Netflix announced today that the Grammy Award-nominated band HAIM will contribute original music to the Netflix animated musical The Witch Boy. The film directed by Minkyu Lee (Adam and Dog) is based on the graphic novel series of the same nam by Molly Knox Ostertag. The movie is set in a magical community where girls […]
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HAIM to Compose Original Music for Netflix’s ‘The Witch Boy’
Posted: January 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: HAIM, Minkyu Lee, Netflix, The Witch Boy
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 22, 2021)
Posted: January 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Austin Wintory, Blitz/Berlin, Born a Champion, Brooke Blair, Brothers by Blood, Flinch, Miami Nights 1984, No Man's Land, Our Friend, PG: Psycho Goreman, Rob Simonsen, Séverin Favriau, Will Blair
Opening semi-wide in around 500 theaters and on PVOD today is the drama Our Friend directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones, Jake Owen, Isabella Kai and Violet McGraw. The film’s original music is composed by Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Love, Simon, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer, Foxcatcher, The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 15, 2021)
Posted: January 15, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Skin, Carl-Johan Sevedag, Don't Tell a Soul, Henry Jackman, Horizon Line, Jon Ekstrand, Joseph Stephens, Sean Callery, Stefan Gregory, The Dig, The Marksman
Opening in theaters nationwide is the action thriller The Marksman directed by Robert Lorenz and starring Liam Neeson, Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba and Teresa Ruiz. The film’s original music is composed by Sean Callery (24, Jessica Jones, Homeland, La Femme Nikita, Bones, Inhumans). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article for more […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 8, 2021)
Posted: January 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Bensi, Nainita Desai, Redemption Day, Sacha Chaban, Saunder Jurriaans, The Reason I Jump, The White Tiger
Opening in select theaters and virtual cinemas today is the documentary The Reason I Jump directed by Jerry Rothwell. The film’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, American Murder: The Family Next Door, Enslaved, Enemy Within, Telling Lies). Mercury Classics will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on April 16. Check out […]
‘WandaVision’ to Feature Theme Song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Posted: January 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Disney Plus, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, WandaVision
Disney+ announced today that Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen, Frozen II, Coco, The Book of Mormon) have composed the theme song for Marvel’s limited series WandaVision. They also wrote unique songs for several episodes, spanning from the 1950s to the early 2000s. The theme song is featured in the show’s latest TV spot, which […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 1, 2021)
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Herself, Howard Shore, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Natalie Holt, Pieces of a Woman, Shadow in the Cloud
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action horror thriller Shadow in the Cloud directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Joe Witkowski, Benedict Wall and Byron Coll. The film’s original music is composed by Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper (The Legend of Baron […]
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ to Feature Original Song ‘Fight for You’ by H.E.R.
Posted: December 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Craig Harris, H.E.R., Judas and the Black Messiah, Mark Isham, Shaka King
H.E.R. has recorded an original song for the upcoming biographical drama Judas and the Black Messiah. The track, entitled Fight for You, is co-written by herself, Dernst ‘D’Mile’ Emile II & Tiara Thomas and will be featured in the movie directed by Shaka King and starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton […]
Claude Bolling (1930 – 2020)
Posted: December 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling has passed away yesterday at age 90 in Paris, France. The French composer and jazz pianist has scored dozens of films and TV movies/shows between the late 1950s and early 2000s. Among his best known feature credits are Herbert Ross’ California Suite, Mike Newell’s The Awakening, Jacques Deray’s Golden Globe-nominated crime drama Borsalino […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 25, 2020)
Posted: December 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Peters, Anthony Willis, Dario Marianelli, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, News of the World, One Night in Miami, Pinocchio, Promising Young Woman, Terence Blanchard, The Dissident, Wonder Woman 1984
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Wonder Woman 1984 directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Man of Steel, Gladiator, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 18, 2020)
Posted: December 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Breach, David Buckley, Elliot Leung, Fatale, Geoff Zanelli, Greenland, Hunter Hunter, Kevon Cronin, Monster Hunter, Paul Haslinger, Ram Khatabakhsh, Scott Glasgow, Skylines, The Rescue
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the fantasy action adventure Monster Hunter written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris, Diego Boneta, Meagan Good, Jin Au-Yeung, Josh Helman and Ron Perlman. The film’s original music is composed by Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, The Three Musketeers, Resident […]
