Archive for 2015

BT Scoring ABC’s ‘Wicked City

Posted: October 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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BT has announced on Twitter that he has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming ABC drama Wicked City. He is co-scoring the series with Mike DiMattia. The series is created by Steven Baigelman (Get on Up) and stars Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Anne Winters, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross and Jaime Ray Newman. The […]

Rumor Mill Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Racing Extinction. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee J. Ralph (Lucky Number Slevin, The Cove, Chasing Ice, Meru). Also included are two original songs, on which the composer collaborated with Sia and Antony Hegarty. The soundtrack will be released […]

John Debney is composing the music for the upcoming NBC drama Game of Silence. The show is created by David Hudgins (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) and stars David Lyons, Michael Raymond-James, Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Conor O’Farrell Deidrie Henry, Demetrius Grosse and Claire van der Boom. The series follows a successful Atlanta attorney whose long-lost […]

‘Spotlight’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: October 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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A soundtrack album will be released for Tom McCarthy’s drama Spotlight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Hugo). The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to […]

Jed Kurzel to Score ‘Blackbird’

Posted: October 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Jed Kurzel has signed on to score the upcoming drama Blackbird. The film is helmed by theater director Benedict Andrews and stars Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed and Tara Fitzgerald. The movie centers on the confrontation between a middle aged man and a young woman who had an illicit affair 15 years earlier, for which […]

Singer/songwriter John Mellencamp has composed the score for Meg Ryan’s directorial debut Ithaca. He also wrote an original song for the coming-of-age drama, which stars Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater and Alex Neustaedter, as well as Tom Hanks who appears in a small role. The World War II-set film is based on Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human […]

Paramount Pictures will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass 2, Skyline, Transformers Prime). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check […]

Alan Silvestri mentioned in an interview with Nerdist that he is set to reteam with Robert Zemeckis on the director’s upcoming currently untitled World War II spy drama. Brad Pitt and Mario Cotillard are attached to star in the film, which follows an Allied counter-intelligence agent who falls in love with during a dangerous North African mission […]

Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced on Twitter that he is collaborating with Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s upcoming dramatic thriller The Revenant. The movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter is based on the novel of the same title by Michael Punke and follows legendary […]

Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the drama Carol. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carter Burwell (Fargo, Twilight, True Grit, Being John Malkovich, Mr. Holmes). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Billie Holliday, Les Paul, The Clovers, Jo Stafford, Mary Ford & more. The soundtrack will be released […]