Michael Andrews has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Daddy’s Home. The film is directed by Sean Anders & John Morris (Horrible Bosses 2, That’s My Boy, Sex Drive) and stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Hannibal Buress and Paul Scheer. The movie follows a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the […]
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Michael Andrews to Score ‘Daddy’s Home’
Posted: May 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daddy's Home, John Morris, Michael Andrews, Sean Anders
Reinhold Heil Scoring ‘Deutschland 83’
Posted: May 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deutschland 83, Reinhold Heil, SundanceTV
Reinhold Heil is composing the music for the upcoming SundanceTV event series Deutschland 83. The show is set in the 1980s and follows a 24-year-old East Germany native who is sent to the west as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service to gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. The 8-part series is written […]
‘Echoes of War’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Echoes of War, Hanan Townshend, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the western thriller Echoes of War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, The Better Angels). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 15, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio samples are embedded after the […]
‘San Andreas’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lockington, San Andreas, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the action adventure San Andreas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters). Also included is a cover version of California Dreamin’ performed by Sia. The soundtrack will be released digitally on […]
Songs of ‘Defiance’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Defiance, Soundtrack, Syfy
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the new soundtrack album for the Syfy original series Defiance. The album features the songs from the show’s second season performed by Brendan McCreary, Young Beautiful in a Hurry, Raya Yarborough and Trace Adkins. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 26. A physical version is also in the […]
‘Woman in Gold’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Martin Phipps, score, Soundtrack, Woman in Gold
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the drama Woman in Gold. The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Phipps (Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) and Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Interstellar). The soundtrack will be released overseas on May 29, 2015. No word yet on a domestic release date. Woman in Gold is directed by Simon […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 3, 2015)
Posted: May 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cleveland Abduction, Grace and Frankie, Lifetime, Michael Skloff, Netflix, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Sam KS, Stockholm Pennsylvania, Tony Morales
Premiering on Friday, May 8 is the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie and created by Marta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. Michael Skloff (Friends, Dream On, Jessie) and Sam KS are composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the comedy, […]
Elliot Goldenthal’s ‘Symphony in G-Sharp Minor’ to Be Released
Posted: May 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elliot Goldenthal, Symphony in G Minor
Zarathustra Music will release an EP featuring Elliot Goldenthal‘s concert work Symphony in G-Sharp Minor. The Academy Award-winning composer whose film scores include Frida, Interview with the Vampire, Heat, Batman Forever, Alien 3 and Public Enemies composed the piece, which was commissioned by the Pacific Symphony and marks his second collaboration with the orchestra following the oratorio Fire Water Paper. The symphony premiered last […]
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies to Score ‘The Great Getaway’
Posted: May 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peter Maxwell Davies, The Great Getaway
The Telegraph is reporting that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is set to compose the score for the upcoming historical drama The Great Getaway. The film is directed by Robbie Moffat and will star Peter Mullan and Brendan Gleeson. The movie tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charles aka Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of deposed James II who flew […]