Archive for November, 2016

Chris Bacon has been hired to score Jonathan Levine’s untitled Mother/Daughter comedy. The film directed by Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies, The Night Before) stars Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Christopher Meloni, Ike Barinholtz, Oscar Jaenada and Wanda Sykes. No plot details have been revealed yet. Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters, The Heat) has written the screenplay with Schumer and Kim Caramele (Inside Amy […]

Sumthing Else Music Works will release soundtrack albums for the Warner Bros. Animation & DC Entertainment movies Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Cabin Fever, Silent Night, Gears of War) who previously scored the first two parts in the series, Monster Mayhem and Animal Instincts. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming […]

Premiering tomorrow, November 14, is the National Geographic originals series Mars directed by Everardo Gout and executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer about a fictional astronaut crew on the very first human Mars mission in 2033. The show’s original music is composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Lawless, Hell or High Water). […]

Director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) revealed at a media event in Tokyo this weekend that Clint Mansell is scoring the upcoming film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. The film is based on the Japanese manga of the same title created by Masamune Shirow and stars Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche and […]

‘Please Like Me’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: November 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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inSync Music has released a soundtrack album for the Australian coming-of-age comedy Please Like Me. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Bryony Marks (Felony, Noise). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Please Like Me is created by Josh Thomas who also stars in the […]

Anne Nikitin has composed the music for the new Netflix original series Captive. The docu-series is executive produced by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Simon Chinn (Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar Man) and focuses on the challenging negotiations involved in resolving hostage situations. The episodes look at the situations from the […]

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi drama Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. The film’s original music is composed by Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners). Deutsche Grammophon has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article […]

Simon Franglen is composing the music for the new AT&T Audience Network original series Ice. The show is written by Robert Munic (Fighting, The Cleaner) and stars Cam Gigandet, Jeremy Sisto, Ray Winstone, Judith Shekoni, Raymond Barry, Ella Thomas, Chloe East, Audrey Marie Anderson and Donald Sutherland. The crime drama follows the Green family as it plunges into the underbelly of […]

‘Emelie’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Posted: November 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Emelie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Phil Mossman (Cop Car, Another Earth, I Origins, Lola Versus, Mercy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 25, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Emelie is directed by Michael Thelin and stars Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Thomas […]

‘I Am Bolt’ Soundtrack Announced

Posted: November 11, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary I Am Bolt. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Arber (Scott and Sid, Quacks). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 25, 2016. I Am Bolt is directed by Gabe & Ben Turner (The Class Of 92) and produced by Leo Pearlman and centers on Jamaican star […]