Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, Smallfoot, The Smurfs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Angry Birds Movie, Paw Patrol: The Movie) is currently recording his score for the upcoming animated comedy adventure Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. The film is directed by Joel Crawford (The Croods: A New Age) and stars Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Olivia Colman, Samson Kayo, Harvey Guillén, Wagner Moura, John Mulaney, Anthony Mendez, Florence Pugh, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Ray Winstone. The movie follows the title character who discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll and – in order to get all his nine lives back – takes on his grandest quest yet.
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‘The Sea Beast’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix animated film The Sea Beast. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Grammy Award winner Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed, Twister, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Brother Bear, Con Air, August Rush, Cry Macho). Also included and already available to stream/download now is the original song Captain Crow written by Nell Benjamin & Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde: The Musical) and produced by Mancina. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Sea Beast is directed by Chris Williams and features the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Dan Stevens, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Kathy Burke.
‘Revealer’ Soundtrack Single Released
Burning Witches Records has released a soundtrack for the indie horror thriller Revealer. The 2-track single features the original song Saint & Sinner by Atlant 87, as well as a track from the film’s original score composed by Alex Cuervo (The Pale Door, Scare Package). The soundtrack is now available digitally on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon) and as a limited edition cassette on the label’s official website. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. Revealer is directed by Luke Boyce and stars Caito Aase and Shaina Schrooten. The movie follows a stripper and religious protester who are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in 1980s Chicago.
‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the period romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List. The album features the film’s original music composed by Amelia Warner (Mary Shelley, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Mr. Malcolm’s List is directed by Emma Holly Jones and stars Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Park, Zawe Ashton and Theo James. The movie is set in 19th Century England and follows a society lady who gets jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor when she fails to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride and convinces her friend to play the role of his ideal match.
Alberto Iglesias to Score Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’
Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner, Parallel Mothers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Volver, The Skin I Live In) is set to compose the music for the upcoming western Strange Way of Life (Extraña forma de vida). The short directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Ethan Hawke & Pedro Pascal will be shot in English and centers on a man riding on a horse across a desert to Bitter Creek, where he has traveled to visit a Sheriff, with whom he worked together as hired gunmen 25 years earlier. Agustín Almodóvar is producing the project.
‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment has released a new soundtrack album for the Netflix anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Nobuko Toda & Kazuma Jinnouchi (Ultraman, Star Wars: Visions: The Ninth Jedi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2020. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is created by Masamune Shirow and features the voices (in the English language version) of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, William Knight, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman, Michael McCarty, Dave Wittenberg, Bob Buchholz and Dean Wein.
‘Aliens, Clowns & Geeks’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Elfmaniac Media will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi comedy Aliens, Clowns & Geeks. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Edward Scissorhands) & Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show!, Harvey Beaks, Jellystone). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this Friday, July 1. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and digital version. Aliens, Clowns & Geeks is written and directed by Richard Elfman and stars Bodhi Elfman, Verne Troyer, Steve Agee, French Stewart, George Wendt, Anastasia Elfman, Malcolm Foster Smith and Rebecca Forsythe. The movie follows an out-of-work actor who stumbles upon key to the universe and is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.
Billie Eilish, Finneas, Dan Romer, Nathan Johnson, Natalie Holt, Amie Doherty & Others Invited to Join Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Luca), Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper), Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, Herself), Amie Doherty (Spirit Untamed, Happiest Season), Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Rebel Hearts), Nerida Tyson-Chew (H Is for Happiness, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid), Hesham Nazih (The Guest, Born a King), Leo Heiblum & Jacobo Lieberman (Maria Full of Grace) and Lili Haydn (Strip Down, Rise Up, Broken Kingdom).
Steven Price Scoring Sally El Hosaini’s ‘The Swimmers’
Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Last Night in Soho, Over the Moon, Fury, The Aeronauts) has composed the original score for the upcoming biographical drama The Swimmers. The film is directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) and stars Manal & Nathalie Issa, Ali Suliman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Ahmed Malek, Kinda Alloush and James Krishna Floyd. The movie tells the story of the journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
‘Baymax!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ animated shorts series Baymax! The album features the show’s original music composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Peter Rabbit, Bullet Train, The King’s Man, DuckTales, Monsters at Work, Money Monster). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 29 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Baymax! is created by Don Hall based on his 2014 movie Big Hero 6 and features the voice talent of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Maya Rudolph, Lilimar, Zeno Robinson, Emily Kuroda and Jaboukie Young-White.