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Displaying all articles tagged:
Soundtracks
soundtracks
Apr. 12, 2024
How
Shrek 2
Blew My Band Up
When Frou Frou sent in their “Holding Out for a Hero” cover for the film’s soundtrack, they never expected what followed.
By
Rachel Brodsky
my sob will go on
Feb. 13, 2024
Have You Tried the Score Cry?
It feels good to shed tears during a movie. It feels even better to bawl your brains out to a soundtrack.
By
Fran Hoepfner
needledrops
Jan. 22, 2024
How
For All Mankind
Soundtracks Decades of Alternate History
Step one: Ignore the show’s reality; focus on the music of this one.
By
Roxana Hadadi
mama mia
Dec. 3, 2023
Mama Cass Makes Her Own Kind of (Movie Soundtrack) Music on
SNL
“It’s a perfect song to go under a slow-mo montage where the main characters snaps and goes on a rampage.”
By
Tom Smyth
music notes
Oct. 4, 2023
Soundtracking a Coming of Age
Rez Dogs
music supervisor Tiffany Anders and showrunner Sterlin Harjo sought a “DIY quality” for the sound of the series.
By
Sophie Brookover
hi barbie
Aug. 3, 2023
Is No. 87 Kenough?
Ryan Gosling’s ode to existential himbos made the
Billboard
“Hot 100.”
By
Devon Ivie
k: death!
July 30, 2023
‘Pink (Bad Day)’ Is the
Barbie
Song for the People
It’s finally on Spotify!
By
Justin Curto
kenergy
July 21, 2023
Did Sam Smith See Ken on Grindr?
Meet Bicurious Ken on “Man I Am.”
By
Justin Curto
let’s go party
July 21, 2023
Breaking: Barbie Has Entered the Real World
And Sam Smith and Ryan Gosling brought some Ken-ergy to the soundtrack.
By
Jason P. Frank
and
Ashley Shannon Wu
my single is dropping
July 13, 2023
Billie Eilish Is Sad Barbie on ‘What Was I Made For?’
Playing with doll-size looks from her past eras.
By
Justin Curto
do your thing
July 9, 2023
Is Drake on the
Barbie
Soundtrack?
Producer Mark Ronson teased a surprise artist with an “idiosyncratic tie to Barbie.”
By
Justin Curto
my single is dropping
June 23, 2023
The Idol
Gives Us Solo Jennie Crumbs
“One of Your Girls” also features more unsexiness from the Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.
By
Zoe Guy
my single is dropping
June 9, 2023
Jocelyn Drops Comeback Single ‘World Class Sinner’
But did she freak it?
By
Justin Curto
my collab is dropping
June 2, 2023
The Weeknd Got the Queen of Pop on ‘Popular’
Madonna and Playboi Carti joined him on the new song for
The Idol
’s soundtrack.
By
Jennifer Zhan
behind the music
Mar. 24, 2023
Inside
Daisy Jones & the Six
’s Most Resonant Needle Drops
Including a hard pass from Led Zeppelin and an enthusiastic yes from Fleetwood Mac.
By
Devon Ivie
videology
Mar. 3, 2023
Demi Lovato Slays Ghostface in a
Scream VI
Music Video
Ghostface, sashay away.
By
Wolfgang Ruth
women!
Jan. 5, 2023
80 for Brady
Got Your Favorite ’80s Artists to Make a Song
Including Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, and Gloria Estefan — but no 80-year-olds.
By
Justin Curto
my soundtrack single is dropping
Nov. 11, 2022
Rihanna’s Music Career Is ‘Born Again’ (Again)
With her second ballad for
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
By
Jason P. Frank
lagos to cdmx
Nov. 4, 2022
The
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Soundtrack Is Here
Featuring Burna Boy, Tems, in addition to, you know, Rihanna.
By
Justin Curto
the drought is over
Oct. 28, 2022
Rihanna Remembers She Does Music and Drops ‘Lift Me Up’
The
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
track now has a glowing music video.
By
Jennifer Zhan
finally!
Oct. 27, 2022
Rihanna Returns With ‘Lift Me Up’ for
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
And a second ballad called “Born Again.”
By
Alejandra Gularte
it’s been 84 years
Oct. 17, 2022
Rihanna Might Release New Music Thousands of Days After
Anti
The Navy awaits final confirmation.
By
Zoe Guy
music notes
Oct. 4, 2022
A Tour of the Tolkien Lore in the
Rings of Power
Score
Courtesy of series composer Bear McCreary.
By
Jackson McHenry
beyoncé’s child
Aug. 10, 2022
Halle Bailey Is Taking ‘Part of Your World (Reprise)’ Up an Octave
The titular
Little Mermaid
is also getting some new songs from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
By
Jason P. Frank
movie music
July 25, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Drops a Prologue Soundtrack
Featuring Tems’s cover of “No Woman, No Cry” by Bob Marley, heard in the new trailer.
By
Zoe Guy
dance to the minions
July 6, 2022
Songs on the
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Soundtrack, Ranked
Did we really need a Minions cover of ‘Cecilia’?
By
Jason P. Frank
rev up your engine
May 25, 2022
How
Top Gun
’s Famous Volleyball Scene Led Kenny Loggins to the ‘Danger Zone’
The story behind the film’s hard-charging anthem, as told by the king of ’80s soundtracks.
