Archive for 2018

Details for 2018’s Oscar Concert Announced

Posted: February 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Los Angeles Philharmonic today announced details of The Oscar Concert, a special, one-night-only celebration of film music at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. As part of the Oscar week celebrations for its 90th anniversary, the Academy, in partnership with the […]

Nick Urata is scoring the upcoming coming-of-age drama The True Adventures of Wolfboy. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Martin Krejci and stars Jaeden Lieberher, John Turturro, Chris Messina, Eve Hewson, Chloe Sevigny, Sophie Giannamore and Michelle Wilson. The movie revolves around a teenage boy who runs away from home in the search […]

Kendrick Lamar has revealed the track list for Black Panther: The Album, the soundtrack compilation featuring songs from and inspired by the Marvel Studios film. Among the artists featured on the release are Lamar himself who is producing the album with Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, Khalid, as well as Swae Lee, ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, […]

Bear McCreary has composed the music for the next installment in the Cloverfield series, God Particle. The film is directed by Julius Onah and stars David Oyelowo, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris O’Dowd, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ziyi Zhang and Daniel Brühl. The movie is set in the near future and tells the story of a team of astronauts on a space […]

Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Japanese anime series B: The Beginning. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Yoshihiro Ike. The soundtrack is set to be released physically as a 2-CD set on March 23, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. B: The […]

Harry Escott Scoring ‘Deep State’

Posted: January 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Harry Escott is composing the score for Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original series Deep State. The show is created by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) & Simon Maxwell (Killing Bono) and stars Mark Strong as a retired Secret Service operative and member of elite British/America team called The Section who is coaxed back into the […]

Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Mozart in the Jungle. The album features music from the show’s fourth season, including works from the 18th-century opera Erwin Und Elmire of Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Nico Muhly’s Etude no. 3, as well as performances by bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, violist Nadia Sirota, […]

Yu Kobayashi has composed the original music for the upcoming Chinese fantasy action adventure sequel The Monkey King 3. The film is directed by Soi Cheang who also helmed the first two parts in the series and stars Aaron Kwok, William Feng, Zanilia Zhao, Xiaoshenyang and Him Law. The movie follows the Monkey King and […]

Max Richter has been hired to score the upcoming historical drama Mary, Queen of Scots. The film is marks the directorial debut of Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, and stars Saoirse Ronan in the title role, alongside Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Jack Lowden, Martin  Compston, Joe Alwyn and Brendan Coyle are co-starring. […]

Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Disney’s fantasy drama A Wrinkle in Time. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released physically on March 23, 2018 and is now available for pre-order […]