NEW GENRE SOUNDTRACKS
March 20, 2023
BOSTON STRANGLER Original Soundtrack by Paul Leonard-Morgan Released by Hollywood Records
BOSTON STRANGLER is a 2023 American historical crime drama film written and directed by Matt Ruskin. It is based on the true story of Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, who in the 1960’s killed 13 women in Boston… The soundtrack album, from BAFTA award-winning and Emmy & Ivor Novello nominated composer and producer Paul Leonard-Morgan is now available to stream from Hollywood Records.
Read more details, and watch the film trailer, here.
March 5, 2023
Shadow and Bone Season 2 Series Soundtrack Releases March 10 – Single Out Now – Music by Joseph Trapanese
Netflix announces the release of the single “Come Sail Away” from SHADOW AND BONE: Season 2 (Soundtrack From the Netflix Series) with music by composer Joseph Trapanese. The single is available now here. The full 29-track album will be available on March 10 on digital platforms here… The music of SHADOW AND BONE continues to explore the series’ central themes of identity, power, love, and sacrifice with expansive variations on the powerful melodies from the first season and original music for new characters and locations of Season 2.
Read more details, and watch the Season 2 trailer, here.
THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS Original Television Soundtrack Available Now
Hollywood Records has released the soundtrack to Seth MacFarlane’s THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS Original Television Soundtrack and is available now on all music streaming platforms (See here). The 72-track album features over 4 ½ hours of music from the Emmy-nominated sci-fi series… The music for THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS was composed by Joel McNeely, John Debney, Andrew Cottee, and Kevin Kaska and recorded with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the historic Newman Scoring Stage at Fox Studios by Academy Award-winning sound engineer Shawn Murphy. “These four composers have written the finest, most lush orchestral scores in television today. Enjoy their brilliant work. I know I do,” said Seth MacFarlane.
See more details here.
February 28, 2023
Marco Beltrami’s Horror Score for THE FACULTY Gets Premiere Release from Intrada
Intrada announces the premier 2-CD release of Marco Beltrami’s 1998 sci-fi horror score… When Casey Connor, Herrington High School’s newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings. Marco Beltrami was already a veteran of the horror genre, having scored dynamic music for SCREAM and MIMIC for the same studio prior to THE FACULTY. “For this intense and violent thriller, Beltrami scores for full orchestra in a dazzling display of aggressive action music requiring the players to provide numerous techniques with their instruments, from entrances at different times and pitches to uncommon bowing techniques, horn glissandi, detuned instruments, and numerous other devices,” writes the label.
Read more details, and watch the film’s original trailer, here.
February 27, 2023
THE LAST OF US Soundtrack Released – Music by Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming
Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album for the HBO horror series THE LAST OF US. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming. The A 66-track soundtrack album for the series, which mixes songs with score, will be released today, February 27 and is available on streaming/download on Amazon and other major digital music services.
For more details, see here.
February 25, 2023
Varèse Sarabande Releases Expanded Edition of Klaus Badelt’s 2002 Score to THE TIME MACHINE
The 2002 THE TIME MACHINE remake was DreamWorks’ big-budget adaptation of H.G. Wells’ seminal 1895 novella. Adapted by John Logan (Gladiator) and directed by Simon Wells—the author’s great-grandson—it drew from both from the original book and George Pal’s popular 1960 film version… THE TIME MACHINE was the first solo score for German composer Klaus Badelt, then working for Hans Zimmer but soon to have a prominent career of his own… Varèse Sarabande originally released THE TIME MACHINE soundtrack in a 15-track program at the time of the film. This new Deluxe Edition expands the album to 23 tracks and 76 minutes, with new liner notes by composer and author Brian Satterwhite.
Read more details, listen to Badelt’s main theme, and watch the original 2002 trailer, here.
February 24, 2023
SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (Main Title Theme) by Emmy® Award-Winning Composer Christophe Beck Now Available From Watertower Music
Watertower Music is extremely excited to announce today’s release of award-winning composer Christophe Beck’s SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (Main Title Theme). The enthralling new theme is the first music to be made available from director David F. Sandberg’s SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS, which continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.
Read more details, and listen to Beck’s theme, here.
February 17, 2023
Bear McCreary Scores WE HAVE A GHOST for Netflix – Soundtrack Released Today
WE HAVE A GHOST is a family comedy horror film written and directed by Christopher Landon, based on the 2017 short story “Ernest,” by Geoff Manaugh. Synopsis: After finding a ghost with a murky past haunting their new house, a family becomes internet sensations – and the targets of a shadowy government agency… Bear McCreary has scored the film; a soundtrack album was released today and is available to stream or download on the major digital music services.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
Waxwork Records has released vinyl, CD, and digital soundtrack sets from the 90s sci-fi adventure animated series ÆON FLUX.
Officially available for the very first time in any format, the soundtrack to the groundbreaking animated series is now available as a deluxe 6xLP box set, multi-disc CD set, and across all digital streaming services. Æon Flux is a mysterious and amoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives or background are left unexplained, as are those of her antagonist/love, Trevor Goodchild. On her missions, she deals swift, bloody “justice” to all who oppose her.
Read more details, and watch a short segment of the show from Liquid Television, here.
February 14, 2023
Silva Screen Records Releases The Essential Games Music Collection Volume 3
Silva Screen Records offers The Essential Games Music Collection Volume 3, performed by the renowned London Music Works. The selection features a wide range of music from both award-winning and well-established film and TV soundtrack composers such as Clint Mansell, Bear McCreary, Hans Zimmer, and composers well known within the games soundtracks community – Inon Zur, Motoi Sakuraba, Yuka Kitamura, Jack Wall, Daniel Rosenfeld, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Tsukasa Saitoh and Yoshimi Kudo.
Read more details here.
February 13, 2023
Out Now: Marvel’s MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR Digital Soundtrack
MARVEL’S MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR is an animated television series based on the characters of the same name by Marvel Comics. The series follows follows the adventures of 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex. Lunella lives with her parents and grandparents in the Lower East Side of New York. One day, she activates a portal to another dimension and a red, horned tyrannosaur-like dinosaur steps out of it. Together, the duo works to protect the city’s Lower East Side from danger… Raphael Saadiq serves the executive music producer for the show. He also provided both the score and songs for the show…
Read more details here.
February 11, 2023
Anne-Kathryn Dern Score to S.F./Horror Film THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY Coming from MSM
THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY is a 2022 science fiction/horror film written and produced by Ed Alan and directed by Nathan Frankowski which tells of a biotech firm posing as a secret enigmatic cult which is able to clone history’s most impactful figures with cutting-edge technology using Jesus’ DNA – DNA in which they have access to after stealing the Shroud of Turin. The film has been scored by Anne-Kathryn Dern, a German composer and CEO of e-Quality Music Productions LLC, residing in Los Angeles, California.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
February 10, 2023
Two Video Game Soundtracks for HOGWARTS LEGACY Are Released
WaterTower Music has released two separate albums of music from Hogwarts Legacy – the highly anticipated immersive, action, open-world role-playing-game set in the 1800s wizarding world. The two albums offer fans a total of 75 incredible tracks from the game soundtrack composers chuck e. myers “sea,” J Scott Rakozy, and Peter Murray. Each respective album contains a completely different set of songs from the other. The Hogwarts Legacy (Original Video Game Soundtrack) is available for streaming, digital purchase, and on vinyl, thru Mondo. The vinyl configuration is currently offered as a preorder, and is scheduled to ship in late spring…
Read more details here, listen to a track from the soundtrack, and watch the HOGWARTS LEGACY Trailer:
February 3, 2023
Shyamalan’s KNOCK AT THE CABIN Scored by Herdís Stefánsdóttir – OST Available Now
The movie follows a young girl and her parents who are taken hostage by a group of armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. Herdís Stefánsdóttir (Y: THE LAST MAN, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, THE ESSEX SERPENT, WE’RE HERE) has scored M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological horror thriller, KNOCK AT THE CABIN.; the soundtrack is now available from Back Lot Music.
See details here.
Soundtrack from Docu Score About Making of 2022 OBI-WAN KENOBI Series Released
OBI-WAN KENOBI: A JEDI’S RETURN Original Soundtrack with music from the documentary film by Scott Michael Smith and Michael Dean Parsons is out today from Disney Music. The docu series premiered on September 8, 2022 on Disney+, exploring the making of the series, and the returns of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
Read more details, and watch the docu trailer, here.
Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter Saleka Releases Song “All I Want” from Apple Original Series SERVANT
Lakeshore Records has announced the release today of Philadelphia-based neo-soul singer-songwriter Saleka’s darkly seductive new single, “All I Want.” The track will appear in the fourth season of SERVANT, the Apple Original series from her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Saleka’s music is key to setting the tone to key moments in the psychological thriller and this song reflects a crucial pivot in the perspective of the character, Leanne.
Read more details here.
February 1, 2023
Christophe Beck Scores ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Award-winning composer Christophe Beck returns to score Marvel Studios’ third installment in the Ant-Man series, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA. The film marks Beck’s fourth collaboration with director Peyton Reed, with whom he collaborated on the previous Ant-Man films and the 2000 comedy, BRING IT ON, and Beck’s fifth Marvel score, the hit series WANDAVISION and HAWKEYE. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, and Kathryn Newton, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA opens in theaters on February 17th. The digital soundtrack album will be released by Marvel Music on February 15th.
Read more details and watch the latest QUANTUMANIA trailer, here.
January 28, 2023
Expanded “Ultimate Cut” of Harry Manfredini’s Score to FRIDAY THE 13TH Part 2
La-La Land Records presents an all-new restored, remixed, remastered, and expanded “ULTIMATE” stereo presentation of renowned composer Harry Manfredini’s original motion picture score to the 1981 feature film FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2, starring Amy Steel and directed by Steve Miner… Produced by Dan Goldwasser and Brian Satterwhite, mixed by Jerry Lambert, and mastered by James Nelson, this special CD release features exclusive liner notes by Satterwhite that provide a detailed track-by-track breakdown along with an in-depth examination of the release’s restoration and remix process.
Read more details here.
January 27, 2023
Soundtrack by French Composer ROB for Horror Thriller RUN SWEETHEART RUN Now Available
The Amazon Original Motion Picture RUN SWEETHEART RUN, featuring soundtrack music by French composer ROB, has been released by Lakeshore. The horror thriller follows a woman who, after what seems to be an innocent date, faces a night of terror when her date hunts her down and tries to kill her. She now must run for her life throughout the city and escape his grasp… Since 2010, Paris-based composer ROB (aka Robin Coudert) delivers a wide range of original soundtracks, alongside his work on tour with the Grammy-awarded band Phoenix. His acclaimed work in genre features includes MANIAC, REVENGE, and GRETEL & HANSEL.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
January 24, 2022
Intrada Announces John Beal’s Complete Score to 1981 Fear Festival THE FUNHOUSE
In Tobe Hooper’s 1981 carnival of horrors, four Iowa teenagers visit a local fun house for a night of innocent amusement, but soon become trapped in a dark ride. discovering nothing there is innocent or amusing as they become stalked by a deformed murderous carnie (Kevin Conway)… Intrada released an 11-track promotional CD of John Beal’s vivid orchestral score in 1998, but now they offer the complete score in a 33-track, 77.35-minute soundtrack CD which is sure to please the dark carnie within all listeners.
Read more details and watch the original 1981 trailer to THE FUNHOUSE, here.
January 17, 2023
Trevor Rabin returns to NATIONAL TREASURE franchise with EDGE OF HISTORY TV series
Disney has premiered the streaming series NATIONAL TREASURE: EDGE OF HISTORY, an action-adventure television series based on, and a continuation of, Jon Turteltaub’s two previous NATIONAL TREASURE film series (2004, 2007). The adventure drama follows a young heroine (Lisette Olivera) in search of answers about her family who embarks on an adventure to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure… Hollywood Records is releasing the a soundtrack album for the series on Jan. 18th. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Trevor Rabin, who scored both PREVIOUS NATIONAL TREASURE features.
Read more details and watch the series trailer, here.
January 11, 2023
Intrada Releases Expanded Soundtrack to Jay Chattaway’s SILVER BULLET
Based on the Steven King novelette, Cycle Of The Werewolf, SILVER BULLET tells about a small town in which brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy who was given a custom-built wheelchair/motorcycle, which he nicknames the “Silver Bullet, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf… Jay Chattaway scored the 1985 film, which was released that year by Varèse Sarabande on a 14-track CD. Intrada’s release expands the score into a full 30-track/56:08-minute presentation remastered from the original three-channel stereo mixes made in 1985.
Read more details, and watch the film’s 1985 trailer, here.
January 10, 2023
Blanck Mass Scores Scottish Horror Film THE RIG – Now Showing on Amazon Prime
THE RIG is a supernatural thriller television series streaming in Amazon Prime. Summary: When the crew of the North Sea stationed Kinloch Bravo oil rig is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious fog rolls in and cuts off communication with the outside world. The crew will be driven to the limits of their endurance and loyalties and will be forced into a confrontation with forces that are beyond their imagination. The series features music by Blanck Mass, which is a British electronic solo project by Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Benjamin J Power. Blank Mass has imbued the music for the series with a claustrophobic sense of unfolding horror, at times the electronic score feels like it’s being performed on THE RIG, with clanging percussion driving the tension. He has imbued the music for the series with a claustrophobic sense of unfolding horror, at times the electronic score feels like it’s being performed on THE RIG, with clanging percussion driving the tension.
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer, here.
