Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Wedding Crashers, Election, Legally Blonde, Up in the Air) has recently composed the music for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Timmy Failure. The film is directed by Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, The Visitor, The Station Agent) and stars Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond and Craig Robinson. The family comedy is based on Stephan Pastis’ […]
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Rolfe Kent Scoring Tom McCarthy’s ‘Timmy Failure’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Rolfe Kent, Timmy Failure, Tom McCarthy
Mark Korven Tapped as Composer of AMC’s ‘The Terror: Infamy’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Mark Korven, The Terror, The Terror: Infamy
Mark Korven (The Witch, Cube, Our House, Awakening the Zodiac) has been tapped as the new composer of the AMC anthology series The Terror. The show’s World War II-set second season, The Terror: Infamy, is created by Alexander Woo (True Blood) & Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla) and centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community […]
Matthew Herbert Scoring Sky’s ‘Temple’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matthew Herbert, Sky, Temple
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Gloria Bell) is scoring the upcoming Sky original series Temple. The show is developed by Mark O’Rowe (Boy A, Broken) based on the Norwegian series Valkyrien and stars Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays. The 8-part comic thriller is set in the secret world beneath London, where an illegal […]
Heather McIntosh Scoring Craig Zobel’s ‘The Hunt’
Posted: July 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Zobel, Heather McIntosh, The Hunt
Composer Heather McIntosh is reuniting with director Craig Zobel on the upcoming political thriller The Hunt. The film’s cast includes Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley, Glenn Howerton, Ike Barinholtz, Betty Gilpin and Amy Madigan. No plot details have been announced yet for the movie, which will explore escalating aggressiveness between the political right and left in America. Damon Lindelof […]
Film/TV Music Panels at 2019 Comic-Con Announced
Posted: July 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Comic-Con
The line-up for several film music-related panels at Comic-Con 2019 has been announced. On Thursday, July 18, a number of film/TV composers will participate in the 11th annual Behind the Music panel. Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Discovery, The Umbrella Academy), Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt), Wendy Carlos (Tron, The Shining), Sean Callery (Homeland, Jessica Jones), Kurt Farquhar (Black Lightning, Black Soul) […]
Dario Marianelli to Score Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’
Posted: July 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dario Marianelli, Matteo Garrone, Pinocchio
Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour, Bumblebee, Anna Karenina) is set to compose the music for Matteo Garrone’s upcoming new live-action film adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. The film is written and directed by Garrone (Dogman, Gomorrah, Tale of Tales) and stars Roberto Begnini as Geppetto, alongside Gigi Proietti as The Cat, Rocco […]
Soundtrack Album for Gints Zilbalodis’ ‘Away’ Released
Posted: July 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Away, Gints Zilbalodis, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the animated feature Away. The album features the film’s original music composed by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis who also wrote, directed and produced the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Away marks Zilbalodis’ feature debut and tells the […]
‘Blinded by the Light’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.R. Rahman, Blinded by the Light, Gurinder Chadha, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Blinded by the Light. The album features the songs from the movie by Bruce Springsteen. Also included are two tracks from the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours), as well as songs by Pet Shop Boys, […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 7, 2019)
Posted: July 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apollo: Missions to the Moon, Blake Neely, Chasing the Moon, Cities of Last Things, Daniel Wohl, Gary Lionelli, HBO, I Love You, Ian Hultquist, James Everingham, Mitch Lee, Nathaniel Blume, National Geographic, Netflix, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter, PBS, Point Blank, Rob, Shangri-La, Showtime, The Movies
Premiering tonight is the National Geographic documentary Apollo: Missions to the Moon directed by Tom Jennings about the United States’ remarkable journey to land on the Moon before 1970. The film’s original music is composed James Everingham for Bleeding Fingers Music and produced by Hans Zimmer & Russell Emanuel. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring Everingham’s score. Check […]