Mac McCaughan of the rock bands Superchunk and Portastatic has composed the original score for the new Netflix original film Moxie. The movie is directed by Amy Poehler (Wine Country) and stars Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Anjelika Washington, Josie Totah, Charlie Hall, Sabrina Haskett, as well as Ike Barinholtz and Marcia Gay Harden. The teen comedy drama is based on the novel by Jennifer Mathieu and follows a shy 16-year-old who – inspired by her mom’s rebellious past and a confident new friend – publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac McCaughan Scoring Amy Poehler’s Netflix Film ‘Moxie’
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy Poehler, Mac McCaughan, Moxie, Netflix
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Soundtrack Album for John Balazs’ ‘Rage’ Released
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Balazs, Kai Chen Lim, Rage, score, Soundtrack
Ipoh Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian thriller Rage. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kai Chen Lim. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Rage is directed by John Balazs and stars Matt Theo, Hayley Beveridge, Richard Norton, Melissa Barlas, Tottie Goldsmith, Natasha Maymon, Tony Kots, Nic Stevens, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg, Marcus Merkoski, Josette Bradley and Steve Gration. The movie revolves around a husband must come to terms with his own indiscretions when a violent home invasion brings an already troubled marriage closer to the brink. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi Scoring Keoni Waxman’s ‘The Ravine’
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Keoni Waxman, Ramin Djawadi, The Ravine
Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim, A Wrinkle in Time) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Ravine. The film is written and directed by Keoni Waxman (Hunt to Kill, The Keeper) and stars Eric Dane, Teri Polo, