Musique Fantastique

New Postings on Genre Film Music: 

Further Examinations:

• Interview: Scoring Disney Channel’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S: A Chat With George S. Clinton & Amit May Cohen

Genre Film Music News:

• Michael Giacchino Returns to Spider-Man for 2021 Third Film

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Four Genre-Related Soundtracks issued from Dragon’s Domain

• Disney Unveils Score Soundtracks from Comedies ZOMBIES and ZOMBIES 2

• STAR WARS THE MANDALORIAN: Season 2 – Vol. 1 (Chapters 9-12) Original Score by Ludwig Göransson Out Now

Additional Resources:

• CineConcerts Launches New Online Concert Series + Digital Distribution Ecosystem

Further Examinations:

• Interview: Jonathan Hartman Faces WARHAMMER: ANGELS OF DEATH

Additional Resources:

• New SOUNDTRAX column interviews Harry Gregson-Williams & Brian Tyler

Genre Film Music News:

• Bear McCreary, Danny Piccione, & Joseph Trapanese Targeted To Score the new STAR WARS: TALES FROM THE GALAXY’S EDGE VR Game

New Genre Soundtracks:

• UMBRELLA ACADEMY Season 2 Soundtrack Released – Music by Jeff Russo & Perrine Vergile

• Milan to Release 3 Soundtracks from Colin Stetson on Friday

• Digital EP of Songs by LOONER for Horror Film THE SHED Released

• George Shaw Releases STAR WARS LULLABIES

Further Examinations:

• Interview – The Bug Game: Mikolai Stroinski & Garry Schyman Score METAMORPHOSIS Video Game

New Genre Soundtracks:

• HIS DARK MATERIALS 2^nd Series Anthology Soundtrack Featuring Lorne Balfe’s New Themes – Due from Silva Screen Nov 8

• Paul Zaza’s Score to 1987’s PROM NIGHT II Coming from Kaatu Records

• PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack Released – Music by John Paesano

Additional Resources:

• New SOUNDTRAX column interviews Elliot Goldenthal, Nainita Desai, Orlando Perez Rosso… Many Genre Soundtracks reviewed 

Genre Film Music News:

• PARALLEL Science Fiction Thriller Gets Distribution in December – Scored by Edy Lan

• Third Skyline Movie SKYLIN3S Releasing in December – Scored by  Ram Khatabakhsh

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Alan Silvestri’s THE WITCHES Now Available On WaterTower Music

• Marco Beltrami & Marcus Trumpp’s Soundtrack to LOVE AND MONSTERS Coming Out on CD from Quartet

• LOVECRAFT COUNTRY Soundtrack Now Available On WaterTower – Score by Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq + Songs from Season 1

Genre Film Music News:

• Christopher Young Scores New David Prior Horror Film THE EMPTY MAN

New Genre Soundtracks:

• THE SECRET OF IMMORTAL CODE CD Soundtrack Released – Score by Pantawit Kiangsiri

• Comedy-Horror Film BAD HAIR Soundtrack From Lakeshore This Friday – Score by Kris Bowers

• Intrada Announces CD soundtrack of Newton Bros’ Score to THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR

• BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Original 1935 Soundtrack recording now on Vinyl LP – Franz Waxman Score

• Clint Mansell Shares Track From Ben Wheatley’s Remake of REBECCA

• Kenneth Lampl & Kirsten Axelholm’s  Score for Futuristic Aussie S.F. Thriller 2067 Gets a Soundtrack from Milan

Genre Film Music News:

• Edwin Wendler Scores DRAGON SOLDIERS

Further Examinations:

• A Plea For Unity Against Injustice: Composer Michael Abels (GET OUT, US) Teams with Singer Rhiannon Giddens to recreate her “Cry No More” video

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Ben Lovett Scores THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, Soundtrack out Today via Lakeshore

• THE BOYS Season 2 Soundtrack by Christopher Lennertz Releases Digitally Tomorrow – CDs of S1 & 2 Coming from La-La Land

• Varèse Sarabande Announces John Carpenter’s VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED & Dave Grusin’s THE GOONIES on Vinyl for Record Store Day

• The Newton Bros’ Have Scored Netflix’ HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR, Soundtrack out  Tomorrow

