Premiering tonight on HBO is the mini-series Show Me a Hero created by David Simon, directed by Paul Haggis and starring Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Bob Balaban, Jim Belushi and Jon Bernthal. Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, (Our) Idiot Brother, A Walk in the Woods) has composed the music for the 6-parter. […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2015)
Posted: August 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blunt Talk, Craig Wedren, HBO, Nathan Larson, Show Me a Hero, Starz
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Shakira to Record Original Song for Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
Posted: August 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Shakira, Zootopia
Disney announced at the studios’ D23 expo event that Shakira is recording an original song for the Disney Animation Studios’ feature Zootopia. The song is entitled Try Everthing and will be featured in the movie directed by Byron Howard (Tangled) and Rich Moore (Wreck-it Ralph). Shakira will also be among the film’s voice cast, which also includes Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin. […]
‘One & Two’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nathan Halpern, One & Two, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller One & Two. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Halpern (Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Rich Hill). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 28, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. One & Two is directed by Andrew […]
Disney’s ‘Moana’ to Feature Music by Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’I & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Posted: August 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, Moana, Opetaia Foa’I
The full musical team for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Moana was announced at this year’s D23 fan expo. As previously announced, Mark Mancina will be composing the score for the movie. The composer who previously scored the studio’s Tarzan, Brother Bear, as well as Planes and its sequel is collaborating with Te Vaka’s Opetaia Foa’I, a New Zealand guitarist, and Lin-Manuel Miranda who is best known for […]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez to Write Songs for Disney’s ‘Gigantic’
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gigantic, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
It was announced today at Disney’s D23 fan expo that Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will be writing original music for Disney Toon Studios’ upcoming feature Gigantic. The film will be directed by Nathan Greno (Tangled) and produced by Dorothy McKim (Meet the Robinson). The movie is based on the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale is set in Spain during […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2015)
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Air, Aleks de Carvalho, Amnesiac, Britta Phillips, Daniel Hart, Daniel Pemberton, Dean Wareham, Edo Van Breemen, Final Girl, Gabriel Yared, Garth Stevenson, Hauschka, J. Ralph, Joseph Trapanese, Marc Can, Mark Orton, Meru, Mistress America, Nathan Halpern, One & Two, People Places Things, Return to Sender, Straight Outta Compton, Ten Thousand Saints, The Boy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Tom at the Farm
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the biographical drama Straight Outta Compton directed by F. Gary Gray and starring O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, Aldis Hodge as MC Ren, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella […]
‘The Walk’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Robert Zemeckis, score, Soundtrack, The Walk
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for Robert Zemeckis’ drama The Walk. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away, Captain America: The First Avenger). The soundtrack will be released on September 25, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Walk starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, […]
Alex Heffes to Score Hulu’s ’11/22/63′
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 11/22/64, Alex Heffes, Hulu, J.J. Abrams, Kevin Macdonald
Alex Heffes has been tapped to score the upcoming Hulu event series 11/22/63. The show is based on Stephen King’s 2011 novel of the same title and stars James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Josh Duhamel, T.R. Knight, Daniel Webber, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry, Jack Fulton and Leon Rippy. The 9-parter follows a high school English teacher […]
‘Outlander’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Outlander, score, Soundtrack, Starz
Madison Gate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series Outlander. The album features more music from the show composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons) who recently received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the series. Also included is an extended […]
Michael Rohatyn Scoring Rebecca Miller’s ‘Maggie’s Plan’
Posted: August 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Maggie's Plan, Michael Rohatyn, Rebecca Miller
Michael Rohatyn is reuniting with director Rebecca Miller on the upcoming comedy Maggie’s Plan. The film is written and directed by Miller and stars Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore. The movie follows a young woman whose determination to have a child involves her in […]
