Platoon has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV original documentary series Born to Be Wild. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, The Afterparty, Our Great National Parks, Victoria Beckham, The Reluctant Traveler, Sherlock & Daughter, Sanditon, World War II: From the Frontline, Tsunami: Race Against Time) . Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Born to Be Wild is narrated by Hugh Bonneville, executive produced by Tailfeather Productions’s Lucy van Beek and Offspring Films’ Alex Williamson & Isla Robertson follows six endangered young animals as they grow up in our world but are destined to return to theirs.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 14, 2025)
Premiering on Wednesday, December 17, is the British Netflix original documentary Murder in Monaco directed by Hodges Usry about the mysterious murder of billionaire banker, Edmond Safra who died at his penthouse in Monaco, 1999. The film’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (Nautilus, The Deepest Breath, For Sama, The Tower, The Reason I Jump, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, The Wild Ones, Crossfire, Funny Woman, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Secrets of the Penguins, The Contestant). The movie, which features new interviews, expert testimony and archival footage to examine the case, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 8, 2011)
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
The comedy Arthur directed by Jason Winer and starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Greta Gerwig features music by Theodore Shapiro. A soundtrack with songs from the movie has been released earlier this week by WaterTower Music. No word on a release of Shapiro’s score. To find out more about the soundtrack and to hear Shapiro’s thoughts on the film’s score, visit our previous article.
Also coming out this week is the family drama Soul Surfer starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt. The film’s score is by Marco Beltrami and has been released by Madison Gate Records as reported here. The album can be downloaded on iTunes. A separate soundtrack with songs from the film has been released by Rhino Records this Tuesday.
Mark Mothersbaugh to score ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Film Music Reporter has learned that Mark Mothersbaugh has been tapped to score the upcoming animation Hotel Transylvania. The movie centers around a group of monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula, and the Werewolf who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now that modern technology has made them seemingly irrelevant. The film is produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind 2009’s hit film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which was scored by Mothersbaugh and also has Arthur Christmas (with music by Michael Giacchino) coming out later this year. Hotel Transylvania is helmed by Jill Culton who directed the 2006 animation Open Season which featured a score by Ramin Djawadi who was originally slated to score his new movie.
Mark Mothersbaugh to score ‘Born to be Wild’
Composer Mark Mothersbaugh has been hired to score the upcoming documentary Born to be Wild 3D. According to Variety, the movie centers on orphaned baby orangutans and elephants receiving a second chance at life in the wild, thanks to primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas in Borneo and elephant authority Dame Daphne Sheldrick. The documentary directed by David Lickley will be narrated by Morgan Freeman, who previously narrated the hit documentary March of the Penguins. To check out the trailer, visit the Apple trailer page and check out the movie’s IMAX webpage to learn more about the movie. Warner Bros will release Born to be Wild exclusively in IMAX theaters on April 8, 2011.