Academy Awards producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd today announced that Harold Wheeler was selected as music director for this year’s 89th Oscars. He returns for his fourth Oscar telecast, his second as music director following last year’s ceremony. Wheeler is best known as an orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer and has received numerous Emmy […]
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Harold Wheeler to Return as Oscar Music Director
Posted: February 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Harold Wheeler
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Soundtrack Details for FX’s ‘Legion’
Posted: February 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Jeff Russo, Legion, Noah Hawley, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the FX original series Legion. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Jeff Russo (Fargo, The Night Of, Power). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24 and physically on March 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A vinyl release is also in the works. Legion is created by […]
Rob to Score Coralie Fargeat’s ‘Revenge’
Posted: February 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Coralie Fargeat, Revenge, Rob, Robin Coudert
Rob (aka Robin Coudert) is set to compose the music for the upcoming thriller Revenge. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Coralie Fargeat and stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchède. The movie revolves around a woman seeking revenge after being abused by three men and left for dead in the desert. Marc-Etienne Schwartz is […]
Sean Callery Scoring CBS’ ‘Doubt’
Posted: February 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Doubt, Joan Rater, Sean Callery, Tony Phelan
Sean Callery is scoring the new CBS drama Doubt. The show is created by Tony Phelan & Joan Rater (Grey’s Anatomy) and stars Katherine Heigl, Steven Pasquale, Elliott Gould, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker and Kobi Libii. The series follows a successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a […]
‘Adam Resurrected’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Resurrected, Gabriel Yared, Paul Schrader, score, Soundtrack
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2008 drama Adam Resurrected. The album features the film’s original music composed and orchestrated by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, City of Angels, The Lives of Others) who recorded his score at Abbey Road Studios in London. Visit the label’s official website for more […]
Mark Mothersbaugh to Score ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’
Posted: February 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abstract: The Art of Design, Charlie Bean, Mark Mothersbaugh, Netflix, The LEGO Ninjago Movie
Mark Mothersbaugh has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature The LEGO Ninjago Movie. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Charlie Bean (Tron: Uprising) and features the voices of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, Zach Woods and Jackie Chan. Hilary Winston & Bob Logan & […]
Songs from Fox’s ‘Son of Zorn’ Released
Posted: February 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fox, Leo Birenberg, Son of Zorn, Soundtrack
Fox Music has released four songs from last night’s episode, The Quest for Craig, of the Fox comedy Son of Zorn. The tracks are written by the show’s composer Leo Birenberg (Red Army, Big Time in Hollywood, FL). Check out the songs I Saw a Stranger, Sing You a Story, Whiskey & Zorn and Zorn Is at the […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 12, 2017)
Posted: February 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Bleeding Fingers Music, Bobby Tahouri, Britney Ever After, Danny Lux, Girlfriend's Day, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe, Lifetime, Netflix, Planet Earth II
Premiering on Tuesday, February 14, is the Netflix original movie Girlfriend’s Day directed by Michael Stephenson and starring Bob Odenkirk, Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne. The film’s original music is composed by Bobby Tahouri (Husk, Across the Hall, Rise of the Tomb Raider video game). Girlfriend’s Day follows an unemployed greeting card writer must who gets caught up in a conspiracy and must create […]
John Williams Wins Grammy Award for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Posted: February 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards, John Williams, Justin Timberlake, Miles Ahead, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Trolls
John Williams has won the Grammy Award for his music for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight), Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies), Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant) and Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things). In the Best Song Written […]
Justin Hurwitz Wins BAFTA Award for ‘La La Land’
Posted: February 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Justin Hurwitz has received his first BAFTA Award for his score for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land in the Original Music category today at the ceremony at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. The composer accepted his award in person at the event. Check out his acceptance speech after the […]