January 8, 2023
Ken Thorne’s 1982 TV HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Score Released Digitally
A new digital soundtrack album has been released for Hallmark Hall of Fame’s 1982 television adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME directed by Michael Tuchner and Alan Hume (uncredited). This TV presentation was the sixth film adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel… The film was composed by Academy Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Ken Thorne (1924-2014; HELP!, SUPERMAN II & III, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, THE PROTECTOR, THE RITZ, INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU). The 13-track digital soundtrack album has just now been released by CD PROJEKT and is available to stream/download on major digital music services.
See more details here.
December 28, 2022
Hollywood Records To Release Sara Barone’s Score for Horror Film GRIMCUTTY
GRIMCUTTY is a 2022 monster horror film written and directed by John Ross, known for THE BIRCH and BITE SIZE HORROR TV series, SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, FREAKY FARON. The film was distributed in United States by Hulu on October 10th, in Latin America by Star+ and internationally by Disney+. Hollywood Records will release the GRIMCUTTY Original Soundtrack with music by Sara Barone, (known for scoring AFTER MASKS, THE DESIRING, and providing additional music for LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS, orchestrator for GODZILLA VS KONG, score programming for ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE and SONIC THE HEDGEHOG) on Friday, December 30th.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
December 24, 2022
Arnau Bataller’s score for Spanish SciFi Thriller THE ANTARES PARADOX Released by MSM
MovieScore Media has released Arnau Bataller’s score for the Spanish sci-fi thriller THE ANTARES PARADOX (Spanish title, La paradoja de Antares), which was nominated for the best motion picture award at this year’s Sitges festival. The film follows a dedicated astrophysicist who is working in a Spanish branch of the SETI project. Upon receiving a signal from the Antares system that could herald the confirmation of extraterrestrial intelligence (and which she is required to verify), she receives the news of her father being at death’s door. She faces a dilemma as to whether priority should be given to career or to family.
See more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
December 22, 2022
Christopher Young’s OOP Score to THE MONKEY KING Now Available Digitally
Tribeca Tunes has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 2014 Chinese fantasy adventure THE MONKEY KING: HAVOC IN HEAVEN’S PLACE (aka simply THE MONKEY KING) directed by Soi Cheang and starring Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-Fat, Peter Ho, Kelly Chen and Joe Chen. This is one of two Chinese Monkey King films that were scored by Christopher Young (SPIDER-MAN 3, HELLRAISER, DRAG ME TO HELL, THE GRUDGE, PET SEMATARY remake, ECHO 3, THE OFFERING).
Read the details, and watch the film’s 2014 trailer, here.
December 17, 2022
Christopher Young has Composed the Score for the Horror Film THE OFFERING
Directed by Oliver Park in his feature film debut and originally shot as ABYZOU, the horror film delves into familial themes of grief, denial, and shame within a Hasidic family in the horror… Composer Christopher Young (HELLRAISER, SINISTER, GHOST RIDER, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, DRAG ME TO HELL) has scored the film, fresh from composing music for “The Autopsy” episode from Guillermo del Toro’s CABINET OF CURIOSITIES and the 10-episode Apple-TV+ black-ops thriller series ECHO 13… a digital soundtrack is due for release on January 13th…
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer, here.
December 16, 2022
THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN Soundtrack Released Today – Music by Bear McCreary
Netflix Music has released the 17-track soundtrack album for the limited series THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN. The new series serves as a prequel to the Netflix television series and will consist of four episodes… The prequel series is composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary and is available now from Amazon and, shortly, from other major digital music services.
Read more details, watch a short video with McCreary on “Crafting the Sound of The Witcher: Blood Origin,” and watch the series’ trailer, here.
December 15, 2022
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Releases Tomorrow – Original Score By Simon Franglen – Extended Score Album Releases Dec. 20th
Hollywood Records has announced the release of AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), now available on all streaming platforms. Featuring music by GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Simon Franglen, the 22-track soundtrack also includes the original song “Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” written and performed by The Weeknd, and produced by Swedish House Mafia along with Simon Franglen. The soundtrack will also be available on vinyl in early 2023… Additionally, the extended AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Original Score) album will release Tuesday, December 20th and will include 11 additional score cues from the film…
Read more details here.
December 9, 2022
Quartet Records Releases Hitchcock’s FRENZY Soundtrack Jan 4th – Including Ron Goodwin’s Score AND Henry Mancini’s Unused Score (both for the first time)
Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection present the world premiere release of both the used and unused scores for Alfred Hitchcock’s FRENZY, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film… FRENZY was the only completely rejected score in Henry Mancini’s long career, and also one of the most famous and requested Goodwin scores over the ensuing decades. Neither of them, however, have previously been officially released in any form until today. This collection has been painstakingly produced, restored and mastered by Mike Matessino from stereo and mono elements vaulted at Universal Pictures, with the collaboration of both the Ron Goodwin and Henry Mancini estates…
Read more details here.
Anna Drubich’s Score for Horror Thriller BARBARIAN Released
Hollywood Records announces the release of the BARBARIAN (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by Anna Drubich. The 16-track album is available today, December 9, on major digital platforms here… The film is scored by composer Anna Drubich. She has frequently collaborated with film composer Marco Beltrami, writing an episode of the Danish television historical war drama series 1864 (2014), composing additional music and playing piano on EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE (2019), and co-writing the scores for SCARY STORIES IN THE DARK (2019) and FEAR STREET (2021). On her own she recently scored HYPNOSIS (2020), the horror comedy thriller WEREWOLVES WITHIN (2021)…
Read more details here.
Nicholas Britell’s ANDOR Vol. 3 Soundtrack Available
Walt Disney Records releases the third digital soundtrack from Lucasfilm’s original live-action series ANDOR, today. The Andor: Volume 3 (Episodes 9-12) (Original Score) digital album features scores composed and produced by three-time Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning composer Nicholas Britell and is available here. All 12 episodes of “Andor” are now streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Read more details here.
December 4, 2022
Johannes Ringen Scores Norwegian Monster Movie TROLL – Soundtrack Released by Netflix
Deep in the Dovre mountain in Norway, something gigantic wakes up after a thousand years in captivity. The creature is the last remaining Troll King, which proceeds to destroy everything in its path and quickly approaches Oslo. TROLL is a Norwegian monster film directed and co-written by Roar Uthaug… The score is composed by Johannes Ringen, a Norwegian-born, LA-based composer known for his work on THE BURNING SEA (2021), THE GIRL FROM OSLO (2021), PROJECT Z (2021), and THE QUAKE (2018)
Read more details, watch the film’s trailer, and sample a suite of Ringen’s score, here.
December 1, 2022
Lakeshore Records Releases 4-Track EP from WEDNESDAY Series – Includes Contains Cover Versions of “Paint It Black” & “Don’t Stop”
Lakeshore Records has released a four track EP yesterday led off by a striking hit version of the Rolling Stones’ “Paint it Black” performed by Wednesday Addams on cello and additional tracks by The Nevermore Academy Orchestra. See the streaming/purchase link here.
November 29, 2022
Composer VAAAL Scores Serial Killer Horror Film A WOUNDED FAWN – Soundtrack Out on Dec 1
Zombi Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller A WOUNDED FAWN. The album features the film’s original music composed by VAAAL (WES SCHLAGENHAUF IS DYING, HAVANA LIBRE). The 31-track album will be released digitally on December 1st; it is now available for pre-order on Amazon… A WOUNDED FAWN follows the story of Meredith Tanning (Lind), a local museum curator who is dipping her toe back into the dating pool, only to be targeted by a charming serial killer (Ruben). When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
November 28, 2022
Soundtrack to Horror Comedy SOMETHING IN THE DIRT Released by Node Records – Score by Jimmy LaValle aka The Album Leaf
Node Records has released of the soundtrack album for the horror comedy SOMETHING IN THE DIRT, featuring an original score by recording artist The Album Leaf, aka Jimmy LaValle. The film, the latest from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (MOON KNIGHT, LOKI, THE TWILIGHT ZONE), is another of the duo’s genre-bending signature sci-fi and supernatural horror/dark comedy films (The Endless, Synchronic). In this film, Benson and Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller; the film tells the story of two neighbors who witness something supernatural in their LA apartment building. The two realize that documenting these unexplainable paranormal events could change their lives with fame and fortune. The journey plunges them down a frayed and uncertain path as they uncover the truth of the phenomena. This is the fourth film collaboration with composer Jimmy LaValle, aka The Album Leaf.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here:
November 24, 2022
La-La Land Record’s Final Five 2022 Releases – Includes Two Expanded Genre Soundtracks
La-La Land Records has announced its Final Five CDs for 2022, including two notable genre albums: a 20th Anniversary soundtrack of 2002’s SPIDER-MAN with a remastered and expanded 3-CD deluxe presentation of renowned composer Danny Elfman’s original score. Teeming with thematic motifs that expertly swing from kinetic and soaring action to heartfelt drama and romance, Elfman’s SPIDER-MAN score is an orchestral knockout and a notable work in the composer’s acclaimed canon. And a remastered and expanded CD re-issue of legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith’s original motion picture score to the 1989 big screen cult comedy THE ‘BURBS. Continuing an exciting collaboration with filmmaker Joe Dante, Goldsmith unleashed another wildly creative and notable score for the director’s hilarious, knowing suburban romp.
Read more details here.
November 20, 2022
Howlin’ Wolf Records Announces DEATHCEMBER – Soundtrack CD Features Music by Andrew Scott Bell & Others
Howlin’ Wolf Records is excited to present DEATHCEMBER, a holiday-themed horror anthology series soundtrack with an international ensemble of renowned composers, directors, and actors. The movie is a collection of 24 films that take a look at the dark side of the festive season. 24 international directors with the most diverse ideas and styles; linked by short animated segments that deal with the Advent calendar itself.
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
November 18, 2022
Marco Beltrami’s MIMIC (1997) Score Gets Deluxe CD Club Edition from Varèse Sarabande
Among Varèse Sarabande’s November 2022 CD Club titles is MIMIC Deluxe Edition (Music From the Dimension Motion Score) with music by Marco Beltrami. Mimic displays the hallmarks of Beltrami’s popular style: bold, pulse-pounding action; eerie suspense and scares; and—most importantly—a sensitivity to human emotion. All of this is carefully and immaculately produced in a symphonic-electronic package that calls upon elevated, avant garde orchestral traditions while remaining accessible to modern audiences. Mimic was last available within Varèse Sarabande’s 2016 12CD set, Little Box of Horrors. For this new release, the 34-track Deluxe Edition, limited to 1000 copies, has been newly assembled and remastered from first-generation sources, and the score packaged with new cover art and liner notes by Randall D. Larson.
For more details see here.
November 17, 2022
Invada & Lakeshore Records to Release 1899 – Original Music from the Netflix Series Digitally November 24 – Music By Ben Frost
Invada Records and Lakeshore Records are set to release 1899—Original Music From The Netflix Series featuring music by Ben Frost (DARK), digitally on November 24. The mystery series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese (“Dark”), streams on Netflix worldwide November 17. Lakeshore will release the album in North and South America and Invada will release the album in the rest of the world. A vinyl edition (cover art upper right), will be available in the spring 2023.
For more details, and to sample a track, see here.
November 12, 2022
J. Peter Robinson Scores Sequel film R.I.P.D. 2: RISE OF THE DAMNED – Soundtrack Album Released
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural action comedy R.I.P.D. 2: RISE OF THE DAMNED. The album features the film’s original music composed by J. Peter Robinson (CLEANERS, CHARMED, SPAWN, THE OUTER LIMITS [1995-99]). Directed by Paul Leyden, R.I.P.D. 2 is a sequel to R.I.P.D. (also marketed as R.I.P.D.: REST IN PEACE DEPARTMENT), the poorly received 2013 supernatural action comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The new film stars Jeffrey Donovan, Penelope Mitchell, Richard Brake, Jake Choi and Kerry Knuppe, and follows Sheriff Roy Pulsipher (Donovan) as he becomes the newest officer for the Rest In Peace Department, enforcing the afterlife’s laws who is given a mission to stop a dangerous demon from opening a portal to the underworld.
Read more details, sample one of the soundtrack cues, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
November 8, 2022
MovieScore Media Releases Swedish Horror Score to FEED by Oscar Fogelström
The score contains two prominent themes: for the main theme I wanted a melody that could be used in both positive and darker sequences; Märit’s theme represents the mythical witch who is haunting the island. It’s basically an antagonist theme, but it also appears in a few other situations in the film. The instrumentation is organic/electronic where the organic instruments are nyckelharpa and other traditional Swedish instruments with live percussion by Jesper Skarin. Since the witch wears a mask with a bell, we had Jesper do a lot of metallic sounds, including bowed cymbals and different bells. There are also quite a lot of vocal elements in the score…
Read more details here.
November 4, 2022
ANDOR: Volume 2 (Episodes 5-8) (Original Score) Digital Soundtrack Available Today
Walt Disney Records has released the digital soundtrack from Lucasfilm’s original live-action series ANDOR, today. The ANDOR: Volume 2 (Episodes 5-8), featuring the episode scores composed by Nicholas Britell… Britell says, “I’m very excited to share the original score from Episodes 5-8 in Volume 2, which drops today. As ANDOR the show evolves, so does the music. Exploring the many different sounds – both orchestral, and those with electronic/synthesizer textures – has been such a thrill. I could not be more happy to be a part of this amazing journey with Tony Gilroy, Lucasfilm, and our incredible cast and crew.”
Read more details here.
Lakeshore Records Releases AVENUE 5 – Original Series Soundtrack – Music by Adem Ilhan
Lakeshore Records has released the original series soundtrack to AVENUE 5, featuring music from the first and second seasons by Adem Ilhan (IN THE LOOP).
AVENUE 5 takes us to a not-so-distant future where space tourism is a booming business. While manning a luxury spacecraft owned by Herman Judd (Josh Gad), Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) finds himself in over his head when the ship is thrown disastrously off-course – turning what was meant to be an eight-week cruise into an eight-year journey.
Read more details here.
Lakeshore Records Releases STRANGER THINGS 4 EP Apple Music Exclusive in Dolby Atmos
Lakeshore Records has released an EP of three tracks taken from STRANGER THINGS 4 Original Score from the Netflix Series in Dolby Atmos “Spatial Mix” versions, available for listeners exclusively on Apple Music today.
The music is by two-time Grammy®-nominated and Emmy®-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein…
Read the details here.
November 3, 2022
Silva Screen Records Presents The Musical Anthology of HIS DARK MATERIALS Series Three
On December 2nd, Silva Screen will digitally release the third volume of the highly successful 2019 concept album as an introduction to HIS DARK MATERIALS Series Three music, presenting the newly composed principal themes from Series three. The music for the entire HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy is composed by Lorne Balfe. In this introduction to the Music from the Television Series, Balfe delves into the series and character themes from the final instalment of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed trilogy. Lorne describes his score as “Elgar meets Nine Inch Nails” and recounts that “The main thing that we wanted to do was to always have a clear journey of each character’s theme… I wrote their themes separately as a journey, so that we knew musically what would happen throughout the series…
Read more details here.
Silva Screen Records Presents A Collection of Ramin Djawadi’s Music From WESTWORLD
On November 18, 2022, Silva Screen Records will digitally release Music From Westworld (2016-). Performed by London Music Works, the album features music highlights from Ramin Djawadi’s extensive and rich score. “We’ve always had a great hybrid, and I always felt like that was such a creative and fun way to approach the score with season 1, where we had obviously the Westworld elements, and we did acoustic guitars and all the organic elements,” Djawadi commented. “And then, whenever we would be under the park with all the techy stuff, robots, and futuristic things, we always had to use the synthesizers. But, especially in season 3, when it pushed into this future world, it became very synthetic.
Read more details here.
October 26, 2022
Two Horror Scores – Richard Band & Alan Howarth – Announced from Dragons Domain
Dragon’s Domain Records presents a new release of THE PIT & THE PENDULUM, to be distributed through Buysoundtrax.com. THE PIT & THE PENDULUM features music composed and conducted by Richard Band (RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND, GHOST WARRIOR, TROLL) for the 1991 version of the classic story written by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Dennis Paoli, directed by Stuart Gordon (RE-ANIMATOR) and starring Lance Henriksen. Stephen Lee, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, William Norris, Mark Margolis, Frances Bay, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Jeffrey Combs and Oliver Reed…
See more details here.
Rocky Gray Scores 10/31 PART III – Soundtrack CD from Howlin’ Wolf Records
Horror soundtrack specialist Howlin’ Wolf Records presents Rocky Gray’s score for 10/31 PART III, the third installment in the gruesomely popular 10/31 Anthology Series, with segments directed by a variety of renowned cult-cinema directors. Rocky Gray is an award-winning composer of over 30 features, shorts, and video games. An accomplished musician, he was the original drummer for the multi-platinum goth rock band Evanescence, and later drummer and lead guitarist for We Are The Fallen and Living Sacrifice, respectively.
Read more details here.
October 24, 2022
Ramin Djawadi’s Soundtrack Album to HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, first season, Now Available
WaterTower Music has released the first soundtrack album for the HBO original series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award winner Ramin Djawadi (GAME OF THRONES, WESTWORLD, ETERNALS, IRON MAN, CLASH OF THE TITANS). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services.
Read more details here.
October 21, 2022
Full Soundtrack to GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Released
Lakeshore Records has released GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES – Soundtrack From The Netflix Series featuring music by the ten composers who created the score to each episode directed by a different filmmaker, appearing in the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s four-day horror anthology miniseries event that begins on Netflix October 25.
Read more details here.
Amie Doherty’s Score for SHE-HULK Episodes 5-9 Now Available
In an interview with Jon Burlingame at Variety, Doherty spoke up about scoring SHE-HULK: “The challenge, she says, was finding a central theme that she could apply to both sides of the character, along with creating music for the ‘really quirky characters’ who are her clients. It’s fun to get to dabble in that established Marvel sound while trying to bring something new and fresh
Read more details here.
October 20, 2022
Listen to Holly Amber Church’s Main Title Theme & a Christopher Young track from Guillermo del Toro’s CABINET OF CURIOSITIES – Full Soundtrack Album Releases Tomorrow
Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack of the new horror anthology series for purchase digitally ahead of the premiere. With eight composers creating music for eight separate episodes, and two others handling show’s theme and other tracks, they bring unique personal styles to their work that gives each episode its own unique musical style and ensures the series as a whole possesses distinctly foreboding and scary musical elements.
Read more details, and listen to Holly Amber Church’s Main Theme, here.
Latest Animated Superhero Score From Dynamic Music Partners Released
BATMAN AND SUPERMAN: BATTLE OF THE SUPER SONS is a 2022 animated direct-to-video superhero film… based on the DC Comics of the same name. It is the overall 49th installment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, it is the first fully-CGI animated film from DC Entertainment, and it tells the story of Jonathan Kent and reluctant young sidekick Damian Wayne who are burdened with saving the world from impending doom from the alien mind control of Starro. The film is scored by Dynamic Music Partners (Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, and Michael McCuistion), the exemplary composer team known for their amazing scores for DC and Marvel animated universe films since the early 1990s
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
October 19, 2022
Colin Stetson’s Score is on THE MENU: Forthcoming Satirical Horror Thriller
Of the score, Colin Stetson says, “From my first reading of the script to our last moments on the mix stage, my experience creating the music on this film has been an absolute joy, as the themes, refrains, and aesthetic have seemed to jump right off of the page and screen for me with every brilliant turn of phrase, perfect edit, and wickedly delivered performance. It is pure pleasure working with such an incredible team and I am truly grateful for the whole of it.”
Read more details, listen to advance track “All Aboard,” and watch the film’s trailer, here.
October 18, 2022
WaterTower Music Releases a new Choral version of David Buckley’s SANDMAN Main Theme
A special choral version of David Buckley’s main theme from the Netflix series THE SANDMAN, based on Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel series, has been released by WaterTower Music. The new arrangement, composed by David Buckley, is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
Read more details and listen to the Choral version of the theme, here.
October 16, 2022
Two new Cues from Ramin Djawadi’s HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Score Released
WaterTower Music has released two new piano-based tracks by Ramin Djawadi from the latest episode of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, “Lament” and “Fate of the Kingdoms.” The label has previously released two first tracks (“The Prince That Was Promised” and “Protector of the Realm”). The series’ full soundtrack album will be released after next week’s season finale.
Read more details, or listen to the tracks, here.
October 14, 2022
BLACK ADAM Full Soundtrack Released by WaterTower – Score by Lorne Balfe
WaterTower Music has announced today’s release of the soundtrack to the upcoming New Line Cinema action adventure BLACK ADAM, starring Dwayne Johnson. The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the uncompromising DC antihero comes to the big screen… The 43-track album by noted Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, BLACK WIDOW) has just been released – in advance of the film. “My goal was to get the emotion and darkness of the main characters back story across to the audience, whilst simultaneously intertwining the old themes and familiarities of the DC comic book world and introducing a new class of superheroes,” said Balfe. “One way to bring in the feeling of an ancient world together was to collaborate with traditional instruments from Latin America, India, Africa and the Middle East….”
Read more details here, and sample a cue from the soundtrack.
Netflix Debuts THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL on Oct 19 – Soundtrack by Theodore Shapiro Now Available
The original score by Shapiro perfectly matches the magical, whimsical, and sweeping world of the film. “The world of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is incredibly rich, drawing visually on everything from ancient myths to modern couture. The score for the film follows this lead, combining medieval sounds like recorders and frame drums with Baroque harpsichords, an epically sized orchestra, and modern beats and programming. My mantra was: cinematic and epic, but never forgetting a pop sensibility,” says Shapiro.
Read more details here and watch the film’s latest trailer:
Bear McCreary’s Final Season 1 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Episode 8 Soundtrack
With the release of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER (Season One: Episode 8 Amazon Original Series Soundtrack), all nine soundtrack albums from the Amazon Prime Video series are available, including Bear McCreary’s soundtracks to episodes 1-8, and the overall Season 1 soundtrack album featuring Howard Shore’s main title theme and selections of McCreary’s music from the first season not found on the individual episode soundtracks… Mondo, in partnership with Amazon Studios, will present both Vinyl and 2 disc CD editions of THE RINGS OF POWER Season 1 album featuring Bear McCreary and the main theme by Howard Shore, as well as “Where The Shadows Lie” performed by Fiona Apple.
Read more details here.
October 10, 2022
Kenneth Lampl Scores Horror Film SISSY – CD released by MovieScore Media
Sweden’s MovieScore Media has released the original score from the 2022 horror feature film SISSY, directed by Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, and starring Aisha Dee, Yerin Ha and Hannah Barlow… The film has been scored by American film composer Kenneth Lampl, who has scored over 90 films during his career thus far. “The SISSY score is best described as a psychotic rollercoaster, veering its way from sinister Italian Giallo and tense Herrmann-esque thriller to over-exuberant, saccharine-coated, Disney magic,” Lampl said. “The music is intended to capture the unreal, inner fantasy land of social media and its impact on the slowly unraveling mind of our main character Sissy.
Read more details here.
October 9, 2022
Second Theme By Ramin Djawadi From HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Released – Full Soundtrack still forthcoming
WaterTower Music has released Ramin Djawadi’s “Protector of the Realm” today, the second piece of music available from the HOUSE OF THE DRAGON series – the prequel to GAME OF THRONES which is streaming on HBO and HBO Max since August 21. The music was created by acclaimed Emmy Award- Winning and Grammy ® nominated composer Ramin Djawadi, who wrote the popular musical scores from GAME OF THRONES, and HBO’s WESTWORLD. Djawadi’s cue “The Prince That Was Promised” was released as a single last August.
Read more details, and listen to the cue, here.
October 7, 2022
Varese Sarabande Announces A Pair of Alan Silvestri Deluxe CD Soundtracks
From the storied collaboration of Robert Zemeckis and Alan Silvestri comes the devilishly fun 1992 horror–comedy score, DEATH BECOMES HER… Alan Silvestri’s score captures, as always, a perfect sense of the film’s tone: grand yet wry, large-scale and symphonic for the supernatural drama, but with a lighthearted touch of the macabre… Also coming soon is LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER—THE CRADLE OF LIFE (2003), the second of two action-adventure movies starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, the protagonist of the popular Tomb Raider (1996) videogame series. For this project, Silvestri fused both concepts into an expansive, pulse-pounding and dynamic score for the film’s world-spanning adventure.
Read more details here.
Marvel Studios’ WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Soundtrack Is Available Today
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader… In his Marvel film directorial debut, Oscar®-winning composer of UP and other Pixar favorites, longtime Marvel Studios collaborator Michael Giacchino directs WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. Giacchino has a classic approach to horror, believing, “Horror is all about what you don’t know and what you think is about to happen or what you think you see or what you think you hear. I am trying to use that for us as much as possible. That was the goal from day one on this project.”
Read more details, and watch the WEREWOLF BY NIGHT trailer, here.
Lorne Balfe’s “Justice Society Theme” from BLACK ADAM Released
WaterTower Music has today released “The Justice Society Theme” (from BLACK ADAM) – the latest music to be made available from the upcoming New Line Cinema action adventure BLACK ADAM, starring Dwayne Johnson. It follows on the heels of last week’s release of the “Black Adam Theme.” The BLACK ADAM (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) soundtrack will be released October 14, and BLACK ADAM smashes into theaters and IMAX internationally beginning October 19th,
Read more details here.
Ben Lovett’s Score to New HELLRAISER Soundtrack Released Today
Today Lakeshore Records has released Spyglass Media Group’s digital soundtrack for HELLRAISER – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by Ben Lovett (THE RITUAL, THE NIGHT HOUSE). Lovett reunites with director David Bruckner as he reimagines the score to the reinvented iconic horror classic, Hellraiser, which debuts in the U.S. exclusively today on Hulu.
Read more details here.
October 6, 2022
Lorne Balfe’s Soundtrack for PENNYWORTH Season 3 Releases Tomorrow
DC’s HBO Max original series PENNYWORTH has premiered it’s third season today. The series tells the continuing story of the origin story of Alfred Pennyworth, a former special-forces soldier living in London and how he came to work for Bruce Wayne’s father. WaterTower Music will released tomorrow the soundtrack album for the third season, featuring selections of the original score from the show’s third season. The music has been composed by Lorne Balfe…
Read more details, and watch the Season 3 trailer, here.
October 5, 2022
Lakeshore Records has Early-Released “Blood Box” Track by Ben Lovett from 2022’s HELLRAISER Soundtrack
Arriving October 7 is the soundtrack to 2022’s HELLRAISER, featuring a score by Ben Lovett (THE NIGHT HOUSE, THE RITUAL, THE SIGNAL, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW). This new incarnation of hell-raising horror is directed by David Bruckner and based on the Clive Barker story and 1987 film, will make its debut on Hulu in tandem with the soundtrack release…
Listen to the chilling track “Blood Box” which premiered at Bloody Disgusting and is now available via YouTube – and on my news page here.
