 16: The Rescue” – Ludwig Goransson
This Is Us – “Birth Mother” – Siddhartha Khosla Read the rest of this entry »

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1980 romantic drama Somewhere in Time directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer. The album features the expanded and remastered original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Body Heat, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy). The soundtrack features previously unreleased score cues and additional music, including the music box arrangement of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody, Barry’s original music for Elise’s stage show & more. The CD, which is limited to 5,000 copies, will be available to order on the label’s official website at 12:00 PST today. Read the rest of this entry »

National Theatre will release a soundtrack album for the organization’s film production of Romeo & Juliet. The album features the drama’s original music composed by Michael Bruce. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Romeo & Juliet is directed by Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Godwin, adapted for television by Emily Burns and stars Jessie Buckley, Josh O’Connor, Tamsin Greig, Fisayo Akinade, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati and Deborah Findlay. The filmed version of William Shakespeare’s classic play about two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate was shot last year over the course of three weeks at National’s Lyttelton theater. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1987 neo-western Extreme Prejudice directed by Walter Hill and starring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, William Forsythe, and Clancy Brown. The album features the complete and remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Total Recall, Planet of the Apes, Poltergeist, Chinatown, Patton), including previously unreleased music. Visit the label’s official website to order the 2-CD set, which includes the complete score on the first disc and the content of the original 1987 soundtrack album on the second disc, to check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The album will also be available to order on Amazon soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Composer Clinton Shorter (District 9, Pompeii, The Expanse, ContrabandColony) is reuniting with director Joe Carnahan (Narc, The Grey, The A-Team) on the upcoming action thriller Copshop. The film starring Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Ryan O’Nan, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau and Toby Huss follows a wily con artist who is on the run from a lethal assassin and devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station, where an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs. Read the rest of this entry »