Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Gia Coppola’s comedy drama Mainstream. The album features the film’s original music composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, We Are Who We Are, Passing) who previously scored the director’s last feature, Palo Alto. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download here. Mainstream is co-written and directed by Coppola and stars Maya Hawke, Andrew Garfield, Nat Wolff, Kalena Yiaueki, Johnny Knoxville and Jason Schwartzman. The movie follows a young woman who thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mainstream’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dev Hynes, Devonté Hynes, Gia Coppola, Mainstream, score, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Albums for Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ to Be Released
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Barry Jenkins, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack, The Underground Railroad
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack albums for the Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad featuring the show’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Battle of the Sexes). The first volume will be released digitally on May 14, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Underground Railroad is directed by Barry Jenkins and stars Thuso Mbedu, Joel Edgerton, Sheila Atim, Chase W. Dillon, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Amber Gray, Chukwudi Iwuji, Peter De Jersey, Damon Herriman, Lily Rabe, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Irone Singleton, Marcus “MJ” Gladney, Jr., Will Poulter and Peter Mullan. The 10-part drama based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South and her discovery of a railroad beneath the Southern soil. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, Taylor Sheridan, Those Who Wish Me Dead
The full details of the soundtrack album for the thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious series, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Thor: The Dark World, Yellowstone). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 by WaterTower Music. Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music service) to stream/download the album. Those Who Wish Me Dead is directed by Taylor Sheridan and stars Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Aiden Gillen, Medina Senghore, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber and Jon Bernthal. The New Line Cinema production is based on the book of the same title by Michael Koryta and tells the story of a smoke jumper still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire, when she comes across a traumatized 12-year-old boy with nowhere else to turn. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Cinemax’s ‘Warrior’ Season 2 to Be Released
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: H. Scott Salinas, Reza Safinia, score, Soundtrack, Starz, Warrior
WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Cinemax original series Warrior. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Reza Safinia (Birth of the Dragon, Filly Brown, The Trust) and H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Also included are three songs by SmashRegz, Chops & THE WARRIOR. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download here. Milan Records has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composers’ music from Season 1. Warrior is created by Jonathan Tropper, executive produced by Justin Lin and stars Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Kieran Bew, Dean Jagger, Dianne Doan, Joanna Vanderham, Tom Weston-Jones, Joe Taslim, Hoon Lee, Langley Kirkwood, Christian McKay, Perry Yung, Dustin Nguyen, Céline Buckens and Miranda Raison. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wrath of Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Benstead, Guy Ritchie, score, Soundtrack, Wrath of Man
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Guy Ritchie’s action thriller Wrath of Man. The album feature the film’s original music composed by Chris Benstead who previously the director’s last feature, The Gentlemen. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon (and other digital music stores). Wrath of Man is co-written and directed by Ritchie and stars Jason Statham, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Deobia Oparei, Raúl Castillo, Eddie Marsan and Scott Eastwood. The movie follows a cash truck security guard who surprises his coworkers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Girls5eva’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Girls5eva, Jeff Richmond, Peacock, Sara Bareilles, Soundtrack
Epic Records has released a soundtrack album for the Peacock original series Girls5ava. The album features the original songs from the show’s first season co-written by Jeff Richmond (who also serves as an executive producer) and performed by Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, Paula Pell and other cast members. Bareilles also composed two songs (4 Stars and I’m Afraid) for the comedy. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon. Also listen to several tracks below. Girls5eva created by Meredith Scardino is also executive produced by Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner & Eric Gurian and follows a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s whose members reunite when their hit songs get samples by a young rapper to give their pop star dreams one more shot. Read the rest of this entry »
Alec Puro Scoring Michele Civetta’s ‘The Gateway’
Posted: May 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alec Puro, Michele Civetta, The Gateway
Alec Puro (The Art of Getting By, Higher Ground, All Nighters, The Fosters, The Scribbler) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller The Gateway. The film is directed by Michele Civetta (Agony) and stars Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern, Zach Avery, Keith David, Taryn Manning and Mark Boone Junior. The movie is based on the 2013 Black List-honored screenplay Where Angels Die by Alexander Felix and revolves around a downtrodden social worker in the grips of alcoholism who gets assigned to oversee care of the daughter of single mother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Operative’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank Ilfman, score, Soundtrack, The Operative, Yuval Adler
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller The Operative. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Ghost Stories, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Operative is written and directed by Yuval Adler and stars Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar. The movie follows a young Western woman who is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Glasper & Derrick Hodge Scoring Starz’s ‘Run the World’
Posted: May 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Derrick Hodge, Robert Glasper, Run the World, Starz
Jazz pianist/record producer Robert Glasper (The Photograph, Miles Ahead) & Derrick Hodge are the composers of the new Starz original series Run the World. The show is created by Leigh Davenport and stars Bresha Webb, Amber Stevens West, Corbin Reid, Andrea Bordeaux, Tonya Pinkins, Stephen Bishop, Erika Alexander, Tosin Morohunfola, Jay Walker and Nick Sagar. The comedy drama tells the story of a group of Black women in their 30s who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon’s ‘Solos’ to Feature Music by Martin Phipps
Posted: May 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, David Weil, Martin Phipps, Solos
Martin Phipps (The Crown, Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Aftermath, The Honourable Woman, Peaky Blinders) has recently been scoring the new Amazon anthology original series Solos. The show is created by David Weil (Hunters) and stars Helen Mirren, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Constance Wu, Dan Stevens and Nicole Beharie. The 7-part sci-fi drama explores the depths of human connection through the lens of eight remote characters. Weil is also executive producing the project with Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, 50 Shades of Grey) and Laura Lancaster (The Expanse, The Defiant Ones). Read the rest of this entry »
