Vere Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park. The album features five original songs from the film written and produced by Matthew Gerrard (Brother Bear 2, Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You), as well as selection from the movie’s original score, which Gerrard co-wrote with Richard Evans. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Listen to all five songs after the jump. Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park is directed by Mark Baldo and features the voice talent of Ashleigh Ball, Andrew Francis, Brian Drummond, Kathleen Barr and Jason Simpson. The Splash Entertainment production is set one year after the events of the original Rock Dog film and follows Bodi and his friends as they learn that fame comes at a price when they go on their first big tour. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Baldo, Matthew Gerrard, Richard Evans, Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park, Soundtrack
Jeff Morrow Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Who Are You, Charlie Brown?’
Posted: June 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Jeff Morrow, Who Are You Charlie Brown?
Jeff Morrow (Ibiza, Science Fair, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Trolls Holiday, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado) has recently scored the new Apple TV+ documentary special Who Are You, Charlie Brown?. The special is narrated by Lupita Nyong’o and centers on the late Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. The documentary is directed by Michael Bonfiglio (From the Ashes) and features interviews with friends, family, cartoonists and famous fans of the comic strip, including Jean Schulz, the widow of Charles Schulz, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Smith, Billie Jean King, Al Roker, Paul Feig, Ira Glass, Noah Schnapp and Keith L. Williams. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The French Dispatch’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, score, Soundtrack, The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson
The details of the soundtrack album for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Queen, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) who previously scored the director’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs & Moonlight Kingdom and featuring piano solos performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Also included are songs performed by Grace Jones, Jarvis Cocker, Charles Aznavour and tracks by Ennio Morricone, Georges Delerue & others as featured in the movie. The soundtrack will be released on October 22 by ABKCO Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to order the vinyl edition. The French Dispatch is written and directed by Anderson and stars Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Lyna Khoudri, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla & Tim Davies to Compose Music for Netflix’s ‘Maya and the Three’
Posted: June 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Maya and the Three, Netflix, Tim Davies
Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, 21 Grams) & Tim Davies (Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia) have teamed up to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix animated limited series Maya and the Three. Santaolalla is providing the themes and Davies is composing the original score for the show created, executive produced and directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez. The 9-parter tells the story of a warrior princess who embarks on a quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy and save humanity from the vengeful gods of the underworld. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spring Blossom’ (‘Seize printemps’) Soundtrack EP to Be Released
Posted: June 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Seize printemps, Soundtrack, Spring Blossom, Suzanne Lindon, Vincent Delerm
Tôt ou Tard will release a soundtrack EP for the French drama Spring Blossom (Seize printemps). The EP features the film’s original score composed by Vincent Delerm (The Very Private Life of Mister Sim). Also included is the title song by the movie’s director Suzanne Lindon (listen to the full track below). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Spring Blossom is written and directed by Lindon and stars herself, Arnaud Valois, Florence Viala, Frédéric Pierrot and Rebecca Marder. The drama follows a bored Parisian teenager as she contemplates the pitfalls of growing up too fast when she falls in love with an older man. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren & Anna Waronker Scoring The CW’s ‘The Republic of Sarah’
Posted: June 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Waronker, Craig Wedren, The CW, The Republic of Sarah
Craig Wedren (Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer, School of Rock, GLOW, How to Be a Latin Lover) & Anna Waronker (Shrill) are the composers of the new CW drama The Republic of Sarah. The show is created by Jeffrey Paul King and stars Stella Baker, Luke Mitchell, Hope Lauren, Nia Holloway, Ian Duff, Forrest Goodluck, Landry Bender, Izabella Alvarez and Megan Follows. The series centers on a rebellious high school history teacher who is faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a mining company and utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerry Goldsmith’s Unused Score for ‘The Public Eye’ to Be Released
Posted: June 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Franklin, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Public Eye
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the unused original score by Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Omen, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Air Force One, The Mummy) from the 1992 crime thriller The Public Eye directed by Howard Franklin and starring Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci and Jerry Adler. The album features the Academy Award-winning composer’s music written for the film. Visit the label’s official website for more details, to order the CD and to check out audio samples. The soundtrack will also be available to order on Amazon within the next couple of days. Mark Isham’s replacement score was released at the time of the film’s release by Varese Sarabande. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Space Between’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Rivers, Rachel Winter, Soundtrack, The Space Between
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy The Space Between. The album features the original songs from the movie written by Rivers Cuomo (of Weezer) and performed by lead actor Kelsey Grammer and Cuomo himself. Also included is a track by Academy Award nominee Volker Bertelmann. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Space Between is directed by Rachel Winter and stars Kelsey Grammer, Jackson White, Paris Jackson, Julia Goldani Telles, Andy Daly and William Fichtner. The movie is set in the 90s LA music scene and follows a young mailroom worker who is tasked with forcing an eccentric has-been rock musician out of his contract at his longtime record label. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Greenberger’s ‘Here After’ to Feature Original Song by Debbie Harry, Theme by Angelo Badalamenti & Original Score by Joseph LoDuca
Posted: June 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angelo Badalamenti, Debbie Harry, Harry Greenberger, Here After, Joseph LoDuca
Vertical Entertainment announced today that Debbie Harry (of Blondie) has recorded the original song Mysteries of Life for the upcoming fantasy comedy Here After. Angelo Badalamenti (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks) has written the main theme and Joseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Spartacus: Blood and Sand) has composed the original score for the movie written and directed by Harry Greenberger and starring Christina Ricci, Nora Arnezeder, Jackie Cruz, Michael Rispoli and Andy Karl. The film revolves around a struggling actor who dies right after a bad breakup and finds himself in singles Purgatory where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side. Read the rest of this entry »
Daveed Diggs’ ‘Weehawken’ from ‘Central Park’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Central Park, Daveed Diggs
Hollywood Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the second season of the Apple TV+ animated series Central Park. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Weehawken written by Josh Meyers, Andrew Meyers & Andy Hartpence and performed by Daveed Diggs. Check out a preview clip of the sequence featuring the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs from the show’s second season will be announced soon. Central Park is created by Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad & Nora Smith and features the voices of Gad himself, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Diggs, Tituss Burgess, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr. and Stanley Tucci. Read the rest of this entry »
