Film Music Reporter

Daily Film Music News

Tag: Max

Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2024)

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, October 2, is the British TV series Joan created by Anna Symon and starring Sophie Turner, Frank Dillane, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Kirsty J. Curtis and Laura Aikman. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, Roadkill, The Wedding Guest, The English Game, The Face of an Angel, The Frankenstein Cronicles). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part drama, which will make its U.S. debut on The CW following its premiere tonight in the UK on ITV.

Premiering on Thursday, October 3, is the horror thriller Hold Your Breath directed by Will Joines & Karrie Crouse and starring Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Bill Heck, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Amiah Miller. Colin Stetson (Hereditary, The Menu, Uzumaki, Color Out of Space, The First, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Click here to learn more about the Searchlight Pictures production, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

> Read the full story ...

Clint Mansell & Kevin Kiner Scoring Max’s ‘Creature Commandos’

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , , ,

Writer/director James Gunn has revealed that Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, Moon, Noah, The Fountain, The Wrestler) & Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, Narcos: Mexico, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels) are teaming up to score the upcoming Max adult animated original series Creature Commandos. The show is written by Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) based on DC Characters and features the voices of Steve Agee, Maria Bakalova, Zoe Chao, Anya Chalotra, Frank Grillo, David Harbour, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Indira Varma and Viola Davis. The DC Studios & Warner Bros. Animation production tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans.

> Read the full story ...

‘Suicide Squad ISEKAI’ Soundtrack Album Released

by in TV Music Albums 0 comments
Tags: , , , , ,

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the anime series Suicide Squad ISEKAI. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro (Re: Zero, Starting Life in Another World, Goblin Slayer, The Eminence in Shadow, Golden Kamuy). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Suicide Squad ISEKAI written by Tappei Nagatsuki & Eiji Umehara, directed by Eri Osada is set in crime-ridden city of Gotham and follows Amanda Waller who has assembled a group of notorious criminals (Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface & King Shark) who are sent into an otherworldly realm that’s connected to this world through a gate.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 14, 2024)

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Premiering today is the MGM+ original series Emperor of Ocean Park developed by Sherman Payne based on the novel by Stephen L. Carter and starring Forest Whitaker, Keith Powers, Keith Kupferer, Kelli Simpkins and Deanna Reed-Foster. The show’s original music is composed by Amanda Jones (Moving On, Naomi, Mea Culpa, The Perfect Find, Super/Natural, Young Love, Good Trouble). The drama, which is set in Martha’s Vineyard and follows an esteemed law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father dies of an apparent heart attack, but his sister, a former journalist and conspiracy theorist, believes that the judge met with foul play, will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+.

Premiering on Thursday, July 18, is the action comedy sequel My Spy: The Eternal City directed by Pete Segal and starring Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Flula Borg, Kristen Schaal, Billy Barratt, Taeho K, Craig Robinson, Anna Faris and Ken Jeong. Sean Segal has composed the film’s original music in his feature scoring debut. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

> Read the full story ...

Michael Gatt Scoring Max’s ‘Kite Man: Hell Yeah!’

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , ,

Michael Gatt (Braid, DC Super Hero Girls, Batman: The Long Halloween, Justice League: Warworld, Blood Drive, The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson) has recently scored the new Max original animated series Kite Man: Hell Yeah!. The composer is sharing scoring credit with Jefferson Friedman (Harley Quinn, New Amsterdam, Powerless) on the first episode and has composed the music for the other nine episodes of the first season of the show developed by Dean Lorey (Til Death, My Wife and Kids), Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker (Abbott Elementary, Surviving Jack) based on the DC Characters and starring Matt Oberg, Stephanie Hsu, James Adomian, Janelle James, Jonathan Banks, Natasia Demetriou, Michael Imperioli, Keith David, Rory Scovel, Lance Reddick and Judith Light.

> Read the full story ...

‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Soundtrack Album Released

by in TV Music Albums 0 comments
Tags: , , , , ,

WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the Max original series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ronit Kirchman (The Sinner, Limetown, Evil Eye). Also included is Transviolet’s theme song Secret, which has previously been released as a digital single last month. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Pretty Little Liars: Summer School is created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Lindsay Calhoon Bring and stars Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Mallory Bechtel, Maia Reficco, Sharon Leal, Elias Kacavas, Alex Aiono and Jordan Gonzalez.

> Read the full story ...

‘Starstruck’ Soundtrack Album Released

by in TV Music Albums 0 comments
Tags: , , , , , ,

Segal (aka Matthew Simpson) (Skins, We Are Your Friends, Clique, Such Brave Girls) has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC/Max original series Starstruck. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first track (Imaginary Starstruck Episode in Space ) after the jump. Starstruck is created by Rose Matafeo and stars Matafeo herself and Nikesh Patel. The comedy follows a millennial living in East London juggling two dead end jobs and navigating the complications of becoming romantically involved with a famous film star.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 2, 2024)

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Premiering tonight is the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and executive produced by Elara Pictures. The show’s original music is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The 3-parter, which explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn kingpin, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering on Tuesday, June 4, is the Disney+ original live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte created by Leslye Headland and starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, CManny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss. Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Bad Education, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

> Read the full story ...

Transviolet’s ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Theme Song ‘Secret’ Released

by in TV Music Albums 0 comments
Tags: , ,

WaterTower Music has released the theme song from the Max original series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the cover version of The Pierces’ Secret (originally written by Allison & Catherine Pierce) performed by Transviolet. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Pretty Little Liars: Summer School is created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Lindsay Calhoon Bring and stars Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Alex Aiono, Elias Kacavas and Jordan Gonzalez.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2024)

by in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series MaryLand created by Suranne Jones & Anne-Marie O’Connor and starring Jones herself, Eve Best, Stockard Channing, Dean Lennox Kelly, George Costigan, Hugh Quarshie and Andrew Knott. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Halcyon, Anne, The Long Call, Home Fires). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 3-part drama, which premiered in the UK last year on ITV (and ITVX) and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 8, is the Apple TV+ original series Dark Matter created by Blake Crouch and starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley. Jason Hill (Mindhunter, City on Fire,  Them: The Scare, The Confession Killer, Extrapolations, Love, Death & Robots, Voir) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article for more information about the sci-fi thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

> Read the full story ...