Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers, Little Ellen, Wildflower) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film The Noel Diary. The movie is directed by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride, Baby Boom, I Love Trouble) and stars Justin Hartley, Bonnie Bedelia and James Remar. The drama based on Richard Paul Evans’ novel of the same name follows a bestselling author who returns home at Christmas to settle his late mother’s estate and finds a diary that holds secrets to the past.
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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘The Boys Presents: Diabolical’ to Be Released
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon animated anthology series The Boys Presents: Diabolical. The album features selections of the original music from all eight episodes of the series composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses) & Matt Bowen (The Binge, Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.), Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, Die Hart), Julie Bernstein & Steven Bernstein (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain), Ryan Elder (Rick & Morty, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Harmontown), Sherri Chung (Kung Fu, Batwoman, Riverdale), Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers) and Hyesu Wiedmann (Turning Point). Check out our previous article for more details about each episode. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 4 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 17, 2021)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the superhero movie Spider-Man: No Way Home directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home, Lost, Doctor Strange, Star Trek, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Inside Out). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.
Also opening wide is the psychological thriller Nightmare Alley co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Willem Dafoe and David Strathairn. Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper, The Brothers Bloom, Brick, Don Jon, Mr. Corman) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release.
‘Little Ellen’ Soundtrack EP Released
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack EP for the HBO Max animated series Little Ellen. The EP features four songs from the show’s first season written and produced by composed by Jason Blackman (who also serves as a producer and writer on the project) & Jason Nesmith (Teen Titans Go!), including the theme song (co-written/produced with score composer Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers), and performed by voice cast members Laurel Emory, Rocco Morris, Johanna Colon and JeCobi Swain. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music services. Also listen to all four tracks after the jump. Little Ellen is created by Kevin A. Leman II & Jennifer Skelly and explores the world through the eyes of a seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres and follows the character on her adventures in her musical hometown of New Orleans.
‘Curious George: Cape Ahoy’ Soundtrack Released
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated movie Curious George: Cape Ahoy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Little Ellen, Echo Boomers). Also included are the original songs from the movie written by Michele Brourman & Amanda McBroom (Curious George: Royal Monkey & Go West Go Wild) and performed by Rob Trow. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Curious George: Cape Ahoy is directed by Doug Murphy and stars Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Christopher Swindle, Rita Moreno, Hiromi Dames, Dee Bradley Baker, Luka Jones and Kimberly D. Broo.
Dara Taylor Scoring George Clooney’s ‘The Tender Bar’
Dara Taylor (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers, Trial by Media, Wildflower, Colewell) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama The Tender Bar. The film is directed by George Clooney and stars Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe, Sondra James, Max Martini and Max Casella. Linda Cohen serves as the music supervisor of the movie, which is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by J.R. Moehringer and tells the story of fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 12, 2021)
Opening in theaters nationwide today and also premiering on HBO Max is the drama Judas and the Black Messiah directed by Shaka King and starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Jesse Plemons and Martin Sheen. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, A River Runs Through It) & Craig Harris. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today (click here the full details). Also out now is a separate album featuring an original song by H.E.R. as featured in the movie, as well as other songs inspired by the film (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the drama Land directed by Robin Wright and starring Wright herself, Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens. Ben Sollee (Maidentrip) and the string trio Time for Three. have composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score, as well as a song written and performed by Daniel Toshian today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
‘Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar. The album features the film’s original score composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Sausage Party, Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Agent Carter, Ride Along) & Dara Taylor (Echo Boomers, Colewell). Also included are the original songs I Love Boobies (performed by Richard Cheese, aka Mark Jonathan Davis), Palm Vista Hotel (performed by the film’s stars Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo) and Edgar’s Prayer (performed by Jamie Dornan feat. Amy Keys). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 12, 2021. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar is directed by Josh Greenbaum and stars Wiig & Mumolo (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Dornan and Damon Wayans.
‘Echo Boomers’ Soundtrack Released
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Echo Boomers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dara Taylor (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Colewell, Wildflower). Also included are songs by REKON and Jai Wolf. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Echo Boomers is directed by Seth Savoy and stars Patrick Schwarzenegger, Alex Pettyfer, Michael Shannon, Hayley Law, Gilles Geary, Jacob Alexander, Kate Linder, Oliver Cooper and Lesley Ann Warren. The movie centers on a man who leaves school in mounting debt and is pulled into a criminal operation made up of rebellious college graduates who steal from the rich and give back to themselves.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 13, 2020)
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Freaky co-written and directed by Christopher Landon and starring Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor, Katie Finneran, Dana Drori, Misha Osherovich, Uriah Shelton and Alan Ruck. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Opening in select theaters today is the comdedy The Climb co-written and directed by Michael Angelo Covino and starring Covino himself, alongside Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, George Wendt and Judith Godréche. Jon Natchez & Martin Mabz have composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows two lifelong friends who are out for a bike ride through the mountains in the South of France when one of them confesses that he slept with the other’s fiancé premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released stateside by Sony Pictures Classics.