Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Palo Alto) has revealed in a recent interview with Variety that he is composing the score for the upcoming drama Passing. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall and stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland and Alexander Skarsgård. The movie is based on the […]
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Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange) to Score Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing’
Posted: September 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, Passing, Rebecca Hall
‘The Streets of San Francisco’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: A Man Called Sloane, Jack Marshall, Munster Go Home!, Patrick Williams, score, Soundtrack, The Streets of San Francisco
La-La Land Records has announced the first-ever soundtrack release for the classic 70s series The Streets of San Francisco starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas as part of the label’s third volume of the Quinn Martin Collection. The album features music from the ABC drama composed by Patrick Williams (Cry-Baby, The Cutting Edge, Columbo, Used Cars, The […]
Peter Nashel Scoring Alex Gibney’s ‘Totally Under Control’
Posted: September 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Peter Nashel, Suzanne Hillinger, Totally Under Control
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Book Club, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Bee Season) is scoring the upcoming documentary Totally Under Control. The film is directed by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks), Ophelia Harutyunyan & Suzanne Hillinger and centers on […]
‘Forces of Nature’ Score Album Announced
Posted: September 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bronwen Hughes, Forces of Nature, John Powell, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere official release of the original score from the 1999 romantic comedy Forces of Nature directed by Bronwen Hughes and starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn and Blythe Danner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (How to […]
Al Kasha (1937-2020)
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Al Kasha
Songwriter/composer Al Kasha has passed away today at age 83. He is best known for co-writing (with Joel Hirschhorn) numerous songs for stage and screen, including The Morning After from 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure and We May Never Love Like This Again from 1974’s The Towering Inferno, for which he received two Academy Awards. He […]
Laura Karpman Wins Emmy Award for ‘Why We Hate’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Laura Karpman, Why We Hate
Laura Karpman has won her first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category for her score for the episode Tools & Tactics from the Discover docu-series Why We Hate at today’s first part of the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. She has previously been […]
‘House of Cardin’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: House of Cardin, James Peter Moffatt, P. David Ebersole, score, Soundtrack, Todd Hughes
Earth Libraries will release a soundtrack album for the documentary House of Cardin. The album features the film’s original score composed by James Peter Moffatt (Mansfield 66/67). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15 and will be available to stream/download here. House of Cardin is directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes […]
Christopher Willis Scoring Disney+ Series ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Willis, Disney Plus, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.
Disney+ announced today that Christopher Willis is returning to compose the music for the streamer’s upcoming animated shorts series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. The show is produced by Disney Television Animation with Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Laboratory, Sym-Bionic Titan) serving as executive producer and supervising director. The series follows Mickey and his best pals […]
‘Wish Upon a Unicorn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, score, Soundtrack, Steve Bencich, Wish Upon a Unicorn
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the family fantasy adventure Wish Upon a Unicorn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Doom: Annihilation, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15 and will be […]
Mondo Boys Scoring Eshom Nelms’ & Ian Nelms’ ‘Fatman’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eshom Nelms, Fatman, Ian Nelms, Mondo Boys
Mondo Boys (Phoenix Forgotten, The Girlfriend Experience, She Dies Tomorrow, Dave Made a Maze) have composed the original music for the upcoming comedy Fatman. The film is written and directed by Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime, Waffle Street) and stars Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The movie follows a 12-year-old […]