By
Dan Reilly
i wannana get better
May 9, 2022
Jack Antonoff Is a Minion Now
That explains the glasses.
By
Rebecca Alter
show-stopping spectacular
May 7, 2022
Lady Gaga and Doja Cat Ham It Up for Summer Blockbusters
Choose your fighter: Gaga’s
Top Gun
power ballad or Doja’s
Elvis
flip.
By
Justin Curto
the serve
Nov. 12, 2021
Queen Bey Has Finally Dropped Her
King Richard
Song, ‘Be Alive’
For the Venus and Serena Williams biopic, out November 19.
By
Jennifer Zhan
new music friday
Nov. 5, 2021
City Girls Got Us ‘Scared,’ a New Track From Halle Berry’s
Bruised
The film’s all-female hip-hop soundtrack will feature Cardi B, Saweetie, Young M.A., and more.
By
Zoe Haylock
music notes
Aug. 6, 2021
The
White Lotus
Score Is Definitely Trying to Make You Anxious
Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer breaks down how he translated the HBO series’s “Hawaiian Hitchcock” vibe into its wild, haunting soundtrack.
By
Shaad D'Souza
soundtracks
July 9, 2021
Come On and Slam, Welcome to the
Space Jam 2
Soundtrack
Featuring new music from Saweetie and Brockhampton.
By
Charu Sinha
soundtracks
June 11, 2021
We Finally Have New SZA and It’s Thanks to the
Space Jam 2
Soundtrack
Listen to “Just For Me” with SAINt JHN now.
By
Zoe Haylock
soundtracks
May 21, 2021
Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin Hook Up
Space Jam 2
With ‘We Win’
Produced by Just Blaze, y’all.
By
Zoe Haylock
q&a
Apr. 29, 2021
Flying Lotus’s
Yasuke
Soundtrack Is His ‘Full-Circle Moment’
The Grammy winner on working on Netflix’s new anime, seeing himself in the historic Black samurai, and why this is his synth album.
By
Craig Jenkins
grammys 2021
Mar. 14, 2021
Taika Waititi Wins Grammy for
Jojo Rabbit
, a Film He ‘Can Barely Remember’
“I guess they’re just giving Grammys to anyone now!”
By
Justin Curto
soundtracks
Mar. 5, 2021
Mitski Is the Cowboy in Country-Tinged Track ‘The Baddy Man’
From her forthcoming soundtrack to the graphic novel
This Is Where We Fall.
By
Zoe Haylock
soundtracks
Feb. 26, 2021
Pop Smoke’s New Song ‘AP’ Drops Ahead of His Posthumous Film Debut
Listen now and watch
Boogie
March 5.
By
Zoe Haylock
soundtracks
Feb. 12, 2021
Brandy Proves She Hasn’t Aged a Day in Magical
Cinderella
Medley
Such fol-de-rol and fiddle-dee-dee of course is impossible!
By
Zoe Haylock
new music
Feb. 12, 2021
Jay-Z and Nipsey Hussle Collaborate on
Judas and the Black Messiah
Song
“What It Feels Like” is the first linkup between the rappers.
By
Justin Curto
my single is dropping
Feb. 5, 2021
Megan Thee Stallion Is the Real Royalty on New Song for
Coming 2 America
With fellow on-the-rise Texas rapper Bobby Sessions.
By
Justin Curto
stars are blind
Feb. 2, 2021
How
Promising Young Woman
’s Genre-Hopping Soundtrack Came Together
How everything from Paris Hilton, musical-theater allusions, and Wagner made their way into Emerald Fennell’s film.
By
Jackson McHenry
album review
July 31, 2020
Beyoncé’s
Lion King
Soundtrack Puts the Focus Back Where It Belongs: Africa
Beyoncé, as usual, knows better.
By
Craig Jenkins
obits
July 7, 2020
Ennio Morricone Was His Own Musical Genre
The famed composer made soundtrack music that lived on its own. Each piece was an expressive universe unto itself.
By
Bilge Ebiri
soundtracks
May 19, 2020
Will Ferrell Takes His (Key)Board to the Fjord In
Eurovision
‘Volcano Man’ Video
Get ready for your heart to melt, then immediately refreeze. It is Iceland, after all.
By
Halle Kiefer
high fidelity
Feb. 25, 2020
High Fidelity
’s Music Supervisors Pick Their 10 Favorite Songs From the Show
From deep cuts to David Bowie, creating the Hulu reboot’s soundtrack was the perfect job for music nerds.
By
Dan Reilly
egot futures
Feb. 13, 2020
Listen to Billie Eilish’s James Bond Song, ‘No Time to Die’
The name’s Guy. Bad Guy.
By
Rebecca Alter
my single is dropping
Jan. 10, 2020
Normani and Megan Thee Stallion Come Out Swinging for
Birds of Prey
Song
“Diamonds” are a anti-heroine’s best friend.
By
Bethy Squires
the irishman
Nov. 29, 2019
How Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson Decide on the Perfect Needle Drop
The Irishman
director’s longtime collaborator explains who deserves credit for some of the duo’s iconic music cues.
By
Drew Fortune
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