Variety is reporting that Academy Award-nominated composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Vice) & Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Julieta Venegas are composing new songs for the upcoming musical drama Carmen. The film is directed by Benjamin Millepied and is set to star Jamie Dornan and Melissa Barrera. As previously reported, Britell is also composing the […]
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Benjamin Millepied’s ‘Carmen’ to Feature Original Songs by Nicholas Britell & Julieta Venegas
Posted: May 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Millepied, Carmen, Julieta Venegas, Nicholas Britell
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Tyler Bates to Score David Leitch’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’
Posted: May 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Leitch, Fast & Furious, Hobbs & Shaw, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, Watchmen, The Punisher, Dawn of the Dead) is reuniting with director David Leitch on the upcoming action movie Hobbs & Shaw. The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham who reprise their roles as sworn enemies Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw from the Fast & Furious franchise. They are joined […]
‘The Convent’ (‘Heretiks’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heretiks, Paul E. Francis, Paul Hyett, score, Soundtrack, The Convent
Spire Music has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Convent (Heretiks). The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul E. Francis (Howl, Legends of the Hidden Temple). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Convent is co-written and directed […]
Blake Neely to Score Aaron Schneider’s ‘Greyhound’
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Schneider, Blake Neely, Greyhound
Blake Neely has been hired to score the upcoming World War II drama Greyhound. The film is directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low) and stars Tom Hanks, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham and Rob Morgan. The movie is based on C.S. Forester’s novel The Good Shepherd and tells the story of Capt. Ernest Krause […]
Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ to Feature Original Score by SQÜRL
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Logan, Jim Jarmusch, SQÜRL, The Dead Don't Die
SQÜRL (aka Jim Jarmusch & Carter Logan) have composed the music for the upcoming zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die. The film is written and directed by Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Only Lovers Left Alive) and stars Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez and […]
Johan Söderqvist Scoring Dan Friedkin’s ‘Lyrebird’
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Friedkin, Håp, Johan Söderqvist, Lyrebird
Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, In a Better World) is scoring the upcoming drama Lyrebird. The film marks the directorial debut of Dan Friedkin (The Mule, All the Money in the World) and stars Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps and Roland Møller. The movie tells the true story of Dutch folk hero […]
‘Shaft’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isaac Hayes, score, Shaft, Soundtrack
Craft Recordings has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1971 classic Shaft directed by Gordan Parks and starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi and Christopher St. John. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Isaac Hayes who received an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category and was also nominated […]
Soundtrack Release for Michael Winner’s ‘The Sentinel’ Announced
Posted: May 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gil Melle, Michael Dinner, score, Soundtrack, The Sentinel
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the world premiere official soundtrack release for the 1977 horror thriller The Sentinel directed by Michael Winner and starring Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith and Martin Balsam. The album features the original score from the Universal Pictures production composed by Golden Globe nominee Gil Mellé […]
Andrea Bocelli to Perform Theme Song for Guan Hu’s ‘The Eight Hundred’
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrea Bocelli, Ba Bai, Guan Hu, The Eight Hundred
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is providing the theme song for the upcoming Chinese war epic The Eight Hundred (Ba bai). The film is directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six, Cow) and tells the story of a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers in 1937 who put up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as […]
The National’s Bryce Dessner Scoring Andrea Berloff’s ‘The Kitchen’
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Berloff, Bryce Dessner, The Kitchen
Bryce Dessner of the rock band The National has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Kitchen. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton, World Trade Center) and stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill […]
