WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown. The album features the show’s original score composed by Lele Marchitelli (The Great Beauty, The Young Pope, The New Pope, Loro). Also included are three songs performed by actress Angourie Rice. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. Mare of Easttown is created by Brad Ingelsby and stars Kate Winslet, Evan Peters, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Rice, Guy Pearce, David Denman, Joe Tippett, John Douglas Thompson, Cailee Spaeny, Patrick Murney, James McArdle, Sosie Bacon and Neal Huff. The 7-part drama directed by Craig Zobel follows a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ Released
Posted: May 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Lele Marchitelli, Mare of Easttown, score, Soundtrack
Curtis Moore Scoring Fox’s ‘HouseBroken’
Posted: May 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Curtis Moore, Fox, HouseBroken
Composer/songwriter Curtis Moore is scoring the new Fox animated comedy HouseBroken. The show is created by Gabrielle Allan, Jennifer Crittenden & Clea DuVall and features the voices of Lisa Kudrow, Tony Hale, Will Forte, Jason Mantzoukas, Sam Richardson, Nat Faxon, DuVall herself and Sharon Horgan. The series follows a group of neighborhood pets and stray animals as they work through their issues inside and outside their therapy group. Allan, Crittenden (Everybody Loves Raymond) & DuVall (Happiest Season) are also executive producing the Kapital Entertainment and FOX Entertainment production with Horgan, Clelia Mountford (Frank of Ireland, Motherland), Aaron Kaplan (The Chi, American Housewife) and Dana Honor (A Million Little Things). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 30, 2021)
Posted: May 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Clark, Jeff Grace, Lisey’s Story, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Steve Jablonsky, Sweet Tooth, We Are Lady Parts, Why Women Kill
Premiering on Thursday, June 3, is the British TV series We Are Lady Parts created by Nida Manzoor and starring Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole, Juliette Motamed, Lucie Shorthouse, Zaqi Ismail and Aiysha Hart. Manzoor also co-wrote the show’s original songs with Shez Manzoor, Sanya Manzoor and Benjamin Fregin. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack EP featuring six songs from the show last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and to learn more about the comedy, which premiered earlier this month in the UK on Channel 4 and will make its U.S. debut on Peacock.
Also premiering on Thursday is the second season of the Paramount+ original series Why Women Kill created by Marc Cherry and starring Allison Tolman, Nick Frost, Lana Parrilla, Jordane Christie, B.K. Cannon, Matthew Daddario and Veronica Falcón. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Pain & Gain, Deepwater Horizon, Skyscraper, Desperate Housewives, Ender’s Game) has composed the original music of the new season. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Oslo’ Released
Posted: May 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bartlett Sher, HBO, Jeff Russo, Oslo, score, Soundtrack, Zoe Keating
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original film Oslo. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy, Legion) & Zoe Keating (Manhattan, The Returned). The soundtrack is now available to stream on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Oslo is written by J.T. Rogers based on his Tony Award-winning play of the same title and stars Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, Salim Dau, Jeff Wilbusch, Waleed Zuaiter, Igal Naor, Rotem Keinan, Dov Glickman, Itzik Cohen, Tobias Zilliacus and Sasson Gabai. The drama directed by Bartlett Sher follows the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics of a group of Israelis and Palestinians, plus one Norwegian couple, that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Grace Scoring Netflix’s ‘Sweet Tooth’
Posted: May 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Grace, Jim Mickle, Netflix, Sweet Tooth
Composer Jeff Grace (In a Valley of Violence, The House of the Devil, Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff, Night Moves) is reuniting with writer/director Jim Mickle on the new Netflix original series Sweet Tooth. The show is developed by Mickle & Beth Schwartz based on the DC comic book series by Jeff Lemire and stars Christian Convery, Nonso Anozie, Adeel Akhtar, Stefania LaVie Owen, Aliza Vellani, Dania Ramirez, Neil Sandilands, Will Forte and James Brolin. The fantasy drama tells the story of a lovable boy who’s half-human and half-deer on an adventure across a post-apocalyptic world as he searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 28, 2021)
Posted: May 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Quiet Place Part II, Blake Matthew, Cruella, Endangered Species, Feral State, Funhouse, Isabella Manfredi, Kubilay Uner, Lionel Cohen, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Herbert, Nicholas Britell, Plan B, Port Authority, Scott Shields
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II written and directed by John Krasinski and stars Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe and Djimon Hounsou. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, Ford v. Ferrari, World War Z, Hellboy). La-La Land Records and Paramount Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide (while also premiering on Disney+ with Premier Access for an additional fee) is the live-action comedy Cruella directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Mark Strong. Emily Beecham and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, Succession, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score and the songs from the movie last Friday. Click here for the full details of the song album and click here for the details of the score album. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Pose’ Season 3 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Pose
Hollywood Records has released three songs from the soundtrack for the third and final season of the FX original series Pose. Available to stream/download now are the covers of Oh Happy Day performed by the show’s cast, This Day performed by Billy Porter and Andraé Crouch’s To God Be the Glory performed by B.Slade & Ledisi. Also listen to all three tracks after the jump. Pose is created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals and stars Porter, MJ Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Dyllon Burnside, Hailie Sahar, Angel Bismark Curiel and Jason A. Rodriguez. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We Broke Up’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Rosenberg, Nick Sena, score, Soundtrack, We Broke Up
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy We Broke Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Sena (Big Time Adolescence, Deep Murder). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music outlet to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. We Broke Up is co-written and directed by Jeff Rosenberg and stars Aya Cash, William Jackson Harper, Sarah Bolger, Tony Cavalero and Peri Gilpin. The movie follows a longtime couple who break up just days before a relative’s wedding and in order to not disrupt the fun, decides to pretend they’re still together until the weekend is over. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Lucifer’ Special Musical Episode ‘Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam’ Released
Posted: May 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Lucifer, Netflix, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Lucifer. The album features the classic songs (including Another One Bites the Dust, Every Breath You Take, a mash up of Bad to the Bone/ No Scrubs, Wicked Game & more) from the special musical episode Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam performed by cast members Tom Ellis, Kevin Alejandro, Aimee Garcia, Lesley-Ann Brandt, D.B. Woodside, Scarlett Estevez, Rachael Harris, Dennis Haysbert, and Debbie Gibson. All tracks are produced by series composers Jeff Russo & Ben Decter. The soundtrack is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the musical performances from the show’s first five seasons last summer. Lucifer is developed by Tom Kapinos based on the DC Comics character created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kiet & Mike Dringenberg. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Endangered Species’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Endangered Species, M.J. Bassett, score, Scott Shields, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the survival thriller Endangered Species. The album features the film’s original music composed by Scott Shields (Strike Back, Rogue, Waking the Dead). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Endangered Species is co-written and directed by M.J. Bassett and stars Rebecca Romijn, Philip Winchester, Isabel Bassett, Chris Fisher, Michael Johnston and Jerry O’Connell. The movie revolves around a wealthy American family on safari in Kenya who becomes stranded in a wilderness park, at the mercy of rhinos, leopards, hyenas – and poachers. Read the rest of this entry »
