Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the British Netflix original film Joy. The album features the period drama’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Fury, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, The World’s End, Baby Driver, The Aeronauts). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Dear Mr. Killian) after the jump. Joy is directed by Ben Taylor and stars Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton, Bill Nighy, Joanna Scanlan, Tanya Moodie, Charlie Murphy, Rish Shah and Ella Bruccoleri. The movie tells the true story of three pioneering British scientists in the ’60s and ’70s and their struggle to develop IVF – against all odds.
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Steven Price Scoring Ben Taylor’s ‘Joy’
Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Suicide Squad, Fury, Our Planet, The World’s End, Baby Driver) has recently scored the upcoming British Netflix original film Joy. The movie is directed by Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Renegade Nell) and stars Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy. The period drama tells the true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube-baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible.
Steven Price Scoring Nick Hamm’s ‘William Tell’
Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Fury, Suicide Squad, Our Planet, Baby Driver, The World’s End) has composed the original music for the upcoming historical epic drama William Tell. The film is written and directed by Nick Hamm (The Hole, Godsend) and stars Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Jonah Hauer-King, Golshifteh Farahani, Ellie Bamber, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley. The movie tells the story of the legendary 14th century warrior marksman, a formerly peaceful hunter who finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords.
Steven Price Scoring Dave Green’s Shelved ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Movie
Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho, The World’s End) has composed the original score for the live-action/animated hybrid feature Coyote vs. Acme. The film directed by Dave Green (Earth to Echo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows) based on the Looney Tunes characters and the New Yorker humor article of the same title by Ian Frazier and starring John Cena, Will Forte & Lana Condor was originally set to be released in theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures, but as announced today, has been shelved by the studio and is expected to remain unreleased.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of Demeter directed by André Øvredal and starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Jon Jon Briones, Liam Cunningham, Javier Botet and David Dastmalchian. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening in around 800 theaters is the sci-fi comedy drama Jules directed by Marc Turtletaub and starring Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Zoe Winters, Harriet Sansom Harris, Anna George, Cody Kostro and Donald Paul. Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sonoma Film Festival and is being distributed by Bleecker Street.
‘Heart of Stone’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Heart of Stone. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, Baby Driver, Suicide Squad, Fury, The Aeronauts, Over the Moon). Also included is Noga Erez’s opening titles song Quiet, which has previously been released as a digital single by Atlantic Records. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 11 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Heart of Stone is directed by Tom Harper and stars Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Jing Lusi, Matthias Schweighöfer and Paul Ready.
‘Blue Whales – Return of the Giants’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the giant screen documentary Blue Whales – Return of the Giants. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Our Planet, Fury, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, The Aeronauts). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music services. Listen to the first track below and click here to watch a behind-the-scenes video about the scoring process.
Steven Price Scoring Tom Harper’s ‘Heart of Stone’
Composer Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury, Over the Moon) is reteaming with director Tom Harper (Wild Rose, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death) on the upcoming Netflix original film Heart of Stone. The action thriller starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Paul Ready & Jing Lusi revolves around an intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency who races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable and dangerous weapon. Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures, Christopher Robin) wrote the screenplay.
Steven Price Scoring Hugh Pearson’s ‘Blue Whales – Return of the Giants’
Steven Price (Gravity, Last Night in Soho, Fury, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, My Policeman, Baby Driver) has composed the original score for the upcoming giant screen documentary Blue Whales – Return of the Giants. The film directed by Hugh Pearson and narrated by Andy Serkis takes viewers on a journey to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. The movie follows two scientific expeditions: one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, and the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California. Check out a behind-the-scenes video featuring an interview with Price and footage from the recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios after the jump.
‘The Swimmers’ Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the biographical drama The Swimmers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, Fury, Suicide Squad, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Baby Driver). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Swimmers is directed by Sally El Hosainiand stars Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa, Ali Suliman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Kinda Alloush, Ahmed Malek and James Krishna Floyd. The movie tells the true story of the journey made by swimming sisters Yusra & Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.