Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the family movie Woody Woodpecker. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chris Hajian (The Infiltrator, StartUp, First Position). Also included is Alex Geringas’ Woody Woodpecker Song, as well as tracks by Randy Crenshaw, The Kids, KNOTS & more. The soundtrack will be released […]
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‘Woody Woodpecker’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Hajian, score, Soundtrack, Woody Woodpecker
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Rolfe Kent Scoring Jon S. Baird’s ‘Stan & Ollie’
Posted: January 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jon S. Baird, Rolfe Kent, Stan & Ollie
This week, Rolfe Kent will be recording his score for the upcoming biographical drama Stan & Ollie. The film is directed by Jon S. Baird (Filth) and stars Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy. Shirley Henderson and Danny Huston are co-starring. The movie focuses on the now-legendary 1953 tour […]
‘Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game, Howard L. Weiner, score, Soundtrack, Steven Argila
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steven Argila (The Paul Reiser Show, Theres…Johnny!, Monster High, Max Steel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 9, 2018. Check back on this page for the pre-order link. Abe […]
Stephen Warbeck to Score Adrian Noble’s ‘Mrs. Lowry and Son’
Posted: January 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Noble, Mrs Lowry and Son, Stephen Warbeck
Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliott, Quills, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin) is set to score the upcoming British drama Mrs. Lowry and Son. The film is directed by Adrian Noble (The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and stars Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. The movie examines the relationship between early 20th century […]
Justin Hurwitz Wins Grammy Award for ‘La La Land’
Posted: January 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards, John Williams, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana
Justin Hurwitz has won the Grammy Award for his music for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), Johann Johannsson (Arrival), Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones: Season 7) and Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Zimmer (Hidden Figures). In the Best Song Written For […]
John Morris (1926-2018)
Posted: January 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Morris
John Morris has passed away this past Thursday, January 25, at age 91 at his home in Red Hook, New York. The composer is best known for collaborations on numerous films directed by Mel Brooks, including Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, The Producers, Life Stinks and Silent Movie. He received two Academy Award nominations for […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 28, 2018)
Posted: January 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Futile and Stupid Gesture, A.P. Bio, Absentia, Altered Carbon, Amazon, Craig Wedren, Dirty Money, Jeff Cardoni, Jeff Russo, NBC, Netflix, Ofer Meiri, Step Up: High Water, Will Bates, YouTube Red
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, January 30, is the German television series Babylon Berlin co-created and -directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Matthias Brandt, Hannah Herzsprung, Karl Markovics, Lars Eidinger and Sebastian Urzen. Tykwer also co-scored the show with Johnny Klimek (Run Lola Run, The International, Cloud Atlas, Sense8). BMG […]
ABC’s ‘Splitting Up Together’ to Feature Music by Jared Faber
Posted: January 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Emily Kapnek, Jared Faber, Splitting Up Together
Jared Faber is composing the score for the upcoming ABC comedy Splitting Up Together. The show is developed by Emily Kapnek based on the Mette Heen-created Danish TV series Bedre skilt end aldrig and stars Jenna Fischer, Oliver Hudson, Bobby Lee, Lindsay Price, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby and Sander Thomas. The series follows a couple whose […]
Chris Alan Lee Scoring Paramount Network’s ‘Heathers’ TV Series
Posted: January 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Alan Lee, Heathers, Paramount Network
Chris Alan Lee is scoring the upcoming Paramount Network comedy Heathers. The show is developed by Jason Micallef (Butter) based on the 1988 cult classic film of the same name (scored by David Newman) and stars Grace Victoria Cox, James Scully, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell and Jasmine Mathews. The series is set in the present […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 26, 2018)
Posted: January 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Dorn, American Folk, Ben Lovett, David Wittman, Heitor Pereira, Jimmy Haun, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Please Stand By, The Clapper
The only new movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure Maze Runner: The Death Cure directed by Wes Ball and starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson. The film’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Defenders, […]
