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Rael Jones (My Cousin Rachel, Harlots, Kids in Love) has recently scored the upcoming BBC series The Salisbury Poisonings. The show is written by Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn and stars Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall, MyAnna Buring, Johnny Harris, Annabel Scholey, Mark Addy, Stella Gonet and Ron Cook. The 3-part drama centers the 2018 Novichok […]

5 Cat Studios has released a new album featuring piano solos from DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: A Hidden World directed by Dean DeBlois and starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, Craig Ferguson and F. Murray Abraham. The album features nine tracks from John Powell‘s original score that were newly […]

Carter Burwell is set to compose the original music for the upcoming film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. The film marks Joel Coen’s first solo directorial effort and stars Denzel Washington in the title role, Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth, as well as Brendan Gleeson, Corey Hawkins, Ralph Ineson, Moses Ingram and […]

Lennie Niehaus (1929 – 2020)

Posted: June 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Lennie Niehaus has passed away at age 90 at his daughter’s home in Redlands, California. The composer was best known for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood and has composed the score for numerous movies directed by the filmmaker, including the Academy Award-winning western Unforgiven, as well as The Bridges of Madison County, Space Cowboys, Pale […]

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Quiz directed by Stephen Frears, written by James Graham and stars Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Helen McCrory, Michael Jibson and Aisling Bea. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Torchwood, Years and Years). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to […]

Republic Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Quibi original series Royalties. The album features the original songs from the show co-written by the show’s star and writer/producer Darren Criss. The first three songs, Just That Good (feat. Rufus Wainwright), Kick Your Shoes Off (feat. Bonnie McKee) and Break It In (feat. Lil Rel […]

Mario Grigorov (Precious, The Paperboy, Shadowdancer) is scoring the upcoming British horror thriller Lair. The film is written and directed by Adam Ethan Crow and stars John Hannah, Corey Johnson, Oded Fehr, Katarina Cas, Julian Kostov, Alexandra Gilbreath and Jen Brister. The movie follows a fractured family forced to face their demons as they unwittingly become embroiled […]

Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the Starz original series Vida. The 4-track EP features songs from the show’s third and final season performed by Angelica Garcia and Las Vergas. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Lakeshore Records has […]

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the musical comedy drama The High Note directed by Nisha Ganatra and stars Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr,  Ross, Harrison Jr., Ice Cube, Zoe Chao, Eddie Izzard, Bill Pullman and Diplo. The film’s original score is composed by Amie Doherty (Undone, Battle at […]

WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed by Aivi & Surasshu (aka Aivi Tran & Steven “Surasshu” Velema). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen […]