A soundtrack album has been released for the New Zealand series Rūrangi. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Lachlan Anderson (6 Days, Tabula Rasa, The Boat). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Rūrangi is created by Oliver Page, directed by Max Currie and stars Elz Carrad, Kirk Torrance, Āwhina Rose Henare Ashby, Ramon Te Wake, Arlo Green, Aroha Rawson, Renée Sheridan and Renee Lyons. The drama centers on a transgender activist who returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rūrangi after a decade away, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn’t heard from him since before he transitioned. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Rūrangi’ Released
Posted: July 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Lachlan Anderson, Rūrangi, score, Soundtrack
Ludwig Göransson to Score Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’
Posted: July 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Domee Shi, Ludwig Göransson, Pixar, Turning Red
Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Tenet, Creed, Venom, Community) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature Turning Red. The film is directed by Domee Shi (Bao) and features the voices of Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh. The movie revolves around a 13-year-old girl who suddenly “poofs” into a giant red panda when she gets too excited and her over-protective, mother who is never far from her daughter. Lindsey Collins (Finding Dory, John Carter) is producing the Pixar Animation Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Haim Mazar Tapped as Composer of Hulu’s ‘Woke’ Season 2
Posted: July 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Haim Mazar, Hulu, Woke
Haim Mazar (The Iceman, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Sneakerheads, I Am Wrath) has been hired to score the second season of the Hulu original series Woke. The show is created by Keith Knight & Marshall Todd and stars Lamorne Morris, Blake Anderson, T. Murph, Rose McIver and Sasheer Zamata. The comedy follows an African-American cartoonist who finds himself on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Korven Scoring EPIX’s ‘Chapelwaite’
Posted: July 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chapelwaite, Epix, Mark Korven
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 »
‘A Classic Horror Story’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Classic Horror Story, Gino Paoli, Massimiliano Mechelli, Netflix, Paolo Strippoli, Roberto De Feo, score, Sergio Endrigo, Soundtrack
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 »
‘Cryptozoo’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cryptozoo, Dash Shaw, John Carroll Kirby, score, Soundtrack
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 »
World Premiere Soundtrack Release for Mike Figgis’ ‘Internal Affairs’ Announced
Posted: July 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Marinelli, Brian Banks, Internal Affairs, Mike Figgis, score, Soundtrack
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 »
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buck Sanders, Ciro Guerra, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, Waiting for the Barbarians
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 NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The 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 »
Expanded ‘Somewhere in Time’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeannot Szwarc, John Barry, score, Somewhere in Time, Soundtrack
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 »
