Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner (Sons of Anarchy) & Jose Cancela (Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, Kingpin) are scoring the upcoming comedy The Opening Act. The film is written and directed by Steve Byrne and stars Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Moffat, Cedric The Entertainer, Neal Brennan, Ken Jeong, Jermaine Fowler, Debby Ryan, Bill Burr and Russell Peters. […]
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Dave Kushner & Jose Cancela Scoring Steve Byrne’s ‘The Opening Act’
Posted: September 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Kushner, Jose Cancela, Steve Byrne, The Opening Act
‘World Soundtrack Awards: Tribute to the Film Composer’ Album Announced
Posted: September 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
Film Fest Ghent has announced the album World Soundtrack Awards: Tribute to the Film Composer, which features newly recorded pieces by all winners of the festival’s Film Composer of the Year Award, including Angelo Badalamenti, Nicholas Britell, Carter Burwell, Mychael Danna, Alexandre Desplat, Patrick Doyle, Michael Giacchino, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard, Alberto Iglesias, Jóhann […]
Howard Shore Scoring Deepa Mehta’s ‘Funny Boy’
Posted: September 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deepa Mehta, Funny Boy, Howard Shore
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, Hugo, The Hobbit) has revealed on the latest episode of Score: The Podcast that he has completed his score for the upcoming drama Funny Boy. The film directed by Deepa Mehta (Water, Earth, Fire, Beeba Boys) is based on […]
‘P-Valley’ Season 1 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: J. Alphonse Nicholson, P-Valley, Soundtrack, Starz
Lionsgate Records has released a full soundtrack album for the Starz original series P-Valley. The album features the songs from the show’s first season performed by J. Alphonse Nicholson, Jucee Froot’s opening titles song Down in the Valley, as well as tracks by FM NEW MONEY, Tokyo Vanity, Alan Scoop, Harriett D. Foy and Lil’ Bad […]
Expanded ‘Swashbuckler’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Goldstone, John Addison, score, Soundtrack, Swashbuckler
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1976 adventure movie Swashbuckler directed by James Goldstone and starring Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold, Beau Bridges and Geoffrey Holder. The 2-CD set features the original music from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Addison […]
‘Padrenostro’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Claudio Noce, Mattia Carratello, Padrenostro, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Ratchev
Edizioni Curci has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama Padrenostro. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ratchev & Carratello (aka Stefano Ratchev & Mattia Carratello). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. Padrenostro is co-written and directed by […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2020)
Posted: September 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Drake, Chris Hajian, Critical Thinking, Harry Gregson-Williams, Ludwig Göransson, Mulan, Robin's Wish, Tenet
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the spy thriller Tenet written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh and Himesh Patel. The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian, Creed, […]
‘No Time to Die’ Soundtrack Cover Art and Release Date Revealed
Posted: September 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cary Fukunaga, Hans Zimmer, James Bond, No Time to Die, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records has revealed the cover art for the soundtrack album for the 25th James Bond film No Time to Die. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hans Zimmer(The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean), as well as the theme song performed by Billie Eilish and co-written by herself and […]
‘The Bay of Silence’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Swihart, Paula van der Oest, score, Soundtrack, The Bay of Silence
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the thriller The Bay of Silence. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, Dinner in America, For a Good Time, Call…, Youth in Revolt, Table 19) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music […]