The End – Film Music Reporter

Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2024)

December 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Y2K co-written and directed by Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding and The Kid Laroi. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, Speak No Evil, The White Tiger, The Outsider, The Staircase, The Gift, Tokyo Vice) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by A24.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller Werewolves directed by Steven C. Miller and starring Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, James Michael Cummings, Ilfenesh Hadera and Lou Diamond Phillips. The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Fall of the House of Usher) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Click here for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.

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‘The End’ Soundtrack Album Released

December 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Joshua Oppenheimer, Joshua Schmidt, Marius de Vries, score, Soundtrack, The End

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the movie musical The End. The album features the film’s original songs written by Joshua Schmidt, with lyrics by director Joshua Oppenheimer and performed by cast members including Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Lennie James, Tim McInnerny & Michael Shannon, as well as the original score composed by Schmidt and Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Strange Magic, Navalny) who also serves as an executive producer on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Schmidt’s “overture”, the first song (A Wonderful Gift) and score track (Son) after the jump. The End co-written and directed by Oppenheimer is set 25 years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable and follows a family who are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life – until the arrival of a stranger upends their happy routine.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 18, 2021)

July 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering today is the new Starz original series Power Book III: Raising Kanan created by Sascha Penn and starring Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm M. Mays, Joey Bada$$, Shanley Caswell, Mekai Curtis, Toby Sandeman, Omar Epps, Lovie Simone and Hailey Kilgore. The show’s original score is composed by Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Luke Cage, The Equalizer, Run This Town, Boogie). G-Unit Records has released the project’s theme song Part of the Game performed by 50 Cent feat. NLE Choppa & Rileyy Lanez earlier this year. Check out our previous article to learn more about the show, which will air every Sunday on Starz.

Premiering in the U.S. today is the Australian comedy The End created by Samantha Strauss and starring Frances O’Connor, Harriet Walter, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, John Waters and Luke Arnold. Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover, Mystery Road, 99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451, Jasper Jones) has composed the show’s original music. The series, which follows three generations of a family live with separate but intersecting obsessions, premiered last year in Australia on Showcase and is making its U.S. debut on Showtime. Visit the official show website for more information.

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