• Anne-Kathrin Dern’s Space Adventure Score to FEARLESS Available

• GRAVEYARD SHIFT and FRIDAY THE 13^TH PART VII Soundtracks music by Anthony Marinelli & Brian Banks and Harry Manfredini & Fred Mollin from La-La Land

• Intrada Releases 2-CD Expanded Soundtrack to Spielberg’s WAR OF THE WORLDS – music by John Williams

Genre Film Music News:

• MONSTER HUNTER Drops Teaser Trailer – Film Scored by Paul Haslinger

• Gordy Haab Scores New Game STAR WARS: SQUADRONS; Blake Robinson-scored Prequel Trailer Released

Further Examinations:

• Interview: A Darker Emotional Language: The Horror Scores of Ronen Landa

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Colin Towns’ Score for Clive Barker’s RAWHEAD REX Soundtrack Announced by Silva Screen

• Extended OSTs for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED announced for Varèse Sarabande’s Latest CD Club Releases

• MONSTERLAND: Gustavo Santaolalla Scores Hulu Series

• Deluxe Edition of TENET soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson Coming in Multiple Formats

• David Buckley Releases His Score to Earth-Shattering Disaster Movie, GREENLAND

Additional Resources:

• New Book on John Carpenter Films Includes Chapter on Carpenter’s Film Music

Further Examinations:

• Interview: Unfamiliar Music: Walter Mair on Scoring THE UNFAMILIAR

Genre Film Music News:

• Frederik Wiedmann has Scored OCCUPATION: RAINFALL

New Genre Soundtracks:

• John Scott’s Score for THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Reissued by the Composer

• INTERSTELLER Score by Hans Zimmer To Receive 2CD Expanded Soundtrack from WaterTower Music

• Don Davis’ SPACE ODYSSEY and Howard Blake’s CANTERVILLE GHOST & AMITYVILLE 3D Soundtracks

• Forthcoming German AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON UHD Package to Include Elmer Bernstein’s Soundtrack on CD 

Genre Film Music News:

• Marvel’s WandaVision Trailer Released – Christopher Beck (ANT MAN) Scores the Series

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Soundtrack to Netflix Series AWAY Released – Score by Will Bates

• Premiere Release of Jack Marshall’s soundtrack to “MUNSTER GO HOME”

Genre Film Music News:

• Mario Beltrami Scores LOVE AND MONSTERS, Coming to VOD Oct 16

• DC’s DOOM PATROL Seasons 1 and 2 Soundtracks Released– Music by Clint Mansell & Kevin Kiner

• Watch THE MANDALORIAN Season 2 Trailer

• FREAKY Score Coming Up From Bear McCreary

New Genre Soundtracks:

• DON’T LOOK DEEPER Original Series Soundtrack by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum Released

Additional Resources:

• Mark Snow Interviewed about THE NEW MUTANTS in latest Soundtrax Column 

New Genre Soundtracks:

• TENET Soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson Available Now

• TRANSFORMERS: WAR FOR CYBERTRON – SIEGE Original Anime Soundtrack by Alexander Bornstein Released

• MARVEL’S AVENGERS’ Original Video Game Soundtrack by Bobby Tahouri Released Digitally – Vinyl to Follow

• Sam Ewing’s Score to Horror Thriller THE SHED Released

• Elmer Bernstein’s Expanded WILD WILD WEST Film Score Latest CD Club Album from Varèse Sarabande

• BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC: Mark Isham’s Highly Anticipated Score Debuts Digitally

• Waxwork Announces John Carpenter’s THE FOG and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Original Soundtracks in Vinyl

• Mark Snow’s THE NEW MUTANTS Soundtrack Releases Friday Aug 28

Additional Resources:

• MIT Orchestra Performs Harry Manfredini’s FRIDAY THE 13TH Suite

Further Examinations:

• The Chilled Waters of SEA FEVER: An Interview with Composer Christoffer Franzén

Genre Film Music News:

• A Song In The Key of X – A Lyric to THE X-FILES Theme, Sung by the Cast & Crew

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Vinyl 8XLP Box Set Soundtrack for THE MANDALORIAN Announced from Mondo

• Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab Score STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Video Game – Soundtrack Out Today

• WaterTower Releases STAR GIRL, HARLEY QUINN, LUCIFER Soundtracks

Genre Film Music News:

• Creepy Horror Thriller DEATH OF ME Scored by Mark Sayfritz

New Genre Soundtracks:

• NO ESCAPE for Composer Crystal Grooms Mangano

• Soundtrack to Western Horror Film THE PALE DOOR by Alex Cuervo coming next Friday

• Joseph Trapanese Scores PROJECT POWER – Soundtrack Available

Genre Film Music News:

• TREMORS 7 to be Scored by Frederik Wiedmann

• Ben Frost Scores HBO-Max Science Fiction Drama RAISED BY WOLVES

New Genre Soundtracks:

• David Russo Releases His Music for GOTHAM Seasons Two through Five

• Joel McNeely’s Music for STAR WARS multimedia project SHADOW OF THE EMPIRE Reissued on CD by Varèse Sarabande

Genre Film Music News:

• DUEL, FEAR NO EVIL, NIGHT GALLERY Pilot Composer Billy Goldenberg Has Died

New Genre Soundtracks:

• James Horner’s CASPER Returns in Expanded 2-CD Edition from La-La Land

Further Examinations:

• Alexander Bornstein: Scoring TRANSFORMERS: WAR FOR CYBERTRON TRILOGY

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Bear McCreary’s ANIMAL CRACKERS Soundtrack Available

Genre Film Music News:

• Walter Mair Scores THE UNFAMILIAR

New Genre Soundtracks:

• David Martijn Soundtrack to EPIX tv series WAR OF THE WORLDS to be released

Genre Film Music News:

• Frederik Wiedmann to Score Sequel to Alien Invasion Thriller OCCUPATION

• Chris Westlake Will Score STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS

• Michael Lira Scores BLACK WATER: ABYSS

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Matthew Rogers’ VOLITION Score Released

• Steven Price’s Score to SF film ARCHIVE to be Released

Additional Resources:

• Soundtrax: Special Edition: Sharon Farber and the Making of the I’M STANDING WITH YOU Project

• Musique Fantastique Notes on Ennio Morricone Books

Further Examinations:

• Interview – Christopher Young: Rejoining Sam Raimi in 50 STATES OF FRIGHT

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Joe Kraemer Doctor Who Audio Adv. Soundtrack, THE SPECIALS Blu-Ray, Among La-La Land’s July Releases

Genre Film Music News:

• Award-Winning Composer Inon Zur Scores New SF RPG Game OUTRIDERS

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Marco Beltrami’s DRACULA 2000 Soundtrack to be Released as a Standalone CD from Varèse Sarabande

• Trevor Gureckis’ SERVANT Score For Apple Tv+ Comes To Vinyl August 7th

Genre Film Music News:

• Animated Series STAR TREK LOWER DECKS Still Without A Composer

• Trey Toy & Matthew Wang Deliver Chilling Score for Entrapment Horror Movie CENTIGRADE

• Composer Christopher Young Reunites with Director Sam Raimi for the Quibi Original Series 50 STATES OF FRIGHT

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Score by Holly Amber Church to DARK LIGHT released by Notefornote

• SCARE PACKAGE: The Horror-Comedy Anthology Movie Debuts On Shudder, Soundtrack by Alex Cuervo is Out Now

Genre Film Music News:

• Soundtrack Of Our Lives: A Celebration For The Film & TV Music Community Benefiting Musicares® Covid-19 Relief Fund

• Bear McCreary-scored ANIMAL CRACKERS Coming to Netflix in July

New Genre Soundtracks:

• June CD Club Soundtracks from Varèse Sarabande Records: THE RUNNING MAN and SEAQUEST DSV

• GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR Digital Soundtrack, Vinyl Forthcoming

• Indie Horror Thriller BECKY Gets Digital Soundtrack Release – Score by Nima Fakhrara

• Alexander Taylor’s Score for SCREAM QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET doc released by NoteforNote

• La-La Land Announces 4-CD Set of Music from Irvin Allen ‘60s TV series VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

• Jon Everist Scores New Sci-Fi Shooter Game Disintegration

Genre Film Music News:

• Geoff Zanelli Scores Blumhouse Thriller YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT

• TERMINATOR Composer Brad Fiedel to Release New Audio Musical: FULL CIRCLE

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Quartet Records Announces Remastered THE THING Soundtrack by Morricone

• SCOOB! Original Motion Picture Score Now Available on WaterTower Music – Score by Tom Holkenborg

• MANIFEST DESTINY DOWN: SPACETIME: OCD, a Sorority Babe, The Multi-Verse, and the Lakeshore Soundtrack to the End of Days!

