Clint Mansell is composing the music for the upcoming documentary The New Radical. The film is directed by Adam Bhala Lough (Bomb the System) and centers on a group of uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom who attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world […]
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Clint Mansell to Score ‘The New Radical’
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Bhala Lough, Clint Mansell, The New Radical
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‘Live by Night’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Affleck, Harry Gregson-Williams, Live by Night, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Ben Affleck’s crime drama Live by Night have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, The Town, Gone Baby Gone). Also included is the original song Moonshine performed by Foy Vance feat. Kacey Musgraves. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 23, […]
Soundtrack for Wolfgang Petersen’s ‘Vier gegen die Bank’ to Be Released
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enis Rotthoff, score, Soundtrack, Vier gegen die Bank, Wolfgang Petersen
Great Escape Records will release a soundtrack album for Wolfgang Petersen’s heist comedy Vier gegen die Bank. The album features the film’s original music composed by Enis Rotthoff (Looks Who’s Back, Stereo, Wetlands, Measuring the World). Jazz musician and trumpet player Till Brönner is featured as a soloist. Also included are the songs featured in the movie by James Brown, The […]
RZA to Score Michael Larnell’s ‘Roxanne Roxanne’
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Larnell, Roxanne Roxanne, RZA
RZA has been tapped to compose the original music for the upcoming indie drama Roxanne Roxanne. The film is written and directed by Michael Larnell and stars Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long, Elvis Nolasco, Kevin Phillips and Shenell Edmonds. The movie is set in the 1980s and tells the story of a 14-year-old rap prodigy from […]
Bear McCreary to Score Danny Strong’s ‘Rebel in the Rye’
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Danny Strong, Rebel in the Rye
Bear McCreary has signed on to score the upcoming drama Rebel in the Rye. The film is written and directed by Danny Strong (Recount, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Empire) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Zoey Deutch, Hope Davis and Victor Garber. The movie centers on the life and mind of reclusive author J.D. Salinger and goes […]
Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘Vivo’ to Feature Original Songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Kirk De Micco, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vivo
Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed original songs for the upcoming animated feature Vivo. The film will be directed by Kirk De Micco (The Croods, Space Chimps) and is being written by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miranda’s collaborator on the stage musical In The Heights. The movie, which is supposed to feature 11 new songs, tells the tale of […]
‘The Bad News Bears’ Trilogy Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Safan, Jerry Fielding, Paul Chihara, score, Soundtrack, The Bad News Bears, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for The Bad News Bears trilogy. The 3-CD set features the score from the original 1976 sports comedy directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Walter Matthau & Tatum O’Neal composed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, The Gambler), the music […]
Soundtrack for ITV’s ‘The Halcyon’ to Be Released
Posted: December 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, Jamie Cullum, Samuel Sim, score, Soundtrack, The Halcyon
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV series The Halcyon. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (Awake, Home Fires, Combat Hospital). Also included are two original songs written for the show by Jamie Cullum, as well as track by singer Beverley Knight who has a special guest appearance in the series where […]
Academy Announces 145 Original Scores in Oscar Race
Posted: December 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 145 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2016 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 89th Academy Awards. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title: “The Abolitionists,” Tim […]
Fil Eisler to Score Marti Noxon’s ‘To the Bone’
Posted: December 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fil Eisler, Marti Noxon, To the Bone
Fil Eisler has been hired to score the upcoming comedy To the Bone. The film marks the feature directorial debut of writer Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fright Night, I Am Number Four) and stars Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp and Liana Liberato. The movie follows a 20-year old woman who is […]
