Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Predator, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ready Player One, Cast Away, The Mummy Returns) has been tapped score the upcoming Netflix original film The Electric State. The movie is directed by Anthony & Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, The Gray Man) and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Stanley Tucci, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate. The sci-fi adventure set in an alternate future tells the story of a teenage girl who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother and sets out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with robots all shapes and sizes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Silvestri Scoring Anthony & Joe Russo’s ‘The Electric State’
Posted: May 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Silvestri, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Netflix, The Electric State
‘Turtles All the Way Down’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hannah Marks, Ian Hultquist, Max, score, Soundtrack, Turtles All the Way Down
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Turtles All the Way Down. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Dickinson, The Walking Dead: Dead City, Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, One of Us Is Lying, Rosaline, Night Teeth, Good Girls). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks (Maybe Sunday & Peanut Butter & Honey ) and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Turtles All the Way Down is directed by Hannah Marks and stars Isabela Merced, Cree, Felix Mallard, Poorna Jagannathan, Maliq Johnson, J. Smith-Cameron and Judy Reyes. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Ouyang Rusli Scoring HBO’s ‘Fantasmas’
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fantasmas, HBO, Julio Torres, Robert Ohyung Rusli
Composer Robert Ouyang Rusli (aka OHYUNG) (Test Pattern, Bruiser, Photgrapher) is reteaming with Julio Torres on the upcoming HBO original series Fantasmas. The show created, directed, written by and starring Torres tells the tale of when he lost a golden oyster. The comedy follows Torres as he navigates a dreamlike New York and encounters a group of strange characters while searching for the item. Torres is also executive producing the project with Emma Stone & Dave McCary (The Curse, I Saw the TV Glow) for Fruit Tree, Alex Bach (Scare Me, Rosy) and Daniel Powell (Life & Beth, Inside Amy Schumer) for Irony Point, as well as Olivia Gerke for 3 Arts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aku wa sonzai shinai, Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, score, Soundtrack
Drag City will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese drama Evil Does Not Exist (Aku wa sonzai shinai). The album features the film’s original music composed by Eiko Ishibashi (Drive My Car, Blade of the Immortal). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on vinyl on June 28. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition. Evil Does Not Exist is written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and stars Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ayaka Shibutani, Ryuji Kosaka, Hazuki Kikuchi and Hiroyuki Miura. The movie follows a widower who lives a peaceful life with his young daughter in the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, near Tokyo, where they are confronted with a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby that will have a pernicious impact on the community. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Mammals’ Announced
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Mammals, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Farnon
Chromium Music Group has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC nature documentary series Mammals. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Thomas Farnon (Our Planet, Super Eagles ’96, Fight the Power). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 10. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Mammals is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Roger Webb and produced by Scott Alexander. The BBC Studios Natural History Unit production offers fascinating insights into the most successful animal group in the world, from the tiny Etruscan shrew to the giant blue whale, and reveals the secrets of their success. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Be Honored as a BMI Icon at 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Ramin Djawadi
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Ramin Djawadi will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on June 5, 2024 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated composer will be receiving BMI’s highest honor for his exceptional body of work across film, television and video games. Among his scoring credits are the TV shows Game of Thrones, Westworld, House of the Dragon, Person of Interest, Prison Break, this year’s Fallout & 3 Body Problem, features such as Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Eternals, Uncharted, Clash of the Titans & A Wrinkle in Time, as well as the video games Medal of Honor, Gears of War 4 and Gears 5. The ceremony will also salute the composers of the previous year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series, and highest-ranking cable and streamed media programs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Peacock, score, Sky, Soundtrack, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the Peacock/Sky limited series The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dune, Inception, Rain Man) and Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, Faraway Downs). Also included is the end credits song Love Will Survive written by Zimmer, Talve, Walter Afanasieff & Charlie Midnight and performed by Barbra Streisand (already available as a digital single now). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 2 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to Zimmer’s & Talve’s first track (Whatever It Takes) below. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer and stars Harvey Keitel, Anna Próchniak, Jonah Hauer-King, Jonas Nay and Melanie Lynskey. The 6-part drama is inspired by the true story of Lale Sokolov who arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 and was made one of the tattooists, charged to ink identification numbers onto fellow prisoners’ arms, when he meets a woman, leading to a love that defies the horrors around them. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Acapulco’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Acapulco, Apple TV +, Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released two new soundtracks for the Apple TV+ original series Acapulco. In addition to the previously announced score album, the label has also released a soundtrack featuring the cover songs from Season 3 performed by Rodrigo Urquidi and Rossana de León. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital services. Also listen to several tracks below. Acapulco is created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros & Jason Shuma and stars Eugenio Derbez, Enrique Arrizon, Camila Perez, Fernando Carsa, Vanessa Bauche, Damián Alcázar, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Regina Reynoso, Regina Orozco, Carlos Corona and Rafael Cebrián. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Presumed Innocent’ TV Series
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Danny Bensi, David E. Kelley, Presumed Innocent, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, The Staircase, Enemy, The White Tiger) have composed the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent. The show is developed by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies, The Practice) based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Scott Turow (which has previously been adapted into the 1990 feature scored by John Williams) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Chase Infiniti, O-T Fagbenle, Elizabeth Marvel, Renate Reinsve, Nana Mensah, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick. The 8-part thriller revolves around a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On the Edge’ (‘État Limite’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: État limite, Gaël Rakotondrabe, Nicolas Peduzzi, On the Edge, score, Soundtrack
District 6 Music has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary On the Edge (État limite). The album features the film’s original music composed by Gaël Rakotondrabe (The Wild One, Porto, Other People’s Children). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s Psycho Piano Suite below. On the Edge is directed by Nicolas Peduzzi and centers on Jamal Abdel-Kader, the only psychiatrist in a 400-bed state hospital on the outskirts of Paris. The movie follows the young doctor as he navigates his way from emergency to intensive care, from mentally ill patients to those bedridden by chronic illness. Read the rest of this entry »
