New West Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Cold Blue. The album features the film’s original score composed by Richard Thompson (Grizzly Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Cold Blue is directed by Erik Nelson and tells the […]
Archive for May, 2019
‘The Cold Blue’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Erik Nelson, HBO, Richard Thompson, score, Soundtrack, The Cold Blue
‘The Best Years of a Life’ (‘Les plus belles années d’une vie’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Calogero, Claude Lelouch, Francis Lai, Les plus belles années d'une vie, score, Soundtrack, The Best Years of a Life
Polydor France has released a soundtrack album for Claude Lelouch’s drama The Best Years of a Life (Les plus belles années d’une vie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Francis Lai (Love Story, Bolero) and French singer/songwriter Calogero. The project marks the final film scoring project of Lai who passed […]
Harry Escott Scoring ITV’s ‘Wild Bill’
Posted: May 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Escott, ITV, Wild Bill
Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, A Mighty Heart, The Wedding Guest) is scoring the new ITV original series Wild Bill. The show is created by David Griffiths (The Hunted), Kyle Killen (The Beaver) and Dudi Appleton & Jim Keeble (Silent Witness) and stars Rob Lowe, Rachael Stirling, Angela Griffin, Tony Pitts and Bronwyn James. The crime drama […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 26, 2019)
Posted: May 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Brian Tyler, David Arnold Good Omens, DC Universe, Deadwood: The Movie, Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal, HBO, Johnny Klimek, Kris Bowers, Lifetime, Mario Grigorov, National Geographic, Netflix, Reinhold Heil, Sean Callery, Swamp Thing, The Hot Zone, When They See Us
Premiering tomorrow, May 27, is the National Geographic limited series The Hot Zone developed by James V. Hart, Jeff Vintar, Kelly Sounders & Brian Peterson and starring Julianna Margulies, Noah Emmerich, Liam Cunningham, Topher Grace, Paul James, Nick Searcy, Robert Wisdom and Robert Sean Leonard. The show’s original music is composed by Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Jessica Jones, Bones, […]
Video Highlights from the 2019 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Terence Blanchard, William Ross
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2019 Film, TV & Visual Awards gala, which was held earlier this month at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out excerpts from the acceptance speech of Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X) who received the BMI Icon Award […]
Songs from Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart’ to Be Released
Posted: May 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album featuring the songs from Olivia Wilde’s feature directorial debut Booksmart. Among the tracks included are What’s Golden by Jurassic 5, Slip Away by Perfume Genius, Can You Discover? by Discovery, Cold War by Cautious Clay, High on Your Love by Kings Go Forth, Boys by Lizzo and Carries […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 24, 2019)
Posted: May 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Booksmart, Brightburn, Dan the Automator, Echo in the Canyon, Halston, Isabelle, Mark Korven, Paul Leonard Morgan, Stanley Clarke, The Tomorrow Man, Timothy Williams
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen and Numan Acar. The film’s original score is composed by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little […]
Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ to Feature Original Score by Daniel Pemberton & Original Song by Thom Yorke
Posted: May 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, Thom Yorke
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) has recently scored the upcoming crime drama Motherless Brooklyn. Radiohead member Thom Yorke has contributed an original song for the drama written and directed by Edward Norton who also stars in the movie, alongside Bruce Willis, Gugu […]
Michael Andrews & Greyboy Scoring Nahnatchka Khan’s Netflix Movie ‘Always Be My Maybe’
Posted: May 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Always Be My Maybe, Greyboy, Michael Andrews, Nahnatchka Khan, Netflix
Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bridesmaids, Daddy’s Home, Freaks & Geeks, Funny People, Bad Teacher) and DJ Greyboy have composed the original score for the new Netflix original movie Always Be My Maybe. The film is directed by Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23) and stars Ali Wong, Randall Park, […]