Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, Charming) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature The Amazing Maurice. The film is directed by Toby Genkel (All Creatures Big And Small, Two by Two: Overboard!), co-directed by Florian Westermann and features the voices of Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Thewlis, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville. The movie is based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents and a centers on streetwise cat who leads a band of educated ratty friends (and a dumb-looking kid) on a nice little earner. Terry Rossio (Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Mask of Zorro) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Howe to Score ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Animated Movie
Posted: April 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: The Amazing Maurice, Toby Genkel, Tom Howe
‘The Drifters’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: April 6, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Bond, score, Soundtrack, The Drifters, Zero VU
Air-Edel Records will release a soundtrack album for the British romantic drama The Drifters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zero VU (The Drifters, Tuff Money, The Cockfields). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The Drifters is written and directed by Ben Bond and stars Lucie Bourdeu and Jonathan Ajay. The movie is set in a post-Brexit United Kingdom and follows an African migrant and a French waitress who attempt to find home in one another and escape the labels that inevitably leave them homeless. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Company Business’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Company Business, Michael Kamen, Nicholas Meyer, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1991 action comedy Company Business written and directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryshnikov. The 2-CD set features the original score from the MGM production composed and conducted by Michael Kamen (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, X-Men, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Band of Brothers, Brazil), including the content of the original 1991 soundtrack on the first disc and the score in film order (including around 10 minutes of previously unreleased music) on the second disc. The album is now available to order on Intrada’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples, and will also be available to order on Amazon within the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »
David Schwartz Scoring Peacock’s ‘Rutherford Falls’
Posted: April 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schwartz, Michael Schur, Peacock, Rutherford Falls
David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, Lady Dynamite, Veep, Standing Up, Falling Down) is co-scoring the new Peacock original series Rutherford Falls. The show is created by Michael Schur (Parks and Recreation, Master of None), Ed Helms & Sierra Teller Ornelas and stars Helms himself, Jana Schmieding, Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Leigh and Dustin Milligan. The comedy revolves around two lifelong best friends who find themselves at a crossroads – quite literally – when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wakeup call. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Doors’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Doors, John Beltran, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Doors. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Beltran. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Doors is directed by Saman Kesh, Jeff Desom & Dugan O’Neal and stars Josh Peck, Wilson Bethel, Kyp Malone and Lina Esco. The movie is set in a world where numerous mysterious alien “doors” appear around the globe that leads humanity to question their own existence and an altered reality as they attempt to enter them. Read the rest of this entry »
Fil Eisler to Score Phillip Noyce’s ‘Lakewood’
Posted: April 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fil Eisler, Lakewood, Phillip Noyce
Fil Eisler (Revenge, Empire, How to Be Single, UnReal, Superintelligence, Proud Mary, CHiPs) has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Lakewood. The film is directed by Phillip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger, Dead Calm, Salt) and stars Naomi Watts as a mother who desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown. Chris Sparling (Buried, Greenland) wrote the screenplay. Zack Schiller (Jane Got a Gun, The Babysitter) and David Boies are producing the project with Watts, Dylan Sellers (Footloose, Passenger 57) & Chris Parker (Palm Springs), Andrew Corkin (A Vigilante, Mercy), as well as Sparling & Alex Lalonde. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Charlatan’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Agnieszka Holland, Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz, Charlatan, Mary Komasa, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Charlatan. The album features the film’s original music composed by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (In Darkness, Copying Beethoven, Rosemary’s Baby, Spoor, The Affair) & Mary Komasa. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 23 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Charlatan is directed by Agnieszka Holland and stars Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan and Juraj Loj. The movie, which was selected as the Czech entry and shortlisted in the Best International Film category at this year’s Academy Awards, tells the story of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer who won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 4, 2021)
Posted: April 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alexei Aigui, Amazon, Atlantic Crossing, CBS, Danny Lux, David Cieri, Exterminate All the Brutes, Fil Eisler, Fox, Gabriel Mann, HBO, HBO Max, Hemingway, Jasha Klebe, Kung Fu, Malika the Lion Queen, Mark Korven, Michael Kadelbach, Netflix, PBS, Raymond Enoksen, Rebecca Kneubuhl, Rebel, Robert Randolph, Sherri Chung, The CW, Them, Thunder Force, United States of Al, We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
Premiering in the U.S. today is the Norwegian mini-series Atlantic Crossing written by Alexander Eik & Linda May Kallestein, directed by Eik and starring Sofia Helin, Kyle MacLachlan and Tobias Santelmann. The show’s original music is composed by Raymond Enoksen (Haunted, Ice Road Rescue). Dreamscore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the 8-part drama premiered overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the limited series, which making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Also premiering tonight is the Fox TV special Malika the Lion Queen directed by Karin Slater and narrated by Angela Bassett. Jasha Klebe (Planet Earth II, The Black Godfather, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Medal of Honor, Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes) has composed the original music for the special. The documentary, which follows a powerful pride of lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park and explores the exhilarating and harrowing life of lioness Malika, will air on Fox tonight. Click here for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Merli Sapere Aude’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Merlí Sapere Aude, Movistar+, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Capellas
Movistar Sound has released a new soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Merlí Sapere Aude. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Xavier Capellas (Bruc, the Manhunt, Perdidos, Beyond Re-Animator, The Paradise). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring music from Season 1 of the teen drama last year. Merlí Sapere Aude is created by Héctor Lozano, directed by Menna Fité and stars Carlos Cuevas, María Pujalte, David Solans, Ana María Barbany, Francesc Orella, Boris Ruiz, Assun Planas, Pablo Capuz, Azul Fernández and Gloria Ramos. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kamp Koral’ & ‘The Barbarian and the Troll’ Theme Songs Released
Posted: April 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kamp Koral, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, The Barbarian and The Troll
Viacom International has released the theme song from the new Paramount+ animated series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Year. The track written by Eban Schletter, Mr. Lawrence, Kaz Prapuolenis, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller, Andrew Goodman & Luke Brookshier and performed by the show’s cast is now available to stream/download here. Viacom has also released the theme song from the new Nickelodeon puppet comedy series The Barbarian and the Troll. Visit Amazon to stream/download the track (written by Matt Mahaffey & Leticia Wolf) and also listen to both songs after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
