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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 12, 2025)

December 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Ben Harlan, Blitz//Berlin, Clinton Shorter, Dust Bunny, Ella McCay, Goodbye June, Hans Zimmer, Isabella Summers, M83, Marcus Trumpp, Not Without Hope, Resurrection, Silent Night Deadly Night, Turbulence

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Ella McCay written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Albert Brooks, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Spike Fearn, Joey Brooks, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, and Woody Harrelson. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Interstellar, The Dark Knight,The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Dune, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller Dust Bunny written and directed by Bryan Fuller and starring Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, Sophie Sloan, David Dastmalchian and Sheila Atim. Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lisa Frankenstein, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, KAOS, Physical, The Offer, Hitpig!) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions.

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Charles Watson & Isabella Summers Scoring Pete Ohs’ ‘Erupcja’

August 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Charles Watson, Erupcja, Isabella Summers, Pete Ohs

Singer/songwriter Charles Watson (of the indie pop/rock duo Slow Club) (Youngstown) and Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Lisa Frankenstein, Little Fires Everywhere, My Oxford Year, KAOS, The Offer, Physical, Lady Chatterley’s Lover) are reuniting with director Pete Ohs on the upcoming indie drama Erupcja. The film is directed by Ohs (Jethica) and stars Lena Góra, Charli xcx, Will Madden, Agata Trzebuchowska and Jeremy O. Harris . The movie explores the combustible chemistry between two women, a Polish florist and a British tourist. Ohs, Charli xcx, Góra, Madden & Harris also wrote the screenplay.

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‘My Oxford Year’ Soundtrack Album Released

August 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Iain Morris, Isabella Summers, My Oxford Year, Netflix, score, Soundtrack

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film My Oxford Year. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Physical, Call Jane, The Offer, Hitpig!). Also included is Laura Welsh’s original song Make It Happen, which has previously been released as a digital single earlier this week. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. My Oxford Year is directed by Iain Morris and stars Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Catherine McCormack, Dougray Scott, Harry Trevaldwyn, Esmé Kingdom, Poppy Gilbert and Nikhil Parmar. The romantic comedy drama is based on Julia Whelan’s novel of the same name and follows an ambitious young American woman who sets out for Oxford University to fulfill a childhood dream, when she meets a charming and clever local who profoundly alters both of their lives.

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Isabella Summers Scoring Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’

July 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Bryan Fuller, Dust Bunny, Isabella Summers

Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Physical, The Offer, Hitpig!) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Dust Bunny. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) and stars David Dastmalchian, Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver. The movie revolves around a 10-year-old girl who procures the services of a hit man to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 27, 2025)

July 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Apple TV +, Chief of War, Disney Plus, Dope Girls, Eyes of Wakanda, Hans Zimmer, Hesham Nazih, Hulu, Isabella Summers, James Everingham, My Oxford Year, Netflix, NYX, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, Xav Clarke

Premiering tomorrow, July 28, is the Hulu original series The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball created by Ben Bocquelet and starring Alkaio Thiele, Hero Hunter, Kinza Syed Khan, Teresa Gallagher and Dan Russell. Xav Clarke (Wolfboy and the Everything Factory, Elliott from Earth, The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe) is composing the show’s original music. The sequel to The Amazing World of Gumball produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe follows Gumball Watterson, his brother Darwin, his sister Anais, and the other quirky residents of Elmore on new adventures and will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on Hulu.

Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 29, is the British TV series Dope Girls developed by Polly Stenham & Alex Warren and starring Julianne Nicholson, Eilidh Fisher, Eliza Scanlen, Umi Myers, Geraldine James, Rory Fleck Bryne, Dustin Demri-Burns, Sebastian Croft, Michael Duke, Ian Bonar, Laura Checkley, Harry Cadby, Priya Kansara, Will Keen, Nabhaan Rizwan and Jordan Kouame. The show’s original music is composed by the experimental vocalist & electronic artist collective NYX. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’ score earlier this year when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its domestic debut on Hulu.

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Isabella Summers Scoring Iain Morris’ ‘My Oxford Year’

June 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Iain Morris, Isabella Summers, My Oxford Year, v

Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lisa Frankenstein, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, KAOS, The Offer, Physical, Hitpig!) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film My Oxford Year. The movie is directed by Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners 2, Time Bandits) and stars Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Esmé Kingdom, Harry Trevaldwyn, Nikhil Parmar and Poppy Gilbert. The romantic comedy drama is based on the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan and follows an ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford who falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.

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Isabella Summers Scoring Pete Ohs’ ‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick’

March 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Isabella Summers, Pete Ohs, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick

Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Lisa Frankenstein, KAOS, Physical, The Offer) has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick. The film is directed by Pete Ohs (Jethica, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away) and stars Zoë Chao, Callie Hernandez, James Cusati-Moyer and Jeremy O. Harris. The movie follows a young woman who drives down to a friend’s bucolic new home for some time away after a tragic accident and begins developing troubling symptoms from a tick bite.

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Dan Smith’s Demo of Original Song ‘Eurydice’ from Netflix’s ‘KAOS’ Released

November 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Dan Smith, Isabella Summers, KAOS, Killian Scott, Netflix, Soundtrack

Netflix Music has released the demo version of the original song Eurydice by Dan Smith (from Bastille) from the British Netflix original series KAOS. The track is featured on a new soundtrack album, which also includes the original version of the song performed by Killian Scott (previously released as a digital single), as well as the content of the score album featuring music by Isabella Summers. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Also listen to Dan’s Demo after the jump. KAOS is created by Charlie Covell and also stars Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, Cliff Curtis, Aurora Perrineau, David Thewlis, Stephen Dillane, Rakie Ayola, Nabhaan Rizwan, Misia Butler and Stanley Townsend.

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Isabella Summers to Score Ben Gregor’s ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’

November 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Ben Gregor, Isabella Summers, The Magic Faraway Tree

Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, KAOS, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Offer, Lisa Frankenstein, Physical) is set to score the upcoming British family fantasy adventure The Magic Faraway Tree. The film is directed by Ben Gregor (All Stars) and stars Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jennifer Saunders, Jessica Gunning, Delilah Bennett-Cardy, Phoenix Laroche, Billie Gadsdon and Rebecca Ferguson.The movie is based on the Faraway Tree series of children’s novels by Enid Blyton and tells the story of a modern family relocating to the English countryside, where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric inhabitants and are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 1, 2024)

November 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the drama Here co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Paul Bettany. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Mummy Returns). 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 movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Hitpig! directed by Cinzia Angelini & David Feiss and starring Jason Sudeikis, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Anitta, Andy Serkis, Hannah Gadsby, Lorraine Ashbourne, Charlie Adler and Shelby Young. Isabella Summers (of Florence + the Machine) (KAOS, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Little Fires Everywhere, The Offer, Lisa Frankenstein, Physical) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Viva Pictures.

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