Tag: Harvey Mason Jr.

Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 24, 2026)

April 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical musical drama Michael directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Juliano Krue Valdi and Colman Domingo. Harvey Mason, Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. John Warhurst is the music supervisor and Lior Rosner has provided the underscore cues. Click here for the full music team credits. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring thirteen Michael Jackson songs today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.

Also opening wide is the comedy thriller Over Your Dead Body directed by Jorma Taccone and starring Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Keith Jardine, Paul Guilfoyle and Juliette Lewis. The film’s original score is composed by Matthew Compton (Palm Springs, MacGruber, Into the Deep, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Better Start Running). No word on a score release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by the Independent Film Company.

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‘The First Snow of Fraggle Rock’ Soundtrack EP Released

December 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Apple TV +, Harvey Mason Jr., Soundtrack, The First Snow of Fraggle Rock

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Apple TV holiday special The First Snow of Fraggle Rock. The 4-track EP features the songs from the Jim Henson Company production, including a duet of the classic Fraggle Rock song Our Melody performed by musical artist Lele Pons with Gobo. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also check out the official music video for Our Melody after the jump. The First Snow of Fraggle Rock is written by Fusfeld and Cuthbertson, directed by Jon Rosenbaum and follows Gobo as he journeys to the human world to find some unexpected musical inspiration for a holiday song. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer.

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Soundtrack for Illumination’s Netflix Short ‘Sing: Thriller’ Released

November 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Harvey Mason Jr., Illumination Entertainment, Netflix, Sing, Sing: Thriller, Soundtrack

Back Lot Music has released a digital single featuring the soundtrack for Illumination Entertainment’s Netflix animated short Sing: Thriller. The cover of Michael Jackson’s Thriller is produced by Harvey Mason Jr. performed by voice cast members Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson & Nick Kroll and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Sing: Thriller also stars Matthew McConaughey and follows Buster Moon and the cast of SING who – after staging a spectacular version of Thriller at the New Moon Theatre- leave to celebrate at Clay Calloway’s Halloween party, where they discover a mysterious, multi-colored ooze has transformed Clay and his guests into dancing freaks.

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‘Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

March 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Apple TV +, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Harvey Mason Jr., Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season performed by the title characters and special guest stars such as Daveed Diggs, Brett Goldstein, Ariana DeBose, Catherine O’Hara and Adam Lambert. Also included is a new track (Get Goin’) by aespa. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as executive music producer. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (The Rock Goes On) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out below. The label has previously released a first soundtrack album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2022. Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is executive produced by The Jim Henson Company’s Lisa Henson & Halle Stanford, longtime Henson collaborator John Tartaglia, Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson and follows the the title characters who are back for more adventures.

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‘Praise This’ Soundtrack Album Released

April 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 4 comments

Tags: Harvey Mason Jr., Peacock, Praise This, Soundtrack, Tina Gordon

Columbia Records has released the official soundtrack album for the musical comedy Praise This. The album features the songs from the film performed by cast members Chloe Bailey, Druski, Quavo, Crystal Hayslett & others. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Praise This is directed by Tina Gordon and also stars Philip Fornah, Anjelika Washington, Tristan Mack Wilds, Birgundi Baker, Loren Lott, Kiara Iman Heffner, Ilario Grant, Cocoa Brown, Vanessa Fraction, Jekalyn Carr and Koryn Hawthorne. The movie revolves around an aspiring musical superstar who is forced to join her cousin’s underdog praise team in the lead-up to a national championship competition.

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‘Spinning Gold’ Soundtrack Album Announced

March 7, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Evan Bogart, Harvey Mason Jr., Soundtrack, Spinning Gold, Timothy Scott Bogart

Atlantic Records has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Spinning Gold. The album features the songs from the movie, including covers of such classics as Bad Girls, Midnight Train to Georgia, Give Up the Funk & Beth performed by the film’s cast, as well as two original songs written by soundtrack co-writer/producer Evan “Kidd” Bogart, who also serves as the project’s executive music producer of the film, alongside Harvey Mason Jr. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 31 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Pink Sweat$’s cover of Ain’t No Sunshine) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump.

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Songs from ‘Fraggle Rock: Night of the Lights’ Holiday Special Released

November 19, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Apple TV +, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Harvey Mason Jr.

Lakeshore Records has released a digital single featuring two songs from the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock holiday special Night of the Lights. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services (including Amazon) are the tracks Night of the Lights and Magic Be with You performed by Daveed Diggs (who stars as Jamdolin) and produced by the show’s executive music producer Harvey Mason Jr. Also listen to both songs below. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring songs from Back to the Rock, which is coming out as a limited vinyl edition next month (visit Amazon to pre-order).

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‘Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock’ Soundtrack Album Released

January 22, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Apple TV +, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Harvey Mason Jr., Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. The album features the original songs from the reboot of the classic Fraggle Rock series produced by Harvey Mason Jr. and performed by the title characters and special guest stars such as Patti LaBelle, Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Ed Helms and Kenan Thompson. Also included is Foo Fighters’ Fraggle Rock Rock inspired by the original Fraggle Rock theme song (listen to the full track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 2, 2021)

May 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the third season of the Starz anthology series The Girlfriend Experience written and directed by Anja Marquardt (based on Steven Soderbergh’s feature of the same title) and starring Julia Goldani Telles. Matthew Pusti (A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, Whistleblower) has composed the original music for Season 3 and follows Shane Carruth and the Mondo Boys who scored the first two seasons. The third season, which is set amidst the London tech scene and follows a neuroscience major who begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience, only to find herself deep inside the uncanny valley with the relationships she creates, will air Sunday nights on Starz.

Premiering on Tuesday, May 4, is Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Star Wars: The Bad Batch created by Dave Filoni and starring Dee Bradley Baker, Ming-Na Wen, Stephen Stanton and Andrew Kishino. The show’s original music is composed by Kevin Kiner (Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Titans, City on a Hill, Making a Murderer) who previously scored all episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (and the feature of the same title) and Star Wars Rebels. A soundtrack release will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the animated series, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

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‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’ Soundtrack Album Details

November 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 4 comments

Tags: David E. Talbert, Harvey Mason Jr., Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, John Debney, Netflix, Soundtrack

The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey have been revealed. The album features the songs from the musical performed by Usher feat. Kiana Ledé, Ricky Martin, Marisha Wallace, as well as the movie’s cast. Also included is a score suite by the film’s composer John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf). Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. The soundtrack is being released by Atlantic Records today and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is directed by David E. Talbert and stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Hugh Bonneville and Madalen Mills. The movie follows a once-joyful toymaker who – decades after his trusted apprentice betrayed him – finds new hope when his kind and curious granddaughter comes into his life.

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