BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Inception), Jacob Shea (Seven Worlds One Planet, Blue Planet II), Sara Barone (Grimcutty), producer Russell Emanuel (of Bleeding Fingers Music) and Bastille’s Dan Smith have collaborated to create the score for the upcoming nature documentary series Planet Earth III. Smith’s vocals will also be featured on the show’s opening title theme song, as well as within all episodes of the series and a reworking of Bastille’s single, Pompeii entitled Pompeii MMXXIII, plays during the project’s end credits. A first track (entitled Mother Nature) created and performed by Zimmer, singer/songwriter RAYE and Bastille, in collaboration with composer collective Bleeding Fingers Music, can be heard in the first teaser trailer (embedded below).
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‘The Creator’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi thriller The Creator have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Dune, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Rain Man, Interstellar). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 29 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. The Creator is co-written and directed by Edwards and stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Allison Janney and Sturgill Simpson. The movie is set amid a future war between the human race and the forces of AI and follows an ex-special forces agent who is recruited to hunt down and kill the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a weapon with the power to end the war.
Hans Zimmer & Kara Talve to Score Sky’s & Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Sky and Peacock have announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Dune, The Dark Knight) and Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, The Simpsons) will score the upcoming limited series The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The show is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Heather Morris and stars Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak, Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey and Jonas Nay. The 6-part drama is inspired by the true-life story of Lale Sokolov who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 and was given the job of tattooing identification numbers on prisoners’ arms.
Hans Zimmer Scoring Gareth Edwards’ ‘The Creator’
Hans Zimmer has composed the original music for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller The Creator. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Allison Janney. The movie is set amid a future war between the human race and the forces of AI and follows an x-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife who is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Main Titles (Live) from ‘Hans Zimmer LIVE’ Released
Sony Classical has released an additional track from Hans Zimmer LIVE, the Academy Award-winning composer’s international concert tour and album of the same title. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Top Gun: Maverick Main Titles (Live), a reimagined version of the main titles music from Joseph Kosinki’s 2022 hit movie featuring the classic theme (written for the 1986 original movie) by Harold Faltermeyer. Also listen to the full track after the jump.
‘Prehistoric Planet’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ natural history event series Prehistoric Planet. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Anže Rožman (The Planets, Great Bear Rainforests, Universe), Kara Talve (Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Oceans) and Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception, Dune). Zimmer & Andrew James Christie (The Flood) have written the Prehistoric Planet Theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Monday, May 22 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composers’ music from Season 1 last year.
Hans Zimmer to Contribute Music to NBC’s ‘The Americas’
NBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar) will contribute music to the upcoming natural history event series The Americas. The 10-parter is narrated by Tom Hanks and will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, fragilities and secrets of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles – and reveal untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 28, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Inception). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy drama, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening wide is the biographical drama Big George Foreman directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews, Sullivan Jones, John Magaro, Lawrence Gilliard Jr. and Sonja Sohn. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Emancipation, The Affair, Wonder, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.
‘The Night Logan Woke Up’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Xavier Dolan’s French Canadian limited series The Night Logan Woke Up. The album features the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel) and David Fleming (The Last of Us, The Unforgivable, Hillbilly Elegy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 17. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Night Logan Woke Up is written and directed by Dolan based on Michel Marc Bouchard’s stage play and stars Julie Le Breton, Anne Dorval, Patrick Hivon, Jasmine Lemée and Pier-Gabriel Lajoie. The 5-part psychological thriller is set in the early 1990s and follows a group of teenagers whose friendship is torn apart when one of them commits a crime.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 22, 2023)
Premiering tonight is the Fox drama Accused developed by Howard Gordon based on the British series created by Jimmy McGovern and starring Michael Chiklis, Abigail Breslin, Whitney Cummings, Margo Martindale, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, Betsy Brandt,Rhea Perlman, Molly Parker, Aisha Dee, Keith Carradine and Jason Ritter.. The show’s original music is composed by Sean Callery (24, Jessica Jones, Homeland, La Femme Nikita, The Marksman, Inhumans, Bones). Click here to learn more about the anthology series, which will air Tuesday nights on Fox following tonight’s premiere.
Premiering on Thursday, January 26, is the Peacock original series Poker Face created and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne, Adrien Brody, Charles Melton, Benjamin Bratt, Cherry Jones, Clea DuVall, Chloë Sevigny, Danielle MacDonald, Hong Chau, Ellen Barkin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nick Nolte, Rhea Perlman, Stephanie Hsu, Ron Perlman and Tim Blake Nelson. Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nightmare Alley, Looper, Don Jon, Brick, Kill the Messenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the murder mystery, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.