October 4, 2022
Expanded Remaster of Hans Zimmer’s 2002 Score to THE RING Released on CD
La-La Land Records, Paramount Pictures, and Geffen present a remastered and expanded, two-disc 20th Anniversary release of composer Hans Zimmer’s original motion picture score to the 2002 feature film supernatural thriller THE RING, starring Naomi Watts, and directed by Gore Verbinski. Zimmer’s score is a masterpiece of atmosphere – haunting, dreadful, beautiful, poignant, tense – it effectively envelops the film and the listener in an unforgettable sonic dreamstate. The film is a remake of Hideo Nakata’s 1998 Japanese horror film RING…
Read more details here.
October 3, 2022
Jeff Russo’s Soundtrack to SHOWTIME Series THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Released
Lakeshore Records has released the digital THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Original Series Score, featuring music by Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated composer Jeff Russo (TV’s STAR TREK: PICARD, FARGO, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY). Says Russo: “The performances in THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, coupled with such an engaging and emotional story, made writing this score incredibly thrilling. I really got to open up melodically and also have so much fun with it.”
Read more details about the series and watch its final #2 trailer, here.
October 2, 2022
Sample a Track From the EXCEPTION Soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto – OST Due Oct 14
Ryuichi Sakamoto has composed the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix anime series, EXCEPTION. The series takes place in a far future when human beings have been forced to leave earth and migrate to another galaxy. An advanced team of spacecraft arrives at a planet that is to be terraformed. Each member of the team is output by a biological 3D printer, but one of them has been printed with a deformity.
Read more details, listen to Sakamoto’s “Exception” main theme, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
John Debney’s Score for Disney’s HOCUS POCUS 2 – Digital Soundtrack Released Today – CD Set For Release November 11
Hocus Pocus 2 Original Soundtrack is available digitally today with the CD set for release on November 11th. The soundtrack features 9 songs with an original score composed and produced by Emmy®-winning and Oscar®-nominated composer John Debney… Debney comments, “Having started my career with HOCUS POCUS 1, what a wonderful bookend to have just completed HOCUS POCUS 2. To re-explore the wonderful world of our beloved witches has been an absolute joy. Working with the amazingly talented director Anne Fletcher, we strove to both capture the magic of the first film while giving the new one its own voice and darkly fun attitude. I hope that fans of the original film will love the new film creating a whole new generation of fans….and being reunited with the incredible Marc Shaiman has been an absolute joy as we again explore the musical landscape of Hocus Pocus!”
Read more details and watch the latest trailer, here.
September 30, 2022
Dan Levy’s Soundtrack to French Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Film VESPER Released
VESPER is a science fiction (released in France as VESPER CHRONICLES) that takes place after the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, when a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future… The film is scored by Dan Levy, Paris, is a French composer and actor, known for FOR MY COUNTRY(2022), LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS (episode: The Tall Grass, 2021), and I LOST MY BODY (2019).
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
Lakeshore Records Releases LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS: SEASON 3 Soundtrack From The Netflix Series
Lakeshore Records has unleashed LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS: SEASON 3 – Soundtrack From The Netflix Series featuring music by composer and series music consultant Rob Cairns , Award-winning composer Jason Hill (who scored the David Fincher-directed “Bad Travelling”), iconic DJ/composer Tom Holkenborg (AKA Junkie XL), and renowned electronic artist Killawatt (who scored the double Emmy-winning episode “Jibaro”).
Read more details, and watch the LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS Season 3 Trailer, here.
The Theme From New Line Cinema’s BLACK ADAM By Grammy Award-Winning Composer Lorne Balfe Available from WaterTower Music
WaterTower Music is pleased to announce today’s release of the first music to be heard from the upcoming New Line Cinema action adventure BLACK ADAM, starring Dwayne Johnson. The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the uncompromising DC antihero comes to the big screen under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra… “It was exciting to get into the Black Adam theme, and I really wanted to capture his essence as the DC comic book world’s anti-hero. We had a large brass section across the score to give the weight and power of the main character’s past, which I balanced out with high tempo, more melodic sounds to give the audience that more familiar heroic feel,” said composer Lorne Balfe.
Read more details, and watch the series’ trailer, here.
September 24, 2022
New Sci-Fi Thriller BLANK Features Score by Aryhnn Descy
BLANK is 2022 sci-fi thriller about Claire, a desperate writer who, after checking in for an A.I. operated writer’s retreat, finds herself trapped in her unit with a malfunctioning android. As her captor becomes increasingly unstable she has to outsmart the technology in order to make it out alive.
The film has been scored by Aryhnn Descy (THE TOMBS, NINE NIGHTS, EYE FOR AN EYE), a French/South African composer and pianist who divides her time between London and LA.
Read more details and watch the BLANK trailer, here.
September 23, 2022
Cris Velasco’s Score to Video Game Dauntless Vol. 3 Released
Players Sent Recordings of Themselves Doing Chants to be Incorporated Into the New Theme
“We wanted the theme to be highly melodic and memorable. With over 30 million players worldwide, it was also a great chance to use the Dauntless community as an element. We asked them to lend their literal voices into the recording of the new Main Theme. It was so much fun to see the excitement and passion in all the submissions. Everyone that sang the new chant is included in the recording. This is now the new sound of Dauntless,” said Velasco.
Read more details, watch a video about the Main Theme process, and listen to the final track, here.
Science Fiction TV Series LA BREA Gets a Soundtrack Between Seasons – Music by James S. Levine
LA BREA is a science fiction drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 28, 2021 and tells of a massive sinkhole that mysteriously opens up in Los Angeles, separating part of a family in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a desperate group of strangers. The series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere on September 27, 2022… LA BREA has been scored by Emmy-nominated composer James S. Levine, best known for creating ground breaking scores to hit television series such as NIP/ TUCK, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, BLOODLINE, and INSTINCT. Since 2001, Levine has been honored by ASCAP and BMI with over 30 film and television music awards, including those for most performed underscore.
Read more details, and watch LA BREA’s Season 2 trailer, here.
September 22, 2022
Silva Screen Records Presents Music From the Terminator Movies Performed by London Music Works
On October 7, 2022, Silva Screen Records will digitally release Music From the Terminator Movies, featuring music highlights from composers Brad Fiedel, Marco Beltrami, Danny Elfman, Lorne Balfe and Tom Holkenborg. Scoring for the Terminator franchise has come full circle and with this new album, London Music Works curates its musical journey. The album follows the scores chronologically… The critically acclaimed London Music Works specializes in playing film and TV soundtracks. The critically acclaimed London Music Works specializes in playing film and TV soundtracks…
Read more details here.
September 21, 2022
STAR WARS: Nicholas Britell’s ANDOR Theme Released as Digital Single
The “Main Titles Themes (Episodes 1-3)” from Andor are now available digitally from Walt Disney Records. The score is composed by Emmy®-winning and three-time Academy Award® nominated composer, pianist, and producer Nicholas Britell (DON’T LOOK UP, SUCCESSION, CRUELLA.) The digital album consists of three tracks, main title themes from each of the first three episodes of the series…
Read more details, and listen to the first episode theme from ANDOR, here.
September 16, 2022
Disney’s Live Action Pinocchio Soundtrack is Out – Scored by Alan Silvestri
Released last week by Walt Disney Records, the music & song soundtrack to Robert Zemeckis’ live-action remake of PINOCCHIO for Disney features score by the director’s long-time collaborator Alan Silvestri… Silvestri used the songs as a resource, along with an accordion to evoke a bit of Old World Italy for Geppetto’s shop. Silvestri explained, “Even though the film takes place at a much earlier time in history, I didn’t feel that we had to limit ourselves to period music. In a film like this, with these big action sequences, there’s a great range of musical needs, a lot of music that had to be written. But it really comes back to the emotional arc of the characters. These were very emotional scenes and adventures and things happening that are timeless and universal – friendship and danger, mystery and fantasy, all these things. So, the film seemed to really be able to take and handle a tremendous musical range.”
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
Soundtrack to DOCTOR WHO Series 13: FLUX Announced for CD Sept 30th
Silva Screen Records is releasing, on Sept. 30, the DOCTOR WHO SERIES 13 – FLUX (Original Television Soundtrack) composed by Segun Akinola. This three CD set features the score for FLUX spread across two CDs, plus a bonus disc of the New Years’ Day special REVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS… DOCTOR WHO: FLUX tells a story in which the Doctor’s quest to recover her lost Timeless Child memories coincided with a potentially universe-destroying threat.
Read the details here.
MovieScore Media announces the Soundtrack to DEUS by composer John Koutselinis
Says composer John Koutselinis about the score: “Wonderful to work with writer/director Steve Stone once again, for whom I have a great admiration of his vision and the dark worlds he depicts through his films. The score for the sci-fi thriller DEUS calls to describe a dark and dystopian reality, humanity on its final days, the search for the unknown, and a challenging question put to the viewer of a great ethical dilemma. As such, the tone is also dark, atonal, somber, distorted…
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer here.
September 15, 2022
LOTR THE RINGS OF POWER Episode 4 Soundtrack Released – Music by Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary’s Season 1 Episode 4 soundtrack for the Amazon series THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER has been released today. The album features approximately 54 minutes of original music from the fourth Season 1 episode (titled “The Great Wave”) and is now available to stream exclusively on Amazon Music…
Read more details here.
SHE-HULK ATTORNEY AT LAW Vol 1 Soundtrack Releases Tomorrow – Score by Amy Doherty
Hollywood Records will release the SHE-HULK Attorney At Law Vol. 1 digital soundtrack album tomorrow, Sept. 16th. The album features the original music from the first four episodes of the show composed by Amie Doherty. A single containing Doherty’s main theme was previously released last month; a second volume containing composer’s music from episodes 5-9 is expected to come out after the season finale on October 13.
Read more details here.
A24 Music Releases “Pearl Main Titles” From PEARL – Music by Tyler Bates & Timothy Williams
Today, A24 Music released the single “Pearl Main Titles” from the PEARL Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by Tyler Bates & Timothy Williams. The full 19-track album will be available September 23 on major digital platforms.
Read more details here.
September 12, 2022
BATTLEFIELD 2024 Soundtrack Comes to 2XLP Vinyl in November
Lakeshore Records & Invada Records are set to release the official soundtrack 2XLP vinyl edition for the video game Battlefield 2024 on November 4. The game score has been composed by two-time Grammy Award winners Hildur Gudnadóttir & Sam Slater…
Read details, and listen to the main title theme, here.
September 1, 2022
Music from LOTR: THE RINGS OF POWER Available
Amazon Content Services released yesterday a new soundtrack album for series featuring the original music from the first season’s second episode (entitled “Adrift”) composed by Bear McCreary. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon Music. Another album featuring the composer’s score from the first episode is expected to come out within the next day and more music will be released weekly as new episodes premiere over the next couple of weeks. A full soundtrack album featuring Howard Shore’s main title theme and selections of McCreary’s music from Season 1 (see image, left) was released earlier this month…
Read more details here.
August 30, 2022
New Genre CD Releases from Dragon’s Domain Records
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced its new August soundtrack releases – four sci-fi/horror genre offerings. See above images – then read more details here.
August 26, 2022
Superhero In Absentia SAMARITAN Soundtrack Released – Scored by Jed Kurzel and Kevin Kiner
Lakeshore Records has digitally released the Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to SAMARITAN, featuring music by Jed Kurzel and Kevin Kiner. The pulsating score merges menacing electronics with dark orchestration to provide an ominous backdrop to the vigilante-themed thriller… Said Kiner, “This is a goal I always set out to achieve when I am composing, but pulling off a truly fresh vibe and palette is easier said than done.”
Read the details here.
Michael Abels Score for Jordan Peele’s NOPE Soundtrack Comes to Vinyl
Waxwork Records in partnership with Back Lot Music has released NOPE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Abels. Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with GET OUT and then US. Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, NOPE… Waxwork Records is thrilled to present the official NOPE deluxe double LP soundtrack album. The package comes complete with 180-gram colored vinyl, quality packaging, original artwork by Ethan Mesa, heavyweight gatefold jacket with matte coating, a multi-page 12”x12” booklet, liner notes, & more.
Read more details here.
August 24, 2022
Pinar Toprak Scoring SLUMBERLAND for Netflix
SLUMBERLAND is an upcoming fantasy comedy-adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence based on Winsor McCay’s classic 1905-1911 comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland. The film follows a young girl (Marlow Barkley) who discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw (Jason Momoa), hopes she will be able to see her late father again. Pinar Toprak (CAPTAIN MARVEL, STARGIRL, SKYFIRE, THE LOST CITY, KRYPTON series) is scoring the film.
For more details and to watch the film’s trailer, see here.
Ghost Thriller MID-CENTURY Scored by Vivek Maddala
Gardener Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller MID-CENTURY, featuring the music of composer Vivek Maddala (THE TOM AND JERRY SHOW, ASIAN AMERICANS, WHITE SUN). MID-CENTURY is helmed by actress/director Sonja O’Hara (ROOT LETTER, DOOMSDAY series) and stars Shane West, Sarah Hay, Stephen Lang, and Bruce Dern.
Read more details, and sample an impressive track from the score, here.
August 19, 2022
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 4 Soundtrack Set for August 26 – Music by Jeff Russo
The digital soundtrack album for the fourth season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY includes selections of the original score composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo. The 32-track album is being released on August 26, 2022 from Lakeshore Records. Included on the album Annabelle Wallis’ rendition of the Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler-penned song “Stormy Weather,” which was sung by Wallis (the voice of Zora) on the season’s sixth episode.
