Tag: Lorne Balfe

‘Per Aspera Ad Astra’ Soundtrack Released

Dream Studio has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese sci-fi adventure Per Aspera Ad Astra. The album the film’s original score composed by Stuart Michael Thomas (The Cut, Midnight Bayou, Northern Lights, Bustin’ Down the Door, Blue Smoke) & Kevin Riepl (Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earth, Cabin Fever, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, The Night Crew, Green Lantern: Beware My Power) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Black Adam, His Dark Materials) who also contributed a theme. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Available separately as a digital single is the title song performed by Victoria Song and lead actor Dylan Wang (aka Wang Hedi). Also listen to the first score track and the song after the jump. Per Aspera Ad Astra is directed by Han Yan and also stars Zu Feng, Luo Haiqiong and Wang Duo.

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First Track from Lorne Balfe’s ‘The Dinosaurs’ Score Released

Netflix Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the streamer’s original documentary series The Dinosaurs. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Life & Death written by the show’s composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam,  Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be released next week. The Dinosaurs is narrated by Morgan Freeman, produced by Silverback Films & Amblin Documentaries and follows the rise and fall of the dinosaurs across hundreds of millions of years.

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Lorne Balfe Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Dinosaurs’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amon Thieves, The Wheel of Time) has recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original documentary series The Dinosaurs. The show is narrated by Morgan Freeman and follows the rise and fall of the dinosaurs across hundreds of millions of years. The 4-parter directed by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan examines their 165 million years on Earth and the forces that shaped their evolution.

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Alison Goldfrapp’s & Lorne Balfe’s Cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ from ‘War Between the Land and the Sea’ Released

AG Records has released the cover version of David Bowie’s Heroes from the BBC drama War Between the Land and the Sea. The track produced by Ethan Gillespie & Taran Mitchell and performed by Alison Goldfrapp & the show’s composer Lorne Balfe is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the song, which is now also available as part of the full soundtrack album, after the jump. Silva Screen Records has released the album, which includes selections of Balfe’s score from the new season, last week. War Between the Land and the Sea is created by Russell T Davies and stars Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jemma Redgrave, Ruth Madeley, Colin McFarlane and Alexander Devrient.

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‘Man vs Baby’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the British Netflix limited series Man vs Baby. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Black Adam, His Dark Materials,  Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, The Naked Gun, The Wheel of Time) who previously scored 2022’s Man vs Bee. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Man vs Baby is created by Will Davies & Rowan Atkinson and stars Atkinson himself, alongside Alanah Bloor, Claudie Blakley, Susannah Fielding, Ellie White, Robert Bathurst, Angus Imrie and Sunetra Sarker. The comedy follows a blundering-all-the-way dad as he juggles housesitting a posh London penthouse with an unexpected pickle: caring for a lost baby.

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‘The War Between the Land and the Sea’ Soundtrack Album Details

The details of the soundtrack album for BBC’s Doctor Who spin-off series The War Between the Land and the Sea have been announced. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Wheel of Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, December 5 by Silva Screen Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). An additional track, Alison Goldfrapp’s & Balfe’s cover of David Bowie’s Heroes, will be released the following Friday, December 12. A physical version will be coming out next year (visit Amazon to pre-order the CD edition). As previously reported, a first track (Barlcay’s Theme) is already available to stream/download now. The War Between the Land and the Sea is created by Russell T Davies and stars Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jemma Redgrave, Colin McFarlane, Ruth Madeley and Alexander Devrient.

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First Track from ‘The War Between the Land and the Sea’ Soundtrack Released

Silva Screen Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the BBC drama The War Between the Land and the Sea. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Barclay’s Theme written by the Doctor Who spin-off’s composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, The Wheel of Time, Bad Boys for Life). Also listen to the track after the jump. The War Between the Land and the Sea is created by Russell T Davies and stars Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jemma Redgrave, Ruth Madeley, Alexander Devrient and Colin McFarlane.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 31, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the animated feature Stitch Head written and directed by Steve Hudson and starring Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Tia Bannon, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix. The film’s original score is composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Focus, Little Miss Sunshine, Quiz Lady, Animal Control, Ruby Sparks). Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as several original songs co-written by Hudson earlier this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.

Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters is the psychological thriller Anniversary directed by Jan Komasa and starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor, Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, Daryl McCormack, Mckenna Grace and Dylan O’Brien. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Black Rabbit, Speak No Evil, The Outsider, Enemy, The Gift, Presumed Innocent, The Staircase,  The White Tiger, Tulsa King, Smoke, Boy Erased) have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Wednesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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‘Hallow Road’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British psychological thriller Hallow Road. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, The Wheel of Time, Black Adam) and Peter Adams (A Violent Man, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache, Survive). Also listen to the composers’ first track (Behind the Wheel) below.  The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 31 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Hallow Road is directed by Babak Anvari and stars Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys and Megan McDonnell. The movie follows two parents who enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter, after she hits another young woman while driving the father’s car.

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Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘The Hack’ to Be Released

Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the new ITV drama The Hack. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, The Wheel of Time, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Black Adam) & Joshua Pacey. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 24 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon, Also listen to the composers’ first and final track below. The Hack is created by Jack Thorne and stars David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Dougray Scott, Eve Myles, Adrian Lester, Katherine Kelly, Neil Maskell, Pip Torrens, Kevin Doyle, Lara Pulver, Lee Ingleby and Steve Pemberton. The 7-parter tells the real life stories of investigative journalist Nick Davies who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, and – running parallel – the investigation into private investigator Daniel Morgan’s unsolved murder

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