The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 57th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Greg Hayes for Aaron Schneider’s Greyhound (scored by Blake Neely), Alan Meyerson for David Fincher’s Mank (music by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), Shawn Murphy for Paul Greengrass’ News of the World (scored by James Newton Howard) and composer Daniel Pemberton for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. Read the rest of this entry »
57th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: March 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
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Dan Lévy to Score Kristina Buozyte’s & Bruno Samper’s ‘Vesper Seeds’
Posted: March 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruno Samper, Dan Levy, Kristina Buozyte, Vesper Seeds
Dan Lévy (I Lost My Body, Empire of the Wolves) is set to score the upcoming sci-fi drama Vesper Seeds. The film is written and directed by Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper (Vanishing Waves) and stars Eddie Marsan, Raffiella Chapman, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake and Melanie Gaydos. The movie is set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem and follows a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Trail of Ashes’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arturo Lizardi, Manuel Vázquez Rivera, score, Soundtrack, Trail of Ashes
Polymorph has released a soundtrack album for the period thriller Trail of Ashes. The album features the film’s original music composed by Manuel Vázquez Rivera ( Andrea y Lorenzo). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. Trail of Ashes is co-written and directed by Arturo Lizardi and stars Héctor Escudero, Cecilia Arguelles, Arturo Lizardi, Jasmin Sanabria, Migdalia Rosario,and Carlos Miranda. The movie tells the story of two long lost brothers who grew up on opposite sides of a war and now must choose between family bonds and political alliances. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for NBC’s ‘New Amsterdam’ to Be Released
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Craig Wedren, NBC, New Amsterdam, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the first soundtrack album for the NBC drama New Amsterdam. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Craig Wedren (School of Rock, Role Models, GLOW, Fresh off the Boat, Wet Hot American Summer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music services. New Amsterdam is created by David Schulner and stars Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Freema Agyeman, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine and Anupam Kher. The series follows Dr. Max Goodwin, the new medical director at America’s oldest public hospital, as he is set on tearing down the bureaucracy to provide exceptional care. Read the rest of this entry »
Jermaine Stegall to Score Daniel di Grado’s ‘Oracle’
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel di Grado, Jermaine Stegall, Oracle
Jermaine Stegall (Our Star Wars Stories, Proximity, Jamesy Boy, Mono) has been hired to score the upcoming psychological horror thriller Oracle. The film is directed by Daniel di Grado (Alena) and stars Ryan Destiny, Heather Graham, Ariel Martin, Rebecca Martin, Olive Abercrombie, as well as Nicholas and Cameron Crovetti. The movie revolves around a young woman who accepts a job on a property with a traumatic past and soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are connected to the evil in the house. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superintelligence’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Falcone, Fil Eisler, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, Superintelligence
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Superintelligence. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fil Eisler (Revenge, How to Be Single, Empire, UnReal, Life of the Party, CHiPs, The Titan). Visit Amazon or any other digital music store to check out audio samples and to stream/download the soundtrack. Superintelligence is directed by Ben Falcone and stars Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Sam Richardson, Brian Tyree Henry, Jean Smart and Octavia Spencer. The movie follows a former corporate executive whose life is turned upside down when she is selected for observation by the world’s first super-intelligence. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Geringas to Compose Score & Songs for Holger Tappe’s & Volker Engel’s ‘Igraine the Brave’
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Geringas, Holger Tappe, Igraine the Brave, Volker Engel
Alex Geringas (Woody Woodpecker, TrollsTopia, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Impractical Jokers) is set to compose the original score and write original songs for the upcoming animated fantasy adventure Igraine the Brave. The film directed by Holger Tappe (Animals United, Monster Family) & Volker Engel is based on the novel by Cornelia Funke (Inkheart, The Thief Lord) and follows a young girl who comes from a family of magicians who wants to be a knight than a wielder of magic. When her parents give her a suit of armor on her 12th birthday, she soon gets the chance to demonstrate her bravery. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Pacific Rim: The Black’ to Be Released
Posted: March 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Campbell, Netflix, Pacific Rim: The Black, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original anime series Pacific Rim: The Black. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Brandon Campbell (Slender Man, The Letter for the King, The Thinning, Amazing Stories) who previously served as a score coordinator on Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim feature for composer Ramin Djawadi. The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, March 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (The Black) is already available now and can be checked out after the jump. Pacific Rim: The Black is created by Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle and features the voices of Gideon Adlon, Calum Worthy and Erica Lindbeck. The show inspired by the 2013/2018 features centers on two siblings who pilot a Jaeger to search for their parents after Kaiju ravage Australia and encounter new creatures, seedy characters and chance allies. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Win Golden Globe for ‘Soul’
Posted: February 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Diane Warren, Golden Globes, Laura Pausini, Niccolo Agliardi, Soul, The Life Ahead, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste have won the Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Pixar’s animated feature Soul. Reznor & Ross have previously received their first Golden Globe for David Fincher’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their music for Fincher’s Mank. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Ludwig Göransson (Tenet), Alexandre Desplat (The Midnight Sky) and James Newton Howard (News of the World). In the Original Song category, Diane Warren, Laura Pausini & Niccolo Agliardi won the award for the song Io Si (Seen) from Eduardo Ponti’s The Life Ahead. Check out the pre-recorded acceptance speeches of the winners after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 28, 2021)
Posted: February 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Peters, Agatha Kaspar, Amazon, Ben Bromfield, Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, Boss Level, Brandon Campbell, Clinton Shorter, Coming 2 America, Debris, Ginny & Georgia, Hans Zimmer, Hulu, Jermaine Stegall, Lili Haydn, Linda Perry, Mac McCaughan, Moxie, NBC, Netflix, Pacific Rim: The Black, Peacock, Punky Brewster, Raney Shockne, Steve Mazzaro, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Premiering tomorrow, March 1, is the NBC mystery drama Debris created by J.H. Wyman and starring Jonathan Tucker, Riann Steele, Norbert Leo Butz and Scroobius Pip. The show’s original music is composed by Raney Shockne (Queen of the South, Anger Management, The To Do List, Kevin Can Wait, The Wedding Year). The series, which revolves around a secretive international agency that is tasked with the mystery of a wreckage that starts falling from the sky, will air every Monday night on NBC. Visit the official show website for updates.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Netflix documentary Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell directed by Emmett Malloy and executive produced by Sean Combs, Voletta Wallace, Mark Pitts, Stanley Buchthal & Brendan Malloy about the life of one of the most influential rappers. Adam Peters (Savages, Icarus, Snowden, Sand Castle, The Dissident) has composed the film’s original score. Rhino Atlantic will release a soundtrack album featuring fourteen tracks by The Notorious B.I.G. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