Read more details here.
Fernando Velázquez Scores THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR – Digital Soundtrack Out Today – CD Forthcoming
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s Spanish original series THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR (originally titled ALMA). Quartet Records presents the label’s first collaboration with Netflix, working together in the album release of Fernando Velázquez’s impressive and powerful symphonic score for the new Sci-Fy drama series ALMA.
Read more details, and watch the film trailer, here.
New Music By Ramin Djawadi From HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Available
WaterTower Music has released “The Prince That Was Promised,” the first music available from the highly anticipated HOUSE OF THE DRAGON – the prequel to GAME OF THRONES which is coming to HBO and HBO Max on August 21. The music was created by acclaimed Emmy Award- Winning and Grammy ® nominated composer Ramin Djawadi, who wrote the popular musical scores from GAME OF THRONES, and HBO’s WESTWORLD.
Listen to “The Prince That Was Promised” here.
Nima Fakharara Scores AMERICAN CARNAGE and Releases a Soundtrack Album
AMERICAN CARNAGE is a horror comedy thriller that follows a group of newly detained young ICE detainees who are offered a chance to avoid deportation by joining a program to help the elderly, but soon realize something is horribly wrong with their elderly charges. The film’s music is scored by Nima Fakharara, an Iranian film composer currently based in Los Angeles… A soundtrack album has been released by the composer
Read more details here.
August 15, 2022
Expanded Reissue of 1985’s LIFEFORCE by Henry Mancini – Separate CD Available with Michael Kamen’s Additional Music
Intrada Records has released the complete score to Henry Mancini’s horror- s.f.-horror film, Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE, on a remastered 2-CD set. Based on Colin Wilson’s novel “The Space Vampires,” the film takes place in London when a race of space vampires arrives and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Read the full details here.
August 14, 2022
Ramin Djawadi’s WESTWORLD: Season 4 Soundtrack Released
WaterTower Music has released the WESTWORLD: Season 4 soundtrack from the HBO® Series, featuring the music of Ramin Djawadi (GAME OF THRONES, IRON MAN and the forthcoming GAME OF THRONES: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON). As has been Djawadi’s thematic approach on each of his WESTWORLD soundtracks from the HBO drama series, the 34-track album features the lauded composer’s original music along with unique versions of well-known songs…
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Paul Zaza’s 1983 Slasher Soundtrack CURTAINS Released on Digital and, soon, on Vinyl
Waxwork Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1983 slasher movie CURTAINS. The film is about six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion become targeted by a mysterious masked murderer… The digital album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Zaza (PORKY’S, PROM NIGHT, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, MURDER BY DECREE, A CHRISTMAS STORY).
Read more details, and watch the original 1983 trailer, here.
August 12, 2022
Horror Comedy BODIES BODIES BODIES Soundtrack Released Featuring Score by Disasterpeace
BODIES BODIES BODIES is a black comedy horror thriller directed by Halina Reijn. The film follows a group of rich 20-somethings who plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion – but a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.
The film’s eerie music score was composed by Disasterpeace (IT FOLLOWS, UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), aka Richard Vreeland. A 9-track music score album was released on August 10th
Read more details here.
August 9, 2022
Ltd Edition Vinyl Release of 1980 FIRESTARTER Music of Tangerine Dream
Varèse Sarabande revisits the glory days of 1980s sci-fi “synthwave” with a 1500 copy limited edition pressing of Tangerine Dream’s classic electronic score on LP. The vinyl edition is pressed on stunning “Fuego” colored vinyl. FIRESTARTER came amidst the 1980s film-scoring heyday of German synth band Tangerine Dream, in their well-known lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling. The band’s pulsating textures and ambient soundscape reinvented film scoring in films…
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La-La Land Records Announces CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND & E.T.: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL Anniversary Limited Edition Re-Issue CDs
In celebration of John Williams’ 90th birthday and both the 40th anniversary of the beloved 1982 classic feature film, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL and the 45th Anniversary of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND., both composed by Williams, the label presents 2-CD reissues of each score’s restored, remastered soundtrack.
See the details here.
Available Now: THE SANDMAN: Season 1 Featuring Music By David Buckley
WaterTower Music has announced the release of THE SANDMAN: Season 1 (Soundtrack From the Original Netflix Series) which features music by composer David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Gifted). This 27-track score is available now on all major digital platforms for digital purchase and streaming… “THE SANDMAN is an incredibly eclectic story spanning everything from other-worldly magic to deep trauma and horror, but is always told with real human feelings,” says Buckley. The Sandman’s range of genres gave Buckley the opportunity to embrace a large palette for the score including full orchestra, choir, early music instruments, such as viola da gamba and baroque flutes, and some esoteric sounds…
Read more details here.
August 5, 2022
Sarah Schachner’s Score to PREDATOR prequel PREY Released
Today, Hulu premiered the new film PREY, the origin story of the PREDATOR in the world of the Comanche Nation 300 years ago. This remarkable prequel makes history as Hollywood’s first franchise movie to star an all-Native American cast… The music for the film has been composed by Sarah Schachner, best known for her video game work creating multiple scores for Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed. PREY is her first major studio feature film score. Sarah Schachner’s PREY soundtrack has been released by 20th Century Studios and is now available…
Read more details here.
Expanded CD Reissues of Ennio Morricone’s RED SONJA & Georges Delerue’s DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
Quartet Records of Spain, in collaboration with Studio Canal, presents an expanded, remastered edition of Ennio Morricone’s classic fantasy sword-and-sorcery score for the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle RED SONJA (1985), directed by Richard Fleischer and also starring Brigitte Nielsen as Sonja. The label has also released a remastered reissue of Georges Delerue’s 1973 Academy-Award nominated score for the Mike Nichols classic sci-fi paranoia thriller THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN…
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July 26, 2022
Richard Band’s Score to SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 4: INITIATION Premiere CD Release
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack release of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 4: INITIATION, to be distributed through buysoundtrax.com. The CD soundtrack features music composed by noted horror composer Richard Band for the 1990 horror film directed by Brian Yuzna (RE-ANIMATOR, SOCIETY, THE DENTIST), starring Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Hugh Fink, Richard N. Gladstein, Reggie Bannister, Allyce Beasley and Maud Adams.
Read more details, and watch the film’s remastered trailer, here.
July 25, 2022
WAKANDA FOREVER Prologue EP Available Now
Following Saturday’s release of the BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, the Wakanda Forever Prologue EP is available today. Commenting on the inspiration behind this prologue, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson shared, “This Prologue is an aural first glimpse of WAKANDA FOREVER. The sound world for the film began with extended trips to Mexico and Nigeria. We spent our days working with traditional musicians who educated us about the cultural, social and historical contexts of their music. We built a catalogue of instrumental and vocal recordings with them that explored both traditional and non-traditional uses of their musical material.
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Clint Mansell Scores Gothic Horror Thriller SHE WILL
SHE WILL is a 2021 British psychological horror comedy-drama film that stars Alice Krige as an aging film star who retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned. The film has been scored by Clint Mansell; Mercury has released a digital soundtrack which has been released on July 15 and is available from the usual sources. A vinyl edition will reportedly be coming out on August 5
Read more details and sample a track from the soundtrack here.
July 20, 2022
Teen Titans: Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 from composers Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion Now Available
Dynamic Music Partners – made up superhero animation composers par excellence Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis and Kristopher Carter have released their first soundtrack album on their own label, Dynamic Soundtrack Records, featuring their music from the animated TEEN TITANS series.
Read more details here.
New Edition of Tangerine Dream’s 1980 Score for FIRESTARTER Released by Varèse Sarabande – CD and Vinyl
Varèse Sarabande revisits the glory days of 1980s sci-fi “synthwave” with a new edition of Tangerine Dream’s classic electronic score for FIRESTARTER (1984). Based on the 1980 novel by Stephen King and directed by Mark L. Lester, the film starred eight-year-old Drew Barrymore as Charly, a girl with pyrokinetic powers owing to her parents’ participation in a secret study of hallucinogenic drugs. FIRESTARTER came amidst the 1980s film-scoring heyday of German synth band Tangerine Dream, in their well-known lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling. The band considered FIRESTARTER one of their most challenging scores… New liner notes by Randall D. Larson explain how the band did not score to picture, but created “wild” cues to be used by the film’s music editors.
Read more details here.
July 17, 2022
Jerry Goldsmith’s Oscar-Winning OMEN Soundtrack Reissued on Red/Black Splatter Vinyl
THE OMEN was a special project for Jerry Goldsmith: the only time he won an Oscar in his long career, for Best Original Score. He was also nominated for Best Original Song, for “Ave Satani” – his chilling “Black Mass” that inverted the Latin Mass into a dark, chilling paean to the Devil. The score is one of Goldsmith’s best: not just the “Ave Satani” chants, but the way he incorporates them into his modernist, thrilling action music… This special LP reissue of THE OMEN from Varèse Sarabande features the original, 12-track 1976 soundtrack album on red vinyl with black splatter.
Read more details here.
July 17, 2022
PSYCHO STORM CHASER Soundtrack Released – Music by Andrew Scott Bell
Howlin’ Wolf Records has released Andrew Scott Bell’s score for PSYCHO STORM CHASER, a film about a serial killer who uses the cover of catastrophic storms as both inspiration and disguise for his crimes… Writer John Mansell describes the score for PSYCHO STORM CHASER as “dark and unnerving, something that also applies to the movie and its ominous and brooding storyline. However, the macabre or sinister-sounding pieces of music never outnumber or smother the more melodious interludes. Both variants bring much to the work and also complement one another as the score builds and progresses, making for a balanced and entertaining listen.”
Read more details here.
July 14, 2022
THE NORTHMAN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Incoming on Physical Formats from Sacred Bones Records
The evocative early Nordic folk-inspired original score by Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough for the Robert Eggers film THE NORTHMAN will finally be available on physical formats from Sacred Bones Records. Previously available digitally from Back Lot Music, Sacred Bones will issue the soundtrack on cassette, CD, and 140g gatefold double vinyl on July 22, 2022. Composers Robin Carolan (Tri Angle records) and Sebastian Gainsborough (Vessel) stretched themselves to the depths of their creativity and the resulting album is a gorgeous sonic tableaux that places the listener right in the center of the film.
Read more details here.
July 13, 2022
New Music from HBO®’s WESTWORLD: Season 4 Now Available
WaterTower Music has announced the release of two songs as heard in this week’s episode of WESTWORLD: Season 4. Celebrated Emmy Award- Winning and Grammy® nominated composer Ramin Djawadi’s (GAME OF THRONES, WESTWORLD, IRON MAN) versions of “Enter Sandman” and “Bad Guy” are available… Fans of the show are now able to stream and digitally purchase the songs, which were originally performed by Metallica (“Enter Sandman”) and Billie Eilish (“Bad Guy”), respectively.
Read more details, and watch WESTWORLD Season 4 trailer, here.
July 9, 2022
THE LEGEND OF LA LLORONA From Composer Tim Wynn Released by MSM
MovieScore Media revealed the original score by Tim Wynn to the 2022 horror feature film THE LEGEND OF LA LLORONA directed by Patricia Harris Seeley, starring Danny Trejo, Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo. The plot follows a young couple and their young son as they travel from California to Mexico for a much needed vacation, but the getaway is not what they think; tales of missing children along with the town legend of La Llorona soon encompass their trip…
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July 8, 2022
Christopher Lennertz’s Score to THE BOYS Season 3 Released
Today Madison Gate Records has released the soundtrack album for the third season of the Amazon original superhero series THE BOYS, featuring selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Christopher Lennertz (LOST IN SPACE, AGENT CARTER, HORRIBLE BOSSES, RIDE ALONG). Also included are the new season’s original songs co-written by Lennertz and performed by cast members…
Read more details here.
Netflix RESIDENT EVIL Series Soundtrack Announced – Music by Gregory Reveret
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Resident Evil. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Gregory Reveret. Also included is the original song My Heart Has Teeth by deadmau5 featuring Skylar Grey… Based on the horror franchise, the series is set in its own continuity separate from either the previous six Paul Anderson film series or the 2021 film. The story makes heavy use of flashbacks, set in both 2022 and 2036.
Read more details, listen to a sample track from the soundtrack, and watch the trailer here.
Matt Cannon’s soundtrack for FORCE TO FEAR Released on CD
Howlin’ Wolf Records announces Matt Cannon’s multiple award-winning soundtrack from 2020’s FORCE TO FEAR, co-written/directed by Zane Hershberger and Chad Bruns. The film pays homage to great action horror films of the ‘80s such as SILENT RAGE as it follows two kidnappers, a dealer, a group of college kids, and a killer who converge in an abandoned school. Once they cross paths, chaos ensues, and it’s a race to survive the night…
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July 7, 2022
Soundtrack Released from Netflix Animation film THE SEA BEAST – Scored by Mark Mancina
The Netflix Animation computer-animated adventure film THE SEA BEAST was released to select theaters on June 24, 2022, before debuting on Netflix on July 8. Composer Mark Mancina (SPEED, TWISTER, TRAINING DAY, Disney’s TARZAN, THE HAUNTED MANSION, PLANES, and MOANA, CRY MACHO) has scored the film. The digital soundtrack releases tomorrow, July 8th, from Milan Records…
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer, here.
July 6, 2022
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Soundtrack Out Now – Score by Giacchino & Melumad
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music has released the soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER today, July 6, 2022; the film releases in US theaters and globally on Friday, July 8, 2022. The soundtrack has been released digitally on several platforms including Amazon and Spotify. The score is composed by the score by Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad (themes by Giacchino). “The film’s main theme has two parts,” said Giacchino: one for Thor and the other for Jane Foster. “Thor’s theme is noble, mostly played on horns, and Jane’s theme is more reflective, often represented by a solo cello. There’s an unexpected harmonic change between the two…
Read more details here.
