The full details of the second soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series The Book of Boba Fett have been revealed. The Volume 2 album features the music from the fifth, sixth and seventh chapter of the show, including the musical themes written by Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian, Creed, Tenet, Community, Turning Red) and selections of the original score composed by Joseph Shirley (Bad Trip, The Mysterious Benedict Society,Fairfax). Also included are three bonus tracks featuring previously unreleased music from the first four chapters. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 11. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The first volume featuring the composers’ music from Chapters 1-4 was released last month. The Book of Boba Fett is created by Jon Favreau and stars Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Pedro Pascal, Matt Berry, Jennifer Beals, David Pasquesi, Sophie Thatcher, Jordan Bolger and Carey Jones.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 4, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the disaster movie Moonfall co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Halle Berry, John Bradley, Patrick Wilson, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor, Carolina Bartczak and Donald Sutherland. The film’s original score is composed by Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Midway, White House Down, Independence Day: Resurgence). Atlantic Screen Music/Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as the original song One More Time by Luka Kloser. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.
Also opening wide is the comedy Jackass Forever directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Dave England, Wee Man and Preston Lacy. Joseph Shirley (The Book of Boba Fett, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Bad Trip, Fairfax) has composed the score for the film’s opening sequence. Paramount Music has released a new version of the song If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough recorded for the movie by Yelawolf & DJ Paul. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release.
Details for ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Volume 1 (Chapters 1-4) Soundtrack Album Revealed
The full details of the first soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series The Book of Boba Fett have been revealed. The Volume 1 album features the music from the first four chapters of the show, including the musical themes composed by Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian, Tenet, Creed, Community, Venom) and selections of the original score written by Joseph Shirley (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Bad Trip, Fairfax). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 21 by Walt Disney Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A second volume featuring the music from the final three episodes will be coming out on February 11. Göransson’s main title theme has previously been released as a digital single last month. The Book of Boba Fett is created by Jon Favreau and stars Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Matt Berry, Jennifer Beals, David Pasquesi and Carey Jones.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 26, 2021)
Premiering on Tuesday, December 28, is the HBO documentary The Super Bob Einstein Movie written and directed by Danny Gold, produced by Gold, George Shapiro, Aimee Hyatt about the life and legacy of the late actor, writer and producer Bob Einstein. The movie features music by the Barenaked Ladies, including the original song Landed on My Head, which has been released as a digital single earlier this month by Raisin’ Records. Check out our previous news article to listen to the track and for more information about the movie, which is premiering on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, December 29, is Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series The Book of Boba Fett created by Jon Favreau and starring Temuera Morrison an Ming-Na Wen. Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian, Tenet, Creed. Venom, Community) & Joseph Shirley (The Mysterious Benedict Society, Bad Trip, Fairfax) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about The Mandalorian spin-off, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
‘Trolls Holiday in Harmony’ Soundtrack EP Released
RCA Records has released a soundtrack EP for the DreamWorks Animation’s special Trolls Holiday in Harmony. The 5-track EP features two original songs (Together Now & Tiny’s Journey) from the special co-written and produced by composer Joseph Shirley (The Book of Boba Fett, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Bad Trip, Fairfax) and performed by the project’s voice cast, as well as a cover of Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Also included is a score suite by Shirley. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to all five tracks after the jump. Trolls Holiday in Harmony is written and directed by Sean Charmatz & Tim Heitz and features the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Kenan Thompson, Rachel Bloom, Ron Funches, Anderson .Paak, Kunal Nayyar, Anthony Ramos, Ester Dean, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Walt Dohrn and Karan Soni.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 24, 2021)
Premiering tomorrow, October 25, is the new CW drama 4400 developed by Ariana Jackson based on USA’s TV series The 4400 and starring Brittany Adebumola, Joseph David-Jones, TL Thompson, Ireon Roach, Jaye Ladymore, Khailah Johnson, Derrick A. King, Cory Jeacoma, AMARR and Autumn Best. The show’s original music is composed by Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, My Name Is Pauli Murray, The Land, We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, College Behind Bars, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi series, which will air every Monday night on The CW.
Premiering on Thursday, October 28, is the Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Prodigy developed by Kevin & Dan Hageman and starring Rylee Alazraqui, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Jason Mantzoukas, Ella Purnell and Dee Bradley Baker. Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, Miss Arizona) is composing the show’s original score and Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: Homecoming) has contributed the main title theme. Click here to watch the opening titles sequence featuring Giacchino’s theme and for more information about the series, which will be available to stream on Paramount+.
Ludwig Göransson Scoring Disney+’s ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Creed, Tenet, Venom, Community) is returning as composer for the upcoming Disney+ original series The Book of Boba Fett. The show stars Temuera Morrison in the title role and Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand, both of which are reprising their roles from Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars live-action series The Mandalorian. Jon Favreau (Iron Man, The Jungle Book, Elf), Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Alita: Battle Angel) and Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Bad Batch) are executive producing the Lucasfilm production.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 20, 2021)
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Kevin Can F**k Himself created by Valerie Armstrong and starring Annie Murphy, Eric Petersen, Mary Hollis Inboden, Brian Howe, Raymond Lee and Alex Bonifer. The show’s original music is composed by Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, A Teacher, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Gemini, Divorce, Her Smell, The Hero). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and is also available to stream on AMC+.
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Us adapted by David Nicholls from his novel of the same title, directed by Geoffrey Sax and starring Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves, Tom Taylor, Sofie Gråbøl, Iain De Caestecker and Thaddea Graham. Oli Julian (Catastrophe, Sex Education, How to Build a Girl, Code 404, Episodes, Plebs) has composed the show’s original music. Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the comedy drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which is making its U.S. premiere on PBS.
Theodore Shapiro & Joseph Shirley Scoring Disney+’s ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’
Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Spy) & Joseph Shirley (Bad Trip, The Open House) are teaming up to co-score the upcoming Disney+ original series The Mysterious Benedict Society. The show is developed by Matt Manfredi & Phil Hay (Ride Along, Clash of the Titans) based on the bestselling book series by Trenton Lee Stewart and stars Tony Hale, Kristen Schaal, MaameYaa Boafo, Ryan Hurst, Mystic Inscho, Gia Sandhu, Seth B. Carr, Emmy DeOliveira and Marta Kessler. The series revolves around a group of orphans who are placed undercover at a boarding school and must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications while creating a new sort of family along the way.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 21, 2021)
Premiering today is the the National Geographic event series Genius: Aretha created by Suzan-Lori Parks and starring Cynthia Erivo, Courtney B. Vance, Malcolm Barrett, Pauletta Washington, David Cross, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Steven Norfleet. The show’s original score is composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Da 5 Bloods, Malcolm X). Raphael Saadiq (Lovecraft County, Insecure) serves as the project’s executive music producer and Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe have provided a new version of their Emmy Award-nominated main titles theme. Rhino Atlantic has released a first song from the drama last week. Click here for more details and check back on this page for more information about a full soundtrack release.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 24 is the HBO Sports documentary The Day Sports Stood Still directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Brian Grazer & Justin Wilkes about the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, Enough Said, The Affair, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, The Loudest Voice) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which will premiere on Wednesday on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max the following day.