Gabriel Yared is reteaming with director Xavier Dolan on the upcoming drama The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The film marks Dolan’s English-language debut and stars Kit Harington, Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Ben Schnetzer, Michael Gambon, Bella Thorne, Thandie Newton, Chris Zylka and Emily Hampshire. The movie takes place in the early 2000’s and centers […]
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Gabriel Yared to Score Xavier Dolan’s ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’
Posted: October 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Xavier Dolan
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Denzel Washington’s ‘Fences’
Posted: October 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Denzel Washington, Fences, Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos has signed on to score the upcoming drama Fences. The film marks the third feature directorial effort by Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters, Antwone Fisher) who also stars in the film, alongside Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya Sydney. The movie is based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play of the same title and […]
West Dylan Thordson Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’
Posted: October 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: M. Night Shyamalan, Split, West Dylan Thordson
West Dylan Thordson has composed the original score for the upcoming psychological thriller Split. The film is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson. The movie centers around a man who endures a major loss and becomes compelled to abduct three teenage […]
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Score Peter Berg’s ‘Patriots Day’
Posted: October 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, Patriots Day, Peter Berg, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been hired to score the upcoming drama Patriots Day. The film is directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon) and stars Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon, Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy O. Yang, Vince Curatola and James Colby. The movie tells the story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis’s actions in […]
Hans Zimmer to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Hans Zimmer, The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Boss Baby. The film is directed by Tom McGrath and features the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow. The movie is based on the book by Marla Frazee and follows a suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his seven-year […]
Jacob Groth to Score ‘Flatliners’ Remake & NBC’s ‘Midnight, Texas’
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flatliners, Jacob Groth, Midnight Texas, NBC, Niels Arden Oplev
Jacob Groth is set to reteam with director Niels Arden Oplev on the upcoming remake of the sci-fi thriller Flatliners. The film starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Kiefer Sutherland, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons is based on the 1990 feature of the same title (scored by James Newton Howard) about a group of medical students who are exploring near […]
Steve Jablonsky to Return for ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’
Posted: September 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Bay, Steve Jablonsky, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight
Steve Jablonsky confirmed on Twitter that he will return to compose the music for the fifth installment in the Transformers series, Transformers: The Last Knight. The film is directed by Michael Bay who helmed the previous four movies of the franchise and stars Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Liam Garrigan, Jerrod Carmichael, Stanley Tucci, Mitch Pileggi, […]
Andrew Hewitt to Score ‘A Crooked Somebody’
Posted: September 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Crooked Somebody, Andrew Hewitt, Old Boys, Trevor White
Andrew Hewitt has been tapped to score the upcoming comedic thriller A Crooked Somebody. The film is directed by Trevor White (Jamesy Boy) and stars Rich Sommer, Ed Harris, Amanda Crew, Amy Madigan, Clifton Collins Jr. and Joanne Froggatt. The movie follows an attention-seeking psychic who is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity. Andrew […]
Lyle Workman Scoring ‘Bad Santa 2’
Posted: September 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Santa, Bad Santa 2, Lyle Workman, Mark Waters
Lyle Workman is composing the original score for the upcoming comedy Bad Santa 2. The film is directed by Mark Waters and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Christina Hendricks, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Ryan Hansen, Jenny Zigrino and Jeff Skowron. The movie follows the title character who teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, […]
Craig Wedren to Score Ken Marino’s ‘How to Be a Latin Lover’
Posted: September 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Wedren, How to Be a Latin Lover, Ken Marino
Craig Wedren is scoring the upcoming comedy How to Be a Latin Lover. The film marks Ken Marino’s feature directorial debut and stars Eugenio Derbez, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Salma Hayek, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle, McKenna Grace, Michael Cera, Renee Taylor, Rob Huebel, Michaela Watkins and Linda Lavin. The movie follows an aging Latin lover who is forced to […]