• Timothy Williams scores WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS—Soundtrack Out from Lakeshore 

Genre Film Music News:

• Brian Reitzell scores IFC Midnight’s new horror movie, RELIC

Additional Resources:

• White Bear PR Videos: Pinar Toprak & STARGIRL, WonderCon@Home SciFi Movie Music Panel featuring STAR GIRL, STRANGER THINGS, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

• New SOUNDTRAX column posted: Interviews with Kevin Kiner (STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS) & Ceiri Torjussen (CRAWLERS, BID ASS SPIDERS, etc.)

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Cinema-KAN Announces CD Soundtrack to THE GOLDEN BAT, music by Shunsuke Kikuchi

• Silva Screen Announces JamesBernard’s Dracula + The Curse of Frankenstein Vinyl for Record Store Day 2020

• Bear McCreary’s OUTLANDER Season 5 digital soundtrack released

• New SF & Horror Soundtracks Announced by Dragon’s Domain, from the original DEATH RACE 2000 to TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN and More

Additional Resources:

• The Dark Horror Scores of Reber Clark – Interview Posted at Movie Music Intl.

Genre Film Music News:

• James Gunn’s THE SUICIDE SQUAD to be scored by Tyler Bates – film due in 2021

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Varese Sarabande Announces CD Reissue, Premiere Vinyl Release of STAR WARS: SHADOW OF THE EMPIRE Game Soundtrack by Joel McNeely

• Composer Murray Gold Confirms DOCTOR WHO Series 10 Soundtrack IS on its Way

• Silva Screen has released two new DOCTOR WHO television soundtracks by Dudley Simpsonand Paddy Kingsland

• Classic Italian Horror Soundtracks Made Available by Disques Cinemusique – Carlo Innocenzi’s MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960) & Roman Vlad’s HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK (1962)

• Christoffer Franzén’s score for SEA FEVER releases April 24

Genre Film Music News:

• AN ENGLISH HAUNTING Features a Score by Graham Plowman

New Genre Soundtracks:

• John Barrymore’s Silent JEKYLL & HYDE Classic Gets a Modern New Score – Released by MSM

• Richard Band’s GHOST WARRIOR Gets a Sonic Overhaul, and Poe’s HAUNTING OF MORELLA Premiere’s a Fine Orchestral Score

• Omega Prod Records Announces Three French Horror Soundtracks in Vinyl & Digital Editions

Genre Film Music News:

• Christopher Young and Brian & Caleb Chan Scoring Quibi’s 50 STATES OF FRIGHT

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Lakeshore Releases THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Season 4 Soundtrack, Featuring Music by Dominic Lewis

• Amazon Original Series TALES FROM THE LOOP Digital Soundtrack Available Now – Music by Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan.

Additional Resources:

• New interview posted in Soundtrax: Jeff Russo: Scoring STAR TREK PICARD

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Dragon’s Domain Announces Louis Febre’s Unreleased Scores to BIGFOOT & EDWARD D. WOOD JR. Documentary

Genre Film Music News:

• INTO THE DARK’s Latest Holiday Episode, CRAWLERS, Given a Spooky Score by Ceiri Torjussen

• DUST’s Deep Sea Sci-fi Horror Film SEA FEVER Features Score by Christoffer Franzén

• CANDYMAN Remake Scored by multi-instrumental artist Robert A. A. Lowe

• Rob Simonson Scores GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Jerry Goldsmith’s Expanded THE SWARM soundtrack announced from La-La Land

• Silva Screen Records Presents Doctor Who Series 12 Original Television Soundtrack – Coming in April

• Walt Disney Records to Release Kevin Kiner’s latest Music from Disney+ Animated Series STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

• Back Lot Music Presents THE INVISIBLE MAN—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by Benjamin Wallfisch

Genre Film Music News:

• John Paesano to Score PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS

Further Examinations:

• Intrada Announces TIME BANDITS World Premiere Soundtrack

Additional Resources:

• New Soundtrax column features extensive interview with Andrew Lockington on DAYBREAK, RAMPAGE, SAN ANDREAS, JOURNEY 2, and much more.

