MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the French television movie Monsieur. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (A Royal Affair, Splice,March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, The Other Story, Heart of Oak, Antarctica Calling, Ombline). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme below. Monsieur is directed by Méliane Marcaggi and stars Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Jeremy Lewin, Aurélien Recoing, Pascale d’Inca, Léontine d’Oncieu, Didier Brice and Sophie Le Tellier. The crime thriller based on the book by Louise Mey (adapted by Natalie Carter) is set in 1969 and revolves around a young girl’s sudden disappearance on a tyrannical landlord’s estate that shatters a rural community’s silence, igniting explosive class and patriarchal tensions.
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‘Antarctica Calling’ Soundtrack Released
Editions Musicales Francois has released a soundtrack album for the nature documentary Antarctica Calling (Voyage au pôle sud). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, A Royal Affair, Splice, The Other Story, Heart of Oak, Ombline). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Continent magnétique & Les condors) below. Antarctica Calling is directed by Luc Jacquet and follows the filmmaker (best known for his 2005 hit March of the Penguins) as he returns to the South Pole (30 years after his first mission), across Patagonia and the southernmost end of the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego.
‘Heart of Oak’ Soundtrack Released
Camera One, Winds and Gaumont have released a soundtrack album for the French documentary Heart of Oak (Le Chêne). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Emmy Award winner Cyrille Aufort (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, Splice, A Royal Affair, The Other Story, Ombline, Knock) . Also included is the original song Et tu restes written by Tim Dup and arranged by Aufort. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download overseas on all major digital music services. Visit the British Amazon store to check out audio samples. Music Box Records will release a CD version this week. For more information and to order the CD, visit the label’s official website.
‘The Other Story’ Soundtrack Released
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for Avi Nesher’s Israeli drama The Other Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Cyrille Aufort (March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, A Royal Affair, Splice, Knock, Ombline) who previously scored the director’s Past Life. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Other Story is co-written and directed by Nesher and stars Joy Rieger, Sasson Gabai, Maya Dagan, Yuval Segal and Nathan Goshen. The movie revolves around two rebellious young women as they cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem.
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Ramin Djawadi & Cyrille Aufort Win Emmy Awards
Carlos Rafael Rivera 
won his first Emmy Award for his main titles theme music from the Netflix limited series Godless at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. Ramin Djawadi was honored with his first Primetime Emmy Award for his score for the episode The Dragon and the Wolf from HBO’s Game of Thrones in the Music Composition for a Series category.
Soundtrack Album for ‘Nox’ Mini-Series Released
Gaumont Television has released a soundtrack album for the French mini-series Nox. The album features the show’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (A Royal Affair, Splice, Ombline, March of the Penguins 2, Past Life). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Nox created by Fred Cavayé (Point Blank), Quoc Dang Tran & Jérôme Fansten, directed by Mabrouk El Mechri (JCVD, The Cold Light of Day) and stars Nathalie Baye, Maiwenn and Malik Zidi. The crime thriller follows a retired cop who was forced out because of her rebellious personality and has to step back in when her daughter disappears in Paris’ vast underground tunnels.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 18, 2018)
Premiering tonight is the new CBS drama Instinct created by Michael Rauch and starring Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal. The show’s original music is composed by James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, Damages, Star, The Last Ship, Bloodline, Major Crimes). To learn more about the series, which follows a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer, and which will air Sunday nights on CBS, check out our previous news article.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 21, is the new Syfy original series Krypton developed by David S. Goyer & Cameron Welsh and starring Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Elliot Cowan, Ann Ogbomo, Aaron Pierre, Rasmus Hardiker, Wallis Day, Blake Ritson, Ian McElhinney and Shaun Sipos. Pinar Toprak (The Lightkeepers, The Wind Gods, The Challenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Wednesday nights on Syfy.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 2, 2017)
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Saïd Taghmaoui. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, The Crown). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as Sia’s original song To Be Human. Click here for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for an interview with Gregson-Williams about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie directed by David Soren and featuring the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Thomas Middleditch, Jordan Peele and Kristen Schaal. Theodore Shapiro (Ghostbusters, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder) has composed the film’s original score and was also involved as co-writer and arranger/producer for several of the songs. Virgin Records has released a soundtrack album featuring three tracks from the composer’s score, as well as songs by Andy Grammar, Adam Lambert, Nathan Willett & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
‘Past Life’ Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Israeli thriller Past Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (A Royal Affair, Splice, March of the Penguins 2, Ombline), as well as additional music by Avner Dorman and Ella Milch-Sheriff. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Past Life is written and directed by Avi Nesher and stars Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Evgenia Dodina, Tom Avni, Rafael Stachowiak, Muli Shulman, Katarzyna Gniewkowska, Gilat Ankori and Orna Rotenberg. The movie is set in 1977 and tells the rue story of two Israeli sisters who delve into the dark mystery of their father’s story of surviving World War II and discover that it may be more complicated than they originally believed.
Soundtrack Details for ‘March of the Penguins’ Sequel ‘L’Empereur’
Bonne Pioche Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary L’Empereur (aka March of the Penguins 2: The Call). The album features the film’s original music composed by Cyrille Aufort (Splice, A Royal Affair, Ombline). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. March of the Penguins 2: The Call is directed by Luc Jacquet (Antarctica: Ice & Sky) who also helmed 2005’s original movie and follows a young penguin who is about to embark on his first journey, driven by the mysterious instinctual call that pushes every penguin when winter comes to leave for an unknown destination.