The Xbox game Halo Wars 2 is shaking things up musically as the first game soundtrack in 12 years to recorded with American Federation of Musician union players on Twentieth Century Fox’s Newman Scoring Stage, where composer Gordy Haab conducted an 80 piece orchestra last fall for the February release. For the final mix, Haab also integrated […]
The Disney Pixar release Coco is poised to capitalize on the trend for crossover Latin pop evidenced by Luis Fonsi and “Despacito” this past summer. The soundtrack features an original score from Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino, a song by Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco and co-director and […]
Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch, Frank Sinatra and Elvis, are among the musical highlights in store on the Epic Records original soundtrack to Blade Runner 2049. The film also has an original song, “Almost Human” by contemporary Christian chanteuse Lauren Daigle, that is included among the album tracks. A digital soundtrack download becomes available Thursday, Oct. 5, with […]
The first of three fall films to feature music by composer Carter Burwell is Goodbye Christopher Robin, hitting U.S. screens Oct. 13 from Fox Searchlight, which also has Burwell in the queue for the Nov. 10 quirky whodunit Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Burwell — best know for his 15 collaborations with the Coen Brothers — will also […]
The MTV original series Teen Wolf gets the classics treatment from Sony, which is releasing the two albums worth of material from the show in its final season — one featuring songs and the other showcasing the score, both through Sony Classical. Teen Wolf – Original Television Soundtrack features artists including Young the Giant, Mikky Ekko, […]
One score and one 38-track hits-of-the-sixties compilation are the two companion soundtracks accompanying the The Vietnam War to market when the 10-part documentary directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick debuts Sept. 17 on PBS. Universal Music Enterprises will release both the 90-minute The Vietnam War – Original Score by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and […]
Unknown yesterday, Jason Hill has landed in the Hollywood music mix with a bang, landing composer duties on David Fincher’s new Netflix series Mindhunter, premiering Oct. 13. Multi-instrumentalist Hill has spent the past 15 years kicking around the rock scene, performing with members of The Killers and The New York Dolls in various configurations, led his […]
Music from film and stage has performed exceptionally well for the first half of 2017, with Moana, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Hamilton among the top performers, according to tracking from BuzzAngle and Nielsen Music. Both charts reveal music from Disney’s Moana Official Soundtrack to be the most popular album in total consumption, which includes […]
Currently in production after a successful Indiegogo fundraising campaign, Spanish filmmaker Iván Castell’s Rise of the Synths is a documentary about the cult movement that’s grown around ’80s era synthesizer music. The project gets the second of two EP releases from Lakeshore Records’s Bandcamp. Rise of the Synths EP 2 features tracks from Gunship, Power Glove, Com Truise, Robert Parker, Waveshaper and […]
The tune-driven Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 mega-hit has spawned a new generation of ’70s music lovers. “One of the first things I always hear from fans is how much they loved the music,” says franchise star Chris Pratt, who as hero Peter Quill (aka Star Lord) takes a narrative journey propelled by a Walkman. “People just loved […]
