Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish drama Foremost by Night (Sobre todo de noche). The album features the film’s original music composed by Maite Arroitajauregi (Irati). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s final track (Piano final) below. Foremost by Night is co-written and directed by Víctor Iriarte and stars Ana Torrent, Lola Dueñas and Manuel Egozkue. The movie centers on the relationship between two women who meet for the first time, one who was forced to give up her child for adoption when she was young, the other who adopted a child she raised as her own. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Foremost by Night’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Foremost by Night, Maite Arroitajauregi, score, Sobre todo de noche, Soundtrack, Víctor Iriarte
Soundtrack Album for Sean Penn’s Documentary ‘Superpower’ to Be Released
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Kaufman, Justin Melland, Paramount+, score, Sean Penn, Soundtrack, Superpower
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Superpower. The album features the film’s original music composed by Justin Melland (The Innocence Files, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Wrong Man). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Superpower is directed by Sean Penn & Aaron Kaufman and centers on Ukraine’s fight to maintain freedom from Russia. The movie documents the months before the invasion, the hours leading up to the moment Vladimir Putin launched rockets into Kyiv and the aftermath that continues today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eileen’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eileen, Richard Reed Parry, score, Soundtrack, William Oldroyd
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Eileen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry (The Nest, The Iron Claw). Also included is the song All These Things performed by Art Neville. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1. The streaming/download link will be added to this page later this week. Eileen is directed by William Oldroyd and stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague and Siobhan Fallon Hogan. The movie based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel of the same name is set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter and follows a young secretary who becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aamourocean, Héléna Klotz, La Vénus d'argent, score, Soundtrack, Ulysse Klotz
440Hz/Grande Ourse have released a soundtrack album for the French drama Spirit of Ecstasy (La Vénus d’argent). The album features the film’s original music composed by Aamourocean (aka Ulysse Klotz) (Diamantino, Terrible Jungle, Atomic Age). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Spirit of Ecstasy is co-written and directed by Héléna Klotz and stars Claire Pommet, Niels Schneider, Anna Mouglalis, Sofiane Zermani, Grégoire Colin, as well as Mathieu Amalric. The movie revolves a young non-binary person who lives on a military base with an abrasive father who forced to care for their younger siblings while dreaming of becoming a financial analyst. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Society of the Snow’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J.A. Bayona, La sociedad de la nieve, Michael Giacchino, Netflix, score, Society of the Snow, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Spanish Netflix original film Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve) have been revealed. The album features the original music from the survival drama composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Ratatouille, The Batman, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Incredibles). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 1 by Netflix Music. A first track (Found) was released back in September and a second track (Andes Ascent) was released earlier this month and can be checked out below. Society of the Snow is co-written and directed by J.A. Bayona and stars Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Fenando Contigiani García and Diego Vegezzi. The movie tells the true story of the 1972 air crash in the Andes that forced its survivors to extreme measures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘She Is Conann’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bertrand Mandico, Conann, Pierre Desprats, score, She Is Conann, Soundtrack
Ecce Films has released a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure She Is Conann (Conann). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pierre Desprats (Olga, Rouge, The Wild Boys, Perfect Nanny, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (or most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Listen to the composer’s first track (Un océan de regret) below. She Is Conann is written and directed by Bertrand Mandico and stars Elina Löwensohn, Christa Theret, Julia Riedler, Sandra Parfait, Claire Duburcq, Agata Buzek, Françoise Brion, Nathalie Richard, Audrey Bonnet and Christophe Bier. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Along Came Love’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 29, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Along Came Love, Amine Bouhafa, Katell Quillévéré, Le temps d'aimer, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian drama Along Came Love (Le temps d’aimer). The album features the film’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Four Daughters, Gagarine, Beauty and the Dogs, The Man Who Sold His Skin). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Check out the composer’s title track after the jump. Along Came Love is co-written and directed by Katell Quillévéré and stars Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste and Morgan Bailey. The movie centers on the relationship between a young waitress and a wealthy, cultivated student who meet in 1947 post-war Normandy. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Klimek & Gabriel Mounsey Scoring Netflix’s ‘Boy Swallows Universe’
Posted: November 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boy Swallows Universe, Gabriel Mounsey, Johnny Klimek, Netflix
Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, Sense8, Babylon Berlin, The International, The Matrix Resurrections) and Gabriel Mounsey (Breaking In, Messiah, This Is Congo) have teamed up to score the upcoming Australian Netflix limited series Boy Swallows Universe. The show is written by John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet) based on Trent Dalton’s novel of the same title and stars Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Simon Baker, Felix Cameron, Zac Burgess, Lee Tiger Halley, Sophie Wilde, Bryan Brown and Anthony LaPaglia. The 8-part drama is set in 1980s Brisbane and tells the story of a teenager who answers a red telephone in a room below his house and begins a journey that will break his heart before rebuilding it. Read the rest of this entry »
2024 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: November 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 96th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, historical data, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, and the response to the movies in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »