Lorne Balfe has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming biographical drama Churchill. The film is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man, Burning Man) and stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy and Ella Purnell. The movie is set across the five days before D-Day in 1944 and charts the tension between the […]
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Lorne Balfe to Score Jonathan Teplitzky’s ‘Churchill’
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Churchill, Jonathan Teplitzky, Lorne Balfe
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Alan Menken & Lin-Manuel Miranda Team Up for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Film Adaptation
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Little Mermaid
Deadline is reporting that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be teaming up to write the music for a live action feature adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The movie version is also said to feature songs from Disney’s classic animated movie, for which Menken won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (with Howard Ashman) and Best Original Score. […]
Mark Isham to Score ‘The Headhunter’s Calling’
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Isham, Mark Williams, The Headhunter's Calling
Mark Isham is scoring the upcoming drama The Headhunter’s Calling. The film marks the directorial debut of producer Mark Williams (Flawless) and stars Gerard Butler, Alison Brie, Willem Dafoe, Gretchen Mol and Alfred Molina. The movie follows a ruthless corporate headhunter who battles his rival for control of their job placement company, until a family tragedy brings his […]
‘Two Is a Family’ to Feature Music by Rob Simonsen
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: emain tout commence, Hugo Gelin, Rob Simonsen, Two Is a Family
Rob Simonsen is scoring the French comedy drama Two Is a Family (Demain tout commence). The film is directed by Hugo Gelin (Just Like Brothers) and stars Omar Sy, Clemence Poesy and Antoine Bertrand. The movie follows a man whose carefree life on the French Riviera is turned upside down when a former fling suddenly reappears and […]
Julian Wass Scoring ‘Blue Jay’
Posted: August 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blue Jay, Jay Duplass, Julian Wass, Mark Duplass
Julian Wass is composing the score for the upcoming indie drama Blue Jay. The film is directed by Alex Lehmann and stars Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson. The movie follows two former high-school sweethearts who reflect on their shared past through the lens of their differently dissatisfied presents when they return to their tiny California hometown. Duplass has also written […]
Hans Zimmer & Pharrell Williams to Score Theodore Melfi’s ‘Hidden Figures’
Posted: August 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Hidden Figures, Pharrell Williams, Ted Melfi
Hans Zimmer has joined Pharrell Williams to score the upcoming drama Hidden Figures. The film is directed by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent) and stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell and Kevin Costner. The movie tells the true story of a group of brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who […]
Netflix’s ‘Amanda Knox’ to Feature Music by Saunder Jurriaans & Danny Bensi
Posted: August 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Knox, Danny Bensi, Netflix, Saunder Jurriaans
Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi have been tapped to score the documentary Amanda Knox. The film is directed by Brian McGinn (Ferrell Takes the Field) & Rod Blackhurst (Here Alone) and recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy. Mette Heide (Taxi to the […]
Johnny Jewel Scoring Fien Troch’s ‘Home’
Posted: August 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fien Troch, Home, Johnny Jewel
Johnny Jewel has recently composed the music for the upcoming Belgian drama Home. The film is directed by Fien Troch (Kid, Unspoken) and stars Sebastian Van Dun, Mistral Guidotti, Loïc Batog, Lena Suijkerbuijk, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier, Robby Cleiren, Yavuz Saçikara and Els Dottermans. The movie explores three troubled teenagers’ relationships both with each other […]
Paul Leonard-Morgan to Score Errol Morris’ ‘The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography’
Posted: August 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Errol Morris, Paul Leonard Morgan, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Paul Leonard-Morgan has been hired to score the upcoming documentary The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography. The film is directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War, The Unknown Known, The Thin Blue Line, Standard Operating Procedure) and profiles legendary photographer Elsa Dorfman, whose subjects have included such friends as Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, and Jonathan Richman. Steven Hathaway […]
Alexandre Desplat Scoring ‘Heal the Living’
Posted: August 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Heal the Living, Katell Quillévéré, Réparer les vivants
Alexandre Desplat has recently composed the music for the upcoming French/Belgian drama Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants). The film is directed by Katell Quillévéré (Suzanne) and stars Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners, Kool Shen, Monia Chokri, Alice Taglioni, Alice de Lencquesaing, Karim Leklou, Finnegan Oldfield and Dominique Blanc. The movie is […]
