Johan Söderqvist is composing the music for the upcoming thriller The Limehouse Golem. The film is directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless) and stars Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays, Sam Reid, Maria Valverde and Eddie Marsan. The movie based on the bestseller by Peter Ackroyd and is set in Victorian-era London and […]
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Johan Söderqvist Scoring ‘The Limehouse Golem’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Johan Söderqvist, Juan Carlos Medina, The Limehouse Golem
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‘Same Kind of Different As Me’ to Feature Original Song by Brad Paisley
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brad Paisley, Same Kind of Different As Me
Country music singer/songwriter Brad Paisley is contributing an original song to the upcoming drama Same Kind of Different As Me. The track, entitled Stubborn Angels, will be featured in the movie directed by Michael Carney and starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou and Jon Voight. The movie based on the book of the same title by Ron Hall, Denver […]
World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 19, the closing night […]
Lady Gaga to Compose & Perform Songs for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga
According to Deadline, Lady Gaga will be composing and performing music for the upcoming remake of the movie musical A Star Is Born. The film will mark the directorial feature debut of Bradley Cooper who will also star in the movie alongside Gaga who will be playing the lead role and portray a singer whose star rises as quickly […]
Lorne Balfe to Score Jonathan Teplitzky’s ‘Churchill’
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Churchill, Jonathan Teplitzky, Lorne Balfe
Lorne Balfe has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming biographical drama Churchill. The film is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Burning Man) and stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy and Ella Purnell. The movie is set across the five days before D-Day in 1944 and charts the tension between the […]
Expanded ‘Primal Fear’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, Primal Fear, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1996 thriller Primal Fear directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere, Edward Norton and Laura Linney. The album features the expanded and remastered original music from the film composed and produced by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Maleficent, The Fugitive), including more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased […]
Alan Menken & Lin-Manuel Miranda Team Up for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Film Adaptation
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Little Mermaid
Deadline is reporting that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be teaming up to write the music for a live action feature adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The movie version is also said to feature songs from Disney’s classic animated movie, for which Menken won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (with Howard Ashman) and Best Original Score. […]
Mark Isham to Score ‘The Headhunter’s Calling’
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Isham, Mark Williams, The Headhunter's Calling
Mark Isham is scoring the upcoming drama The Headhunter’s Calling. The film marks the directorial debut of producer Mark Williams (Flawless) and stars Gerard Butler, Alison Brie, Willem Dafoe, Gretchen Mol and Alfred Molina. The movie follows a ruthless corporate headhunter who battles his rival for control of their job placement company, until a family tragedy brings his […]
‘Two Is a Family’ to Feature Music by Rob Simonsen
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: emain tout commence, Hugo Gelin, Rob Simonsen, Two Is a Family
Rob Simonsen is scoring the French comedy drama Two Is a Family (Demain tout commence). The film is directed by Hugo Gelin (Just Like Brothers) and stars Omar Sy, Clemence Poesy and Antoine Bertrand. The movie follows a man whose carefree life on the French Riviera is turned upside down when a former fling suddenly reappears and […]
Julian Wass Scoring ‘Blue Jay’
Posted: August 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blue Jay, Jay Duplass, Julian Wass, Mark Duplass
Julian Wass is composing the score for the upcoming indie drama Blue Jay. The film is directed by Alex Lehmann and stars Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson. The movie follows two former high-school sweethearts who reflect on their shared past through the lens of their differently dissatisfied presents when they return to their tiny California hometown. Duplass has also written […]
