Pianist Justin Kauflin and Dave Grusin have composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Keep On Keepin’ On. The film is helmed by Australian director Alan Hicks who spent four years following the mentorship between jazz-legend Clark Terry and Kauflin, a blind piano prodigy, during a pivotal moment in each of their lives. Academy Award nominee […]
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‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ to Feature Music by Dave Grusin & Justin Kauflin
Posted: March 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Grusin, Justin Kauflin, Keep On Keepin' On, Quincy Jones
Danny Elfman to Co-Score Mike Flanagan’s ‘Somnia’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Mike Flanagan, Somnia, The Newton Brothers
Danny Elfman has been tapped to co-score the upcoming psychological thriller Somnia with The Newton Brothers who have previously been announced as the composers on the film. The movie is directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus) and stars Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Annabeth Gish and Jacob Tremblay. The thriller follows a couple who take in an […]
Klaus Badelt to Score Chen Kaige’s ‘The Monk’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chen Kaige, Klaus Badelt, The Monk
Klaus Badelt is set to reteam with director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Together with You) on the upcoming martial arts action epic The Monk. The film is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng (The Grandmaster) and stars Wang Baoqiang, Lin Chi-ling and Fan Wei. The movie follows a young monk who is […]
Mac Quayle to Score ‘Other People’s Children’
Posted: March 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mac Quayle, Other People's Children
Mac Quayle has been hired to score the upcoming indie drama Other People’s Children. The film marks the feature debut of commercial and documentary director Liz Hinlein and stars Chad Michael Murray, Diane Marshall-Green, Michael Mosley, Breanne Racano, Harrison Thomas and Sofia Vassilieva. The movie follows a filmmaker reeling from the death of her famous father who falls down the rabbit hole of a charismatic homeless man […]
Robin Coudert Scoring ‘Every Secret Thing’
Posted: March 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy Berg, Every Secret Thing, Robin Coudert
Robin Coudert is composing the score for the upcoming crime drama Every Secret Thing. The film marks the narrative feature directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil, West of Memphis) and stars Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Danielle Macdonald, Nate Parker and Common. The movie is based on Laura Lippman’s […]
Bruce Hornsby Scoring Spike Lee’s ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’
Posted: March 21, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Spike Lee
Bruce Hornsby is composing the score for Spike Lee’s upcoming indie romantic horror comedy Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. The Kickstarter-funded film stars Michael K. Williams, Felicia Pearson, Elvis Nolasco, Zaraah Abrahams, Steven Hauck and Stephen Tyrone Williams. No plot details have been revealed yet, but the movie is said to be a love story and centers on human beings who are addicted to […]
Trevor Morris to Score ‘Brick Mansions’
Posted: March 20, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brick Mansions, Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming action thriller Brick Mansions. The film is directed by Camille Delamarre and stars Paul Walker, RZA, David Belle and Robert Maillet. The movie is an English language remake of Pierre Morel’s 2004 film District B13 and follows an undercover cop who is tasked with going into a tenement named […]
Brian Tyler to Score ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Posted: March 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Brian Tyler, Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios
Brian Tyler has officially signed on to score Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and reunites the case of the original 2012 film, including Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders and Don Cheadle. James Spader […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson to Score James Marsh’s’ ‘Theory of Everything’
Posted: March 18, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: I Am Here, James Marsh, Jóhan Jóhannsson, Theory of Everything
Jóhann Jóhannsson is set to score the upcoming drama Theory of Everything. The film is directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire) and stars Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Lesley Manville, Simon McBurney, Maxine Peake and Harry Lloyd. The movie centers on the relationship between physicist Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde, the arts student […]
Eric Serra to Score Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’
Posted: March 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eric Serra, Luc Besson, Lucy
Eric Serra is reuniting with director Luc Besson on the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Lucy. The movie stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Analeigh Tipton and Amr Waked. The film follows a female drug mule who gains superhuman powers after the drug she is carrying enters her body. Besson has also written the screenplay […]