Republic Records will release the original song The Empty Chair from the documentary Jim: The James Foley Story. The track is written by Academy Award nominee J. Ralph (Lucky Number Slevin, The Cove, Chasing Ice) and Sting who also performs the song, which will be released tomorrow as a digital single and is now available to download on Amazon. Jim: […]
Archive for December, 2016
‘The Empty Chair’ from ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’ to Be Released
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J. Ralph, Jim: The James Foley Story, Sting
BET’s ‘Madiba’ to Feature Music by Todor Kobakov
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BET, Madiba, Todor Kobakov
Todor Kobabkov has been tapped to score the upcoming BET mini-series Madiba. The drama is directed by Kevin Hooks (Prison Break, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and stars Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela, alongside Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist and Terry Pheto. The 3-parter is based on two Mandela autobiographies, Conversations With Myself and Nelson Mandela by Himself and tells the story of a younger […]
Jeff Beal to Score ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’
Posted: December 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: An Inconvenient Sequel, Bonni Cohen, Jeff Beal, Jon Shenk
Jeff Beal is composing the original music for the upcoming documentary An Inconvenient Sequel. The film directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk (The Island President, Audrie & Daisy) is the sequel to the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth and follows Vice President Al Gore as he continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate […]
‘The Bye Bye Man’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stacy Title, The Bye Bye Man, The Newton Brothers
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Bye Bye Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Hush, Detachment). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 6, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Bye Bye Man is directed by Stacy Title […]
‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Wandmacher, score, Soundtrack, Underworld: Blood Wars
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Wandmacher (My Bloody Valentine, Drive Angry, The Goldbergs, Piranha 3D). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Underworld: Blood Wars is […]
Theodore Shapiro to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Captain Underpants’ & ‘The Polka King’
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Captain Underpants, David Soren, Jonathan Levine, Maya Forbes, Snatched, The Polka King, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been tapped to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Captain Underpants. The film is directed by David Soren (Turbo) and features the voice talent of Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Kristen Schaal and Jordan Peele. The movie is based on the book by Dav Pilkey and centers around two mischievous […]
‘Wheeler’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stephen Dorff, Wheeler
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the country music drama Wheeler. The album features the film’s original music written and performed by Stephen Dorff. Also included is bonus track by Kris Kristofferson. The first song from the soundtrack, Pour Me Out of This Town, is already available to download as a digital single. […]
Dominic Lewis to Score ‘Rock That Body’
Posted: December 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominic Lewis, Lucia Aniello, Rock That Body
Dominic Lewis has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Rock That Body. The film is directed by Lucia Aniello (Broad City) and stars Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Kravitz, Demi Moore, Ty Burrell, Hasan Minhaj and Colton Haynes. The movie follows five friends who get a beach house in Miami for a wild bachelorette […]
Xavier Gens’ ‘Cold Skin’ to Feature Music by Victor Reyes
Posted: December 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cold Skin, Victor Reyes, Xavier Gens
This week, Victor Reyes is recording his score for the upcoming psychological thriller Cold Skin. The film is directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman, The Divide, Frontier(s)) and stars Ray Stevenson, David Oakes and Aura Garrido. The movie is based on the book by Albert Sanchez Piñol of the same title and follows a young man […]
David Hirschfelder Scoring ‘Dance Academy: The Movie’
Posted: December 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dance Academy, Dance Academy: The Movie, David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder has recently composed the music for the upcoming feature Dance Academy: The Movie. The film is directed by Jeffrey Walker and stars Xenia Goodwin, Miranda Otto, Dena Kaplan, Alicia Banit, Thomas Lacey, Jordan Rodrigues, Keiynan Lonsdale and Tara Morice. The movie is based on the Australian TV series Dance Academy created by Samantha Strauss & Joanna Werner, which premiered in 2010, and […]