Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix limited series The Helicopter Heist (Helikopterrånet). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Easy Money, Life, Morbius, Child 44, All the Old Knives, Hilma, Margrete – Queen of the North). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Yes Yes Yes) below. The Helicopter Heist is created by Ronnie Sandahl and stars Mahmut Suvakci, Ardalan Esmaili, Dejan Milacic, Erik Svedberg-Zelman, Wim Elfwencrona, Johanna Hedberg, Iskra Kostić and Vic Carmen Sonne. The 8-part thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa follows two childhood friends as they decide to try one last heist – to rob millions from Sweden’s safest cash depot.
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‘Morbius’ Soundtrack Album Released
Madison Gate Records has released the official soundtrack album for the superhero movie Morbius. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Life, Easy Money, Child 44, Borg vs. McEnroe, Queen of Hearts, All the Old Knives, I Am Greta). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Morbius is directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjon, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson. The movie based on the Marvel Comics character centers on antihero Michael Morbius as he attempts a desperate gamble while being dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate.
Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa’s ‘Madame Luna’
Composer Jon Ekstrand is set to reteam with director Daniel Espinosa on the upcoming refugee drama Madame Luna. The film chronicles the true story of an Eritrean refugee girl, washed ashore in Libya, who becomes one of the most notorious of human traffickers with deep ties to the Italian Mafia. Casting announcements are expected within the next few months. Maurizio Braucci (Gomorrah, Martin Eden, Piranha) and Suha Arraf (Lemon Tree) wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Binyam Berhane.
Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa’s ‘Morbius’
Jon Ekstrand has been tapped to score the upcoming comic book movie Morbius. The film is directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) and stars Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Matt Smith, Jared Harris and Tyrese Gibson. The movie is based on the Marvel Comics character created by Roy Thomas & Gil Kane and centers on biochemist Michael Morbius as he tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease and inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead. Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless (Lost in Space) wrote the screenplay.
‘Life’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Daniel Espinosa’s sci-fi thriller Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand who previously scored the director’s features Easy Money (and its sequels) and Child 44. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 24, 2017 (click here to pre-order) and physically in May. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare and Olga Dihovichnaya centers on a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.
Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa’s ‘Life’
Jon Ekstrand is reteaming with director Daniel Espinosa on the upcoming sci-fi thriller Life. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare and Hiroyuki Sanada. The movie follows the crew of the International Space Station, who, after retrieving a sample from Mars, discover that it displays signs of life, and proves to be more intelligent than expected. Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) have written the screenplay. David Ellison & Dana Goldberg (Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys) are producing the Skydance production with Bonnie Curtis (Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence) and Julie Lynn (Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child).
‘Child 44’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Child 44. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Easy Money series). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14, 2015 and physically on May 12. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Child 44 is directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) and stars Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke and Vincent Cassel. The movie is set in 1953 Soviet Russia and chronicles the crisis of conscience for a secret police agent Leo Demidov who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife.
Ramin Djawadi to Score ‘Safe House’
Ramin Djawadi has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Safe House. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick and Sam Shepard. The film centers on a man at a CIA-run safe house who must help a criminal, who’s being kept there, avoid being killed by villains who want the witness dead. Daniel Espinosa (Easy Money) is directing the thriller produced by Scott Stuber (Role Models, The Kingdom) and written by David Guggenheim.