Taiga Sounds has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Fragments of Paradise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Osei Essed (Crater, Saint X, Late Bloomers, Katrina Babies, How to Survive a Pandemic & Saul Simon MacWilliams (Gleason, Chasing Coral, King in the Wilderness, Love, Antosha, Jim: The James Foley Story). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. Fragments of Paradise is directed by KD Davison and centers on Jonas Mekas, a visionary who dared to seek beauty in the mundane and is hailed as the ‘godfather’ of avant-garde cinema. The movie is crafted from thousands of hours of his personal film diaries and celebrates a cinematic pioneer, featuring Martin Scorsese, John Lennon, Andy Warhol, Jim Jarmusch and other 20th century luminaries.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 7, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Dane, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd and Joe Pantoliano. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, The Wheel of Time, The LEGO Batman Movie). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Epic Records has released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie by Black Eyed Peas, El Alfa, Becky G, J.I.D, 21 Lil Harold, ScarLip & others. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for more information about the song album.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller The Watchers written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouere and Oliver Finnegan. Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, Nocturnal Animals, The Nun, Till, W.E., Emily, The Courier, Romeo and Juliet). has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
‘Crater’ Soundtrack Album Details
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Crater. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Station Eleven, Maniac, Superman & Lois, The Good Doctor) and Osei Essed (Saint X, How to Survive a Pandemic, Katrina Babies). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 12 and will be available to stream/download here. Crater is directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Thomas Boyce, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong and Scott Mescudi.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 7, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, May 10, is the FX limited series Class of ’09 created by Tom Rob Smith and starring Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara, Jon Jon Briones, Sepideh Moafi, Brian J. Smith, Brooke Smith, Jake McDorman and Rosalind Eleazar. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (The Magicians, Unbelievable, Away, The Path, The Looming Tower, I Origins). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Disney+ original series The Muppets Mayhem developed by Adam F. Goldberg, Bill Barretta & Jeff Yorkes and starring Lilly Singh, Tahj Mowry, Eric Jacobson, Saara Chaudry and Barretta himself. Mick Giacchino (Extinct, Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow, Zootopia+) has composed the show’s original score. Linda Perry serves as the project’s executive music producer and has also contributed original songs. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring both songs and score on May 10.
Dan Romer & Osei Essed Scoring Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s ‘Crater’
Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Station Eleven) & Osei Essed (How to Survive a Pandemic, Finders Keepers, Katrina Babies) have teamed up to score the new Disney+ original movie Crater. The film is directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez (The Stanford Prison Experiment, Homecoming) and stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Thomas Boyce, Orson Hong and Scott Mescudi. The coming-of-age sci-fi adventure tells the story of a boy raised on a lunar mining colony who – together with his three best friends – goes on a trip to explore a mysterious crater to fulfill the last wish of his recently deceased father.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, April 26, is the Hulu original series Saint X developed by Leila Gerstein based on the novel by Alexis Schaitkin and starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Jayden Elijah, Michael Park, Bre Francis, Kenlee, Anaya Townsend and Betsy Brandt. Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Station Eleven) & Osei Essed (Katrina Babies, How to Survive a Pandemic) have composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Thursday, April 27, is the HBO Max limited series Love & Death developed by David E. Kelley and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Krysten Ritter, Keir Gilchrist, Tom Pelphrey and Elizabeth Marvel. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Discovery, Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of, Legion). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream on HBO Max.
Dan Romer & Osei Essed Scoring Hulu’s ‘Saint X’
Dan Romer (Luca, Station Eleven, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac) has teamed up with Osei Essed (How to Survive a Pandemic, Katrina Babies, Finders Keepers) to score the new Hulu original series Saint X. The show is developed by Leila Gerstein (Hart of Dixie, Cursed) based on Alexis Schaitkin’s novel of the same name and stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Bre Francis, Jayden Elijah, Kenlee Anaya Townsend, Michael Park and Betsy Brandt. The 8-part drama is told via multiple timelines and explores how a young woman’s mysterious death during a Caribbean vacation creates a ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
‘How to Survive a Pandemic’ Soundtrack Album Released
Blacksand has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary How to Survive a Pandemic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Osei Essed (Finders Keepers, Dear Mr. Brody, Jim: The James Foley Story, Farewell Amor, Always in Season). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. How to Survive a Pandemic is directed by David France (Welcome to Chechnya) and centers on the historic, multi-national race to research, develop, regulate, and roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the war against the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 25, 2015)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key and Mel Brooks. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums) who previously scored 2012’s first part in the series. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Sony Pictures release, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the comedy The Intern written and directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Celia Weston, Nat Wolff, Linda Lavin and Zack Pearlman. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, St. Vincent, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as the songs from the film. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.