July 1, 2022
STRANGER THINGS Season 4 Soundtrack Released Today
Lakeshore Records announces the release of STRANGER THINGS 4—Original Score from the Netflix Original Series featuring music by two-time Grammy®-nominated and Emmy®-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. The epic 80-track score album is divided into two volumes that correspond with music composed for the two volumes of season four of the Netflix series. Whether they’re diving into the darker waters of season four with a more cryptic, goth tone alongside desolate textures for the scenes in Russia, or taking pains to preserve the warm feelings of nostalgia for a certain time and place, the music of Dixon and Stein is an integral, creatively cohesive element of the show.
Read more details here.
George S. Clinton and Amit May Cohen Return to Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S Franchise to score third film – Soundtrack Forthcoming
Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 stars Milo Manheim as zombie Zed and Meg Donnelly as cheerleader Addison, who are beginning their senior year at Seabrook High in the town that’s become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike… Then suddenly, extraterrestrial beings arrive in Seabrook, provoking something other than friendly competition… Composers George S. Clinton and Amit May Cohen return from the first two films to score the new Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3. The digital soundtrack including score and songs will be available July 15, the same day ZOMBIES 3 premieres on Disney+.
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer here.
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Soundtrack Album to Be Released on July 6 – Listen to Advance Track
The soundtrack album featuring Michael Giacchino’s themes and the film’s original score composed by Giacchino & Nami Melumad (STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS & PRODIGY) will be released by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music on Wednesday, July 6… In the meantime, they have released the first track from the soundtrack “Mama’s Got a Brand New Hammer,” written by Giacchino, which you can listen to here.
Read more details here.
Disney’s Animated Big Hero BAYMAX! Original Soundtrack With Music by Dominic Lewis Is Out Now
In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ BAYMAX!, the characters in the unique city of BIG HERO 6 get their own series, packed with adventures… The series has been scored by Dominic Lewis (THE KINGS MAN series, Monsters at Work, JOLT, PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY), and a soundtrack has been issued by Disney…
Read more details and watch the series trailer here.
June 27, 2022
Intrada Releases Magnum opus WILLOW score by James Horner
James Horner’s beloved score to WILLOW Ron Howard’s 1988’s fantasy adventure given expanded 2-CD set by Intrada… The original 1988 album generously featured over 70 minutes of music but the film’s wall-to-wall scoring included over 100 minutes of music – which is now available on this Intrada 2-CD presentation with some 107 minutes of music, including a wealth of previously unavailable cues.
Read more details here.
OBI-WAN KENOBI Original Soundtrack Available Now
The OBI-WAN KENOBI Original Soundtrack featuring the “Obi-Wan” theme by John Williams plus score composed by Natalie Holt, with the “Obi-Wan” theme adapted by William Ross, is out now from Disney… Because the story of the show involved heritage characters, in some way one has to show awareness of and respect for the heritage of the music. At the same time, there were new characters and elements that are not so familiar to many people – such as the Inquisitors – and finding an original sound and theme for those was part of the pleasure and challenge of this project.
Read more details here.
June 22, 2022
Hollywood Records releases Disney’s MS. MARVEL Vol. 1 Soundtrack
MS. MARVEL: Volume 1 (Episodes 1-3) Soundtrack featuring score by Emmy®-winning composer Laura Karpman is out now. Ms. Marvel: Volume 2 (Episodes 4-6) is set for release on July 13… Commenting on the score, Karpman said, “From the moment that I met Kamala Khan, I knew that the music of Ms. Marvel had to be fresh and percolating with power and possibility. Her theme is the musical realization of Kamala’s audacious vibrant superpower. Her music bursts with energy, driving beats…
Read more details here.
June 21, 2022
Silva Screen Announces 1st Commercial Release of Barry Gray’s THE SECRET SERVICE Soundtrack
On July 29, 2022, Silva Screen will digitally release Barry Gray’s soundtrack, THE SECRET SERVICE. This is the first ever commercial release of the soundtrack, and the 7th in the Silva Screen Gerry Anderson series – newly compiled, mastered, and designed by the creative team at Fanderson, The Official Gerry And Sylvia Anderson Appreciation Society… To appropriately reflect THE SECRET SERVICE’S premise and compliment the gentle title sequence created to introduce the series, Barry Gray decided to write a three-part fugue in the style of the Baroque composer Bach. To perform the vocals, the Mike Sammes Singers were hired, the vocal group who Gray had used on the Supercar theme…
Read more details, and watch THE SECRET SERVICE trailer, here:
Composer Russ Davies’ music for Terry Pratchet Discworld-inspired TV series THE WATCH released
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Silva Screen has this month digitally released THE WATCH, composer Russ Davies’s soundtrack for AMC/BBC America’s TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld book series. The eight-part series is inspired by characters created by Terry Pratchett, rather than being a straight book adaptation… THE WATCH soundtrack is penned by British composer and producer Russ Davies. Davies brings together a diverse range of influences and genres to create unique modern compositions.
June 17, 2022
Michael Giacchino’s LIGHTYEAR Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out Now
LIGHTYEAR Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring score composed and produced by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino is out now. A sci-fi action adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, LIGHTYEAR follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth alongside his commander and their crew.
Read more details here.
June 10, 2022
Kurt Farquhar’s Soundtrack for Netflix’s FIRST KILL Vampire Drama Released
Composer Kurt Farquhar (THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BLACK LIGHTNING, THE PROUD FAMILY) has scored the Netflix horror series FIRST KILL, a supernatural teen romance drama in which falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: one’s a vampire, the other’s a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
Listen to Farquhar’s provocative track, “The Gathering,” (and watch the FIRST KILL trailer below that), here.
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH: Themes And Sketches album released – music by Jeff Russo – Original Score Forthcoming
Lakeshore Records is set today to digitally release THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH: Themes and Sketches, featuring music by Emmy-winning and Grammy®-nominated composer Jeff Russo (STAR TREK: PICARD, FARGO, OSLO). From the Showtime drama series starring Oscar nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomi Harris, the tracks offer a fascinating listen to the original character and relationship themes found in the score as they evolved in their early stages – whether orchestrated differently or stripped down to piano or organ sketches.
Read more details, and watch the series’ trailer, here.
Listen to Advance Score Track from Disney’s LIGHTYEAR by Michael Giacchino
Composed and produced by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino, the digital soundtrack to Disney and Pixar’s LIGHTYEAR is set for release on June 17, the same day the film opens in U.S. theaters. An advance listen of the track “Mission Perpetual” from the film was released on June 3rd. Commenting on the track, Giacchino said, “One of my favorite sequences is called ‘Mission Perpetual.’ It’s early on in the film when Buzz is trying to accomplish a mission and keeps failing. It was an exciting challenge for me because there were so many things the music needed to convey: Buzz’s frustration with himself and the sadness of being alone in his pursuit, but also his undying ambition and drive to achieve his goal.
Read more details and listen to the “Mission Perpetual” track here.
June 8, 2022
Disney+/Marvel Studios Releases MS. MARVEL Suite by Laura Karpman
The “Ms. Marvel Suite,” composed by Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman and its companion video are available today. The MS. MARVEL: Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-3) Original Soundtrack is set for release on June 22 and will be followed by Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) on July 13.
Listen to the Ms. Marvel Suite here.
New UK TV Series THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS Composed by Hannah Peel
John Wyndham’s durable 1957 science fiction novel “The Midwich Cuckoos,” source of several notable films including VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960 and 1975; and the former’s 1964 sequel CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED) has been adapted into an seven-part TV series by David Farr… The series stars Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley; the series’ score is an evocative mix of eerie suspense, aggressive synths, and delicate tonalities, has been composed by Northern Irish, Emmy-nominated composer Hannah Peel.
Read more details and sample the music here.
Italian Sci-Fi MONDOCANE Soundtrack Released – Blu-Ray Coming from Kino Lorber in July
Cinevox & GDM Music have released a soundtrack album for the Italian sci-fi thriller MONDOCANE. The album features a provocative synth-based score composed by Federico Bisozzi & Davide Tomat… The movie is set on Italy’s southern coast in the near future in the city of Taranto, a toxic ghost town that no one dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
Read more details, sample music, and watch the trailer here.
June 3, 2022
Lakeshore Records Releases ELDEST SOULS: DEPTH OF THE FORGOTTEN—Original Game Soundtrack Music
Lakeshore Records has released a digital 3-track single of composer Sergio Ronchetti’s music for Depths of the Forgotten, a free major expansion for Eldest Souls, the critically-acclaimed action-RPG which introduces a new and perilous region, three new bosses, a selection of special weapons, and an all-new, obliterating ability.
Read more details here.
May 31, 2022
Two of Albert Glasser’s Classic ‘50s Sci-Fi Scores Released on CD
Dragon’s Domain Records presents The Albert Glasser Collection, Volume 4: Science Fiction: Atomic Mutation I. With this fourth collection of the composer’s music, we are pleased to explore two films that he scored for director Bert I. Gordon in 1957. Albert Glasser consistently made musical magic out of limited resources and onrushing deadlines as one of Hollywood’s most prolific B-movie composers. THE ALBERT GLASSER COLLECTION, VOLUME 4 features expanded releases of Glasser’s music for THE CYCLOPS and BEGINNING OF THE END.
For more details, see here.
May 17, 2022
Composer Jose Varon Blends Ancient Peruvian Instruments With Symphonic Orchestration For IMP OF THE SUN Game Soundtrack
Skill Tree Records today releases the Peruvian-inspired original soundtrack to Sunwolf Entertainment’s 2D action-platformer IMP OF THE SUN composed by Jose Varon (IMMORTAL: GATES OF PYRUS, ARAFINN: RETURN TO NANGRIM). Tapping into his musical heritage for IMP OF THE SUN, the Peruvian/French composer combined modern cinematic sounds and world-class orchestra players with ancient ethnic instruments (recorded at the National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru) in order to create the game’s unique soundscape and textures.
Read more details here.
May 4, 2022
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow Offer A First Listen To MEN Original Horror Soundtrack
MEN is an upcoming folk horror film written and is visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s (EX MACHINA, ANNIHILATION) latest feverish, shape-shifting new horror film… The score for MEN has been composed by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow. Salisbury formed a composing partnership with Geoff Barrow (Portishead and Beak>) and together the pair have scored Alex Garland’s EX MACHINA, ANNIHILATION and DEVS.
Read more details here.
May 4, 2022
GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE Soundtrack Released – Music by Oscillian
Bootleg Universe has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix superhero series THE GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE, featuring the original score composed by Oscillian, a solo music project from Sweden featuring future-retro, cinematic, punk, and funky tunes with a nostalgic vibe. The series is a Netflix Original live action/adult animated mixed media and wild gore action comedy superhero television series created, directed, written, and executive produced by Adi Shankar. The series is a satire of DC Comics and the Justice League…
Read more details here.
May 2, 2022
Intrada Announces Expanded Release of James Horner’s Soundtrack to JUMANJI 1995
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Intrada has announced a colorful 2-CD expanded action score from James Horner, of his music for the wildly successful fantasy jungle-adventure franchise… The generous 51-minute 1995 album of highlights is now expanded from the original digital scoring session masters, includes previously unreleased gems such as “Store Mayhem,” “Mosquito In Car,” Plant Almost Eats Peter,” and several other cues…
April 30, 2022
Plaza Mayor Co. Releases TOXICA Soundtrack
New from Plaza Mayor Co., TOXICA is the ominous and immersive digital original motion picture soundtrack by Nir Perlman. The movie is Perlman’s first feature length soundtrack, after scoring a handful of shorts. The film is about an injured stunt woman who is infected by an ancient biological compound when a side job as a PI goes wrong.
Read more details, and listen to a track from TOXICA, here.
April 29, 2022
Theodore Shapiro Cue from Apple TV’s SEVERANCE Not Included on OST Album Has Been Released as a Standalone Single!
Endeavor Content announces the release today a new single taken from the Apple TV+ series SEVERANCE: “Music of Wellness” composed by Theodore Shapiro. The track, initially not included in the score album (released digitally February 18; see my original news report here), has been released due to overwhelming demand. he unforgettable music appears in Episode 2: “Half Loop,” and is heard as Irv has a wellness check with counselor Ms. Casey.
Read more details here.
Oscar Fogelström Scores Scares with ROOFTOP – Soundtrack Available from MSM
“This film is something slightly different than what we have done together before: it is a more straight forward date movie/slasher movie with lots of jump scares. Yam wanted a ‘youthful’ electronic score with a touch of retro horror scores à la John Carpenter and others. So I had the opportunity to delve into a lot of old synthesizer based scores for my research/preproduction…”
Read more details here.
April 27, 2022
Marvel’s MOON KNIGHT Soundtrack Released by Disney – Score by Hesham Nazih
The music for MOON KNIGHT is composed by Egyptian composer Hesham Nazih in his first major English language project. Lead Director Mohamed Diab was drawn to Nazih to score the series because his work “encompasses authentic Egyptian elements in a very contemporary way”… the show needed to have that signature Egyptian flavor, but Hesham wanted the score to sound more modern rather than relying on outdated music tropes for the region, creating a fresh sound for the show which Marvel allowed him the freedom to explore.
Read the full details here.
