Academy Award winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful, The Visitor, Get Low) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama Music, War and Love. The film is directed by Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius, Rambling Rose) and stars Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgard, Stephen Dorff, Toby Sebastian, Sam Gillet, Sebastian Croft, Ursula Parker, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Weronika Rosati and Maciej Zakościelny. The movie tells the love story between two young musicians, one Jewish, one Catholic, who are separated by the outbreak of World War II.
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‘Winter Flies’ Soundtrack Released
Popsicle has released a soundtrack album for the Czech coming-of-age comedy drama Winter Flies (Všechno Bude). The album features the film’s original music composed by Monika Midriakova, Paweł Szamburski and Simon Holy. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check the full track list and listen to audio samples. Winter Flies is directed by Olmo Omerzu and stars Tomáš Mrvík, Jan František Uher, Eliška Krenková, Lenka Vlasákova and Martin Pechlát. The movie, which was the Czech Republic’s candidate for next year’s Foreign Language Oscar, centers on two mischievous adolescent boys who embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery.
Stanley Clarke Scoring Frédéric Tcheng’s ‘Halston’
Stanley Clarke (Boyz n the Hood, Passenger 57, The Transporter, The Best Man) is composing the original score for the upcoming documentary Halston. The film is directed by Frédéric Tcheng (Dior and I, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel) and tells the story of America’s first superstar fashion designer. The movie uncovers the cautionary tale of an artist who sold his name to Wall Street and was responsible for many iconic moments in American fashion and culture in the ’70s and ’80s.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2018)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the political comedy drama Vice written and directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe and Tyler Perry. The film’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Battle of the Sexes, Succession). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the comedy Holmes & Watson written and directed by Etan Cohen and starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald and Ralph Fiennes. Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) has composed the film’s original score. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) and Glenn Slater have contributed the original song Strange Sensation to the movie. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring Mothersbaugh’s score. Click here for more information.
Henry Jackman to Score Netflix’s ‘Dhaka’
Henry Jackman has confirmed in a recent interview with Film.Music.Media that he is set to score the upcoming Netflix original movie Dhaka. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Sam Hargrave and stars Chris Hemsworth, David Harbour, Golshifteh Farahani, Randeep Hooda and Rudhraksh Jaiswal. The action adventure follows a mercenary who has to liberate a kidnapped Indian boy who is being hidden in Dhaka and has to come to terms with his identity and sense of self.
‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Bandersnatch’ to Feature Original Score by Brian Reitzell
Brian Reitzell has composed the original music for the new Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch. The episode directed by David Slade (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry is set in 1984 and follows a young programmer who begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Series creator Charlie Brooker has written the script and is also executive producing the special interactive episode with Annabel Jones.
Herdís Stefánsdóttir to Score Ry Russo-Young’s ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’
Herdís Stefánsdóttir has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama The Sun Is Also a Star. The film is directed by Ry Russo-Young (Before I Fall, Nobody Walks) and stars Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Cathy Shim and Miriam A. Hyman. The movie is based on the bestselling YA novel by Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything) and centers on a girl in New York City whose pragmatism is challenged when she falls in love right before her family is set to be deported back to Jamaica. Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Barbershop: The Next Cut) wrote the screenplay.
‘Arctic’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the survival drama Arctic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, Allegiant, Robin Hood). The soundtrack will be released on February 1, 2019 and will be available to download on Amazon. A CD version is available to order as an import here. Arctic is co-written and directed by Joe Penna and stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic after an airline crash who must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters on February 1 by Bleecker Street.
Andrew Lockington Scoring Richie Mehta’s ‘Delhi Crime Story’ & Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Kindness of Strangers’
Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Rampage, Journey to the Center of the Earth) is reteaming with director Richie Mehta on the upcoming mini-series Delhi Crime Story. The 7-parter is written and directed by Mehta and stars Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Adil Hussain, Gopal Datt and Vinod Sherawat. The drama is based on a. true story and follows the Delhi Police during their investigation of a horrific gang rape of a young woman on a bus in 2012.
Bruno Coulais to Reteam with Benoit Jacquot on ‘Mr. Casanova’ (‘Dernier amour’)
Composer Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration, The Chorus) is reuniting with director Benoît Jacquot on the upcoming French drama Mr. Casanova (Dernier amour). The film starring Vincent Lindon, Stacy Martin, Valeria Golino and Nathan Willcocks tells the story of the life of Giacomo Casanova, the famed Italian libertine, adventurer and author. Jacquot also co-wrote the screenplay with Chantal Thomas and Jerome Beaujour. Kristina Larsen (The Last Days) is producing the project. Coulais has previously collaborated with Jacquot numerous times on such films as Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid, 3 Hearts and this year’s Eva.