Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age, Hotel Transylvania) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix animated film The Magician’s Elephant. The movie is directed by Wendy Rogers and features the voices of Noah Jupe, Mandy Patinkin, Brian Tyree Henry, […]
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Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Wendy Rogers’ ‘The Magician’s Elephant’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Netflix, The Magician's Elephant, Wendy Rogers
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Conor McPherson to Write and Direct ‘Girl from the North Country’ Film Adaptation
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bob Dylan, Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country
Playwright Conor McPherson is set to write and direct a film adaptation of the stage musical Girl from the North Country. Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are attached to star in the movie based on McPherson’s Great Depression-set musical inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan about a group of travelers […]
Haim Mazar to Score Michael Tiddes’ ‘Half Baked 2’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Haim Mazar, Half Baked 2, Michael Tiddes
Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Woke, I Am Wrath) has been hired to score the upcoming comedy sequel Half Baked 2. The film is directed by Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House, Naked) and stars Rachel True who reprises her role as Mary Jane from the original 1998 movie (scored by Alf […]
Morgan Kibby Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Power’
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Morgan Kibby, The Power
Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Mothering Sunday, The Watcher, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Tales of the Walking Dead) is the composer of the upcoming Prime Video original series The Power. The show is based on Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same title and stars Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli’i Cravalho, Josh Charles, Toheeb Jimoh, […]
Germaine Franco Wins Grammy Award for ‘Encanto’ Score
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Encanto, Germaine Franco, Grammy Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Germaine Franco has won her first Grammy Award for her score for Disney’s animated feature Encanto in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 65th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. She previously received an Academy Award nomination for her work on the film. Lin-Manuel Miranda received the Grammy for the […]
’30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore, David Robidoux, ESPN, Jason Weber, Ken Rodgers, Ryan Scully, score, Soundtrack
NFL Films has released a soundtrack album for the ESPN original documentary 30 for 30: Bullies of Baltimore. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Robidoux (All or Nothing, Lombardi, Hard Knocks, Namath) & Ryan Scully. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download now on Amazon and any other major digital music […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 5, 2023)
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Amazon, At Midnight, Danny Bensi, Disney Channel, Grant Fonda, Joshua Mosley, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Netflix, Not Dead Yet, Paramount+, Raphael Saadiq, Saunder Jurriaans, Somebody I Used to Know, Transcenders
Premiering on Wednesday, February 8, is the ABC comedy Not Dead Yet created by Casey Johnson & David Windsor based on the book Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter and starring Gina Rodriguez, Joshua Banday and Angela Gibbs. The show’s original music is composed by Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Madam Secretary, Black-ish, Our Family […]
Simon Goff Scoring BBC’s ‘The Gold’
Posted: February 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Simon Goff, The Gold
Simon Goff has composed the original music for the new BBC series The Gold. The show is written by Neil Forsyth (Guilt) and stars Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Dominic Cooper, Tom Cullen, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Ellora Torchia and Stefanie Martini. The 6-part drama tells the true story of the Brink’s-Mat robbery when […]
‘Viking Wolf’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 4, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bjørnar Johnsen, Kjetil Schjander Luhr, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Stig Svendsen, Viking Wolf
Grappa Musikkforlag has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian horror thriller Viking Wolf (Vikingulven). The album features the film’s original music composed by Kjetil Schjander Luhr (Hamada, Reconstructing Utøya) & Bjørnar Johnsen (Switch, Radiopiratene). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Viking Wolf is co-written […]
