The full track list of the soundtrack album for the original cast recording of Back to the Future: The Musical has been revealed. The album features new music written for the stage musical by Academy Award nominees Alan Silvestri (Marvel’s The Avengers, Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Mummy Returns, Captain America: […]
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‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, Back to the Future: The Musical, Glen Ballard, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 29, 2021)
Posted: October 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Minutes, A Mouthful of Air, Antlers, Ariel Marx, Devonté Hynes, Heart of Champions, Jan Miserre, Javier Navarrete, John Gürtler, Julian Scherle, Last Night in Soho, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Passing, Roman Molino Dunn, Snakehead, Steven Price, Yuki Hayashi
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological horror thriller Last Night in Soho co-written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Rita Tushingham and Synnøve Karlsen. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Fury, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, Baby […]
Moby to Compose Music for Yaniv Raz’s ‘The Great Emu War’
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Moby, The Great Emu War, Yaniv Raz
THR is reporting that Moby will contribute original music to the upcoming Australian action adventure comedy The Great Emu War. The film will be directed by Yaniv Raz (Dr. Birds Advice for Sad Poets) and is set to star John Cleese, Monty Franklin, Jim Jefferies and Rhys Darby. The movie is set in Western Australia […]
Daniel Pemberton Named Film Composer of the Year at 2021 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benji Merrison, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Daniel Pemberton, Nainita Desai, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 48th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Aaron Sorkins’ The Trial of the Chicago 7, Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes and the documentary Rising Phoenix. He previously received his first World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of […]
Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021)
Posted: October 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse has passed away at age 90. The Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright wrote numerous songs and scores for stage and screen over the last six decades. He received two Academy Awards for the song Talk to the Animals from 1967’s original Doctor Dolittle and (in the Best Music, Original Song Score and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 15, 2021)
Posted: October 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bergman Island, Brooke Blair, Cody Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies, Halloween Kills, Hard Luck Love Song, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Carpenter, Jon Natchez, Luzzu, Mark Isham, Needle in a Timestack, Paul Saunderson, The Grand Duke of Corsica, The Last Duel, The Velvet Underground, Will Blair
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Halloween Kills co-written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Thomas Mann, Will Patton and Anthony Michael Hall. The film’s original music composed by John Carpenter (Assault on Precint 13, The Fog, Escape from New York), Cody Carpenter & Daniel […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 8, 2021)
Posted: October 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, Daniel Pemberton, Darren Morze, David Fleming, Fever Dream, Hans Zimmer, Lamb, Mass, Natalie Holt, No Time to Die, Patrick Jonsson, South of Heaven, Survive the Game, The Rescue, Tim Jones, Tóti Guðnason
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the 25th James Bond movie No Time to Die directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ben Whishaw, Christoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original score is composed by […]
Justin Tranter to Write and Produce Songs for Paramount+’s ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’
Posted: October 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Justin Tranter, Paramount+
Deadline is reporting that Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Justin Tranter will write and produce new music for the upcoming Paramount+ original series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. The show developed by Annabel Oakes is a prequel to 1978’s hit feature Grease and will highlight the rise of the original four Pink Ladies – Rizzo, Jan, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 1, 2021)
Posted: October 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adventures of a Mathematician, Alex Weston, American Night, Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz, Cezary Skubiszewski, Colin Stetson, Falling for Figaro, Jeff Danna, Jim Williams, Jordan Lehning, Marco Beltrami, Mayday, Mychael Danna, Old Henry, The Addams Family 2, The Many Saints of Newark, Titane, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, What Breaks the Ice
Opening exclusively in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage directed by Andy Serkis and starring Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott and Stephen Graham. The film’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, Logan, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, Hellboy). Sony Classical has […]
The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon to Write Original Songs for Paul King’s ‘Wonka’
Posted: September 29, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Neil Hannon, Paul King, Wonka
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Neil Hannon (of the band The Divine Comedy) is writing original songs for the upcoming fantasy movie Wonka. The film is directed by Paul King (Paddington) and stars Timothée Chalamet, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key, Sally Hawkins, Mathew Baynton, Jim Carter, Tom Davi, Simon Farnaby (who also co-wrote […]
