David Arnold has been tapped to score the upcoming ITV series Jekyll & Hyde. The action adventure is created by Charlie Higson and stars Tom Bateman, Richard E. Grant, Natalie Gumed, Stephanie Hyam, Donald Sumpter, Amit Shah, Phil McKee, Christian McKay and Ruby Bentall. The 10-part series inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and […]
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David Arnold to Score ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ TV Series
Posted: April 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Arnold, ITV, Jekyll & Hyde
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‘Orange Is the New Black’ Score Album Details
Posted: April 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Jay, Gwendolyn Sanford, Netflix, Orange Is the New Black, score, Scott Doherty, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the first score album for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Brandon Jay & Gwendolyn Sanford (Weeds) and Scott Doherty. The soundtrack will be released on May 12, 2015 and is now available […]
Hans Zimmer Scoring Peter Sollett’s ‘Freeheld’
Posted: April 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeheld, Hans Zimmer, Peter Sollett
Hans Zimmer is currently recording his score for the upcoming indie drama Freeheld. The film is directed by Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Raising Victor Vargas) and stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon, Gabriel Luno and Luke Grimes. The movie follows New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester and her police detective girlfriend who both battle […]
‘Hungry Hearts’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Banana, Hungry Hearts, L’Amore non perdona, Nicola Piovani, score, Soundtrack
Emergency Music Italy will release a soundtrack album for the drama Hungry Hearts. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Nicola Piovani (Life is Beautiful). Also included is the composer’s music for this year’s Italian film Banana directed by Andrea Jublin and starring Ascanio Balbo & Anna Bonaiuto, and his […]
James Horner Talks ‘Avatar’ Sequels
Posted: April 9, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Avatar, Avatar 2, James Cameron, James Horner
James Horner revealed in an interview with Andrew Freund at the Los Angeles premiere of the IMAX documentary Living in the Age of Airplanes this past Monday that he has “started to get ideas from the filmmakers” about his music for James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar sequels, while it will be a while before he starts […]
Trevor Yuile & Tim Welch Scoring Syfy’s ‘Killjoys’
Posted: April 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Killjoys, Syfy, Tim Welch, Trevor Yuile
Trevor Yuile and Tim Welch are composing the music for the Syfy original series Killjoys. The show is created by Michelle Lovretta (Lost Girl) and stars Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlan. The series follows a trio of interplanetary bounty hunters as they chase deadly Warrants (fugitives) throughout the Quad, a distant planetary system […]
‘Child 44’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Child 44, Daniel Espinosa, Jon Ekstrund, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Child 44. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Easy Money series). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14, 2015 and physically on May 12. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Child 44 is directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) and stars […]
Theodore Shapiro to Score ‘Zoolander 2’
Posted: April 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Stiller, Theodore Shapiro, Zoolander, Zoolander 2
Theodore Shapiro is set to reunite with Ben Stiller on the upcoming comedy sequel Zoolander 2. The film stars Stiller himself in the title role, Owen Wilson who returns as Hansel, Will Ferrell as Mugatu, Christine Taylor as Matilda, as well as new addition Penélope Cruz. Stiller has written the screenplay with Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man […]
Ray Charles (1918-2015)
Posted: April 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ray Charles
Composer/arranger Ray Charles passed away Monday at his home in Beverly Hills at age 96. He is best known as the leader of The Ray Charles Singers, who were regularly featured on Perry Como’s records and radio and television shows for 35 years. He is also known as a vocalist to the theme song for Three’s […]
Clinton Shorter to Score Syfy’s ‘The Expanse’
Posted: April 7, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clinton Shorter, Syfy, The Expanse
Clinton Shorter has been hired to score the upcoming Syfy event series The Expanse. The show is created by Academy Award-winning writers Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man) based on the New York Times bestselling series of novels of the same title and stars Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashlo, Florence Faivre, Jay Hernandez, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, […]