Australian Zombie Sci-Fi WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE Soundtrack Released – Music by Michael Lira
VHM has released a soundtrack album for the Australian post-apocalyptic movie WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE. The film is a sequel to 2014’s WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD… The soundtrack album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Lira, who scored the previous WYRMWOOD movie as well as such genre films as THE HUNTER, NEKROTRONIC, BLACK WATER: ABYSS.
Read more details here.
April 21, 2022
THE RISING: Supernatural Crime Series Premieres April 22 On Sky Max And NOW – Score by Carly Paradis, Soundtrack by Lakeshore Records
The eight-episode supernatural crime thriller THE RISING is coming to Sky Max and NOW this Friday, April 22. The series stars Clara Rugaard (I AM MOTHER), Nicholas Gleaves, William Ash, and more. The stylish new series also features score by BAFTA and Royal Television Society nominated Carly Paradis, a Canadian-born British composer, songwriter and pianist… Lakeshore Records will issue her digital soundtrack album to THE RISING concurrently with the series premiere on April 22.
Read more details here.
April 20, 2022
SHINING VALE Original Series Soundtrack by Tim Phillips Now Available From WaterTower Music
SHINING VALE is a Starz Original horror comedy about a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town after Patricia “Pat” Phelps, a former “wild child” who became famous through writing a raunchy female empowerment novel, is caught cheating on her husband. They move into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place… The SHINING VALE Soundtrack from the Original Series showcases the music of composer Tim Miller, who, since his breakout job scoring the massive hit show SHAMELESS in 2007… In addition to Miller’s compelling musical offerings, the album offers 4 four songs that showcase vocals from the SHINING VALE cast with vocals from stars Mira Sorvino and Gus Birney.
Read more details here.
April 19, 2022
RUSSIAN DOLL Seasons 1 & 2 Soundtrack by Joe Wong Releases Tomorrow
Gardener Recordings is excited to announce the upcoming release of RUSSIAN DOLL: Seasons 1 & 2 (Music From The Netflix Original Series), now available on all major digital platforms, coinciding with the April 20th Season Two launch on Netflix. Composed by Joe Wong – who has worked on some of Netflix’s biggest hits including MASTER OF NONE and the TO ALL THE BOYS… franchise, and their critically lauded THE MIDNIGHT GOSPEL – the album consists of his dream-like original score with highlights from the breakout first season and the highly anticipated second season.
Read more details, and watch the Season 2 trailer, here.
April 18, 2022
Stephen McKeon’s Horror Score for Irish Horror Film THE CELLAR Released by MSM
The Cellar is a 2022 Irish horror film written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, and Tara Lee. Abut the film: Keira Woods’ daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever. The film’s original score has been composed by Stephen McKeon, an Irish composer of film and television soundtrack music… “Woven throughout the score is a low percussive rhythm at a slow walking pace. It creates the ominous feeling of dread and of something wicked this way coming, to misquote Shakespeare. That slow percussive rhythm instantly lets the audience know that evil is all around and that it’s getting closer…”
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April 14, 2022
MSM Releases THE EXORCISM OF GOD Soundtrack – Music by Elik Álvarez / Yoncarlos Medina
THE EXORCISM OF GOD is a 2021 American-Mexican supernatural horror drama directed by Alejandro Hidalgo… The film follows an American priest working in Mexico who becomes possessed during an exorcism and ends up committing a terrible act. Eighteen years later, the consequences of his sin come back to haunt him, unleashing the greatest battle within… The film’s immersive orchestral score is composed by Elik Álvarez and Yoncarlos Medina.
Read more details here.
April 13, 2022
Richard Band’s Latest Horror Score NIGHT CALLER Released on CD by Dragon’s Domain
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack release of NIGHT CALLER, to be distributed through buysoundtrax.com. NIGHT CALLER features music composed by Richard Band for the 2022 horror film written and directed by Chad Ferrin… NIGHT CALLER focuses on a psychic hotline worked named Clementine (Priver), who starts receiving calls from a serial killer. The killer, James Smith, as it appears on the caller ID, loves to taunt Clementine on the phone before each murder. Soon after, Clementine begins to have visions of the grizzly deaths before he commits them.
For more details, see here.
April 11, 2022
Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough (<-aka Vessel) Score New Robert Eggers’ Historical Fantasy Epic THE NORTHMAN
Writing about THE NORTHMAN score in England’s loudersound website, Merlin Alderslade reported that the score “sounds every bit as epic as it looks, utilizing traditional Nordic wind and string instruments alongside booming drums and swelling orchestral elements. The result is a soundtrack that swirls between stiflingly intense and hauntingly beautiful, complimenting Jarin Blaschke’s visuals to create a world that feels both mythical and palpable.”
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April 10, 2022
Liam Bates’ Soundtrack to Horror Comedy LET THE WRONG ONE IN Released by MSM
From Workshed Films comes the action/comedy/horror film LET THE WRONG ONE IN, directed by Conor McMahon, starring Anthony Head, David Pearse and Eoin Duffy… The film has been scored by Liam Bates is a composer, arranger and conductor of music for film and television since 1995… “Although [the film] is a comedy horror, the themes in the score remain foreboding with suspenseful undertones and the occasional frantic jolt…”
Read more details here.
April 5, 2022
La-La Land Records Announces Final 4-CD Collection of STAR TREK Television Music
La-La Land Records and CBS present our final collection of music from the STAR TREK television universe, STAR TREK COLLECTION – THE FINAL FRONTIER, a thrilling four-CD presentation with a bounty of previously unreleased music from STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, STAR TREK: VOYAGER and STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. Travel at warp through some of your favorite musical moments in the STAR TREK television saga!
Read the full details here.
April 1, 2022
James Newton Howard Scores New FANTASTIC BEASTS Movie – Soundtrack Forthcoming – Two Singles Released Today
WaterTower Music will release the full soundtrack album later this month, but has offered two tracks from the FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE soundtrack as samples, which are available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms – or listen to them below.
Read more details and listen to the tracks here.
Spanish Zombie Movie MALNAZIDOS Soundtrack by Javier Rodero Released
MALNAZIDOS is a Spanish zombie action film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and Alberto de Toro. Set in the Spanish Civil War during 1938, the appearance of ravenous zombies occurs as a result of the deployment of biological warfare by Nazi Schutzstaffel on the inhabitants of a small village. Republican and Francoist forces temporarily ally with each other to deal with the undead. The film has been scored by Spanish composer Javier Rodero (GHOST GRADUATION, THREE MANY WEDDINGS, SPY TIME, SOMETHING HUGE) and a digital soundtrack album was released along with the movie by Mira Mi Música
Read more details here.
March 31, 2022
Disney Releases MOON KNIGHT Single
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the first track from the soundtrack of the Disney+ original series MOON KNIGHT. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the end credit theme, “Moon Knight,” written by the show’s composer Hesham Nazih. The track is richly orchestral and features a strong choir.
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March 26, 2022
New Shark Thriller THE REQUIN Comes to BD & DVD March 29 – Scored by Jean-Paul Wall
THE REQUIN is a 2022 American horror thriller film written and directed by Le-Van Kiet (THE ANCESTRAL, FURIE, THE RICH WOMAN, HOUSE IN THE ALLEY) and stars Alicia Silverstone and James Tupper, a couple on a romantic getaway who find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their coastal villa, while a school of great white sharks circle below (REQUIN is French for SHARK). The film has been scored by Swedish-born composer and songwriter Jean-Paul Wall, who has written music for many Swedish movies and TV-shows.
For more details, and to watch the film’s trailer, see here.
March 22, 2022
New Horror Score THE JACK IN THE BOX: AWAKENING Composed by Christoph Allerstorfer Released by Howlin’ Wolf
Horror score specialist Howlin’ Wolf Records proudly presents Christoph Allerstorfer’s score for THE JACK IN THE BOX: AWAKENING (2022), sequel to Lawrence Fowler’s 2019 demon monster horror flick, THE JACK IN THE BOX. When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon within that would see her illness cured in return for helping it claim six innocent victims. Breathing emotional depth and life into every scene in THE JACK IN THE BOX: AWAKENING, Allerstorfer’s gothic symphony is performed by a 42-piece orchestra, Big Island Orchestra Vienna.
See more details, and sample a video from the film, here.
Kris Bowers Scores HBO® Max Futuristic original series DMZ – Soundtrack Available from WaterTower Music
In DMZ, the futuristic drama based on the comic series published by DC, America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone (DMZ), destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. The movie chronicles the harrowing journey of fearless and fierce medic Alma Ortega (series star Rosario Dawson), who sets out on a harrowing journey to find the son she lost in the evacuation of New York City at the onset of the conflict. The DMZ (Soundtrack from the HBO® Max Original Series) features the music of one of today’s most sought after composers, Emmy Award-winning composer and Julliard-trained pianist Kris Bowers (KING RICHARD, MRS AMERICA, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, BAD HAIR)…
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March 21, 2022
New Performance of Craig Safan’s rescore of Lon Chaney’s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Now on CD from Intrada
Intrada has announced a soundtrack CD featuring Craig Safan’s all-new score for Universal’s silent film masterpiece THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. The 1925 silent film classic, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, and Norman Kerry, was composed by Safan under commission. This new recording on Intrada features the Miles End Symphony with vocal soloist Sonia Kazarova, under the baton of the composer. Exciting and evocative music for more than 76 minutes!
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Soundtrack Released to Danish Horror film SPEAK NO EVIL – Scored by Sune “Køter” Kølster
MovieScore Media has released the original score by Danish composer Sune “Køter” Kølster from the 2022 horror film SPEAK NO EVIL (Gæsterne). The film is directed by Christian Tafdrup, starring Fedja va Huêt, Karina Smulders and Sidsel Siem Koch, produced by Profile Pictures and released in the USA by Shudder.
Read more details, and watch a video from the recording session, here
March 16, 2022
X (2022) Horror Movie Scored by Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe – Soundtrack out March 25
X is a 2022 American erotic slasher film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ti West. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States tis Friday, March 18, 2022… The film has been scored by Tyler Bates (DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004, 300, WATCHMEN, THE SACRAMENT, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, Netflix’s THE PUNISHER, DEADPOOL 2, all four JOHN WICK movies) and recording artist/actress Chelsea Wolfe (LONE, SUKEBAN: OCTOPUS POT)…
Read more details, sample a song from the movie, watch the film’s trailer here.
March 14, 2022
Three new limited CD Zombie Horror Soundtracks are Available at Quartet Records
Spain’s Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, reissues classic Stelvio Cipriani score for Umberto Lenzi’s 1980 cult horror plague film INCUBO SULLA CITTA’ CONTAMINATA (aka NIGHTMARE CITY, aka LA INVASIÓN DE LOS ZOMBIES ATÓMICOS), Bruno Mattei’s 1980 iconic zombie film VIRUS (aka VIRUS, L’INFERNO DEI MORTI VIVENTI, aka APOCALIPSIS CANÍBAL, aka HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD), which compiles together both library music and an original score composed by Gianni Dell’Orso, and a reissue of fan-favorite experimental Giuliano Sorgini score for Jordi Grau’s masterpiece THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE (aka LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE, aka NO PROFANAR EL SUEÑO DE LOS MUERTOS, aka NON SI DEVE PROFANARE IL SOGNO DEI MORTI).
Read the full details here.
March 13, 2022
Austin Wintory’s Game Changing Game Score, Journey, Reimagined in Full Symphonic Odyssey
In celebration of Journey’s 10th Anniversary, T-65b Records has release Traveler: A Journey Symphony by Austin Wintory. This new album re-orchestrates and reimagines the entire score, transforming it from an intimate piece to a grandly symphonic one.
Read the full details here.
March 12, 2022
Intense Horror Thriller A BANQUET Scored by CJ Mirra – Digital & Vinyl Soundtrack Released This Week
A BANQUET is a 2021 British horror film starring Sienna Guillory as widowed mother who is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power. The film has been scored by CJ Mirra, which is the alias of London-based recording artist, composer and sound designer, John Sampson. Combining live analogue instruments with electronic and ambient textures his sound blurs the boundaries of composition and sound design
Read more details, and watch the film’s trailer, here.
Soundtrack to A.I. Drama AFTER YANG Released – Score by Aska Matsumiya with contribution from Ryuichi Sakamoto
Milan Records has released the original motion picture soundtrack to AFTER YANG, featuring an original score by Aska Matsumiya and a contribution from Ryuichi Sakamoto. The film is A24’s newest science fiction drama; taking place in a near future: when his young daughter’s beloved companion – an android named Yang – malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. Inspired by the film’s futuristic setting and subject matter, Matsumiya utilized A.I. technology throughout her scoring process, feeding both her own compositions and Sakamoto’s contribution into a special A.I.-driven software developed by Luke Fischbeck (of Lucky Dragons) that generated infinite musical variations.
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer, here.
March 11, 2022
Varèse Sarabande Records Announces Deluxe Soundtracks to How to Train Your Dragon 2 (John Powell) & The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen) Available Now!
Varèse Sarabande Records has announced its March 2022 CD Club titles: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (The Deluxe Edition) by John Powell and THE IRON GIANT (The Deluxe Edition) by Michael Kamen. These titles are available today, exclusively on VareseSarabande.com and internationally on Intl.VareseSarabande.com.
Read more details here.
Disney & Pixar’s Animated Fantasy TURNING RED A Fun Mix of Ludwig Göransson’s Score and Boy Band Songs by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
TURNING RED is a 2022 American computer-animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film tells the awkward but beloved story of Mei Lee, a 13-year-old girl who is torn between being her mother’s obedient daughter and the chaos of her youth. As if that were not enough, when she gets too excited, she turns into a big red panda whenever she gets too excited. The TURNING RED Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features 3 original songs written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, with score by Oscar®-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and is now available
Read more details and watch the films trailer here.
