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Mark Suozzo is reuniting with director Whit Stillman on the upcoming period comedy Love & Friendship. The film is written and directed by Stillman and stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Emma Greenwell, Tom Bennett and Stephen Fry. The movie is based on an unpublished early novella by Jane Austen and follows Lady Susan […]

Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy sequel Ride Along 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Lennertz (Agent Carter, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Galavant, Think Like a Man, Hop) who collaborated with drummer Sheila E. and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval on the project. The composer previously scored the 2014 original film. The soundtrack […]

Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming ABC drama Of Kings and Prophets. The show is created by Adam Cooper & Bill Collage (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Tower Heist) and stars Ray Winstone, Olly Rix, Mohammad Bakri, Simone Kessell, Nathaniel Parker, Haaz Sleiman, James Floyd, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Jeanine Mason and David Walmsley. The biblical drama […]

Aaron Zigman is set to reteam with director Robin Swicord on the upcoming drama Wakefield. The film is written and directed by Swicord (screenwriter of Memoirs of a Geisha & Little Women) and stars Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. The movie is based a short story of the same name by E.L. Doctorow and follows […]

Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka are scoring the new ABC Family/Freefrom original series Recovery Road. The show is created by Bert V. Royal (Easy A) & Karen DiConcetto based on the young adult novel by Blake Nelson and stars Jessica Sula, Alexis Carra, Sebastian De Souza, Daniel Franzese, Sharon Leal, Kyla Pratt and David Witts. The drama follows a teenage girl […]

‘Weiner’ to Feature Music by Jeff Beal

Posted: December 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Jeff Beal is composing the music for the upcoming documentary Weiner. The film is directed by Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg and centers on the disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign and reveals the human story behind the scenes of a high-profile political scandal as it unfolds, and offers an unfiltered look at how much today’s politics is driven […]

Rupert Gregson-Williams and Dominic Lewis have recently composed the music for the upcoming animated feature Open Season: Scared Silly. The film is the fourth installment in the Open Season series and features the voices of Donny Lucas, Will Townsend, Trevor Devall, Kathleen Barr, Garry Chalk and Melissa Sturm. David Feiss (Cow and Chicken) is directing the movie and John Bush is producing […]

Back Lot Music to Release ‘Race’ Soundtrack

Posted: December 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the sports drama Race. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go). The soundtrack will be released on February 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album details […]

David Mansfield is reuniting with director Maggie Greenwald on the upcoming romantic drama Sophie and the Rising Sun. The film is written and directed by Greenwald and stars Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Takashi Yamaguchi, Diane Ladd and Joel Murray. The movie is set in a Southern town in 1941 and follows a woman whose life […]

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy Daddy’s Home directed by Sean Anders and starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church and Hannibal Buress. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Bridesmaids, Neighbors, Freaks & Geeks, Funny People). No soundtrack album has been announced. Daddy’s Home follows a mild-mannered radio executive who […]