MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese romantic crime thriller Better Days (Shaonian de ni). The album features the film’s original music composed by Varqa Buehrer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Better Days is directed by Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang and stars Zhou Dongyu and Jackson Yee. The movie, which was nominated as the Hong Kong entry in the Best International Feature category at last year’s Academy Awards, follows a woman who finds her life at a standstill when faced by relentless bullying from her peers as she prepares for her college entrance exam and gets dragged into the middle of a murder investigation that will change her life forever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Better Days’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Better Days, Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang, score, Soundtrack, Varqa Buehrer
Vincent Artaud Scoring Disney+’s ‘Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life’
Posted: June 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life, Disney Plus, Vincent Artaud
Disney+ announced this week that Vincent Artaud is scoring the upcoming animated series Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life. The show is executive produced by Marc du Pontavice (I Lost My Body, Close Enemies) and features the voices of Matthew Géczy, Kaycie Chase, Bill Farmer, Sylvain Caruso, David Gasman and Cindy Lee Delong. The animated comedy follows two tiny troublemakers, Chip and Dale, in their perpetual pursuit of acorns, who are joined by Pluto, Butch and other iconic Disney characters as they face down bullies great and small. Check out the show’s opening title sequence after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 18, 2021)
Posted: June 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Dan Romer, Gaia, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, JB Dunckel, Joe Delia, Kathryn Bostic, Luca, Pierre-Henri Wicomb, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, Siberia, Summer of 85, The Sparks Brothers
The only new movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the action comedy Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo, Caroline Goodall, Rebecca Front, Gabriella Wrigh and Richard E. Grant. The the film’s original music is composed by Atli Örvarsson (Defending Jacob, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.
Opening in around 500 theaters is the documentary The Sparks Brothers directed by Edgar Wright about brothers/bandmates Ron and Russell Mael and their overlooked rock band Sparks. The film’s doesn’t feature an original score. Gary Welch serves as the project’s music supervisor. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack EP featuring three songs by the band from their 2018 London performance, as well alyric read by Neil Gaiman today. Click here for the full details of the 4-track EP. Waxwork Records has announced a full soundtrack album featuring more songs to be released on vinyl. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’
Posted: June 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Derek Drymon, Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Jennifer Kluska, Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums) is returning as the composer of the upcoming animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The film is directed by Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Adventure Time) and features the voices of Selena Gomez (who also serves as an executive producer), Andy Samberg, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Brad Abrell, Asher Blinkoff, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan and Molly Shannon. The final chapter in the film series follows Drac and his monster pals as the are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) who helmed the previous three movies wrote the screenplay with Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo based on a story by himself. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gaia’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gaia, Jaco Bouwer, Pierre-Henri Wicomb, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the South African horror fantasy drama Gaia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pierre-Henri Wicomb (Waterfront, Die Spreeus). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download in all major digital music stores worldwide (except U.S. & Canada). Visit the British Amazon store to check out audio samples. Gaia is directed by Jaco Bouwer and stars Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk and Anthony Oseyemi. The movie follows a park ranger on a surveillance mission in a primordial forest who encounters two survivalists who seem to have their own religion and a mysterious relationship to nature. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Ice Road’ Score Album Details
Posted: June 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Hensleigh, Max Aruj, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Ice Road
Music.Film Recordings & Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the action thriller The Ice Road. The album features the film’s original score composed by Max Aruj (Crawl, iBoy, Me You Madness, Lansky, The Abandoned). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, June 25 and is now available for pre-order here. As previously reported, Big Machine Records will release a separate album featuring songs from and inspired by the movie. The Ice Road is directed by Jonathan Hensleigh and stars Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Benjamin Walker, Ray McKinnon, Marcus Thomas and Amber Midthunder. The movie follows takes place after the collapse of a diamond mine in northern Canada and follows two ice road truckers on a race against the clock, before the ice thaws and the miners are trapped. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dementia Part II’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Labovitch, Dementia: Part II, Matt Mercer, Mike Testin, score, Soundtrack
David Labovitch has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Dementia Part II. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Dementia Part II is written and directed by Matt Mercer & Mike Testin and stars Mercer himself, Graham Skipper, Najarra Townsend and Suzanne Voss. The movie revolves around an ex-con who takes a job as a handyman for an unstable elderly woman to avoid a parole violation, a choice he may regret. The comedy, which screened at various film festivals, including Cinepocalypse, London FrightFest & Sitges, was released in select theaters last month by Dark Star Pictures & Bloody Disgusting and is now also available on VOD and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Sparks Brothers’ Soundtrack EP Details
Posted: June 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Edgar Wright, Soundtrack, Sparks, The Sparks Brothers
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack EP for the documentary The Sparks Brothers. The 4-track EP features three tracks from the Sparks‘ 2018 live performance in London. Also included is a lyric read by Neil Gaiman of the band’s song Amateur Hour. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 18 and will be available to stream/download here. Also listen to all four tracks below. The Sparks Brothers is directed by Edgard Wright and centers on brothers/bandmates Ron and Russell Mael and their hugely influential, and criminally overlooked rock band. The movie features commentary from celebrity fans Flea, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Gaiman, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Juneteenth’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Channing Godfrey Peoples, Emily Rice, Miss Juneteenth, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Miss Juneteenth. The album features the film’s original score composed by Emily Rice (The I-Land). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists such as Curtis Heath, FatDaddy, LJ Echols and Mr. Tip. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 18 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Miss Juneteenth is written and directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples and stars Nicole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson and Alexis Chikaeze. The movie follows a former beauty queen and single mom who prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dominic Lewis, Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, score, Soundtrack, Will Gluck
The full details of the soundtrack album for the family comedy Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, DuckTales, Money Monster, Free Birds, The King’s Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 18 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music outlets. Madison Gate Records has previously released Lewis’ score from the 2018 original film. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is co-written and directed by Will Gluck and stars Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, David Oyelowo, Elizabeth Debicki, Margot Robbie, as well as James Corden as the voice of the title character. The movie follows Peter as he adventures out of the garden and finds himself in the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family. Read the rest of this entry »
