ASCAP has announced the winners of the 2021 ASCAP Screen Music Awards, recognizing its top film, television and video game composers. The accolades will take place under the hashtag #ASCAPAwards on ASCAP’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @ASCAP and @ASCAPScreen as part of a social media celebration through Thursday, May 20. The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, voted on exclusively by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community, are presented to Trent Reznor & Jon Batiste for Film Score of the Year for Pixar’s Soul; to Raphael Saadiq for Television Score of the Year for HBO’s Lovecraft Country; to Steven Price for Documentary Score of the Year for David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet; to Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan for Television Theme of the Year for Amazon’s Tales from a Loop; and to Gustavo Santaolalla for Video Game Score of the Year for his work on The Last of Us Part II. Read the rest of this entry »
2021 ASCAP Screen Music Awards Winners Announced
Posted: May 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards
‘Free Color’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Arvelo, Alvaro Paiva Bimbo, Devendra Banhart, Free Color, Gustavo Dudamel, Nascuy Linares, score, Sebastián Arvelo, Soundtrack
Karibanna Content has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Free Color. The album features the film’s original music composed by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel (The Liberator), Nascuy Linares (Embrace of the Serpent, Luxor), Devendra Banhart (Joshy, Arkansas), Alvaro Paiva Bimbo and Sebastián Arvelo. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. Free Color is directed by Alberto Arvelo and centers on late Carlos Cruz-Diez, one of the most prominent and influential Kinetic-Optic artists of our time. The movie follows the maestro as he takes on the most daring project of his creative life in his twilight years. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘The Nevers’ Released
Posted: May 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Mark Isham, score, Soundtrack, The Nevers
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Nevers. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first six episodes composed by Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, Warrior, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Nevers is created by Joss Whedon and stars Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Eleanor Tomlinson, Rochelle Neil, Amy Manson, Denis O’Hare, Pip Torrens, Zackary Momoh, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Nick Frost and Ben Chaplin. The drama is set in Victorian London and revolves around a new underclass equipped with extraordinary abilities who must fight the forces determined to annihilate their kind. Read the rest of this entry »
Gaute Storaas Scoring Netflix’s ‘Dancing Queens’
Posted: May 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dancing Queens, Gaute Storaas, Helena Bergström, Netflix
Gaute Storaas (A Man Called Ove, The Last King, Nina’s Children, Victoria) has recently scored the upcoming Swedish Netflix original film Dancing Queens. The movie is directed by Helena Bergström (Mending Hugo’s Heart, Holy Mess) and stars Molly Nutley, Marie Göranzon, Claes Malmberg, Rakel Wärmländer, Christopher Wollter, Ann Westin, Mattias Nordkvist, Max Ulveson, Razmus Nyström, Emil Almén, André Christenson, Fredrik Robertsson, Louie Indriana, Robert Fux, Dominika Peczynski and Fredrik Quiñones. The comedy drama revolves around a dancer who gets a job cleaning at a struggling drag club dreams of being in the show, when her talent catches an ambitious choreographer’s eye. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 16, 2021)
Posted: May 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, AMC, Daniel Rojas, David Holmes, Death and Nightingales, Derrick Hodge, Gerry Diver, Hulu, Jack Halama, Martin Phipps, Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., Robert Glasper, Run the World, Solos, Starz, Too Close
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Death and Nightingales adapted and directed by Allan Cubitt and starring Matthew Rhys, Jamie Dornan and Ann Skelly. The show’s original music is composed by David Holmes (Ocean’s 11, Out of Sight, Haywire, Killing Eve, Logan Lucky, Ordinary Love, Analyze That) and Gerry Diver (Pixie). The 3-part drama, which tells a story of love, betrayal and revenge set in the haunting countryside of Northern Ireland in 1885, premiered in the UK in 2018 on BBC Two (and in Ireland on RTÉ One) and is making its U.S. debut on Starz.
