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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 2, 2024)

June 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and executive produced by Elara Pictures. The show’s original music is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The 3-parter, which explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn kingpin, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering on Tuesday, June 4, is the Disney+ original live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte created by Leslye Headland and starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, CManny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss. Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Bad Education, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

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‘Spermworld’ Soundtrack Album Released

March 29, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Ari Balouzian, FX, Hulu, Lance Oppenheim, score, Soundtrack, Spermworld

Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the FX original documentary Spermworld. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). Also included is the composer’s cover’s of The The’s This Is the Day (listen to the full track after the jump). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the first score track (Giving Back) below. Spermworld is directed by Lance Oppenheim and inspired by the New York Times article The Sperm Kings Have a Problem: Too Much Demand by Nellie Bowles and centers on the unregulated online marketplace for sperm as donors connect with hopeful parents.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2024)

March 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering on Tuesday, March 26, is the HBO original documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones directed by Dan Reed and executive produced by Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller. The film’s original music is composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, Our Great National Parks, The Afterparty, Sanditon, Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, The Reluctant Traveler). The movie, which tells the story of how families whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook took on conspiracy giant Alex Jones in two courtroom trials, holding Jones and InfoWars to account for the myths they started spreading hours after the atrocity, premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering on Thursday, March 28, is the Swedish Netflix original series Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter) written by Hans Rosenfeldt based on Astrid Lindgren’s fantasy tale and starring Kerstin Linden, Jack Bergenholtz-Henriksson, Krista Kosonen, Christopher Wagelin, Maria Nohra, Sverrir Gudnason, Pernilla August, Johan Ulveson and Vera Vitali. Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, Madame Web, Anatomy of a Scandal, Battlefield V, After the Wedding, In a Better World) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the fantasy adventure, which will be available to stream on Netflix.

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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Soundtrack to Be Released

February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Ari Balouzian, Lance Oppenheim, score, Some Kind of Heaven, Soundtrack

Appraiser will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Some Kind of Heaven. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ari Balouzian (Feels Good Man, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to a first track after the jump. Some Kind of Heaven is directed by Lance Oppenheim, produced by Darren Aronofsky and follows four residents of America’s largest retirement community – The Villages, FL – as they strive to find happiness and meaning behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland.

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