Lakeshore Releases Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarök Original Game Soundtrack – Music By Stephanie Economou along with Dawn of Ragnarök Blood Fire Tears EP by Einar Selvik
Lakeshore Records in partnership with Ubisoft had released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarök Original Game Soundtrack. The digital album features music by Los Angeles-based composer Stephanie Economou (Jupiter’s Legacy, The Chair). In addition, Lakeshore and Ubisoft have also released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Blood Fire Tears Original Game Soundtrack featuring music by Norwegian musician Einar Selvik of folk/world band Wardruna. The three-track EP is one of two companion album releases to Ubisoft’s expansion of its hit game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
Read more details here.
March 4, 2022
Bear McCreary’s Score for Outlander Season 6 Released Today
Sony Classical has released the digital soundtrack album for the sixth season of the Starz original fantasy-historical-romance-drama series OUTLANDER. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s composer, Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary… A CD version is set to come out on April 15…
Read more details here.
Soundtrack Release from CW’s THE FLASH Season 8 Crossover Event, “ARMAGEDDON”
The eighth season of CW’s Arrowverse series, THE FLASH, begins with the five-part even, “Armageddon,” wherein a powerful alien threat arrives on Earth under mysterious circumstances, causing Barry (The Flash), Iris, and the rest of the team to be pushed to their limits in a desperate battle to save the world… Today, Water Tower Music has released the digital soundtrack to the Season 8 crossover event, composed by Blake Neely and Nathaniel Blume.
Read more details here.
March 3, 2022
Soundtrack to THE BOYS PRESENTS: DIABOLICAL Releases Tomorrow – Animated Series Presents 8 Episodes by 8 Composers
Madison Gate Records will release the soundtrack album for the animated anthology series. The album features selections of the original music from all eight episodes of the series composed by Christopher Lennertz & Matt Bowen, Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson, Julie Bernstein & Steven Bernstein, Ryan Elder, Sherri Chung, Dara Taylor, and Hyesu Wiedmann.
Read more details here.
February 25, 2022
Michael Giacchino’s Full Score for THE BATMAN Soundtrack Now Available
Watertower Music has released the soundtrack to director Matt Reeves’ hotly anticipated THE BATMAN, which stars Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne. The film is set to open in theaters in North America March 4, 2022 and internationally beginning 2 March 2022.
Read more details here.
February 23, 2022
Soundtrack to EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE From Experimental Band Son Lux to Release on April 8
A24 announces their soundtrack to the eclectic film score by iconoclastic, experimental trio Son Lux (Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang, Ryan Lott), for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s highly-anticipated film EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, is scheduled for release on April 8.
The 49-track album demonstrates the band’s limitless capability, featuring a striking collaboration with featuring contributing collaborators Mitski & David Byrne in duet, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, and André Benjamin on flutes.
Read more details here.
February 22, 2022
Japanese Horror Score CURSE OF THE DOG GOD Soundtrack CD
The 1977 Japanese occult horror score to INUGAMI NO TATARI (CURSE OF THE DOG GOD) has been given a premiere release by the Japanese CD label Cinema-KAN. The music, by acclaimed composer Shunsuke Kikuchi, is described as featuring a fusion of Japanese indigenous rhythm and the composer’s own musical designs.
Read the details here.
February 18, 2022
PEACEMAKER Soundtrack Now Available From WaterTower Music
Today, Troll Court/Watertower Music have released the soundtrack to the popular HBO Max series PEACEMAKER, which explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of executive producer James Gunn’s 2021 film THE SUICIDE SQUAD – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
Read more details, and sample the “Eagly” track, here.
Theodore Shapiro’s Soundtrack for SEVERANCE TV Series Released Today
Endeavor Content has released the digital soundtrack to SEVERANCE, the Apple TV+ series featuring music by Theodore Shapiro (YELLOWJACKETS, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE). The multi-faceted score features vivid piano, electronics, and orchestra that enhance both whimsical moments as well as the darkly sinister side of the mysterious workplace thriller. The series directed by Ben Stiller and created by Dan Erickson and starring Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette premieres on Apple TV+ February 18.
Read the details here.
Colin Stetson’s Soundtrack to Netflix’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Released Today
Milan Records has released TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film) with music by Grammy Award®-winning saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer Colin Stetson (HEREDITARY, COLOR OUT OF SPACE). The album features music written by Stetson for this long-awaited sequel to the 1974 horror classic. The 23-track collection finds Stetson expertly layering a multitude of sounds and instruments to create a hauntingly brutal, industrial soundscape befitting the thriller.
Read more details here.
February 17, 2022
ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA: DAWN OF RAGNARÖK Original Game Soundtrack Preview Debuts: Score by Stephanie Economou
Ubisoft Music and Lakeshore Records have released ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA: DAWN OF RAGNARÖK–Original Game Soundtrack Preview! This three-track EP featuring game score by Stephanie Economou (ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA: THE SIEGE OF PARIS, JUPITER’S LEGACY), gives fans a taste of what to expect from the latest expansion in the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla universe.
Read more details here.
Quartet Records Announces the Release Of Three Italian Giallo Horror Film Scores
Spain’s Quartet presents the worldwide premiere release of fan-favorite giallo score from Mario Bava’s cult movie LISA AND THE DEVIL (1974), with an iconic score by Carlo Savina, a remastered and expanded CD edition of Riz Ortolani’s erotic thriller score for Umberto Lenzi’s COSI DOLCE’… COSI’ PERVERSA, and the premiere CD edition of two classic Piero Umiliani scores for Lenzi’s double-bill ORGASMO and PARANOIA, which along with COSI DOLCE’… COSI’ PERVERSA form a giallo trilogy.
For more details, see here.
February 15, 2022
Roman Molino Dunn Scores Hit Thai-American Sci-Fi Rom-Com AI LOVE YOU
Mirrortone has released the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Netflix’s newly released Thai-American romantic comedy sci-fi film AI LOVE YOU, scored by Roman Molino Dunn a.k.a. Electropoint (SNAKEHEAD, HURACÁN, RED ROCKET). The 35-track album is packed with retro-futuristic textures, driving 80s drums and arpeggios, and heartfelt hybrid string melodies. Roman tackled scoring the futuristic rom-com before English subtitles were added, proving that the narrative and acting performances transcended the language, which allowed him to effortlessly tap into the love story unfolding onscreen.
Read more details, and watch the film trailer, here.
February 11, 2022
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Gets an Expanded Soundtrack Release
In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the film, Walt Disney Records has released a digital expanded edition of Michael Giacchino’s score, which includes over one hour of previously unreleased music from the film and recording sessions.
Read the full details here.
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Volume 2 Soundtrack Available
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Volume 2 (Chapters 5-7) Original Soundtrack is available today. Volume One and Volume Two both feature music themes by Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson (THE MANDALORIAN, TENET, BLACK PANTHER) and score by Joseph Shirley (BAD TRIP, THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, FAIRFAX).
Read the full details here.
February 10, 2022
Michael Giacchino’s “The Riddler” Theme from THE BATMAN Released
Watertower Music has released “The Riddler,” the latest captivating character theme from director Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN, starring Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne. The release of “The Riddler” theme comes two weeks after the label’s release of “The Batman” theme.
Read the details here.
Colin Stetson’s 2022 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Soundtrack Releases Feb 18th
Composer Colin Stetson, known for scoring JT Mollner’s OUTLAWS AND ANGELS (2916), Ari Aster’s HEREDITARY (2018), and Richard Stanley’s COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019), has scored the music for David Blue Garcia’s update of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Milan Records will release the digital soundtrack album on February 18th, the same day the film premieres on Netflix.
Read more details here.
February 2, 2022
Pascal Gaigne has Scored Vampire Thriller ALL THE MOONS
“Pascal Gaigne provides a large symphonic and dark score, written for full orchestra with subtle electronic design, where different soloists act as the inner voices of the characters—especially cello, harp and piano…”
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer here.
January 22, 2022
Shudder’s THE LAST THING MARY SAW Soundtrack Released – Scored by Keegan DeWitt
… Keegan DeWitt (HEARTS BEAT LOUD, A TEACHER, I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS) has composed the music for the film. A digital soundtrack album has been released by Open Memory Music, which is available through Amazon and other streaming/download services.
Read the details and watch the film’s trailer here.
January 21, 2022
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT VOL.1 (Chapters 1-4) Original Soundtrack with Music by Ludwig Göransson (themes) & Score by Joseph Shirley (score) Available Today
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Vol. 1 (Chapters 1-4) Original Soundtrack has been released, and will be followed by THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Vol. 2 (Chapters 5-7) on Feb. 11, 2022. Both soundtracks feature music themes by Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy-winning composer Ludwig Göransson (THE MANDALORIAN, TENET, BLACK PANTHER) and score by Joseph Shirley (BAD TRIP, THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, FAIRFAX).
Read more details, and check out trailer, theme, and featurette here.
Michael Giacchino’s THE BATMAN Theme Released in Advance of Film
Watertower Music announces today’s release of “The Batman”, the compelling new theme from Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE BATMAN, starring Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne.
Read more details here.
January 20, 2022
Trevor Gureckis’ Soundtrack to M. Night Shyamalan’s SERVANT: Season 3, Debuts Tomorrow
A soundtrack from composer Trevor Gureckis’s (OLD, THE GOLDFINCH) music from the third season of M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller series SERVANT will release digitally from Lakeshore on Friday, January 21, 2022, in tandem with the new season premiere on Apple TV+.
Listen to an advance track from the score, here.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER Fantasy Adventure Soundtrack Releases Tomorrow
The film’s original music, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, is a combined effort by composers Joseph Metcalfe, John Coda, & Grant Kirkhope. A track (“Minuet”), written by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell, is featured in the film and is on the album as well. A soundtrack album will be released tomorrow, coinciding with the film’s premiere.
Read more details and watch the film’s trailer here.
January 15, 2022
ARCHIVE 81 Soundtrack by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow Released by Lakeshore
Invada Records and Lakeshore Records have release ARCHIVE 81 Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, featuring music by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow. The score was released digitally worldwide on January 14 with vinyl and CD versions forthcoming.
Read more details here.
Clint Mansell & Kevin Kiner Score Gunn’s PEACEMAKER – John Murphy’s “Pumped Up Kicks” cover from Episode 2 Released as a Single
Composers Clint Mansell and Kevin Kiner have composed the score. WaterTower Music will shortly release a digital soundtrack of their music; in the meantime DC has released a single, “Pumped Up Kicks (feat. Ralph Saenz),” a cover of Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People heard in episode 2. The cover was arranged by British film composer John Murphy, who scored Gunn’s THE SUICIDE SQUAD last year…
Read more details here.
January 7, 2022
Varèse Sarabande Celebrates the Return of SCREAM With Bonus-Filled Collection Of Marco Beltrami’s Music From First Four Films with 4-LP and 6-CD sets
As the latest installment of SCREAM lands in theaters this winter, Varèse Sarabande revisits Marco Beltrami’s masterful scores from the horror franchise’s first four films with SCREAM: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks… Craven was impressed with Beltrami’s work and took a chance on the young composer. SCREAM would mark the first of seven collaborations between the two men. Beltrami’s first project was the film’s opening scene. “It had this over-the-top, almost operatic nature to it…. It was very dynamic. That was the mode I followed with the rest of the score,” he recalls, adding that his unfamiliarity with the genre played to his advantage. “I viewed the movie from a very innocent standpoint, taking the images not in any jaded way but truly petrified.”
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Varèse Sarabande Celebrates the Return of SCREAM With Official Score Release of Brian Tyler’s New Score – Available as LP, CD, or digital
“SCREAM is an incredible franchise with a storied history,” says Tyler. “I wanted to both acknowledge the history of the amazing score that came before this installment, while also taking the musical landscape into a new world. There are new themes as well as old-school themes intertwined in a way that I hope does the franchise justice. There was an emotional component to this new SCREAM that is an integral dynamic contrast to the terror that accompanies the journey of this film…”
Read more details here.
January 6, 2022
THE OLD WAYS – Original Vinyl Soundtrack Released – by Ben Lovett
Burning Witches Records has announced a vinyl original motion picture soundtrack to THE OLD WAYS by Ben Lovett… “Ben Lovett’s score takes you deep into Bruja (witch) territory of Mexican folklore. Live percussion and traditional clay flutes will keep you on your toes before warm piano and cellos draw you in for the final blow of the terrifying death whistle…”
Read the details here.
Milan Announces English Edition Soundtrack from Mamoru Hosoda’s anime BELLE
Milan Records announces the release of the English Edition Soundtrack album from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda’s critically acclaimed film BELLE. The English language album arrives alongside the film’s theatrical release — experience it in IMAX January 12th, in theaters everywhere January 14th… The English Edition soundtrack features English versions of vocal tracks originally performed in Japanese, newly recorded by Kylie McNeill, who voices ‘Belle’ in the dubbed version of the film. The soundtrack also includes original score music written by composers Taisei Iwasaki, Ludvig Forssell and Yuta Bandoh.
Read the details here.
January 5, 2022
J Bateman’s 2011 Score to AGE OF THE DRAGONS to Be Released
Plaza Mayor Company will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure AGE OF THE DRAGONS. The album features the film’s original music composed by J Bateman (SAINTS AND SOLDIERS, THE SWAN PRINCESS series, FOREVER STRONG). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 4, 2022 and is now available for pre-order…
See here for more details.
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