WATT Musikverlag has released a soundtrack album for the German fantasy comedy Catweazle. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Philipp Noll (Dreamfactory). Also included are the movie’s theme songs by lead actor Otto Waalkes. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major German digital music services. Visit the German Amazon store to check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Catweazle is directed by Sven Unterwaldt and stars Waalkes, Julius Weckauf, Katja Riemann and Henning Baum. The movie is based on the 1970s BBC series of the same title created by Richard Carpenter and follows the titular magician from the time of the Normans who is cast into the future by magic and, with the help of two boys, attempts to return to his own time. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Catweazle’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Catweazle, Otto Waalkes, Philipp Noll, score, Soundtrack, Sven Unterwaldt
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 9, 2021)
Posted: July 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Lasarenko, Black Widow, David Little, Frédéric Poirier, Lorne Balfe, Meander, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52
The only movie opening nationwide this week is the superhero movie’ Black Widow directed by Cate Shortland and starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Rachel Weisz. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, The Crown,The Tomorrow War). Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article and for more information about the Marvel Studios production.
Opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the French sci-fi horror thriller Meander (Meandre) written and directed by Mathieu Turi and starring Gaïa Weiss, Peter Franzen and Romane Libert. Frédéric Poirier (Hostile) has composed the film’s original music. YASCORE has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past May when the movie opened in French theaters. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Gravitas Ventures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sky Blossom’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maria Lineva, Richard Lui, score, Sky Blossom, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Sky Blossom. The album features the film’s original music composed by Maria Lineva. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Sky Blossom is directed by Richard Lui and takes a look at the millions of teens and millennials caring for injured veterans and service members in homes across America. The documentary received a one-night-only theatrical release last fall at select AMC theaters and is now available on VOD and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Write Original Songs for Will Speck’s & Josh Gordon’s ‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’
Posted: July 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Josh Gordon, Justin Paul, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Will Speck
Deadline is reporting that Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen) will write original songs for the upcoming family movie Lyle, Lyle Crocodile. The film will be directed by Will Speck & Josh Gordon (Blades of Glory, Office Christmas Party) and is set to star Javier Bardem.The movie based on the best-selling children’s book by Bernard Waber revolves around the titular reptile who lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City and enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores, until one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo. Will Davies is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank Ilfman, Gunpowder Milkshake, Navot Papushado, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Ghost Stories, The Operative, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 14, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Goonfight at Gutterball Corral) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Gunpowder Milkshake is co-written and directed by Navot Papushado and stars Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett and Paul Giamatti. The movie follows an elite assassin who defies her dangerous boss’s orders and takes a young girl under her wing and has to turn to a world-class hit-woman who just happens to be her mother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nowhere Special’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Simon McAllister, Nowhere Special, score, Soundtrack, Uberto Pasolini
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the drama Nowhere Special. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Simon McAllister (The Secret, Agatha and the Truth of Murder, The Devil’s Doorway, 37 Days, The End of the Storm). The album is now available to stream/download on Amazon, (or any other major digital music stores), where you can also check out audio samples. Nowhere Special is written and directed by Uberto Pasolini and stars James Norton, Daniel Lamont and Eileen O’Higgins. The movie follows a 35-year-old window cleaner who has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, when he learns he has only a few months left to live and sets out on an urgent mission to find a new, perfect family for his son. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from ‘Ghostbusters II’ Score Album Released
Posted: July 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ghosbusters II, Ivan Reitman, Randy Edelman
Sony Classical has released the first track from the score album for Ivan Reiman’s 1989 comedy sequel Ghostbusters II starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts. Available to stream/download now is The Scoleri Brothers written by the film’s composer Randy Edelman (Dragonheart, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Kindergarten Cop, xXx, While You Were Sleeping, Gettysburg). Listen to the track after the jump. Originally scheduled to be released earlier this summer, the soundtrack will now be coming out digitally and on CD on August 13 and on vinyl on October 15. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. Check out our previous article for the full track list (including run times). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s ‘Monsters at Work’ to Be Released
Posted: July 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Dominic Lewis, Monsters at Work, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series Monsters at Work. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dominic Lewis (Peter Rabbit, The Man in the High Castle, DuckTales, My Spy, Money Monster, Free Birds, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween). Also included are two songs performed by Billy Crystal who stars as the voice of Mike Wazowski. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music outlets. Monsters at Work is developed by Bobs Gannaway based on Pixar’s feature Monsters, Inc. and also stars John Goodman, Ben Feldman, Mindy Kaling, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff and Alanna Ubach. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ to Feature Original Song ‘Colombia, Mi Encanto’ by Carlos Vives
Posted: July 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Byron Howard, Carlos Vives, Encanto, Jared Bush, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Disney has announced the first original song from the studio’s upcoming animated feature Encanto. Colombia, Mi Encanto is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is writing all songs for the film) and performed by Latin Grammy Award winner Carlos Vives. The track is also featured in the movie’s first teaser trailer, which just premiered today. Check out the full trailer after the jump. Encanto is directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for TNT’s ‘Animal Kingdom’ to Be Released
Posted: July 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Marsh, Animal Kingdom, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Samuel Jones, score, Soundtrack, TNT
WaterTower Music will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the TNT original series Animal Kingdom. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Alexis Marsh & Samuel Jones (Equity, Next Gen, We’ll Never Have Paris, Lila & Eve). Also included is the drama’s main title theme Big Love by Claudia Sarne & Atticus Ross.The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 9 and will be available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Animal Kingdom is developed by Jonathan Lisco based on David Michod’s feature of the same title and stars Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary, Finn Cole, Daniella Alonso, Molly Gordon and Carolina Guerra. Read the rest of this entry »
