Caldera Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Columbian drama Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zbigniew Preisner (Three Colors, When a Man Loves a Woman, The Secret Garden, At Play in the Fields of the Lord). Visit the label’s official website for more information about the CD and to check out audio samples. A digital version will be coming out later this month and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Forgotten We’ll Be is directed by Fernando Trueba and stars Javier Cámara, Daniela Abad, Patricia Tamayo, Aida Morales and Juan Pablo Urrego. The movie is based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s novel of the same name and tells the true story of his father, Colombian human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez, a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Forgotten We’ll Be’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: El olvido que seremos, Fernando Trueba, Forgotten We'll Be, score, Soundtrack, Zbigniew Preisner
Details for ‘The ‘Bob’s Burgers Music Album’ Vol. 2 Revealed
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bob's Burgers, Fox, Soundtrack
The full details of the second soundtrack album for the Fox animated comedy Bob’s Burgers have been revealed. The album features more songs from the show performed by cast members H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal and recurring and special guests including Ken Marino, Jenny Slate, Max Greenfield, Daveed Diggs & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically (on vinyl and CD) on August 20 by Sub Pop Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Sexy Little Tiger) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. The label has previously released the first album back in 2017 and has also released several EPs over the last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Antonio Pinto Scoring Mark Raso’s Netflix Film ‘Awake’
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Pinto, Awake, Mark Raso, Netflix
Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Senna, Lord of War, Amy, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original film Awake. The movie is directed by Mark Raso (Kodachrome, Copenhagen) and stars Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Frances Fisher, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barry Pepper, Shamier Anderson,Finn Jones, Lucius Hoyos and Gil Bellows. The sci-fi thriller takes place after a global event wipes out humanity’s ability to sleep and follows a troubled ex-soldier as she fights to save her family as society and her mind spiral into chaos. Read the rest of this entry »
Remastered Soundtrack Album for Robert Altman’s ‘Images’ Announced
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Images, John Williams, Robert Altman, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1972 psychological horror drama Images directed by Robert Altman and starring Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi and Cathryn Harrison. The album features the remastered Academy Award-nominated original score from the film composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) and percussion by Japanese experimental musician Stomu Yamash’ta. The CD, which marks the first official release of the score approved by the composer himself, is limited to 2,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more details and check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Marx’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Downtown Boys, Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo, Miss Marx, Susanna Nicchiarelli
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Italian/Belgian biographical drama Miss Marx. The album features the film’s original Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo (Nico, 1988, The Stonebreaker) and the punk rock band Downtown Boys. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music outlet to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Miss Marx is written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli and stars Romola Garai, Patrick Kennedy, Felicity Montagu, John Gordon Sinclair, Karina Fernandez, Oliver Chris and Philip Gröning. The movie centers on Karl Marx’s youngest daughter as she takes part in the workers’ battles and fights for women’s rights and the abolition of child labor in the late 19th Century and details her tragic relationship with Edward Aveling. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Peter Chelsom’s ‘Security’ Released
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Farri, Peter Chelsom, score, Security, Soundtrack
Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album for the Italian thriller Security. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrea Farri (The First King, Non mi uccidere, Latin Lover, Italian Race). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Security is directed by Peter Chelsom (Serendipity, Shall We Dance?) and stars Marco D’Amore, Maya Sansa, Silvio Muccino, Ludovica Martino, Valeria Bilello, Giulio Pranno, Beatrice Grannò, Tommaso Ragno, Antonio Zavatteri and Fabrizio Bentivoglio. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Stephen Amidon. The film is set in the posh Tuscan seaside town of Forte Dei Marmi and revolves around a cop looking into a web of sexual abuse cases. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Weekend at Dunkirk’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maurice Jarre, score, Soundtrack, Week-end à Zuydcoote, Weekend at Dunkirk
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1964 French war drama Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote) directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Spaak. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost, Doctor Zhivago, No Way Out, Witness, Gorillas in the Mist, Jacob’s Ladder), including previously unreleased music and unused cues. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details, to check out audio samples and to order the CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 6, 2021)
Posted: June 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Dean Kiner, Disney Plus, Domina, Epix, Kevin Kiner, Little Birds, Loki, Natalie Holt, Netflix, Rael Jones, Samuel Sim, Sean Kiner, Showtime, Skater Girl, Starz, The Kings, Trese
Premiering in the U.S. today is the historical drama series Domina created by Simon Burke and starring Kasia Smutniak, Liam Cunningham, Colette Tchantcho, Claire Forlani, Christine Bottomley, Nadia Parkes, Ben Batt, Matthew McNulty and Isabella Rossellini. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Halcyon, The Spanish Princess, Home Fires). Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last month when the drama premiered in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The series is making its U.S. debut on Epix.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series Little Birds created by Sophia Al-Maria based on short stories by Anais Nin and starring Juno Temple, Yumna Marwan, Hugh Skinner, Raphael Acloque, Nina Sosanya, Jean-Marc Barr, Amy Landecker and Matt Lauri. Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, The Pale Horse, Lost Girls, Calibre, Untouchable, This Beautiful Fantastic) has composed the show’s original music. SATV has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the drama premiered in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on Starz. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘The Kings’ Released
Posted: June 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Rael Jones, score, Showtime, Soundtrack, The Kings
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the Showtime docu-series The Kings. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Rael Jones (Harlots, My Cousin Rachel, Suite Francaise, Kids in Love, The Salisbury Poisonings). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Kings is directed by Mat Whitecross, executive produced by James Gay-Rees & Paul Martin and chronicles the the dramatic and divergent ascents to greatness of “Four Kings” – Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns & Sugar Ray Leonard – and the legendary matches they produced. Read the rest of this entry »
H.E.R.’s Original Song ‘Change’ from Netflix’s ‘We The People’ Released
Posted: June 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: H.E.R., Netflix, We the People
MBK Entertainment and RCA Records have released the first song from the Netflix animated short-form series We the People. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms (including Amazon) is the original song Change performed by H.E.R. (who received her first Academy Award earlier this year for the song Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah) from the episode Active Citizenship. Listen to the track and also watch the full episode after the jump. We the People created by Chris Nee, executive produced by Barack & Michelle Obama and Kenya Barris combines music and animation to educate a new generation of young Americans about the basics of rights and citizenship. Read the rest of this entry »
