Chromium Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC nature documentary series Mammals. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Thomas Farnon (Our Planet, Super Eagles ’96, Fight the Power). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s Mammals Suite below. Mammals is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Roger Webb and produced by Scott Alexander. The BBC Studios Natural History Unit production offers fascinating insights into the most successful animal group in the world, from the tiny Etruscan shrew to the giant blue whale, and reveals the secrets of their success. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Mammals’ Announced
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Mammals, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Farnon
Ramin Djawadi to Be Honored as a BMI Icon at 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Ramin Djawadi
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Ramin Djawadi will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on June 5, 2024 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated composer will be receiving BMI’s highest honor for his exceptional body of work across film, television and video games. Among his scoring credits are the TV shows Game of Thrones, Westworld, House of the Dragon, Person of Interest, Prison Break, this year’s Fallout & 3 Body Problem, features such as Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Eternals, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans & A Wrinkle in Time, as well as the video games Medal of Honor, Gears of War 4 and Gears 5. The ceremony will also salute the composers of the previous year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series, and highest-ranking cable and streamed media programs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Peacock, score, Sky, Soundtrack, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the Peacock/Sky limited series The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dune, Inception, Rain Man) and Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, Faraway Downs). Also included is the end credits song Love Will Survive written by Zimmer, Talve, Walter Afanasieff & Charlie Midnight and performed by Barbra Streisand (already available as a digital single now). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 2 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to Zimmer’s & Talve’s first track (Whatever It Takes) below. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer and stars Harvey Keitel, Anna Próchniak, Jonah Hauer-King, Jonas Nay and Melanie Lynskey. The 6-part drama is inspired by the true story of Lale Sokolov who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 and was made one of the tattooists, charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms, when he meets a woman, leading to a love that defies the horrors around them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Acapulco’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Acapulco, Apple TV +, Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released two new soundtracks for the Apple TV+ original series Acapulco. In addition to the previously announced score album, the label has also released a soundtrack featuring the cover songs from Season 3 performed by Rodrigo Urquidi and Rossana de León. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital services. Also listen to several tracks below. Acapulco is created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros & Jason Shuma and stars Eugenio Derbez, Enrique Arrizon, Camila Perez, Fernando Carsa, Vanessa Bauche, Damián Alcázar, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Regina Reynoso, Regina Orozco, Carlos Corona and Rafael Cebrián. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Presumed Innocent’ TV Series
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Danny Bensi, David E. Kelley, Presumed Innocent, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, The Staircase, Enemy, The White Tiger) have composed the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent. The show is developed by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies, The Practice) based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Scott Turow (which has previously been adapted into the 1990 feature scored by John Williams) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Chase Infiniti, O-T Fagbenle, Elizabeth Marvel, Renate Reinsve, Nana Mensah, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick. The 8-part thriller revolves around a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On the Edge’ (‘État Limite’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: État limite, Gaël Rakotondrabe, Nicolas Peduzzi, On the Edge, score, Soundtrack
District 6 Music has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary On the Edge (État limite). The album features the film’s original music composed by Gaël Rakotondrabe (The Wild One, Porto, Other People’s Children). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s Psycho Piano Suite below. On the Edge is directed by Nicolas Peduzzi and centers on Jamal Abdel-Kader, the only psychiatrist in a 400-bed state hospital on the outskirts of Paris. The movie follows the young doctor as he navigates his way from emergency to intensive care, from mentally ill patients to those bedridden by chronic illness. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Warbeck to Score Christian De Vita’s ‘Wittgenstein’s Poker’
Posted: April 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian De Vita, Stephen Warbeck, Wittgenstein’s Poker
Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Proof, Billy Elliott, Quills, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin) is attached to score the upcoming animated short Wittgenstein’s Poker. The film will be directed by Christian De Vita and star Richard E. Grant and Brian Cox. The movie based on the book of the same title by David Edmonds &John Eidinow tells the story of the real-life encounter between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, two of the 20th century’s greatest philosophers, and explores their notorious dispute, known as the Cambridge Poker Incident. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heo Myeong-haeng, score, Soundtrack, The Roundup: Punishment, Yoon Il Sang
142 Music has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean action crime comedy The Roundup: Punishment. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yoon Il-sang (Big Bet). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Beginning) after the jump. The Roundup: Punishment is directed by Heo Myeong-haeng and stars Don Lee, Kim Moo-yul, Park Ji-hwan and Lee Dong-hwi. The fourth installment in The Roundup series follows “Monster Cop” Ma Seok-do who is investigating an illegal online gambling organization and proposes an unexpected alliance as he begins to hunt down the criminals. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Howe Scoring Castille Landon’s ‘Summer Camp’
Posted: April 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Castille Landon, Summer Camp, Tom Howe
Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Early Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, Book Club: The New Chapter, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Summer Camp. The film is written and directed by Castille Landon (After We Fell, Perfect Addiction) and stars Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Eugene Levy, Dennis Haysbert, Josh Peck, Betsy Sodaro, Nicole Richie and Beverly D’Angelo. The movie tells the story of three women who have been best friends since being inseparable at summer camp, but have been seeing each other less and less over the years, when they get a chance to reunite for a summer camp reunion. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Acapulco’ Season 3 Score Album Details
Posted: April 30, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Acapulco, Apple TV +, Bo Boddie, score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Acapulco. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Bo Boddie (Fresh Off the Boat, GLOW, Motion Detected, Lady of the Manor). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A separate album featuring the songs from Season 3 will also be coming out on the same day. The label has previously released a score album featuring Boddie’s music from Season 1 and soundtrack featuring both songs and score from Season 2. Acapulco is created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros & Jason Shuma and stars Eugenio Derbez, Enrique Arrizon, Fernando Carsa, Camila Perez, Damián Alcázar, Vanessa Bauche, Raphael Alejandro, Regina Reynoso, Jessica Collins, Regina Orozco, Rafael Cebrián and Carlos Corona. Read the rest of this entry »