Also premiering tonight is the Starz original series Run the World created by Leigh Davenport and starring Bresha Webb, Amber Stevens West, Corbin Reid, Tonya Pinkins, Andrea Bordeaux, Stephen Bishop, Tosin Morohunfola, Erika Alexander, Jay Walker and Nick Sagar. Robert Glasper (The Photograph, Miles Ahead) & Derrick Hodge are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy drama, which will air every Sunday on Starz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Chicken Squad’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Geringas, Disney Junior, Mike Himelstein, Soundtrack, The Chicken Squad
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney Junior animated series The Chicken Squad. The album features the original songs from the first episodes of the show composed by Alex Geringas (Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Arlo the Alligator Boy, Woody Woodpecker) and Mike Himelstein (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Listen to the full main title theme after the jump. The Chicken Squad is developed by Tom Rogers inspired by the children’s book by Doreen Cronin and features the voices of Ramone Hamilton, Gabriella Graves, Maxwell Simkins and Yvette Nicole Brown, as well as recurring and guest stars Tony Hale, Jane Lynch, Melissa Rauch, Sean Giambrone, Jamal Warner, Melissa Villaseñor, Zack Pearlman, Rachel Bloom and Chrissie Fit. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 14, 2021)
Posted: May 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Army of the Dead, Brian Reitzell, Brian Tyler, Charlie Clouser, Fil Eisler, Finding You, Georgetown, Kieran Kiely, Lorne Balfe, Matthew James, Profile, Spiral, Stephen Warbeck, The Djinn, The Man in the Hat, The Perfect Candidate, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Timothy Williams, Tom Holkenborg, Us Kids, Volker Bertelmann
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the Saw reboot Spiral directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols. The film’s original score is composed by Charlie Clouser (Resident Evil: Extinction, Numbers, Death Sentence) who has written the music for all previous Saw movies. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next Friday, May 21. Click here for the full album details. Slaughter Gang & Epic Records have released a separate soundtrack EP featuring four songs from the movie, including 21 Savage’s end titles song Spiral. Click here for more information.
Also opening wide is the thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Medina Senghore, Tyler Perry, Aiden Gillen, Jake Weber and Jon Bernthal. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Thor: The Dark World) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music 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 movie, which is now also available to stream on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
First Songs from ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, High School Musical: The Musical, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released the first songs from the soundtrack of the second season of the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Available to stream/download is the High School Musical 2 Medley and Something in the Air performed by the show’s cast and The Perfect Gift & Bet On It performed by Joshua Bassett. Already out since last month is the duet Even When/The Best Part performed by Olivia Rodrigo & Bassett. Check out the official music videos for High School Musical 2 Medley and The Perfect Gift after the jump. Season 2 of High School Musical: The Musical created by Tim Federle based on the High School Musical movies is premiering today exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spiral: From The Book of Saw’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: May 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 21 Savage, Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw, Soundtrack, Spiral
Slaughter Gang & Epic Records have released a soundtrack EP for the ninth installment in the Saw series, Spiral. The 4-track EP features the end titles song Spiral by 21 Savage (which has already been released as a digital single last month) who also is executive producing the soundtrack, You Ain’t Hard by Young Nudy, Down Bad by Real Recognize Rio, 21 Lil Harold & SG Tip feat. Millie Go Lightly and Emergency by 21 Savage feat. Gunna & Young Thug. Click here to stream/download the soundtrack and listen to all the new songs after the jump. A CD version is available to order on Amazon. As previously reported, Lakeshore Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring Charlie Clouser’s original score from the movie next Friday, May 21. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Limbo’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Sharrock, Hutch Demouilpied, Limbo, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Limbo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hutch Demouilpied (The Levelling). Also included is a track by Khyam Allami. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Limbo is written and directed by Ben Sharrock and stars Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Kwabena Ansah Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ola Orebiyi and Kais Nashif. The movie, which was honored with two BAFTA nominations, follows a young Syrian musician as he awaits the results of his asylum on a remote Scottish island. Read the rest of this entry »
