Original score from the 2025 thriller feature film directed by Adrian Langley, starring Simon Phillips, Louisa Capulet and Paul Thomas, produced by Grimehouse and released by Blue Fox Entertainment (USA).

THE STORY: A thief, artist, and shopkeeper are pulled into the orbit of a haunted portrait connected to a vengeful ghost.

THE SCORE: “When Adrian Langley approached me to score The Oval Portrait the task seemed daunting: “What if a Waxman, Korngold, or Bernstein scored this movie? Bring these old sensibilities back to sell that we’re making a throwback film.” The one thing I did know, if one director was deadly serious about intention and style it’ll be Adrian Langley. What followed was truly an amazing compositional experience. Afterall it’s not every day that you’re asked to make music of this scope and style. Truly letting loose and exploring this genre of music that we so rarely get to play with was a pleasure. Thankfully, Langley prioritized using live musicians on this score. Knowing the style we were going for, we both knew that we had to record it with real musicians. All the imperfections that come with working with live players helps to sell the style and genre of the movie. The whole team loved working on this score, Andrew Osano the orchestrator did a superb job realizing the vision of the score. Robin Birner did an equally amazing job on the score mix as well as the album master. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into old school film music as much as we did creating it.” – Andrew Morgan Smith

THE COMPOSER: Composer Andrew Morgan Smith studied composition and music media at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has scored over 65 feature film and television projects, including The Old Way, You Might Be the Killer, and Disney’s The Owl House. His other credits include Jeepers Creepers 3 and Bunker, both released by MovieScore Media. In addition to his film and TV work, Andrew has written various concert works. These have been performed and recorded all over the world with groups ranging from the London Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and the Acadian Wind Symphony.

MMS25028 THE OVAL PORTRAIT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by ANDREW MORGAN SMITH
Release date: October 10, 2025