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Riz Ortolani Premiere Soundtracks for WARRIORS OF THE YEAR 2072 & HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK 2-CD Set Announced

• Intrada Offers DRAGONHEART 5 Soundtrack CD by Mark McKenzie

Genre Film Music News:

• International Film Music Critics Association Award Nominations Announced

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Lakeshore to release STAR TREK PICARD Season 1 Soundtrack on Friday – Music by Jeff Russo

• An extended 2CD soundtrack for Danny Elfman’s DARKMAN – and a premiere soundtrack CD for The CW’s PANDORA by Joe Kraemer & Penka Kouneva

• Jeff Russo – Star Trek Discovery Season 2 – Original Series Soundtrack [Exclusive 2LP Interstellar Splatter Vinyl]

• ’80s Euro Horror CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE Soundtrack Released on CD

• Chuck Cirino’s Dinosaur Island Soundtrack among latest CDs from Dragon’s Domain

• Milan to Release THE WITCHER Soundtrack from Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli on Friday

• Score (by Kevin Kiner) & Songs from Gonzo SF Comedy FREAKED Now Available on Vinyl

Genre Film Music News:

• Amblin’s Revival of AMAZING STORIES TV Series Debuts March 6 – Composers Lined Up

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Danny Elfman’s DOLORES CALIBORNE and W.G. “Snuffy” Walden’s THE STAND are Varese Sarabande’s First 2020 CD Club Releases

• Will Bates’ DEPRAVED Soundtrack Released by Lakeshore

Further Examinations:

• Exit Ghost – A Solo Album from film composer Paul Haslinger

Genre Film Music News:

• Jon Ekstrand Set to Score Marvel’s MORBIUS

• Bear McCreary Scoring Amazon’s THE DARK TOWER Pilot
• New BIRDS OF PREY Trailer Launched – Film Scored by Daniel (SPIDER-VERSE) Pemberton

New Genre Soundtracks:

• BBC’s DRACULA Soundtrack by David Arnold & Michael Price Released by Silva Screen 

Genre Film Music News:

• Hans Zimmer Now Scoring James Bond’s NO TIME TO DIE in Post-Production Composer Switch

• SHERLOCK’s David Arnold & Michael Price Score BBC’s DRACULA series

New Genre Soundtracks:

Genre Film Music News:

• Jon Burlingame Interviews John Williams about his final STAR WARS opus

• Simon Franglen to Score AVATAR Sequels

• Gershon Kingsley, Master of Electronic Sounds, Dies at 97; scored SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT (1972)

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Milan Records Releases SF Thriller CODE 8 Soundtrack by Ryan Taubert

Additional Resources:

• John Williams on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Score (from YouTube post)

New Genre Soundtracks:

• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER The Soundtrack

• Max Sweiry scores BLACK SITE – soundtrack out from MovieScore Media

Genre Film Music News:

• Shudder TV Debuts THE DEAD LANDS in January – Score by Lachlan Anderson 

• Upcoming Horrors from Scare Maestro Joseph Bishara

• Rob Scores GRETEL & HANSEL

• Composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli score new Netflix series THE WITCHER

Further Examinations:

• A Conversation with Frederik Wiedmann – Scoring THE DRAGON PRINCE and Other Fantasies

Additional Resources:

• First Teaser Trailer for Marvel’s BLACK WINDOW movie released.

• New Soundtrax Column features interviews and reviews on a number of genre film scores & composers

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Intrada’s Premiere Release of Lalo Schifrin’s Science Fiction Fantasy Soundtrack RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN

• La-La Land Records’s Black Friday 2019 Releases Include STAR TREK VOYAGER, STARGATE movie scores

• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Soundtrack Due on Dec 20

Genre Film Music News:

• DOCTOR WHO Series 12 Trailer Unleashed

New Genre Soundtracks:

• Reissued Heisei GAMERA box set, world premiere soundtrack to LEGEND OF DINOSAURS AND MONSTER BIRDS from Cinema-KAN

Genre Film Music News:

• Trevor Gureckis Scores Shyalaman’s & Apple TV+’s SERVANT

Additional Resources:

• Variety: Ludwig Göransson on Scoring THE MANDALORIAN

New Genre Soundtracks:

• La-La Land Records to release Tom Holkenborg’s TERMINATOR: DARK FATE soundtrack on CD

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