Composer Max Aruj (Crawl, iBoy, Warning Shot) is reteaming with director Eytan Rockaway on the upcoming biographical crime drama Lansky. The film is written and directed by Rockaway and stars Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, AnnaSophia Robb, Jackie Cruz, Minka Kelly, John Magaro, David Cade, David James Elliot and Alon Aboutboul. The movie centers on infamous gangster Meyer Lansky, a contemporary of Bugsy Siegel, who enlists a young journalist to tell his story and is being investigated by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Aruj Scoring Eytan Rockaway’s ‘Lansky’
Posted: March 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eytan Rockaway, Lansky, Max Aruj
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HBO Documentary ‘Tina’ to Feature Original Score by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
Posted: March 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Lindsay, Danny Bensi, HBO, Saunder Jurriaans, T.J. Martin, Tina
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The White Tiger, The Devil All the Time) have composed the original score for the new HBO original documentary Tina. The film is directed by Dan Lindsay & T.J. Martin (Undefeated) and centers on the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner. The movie, which features interviews with the singer herself, Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, journalist Kurt Loder, playwright Katori Hall, hr husband and former record executive Erwin Bach, among others, a charts her improbable rise to early fame, her personal and professional struggles throughout her life and her even more improbable resurgence as a global phenomenon in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Scoring Brian Andrew Mendoza’s Netflix Film ‘Sweet Girl’
Posted: March 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Andrew Mendoza, Netflix, Steven Price, Sweet Girl
Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Over the Moon, Baby Driver, Fury, The World’s End) has recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original film Sweet Girl. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of producer/cinematographer Brian Andrew Mendoza (Frontier, Braven) and stars Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Marisa Tomei, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Justin Bartha, Adria Arjona, Lex Scott Davis, Dominic Fumusa, Brian Howe, Michael Raymond-James, Nelson Franklin and Reggie Lee. The action thriller follows a devastated husband who vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left – his daughter. 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
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 »
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 »
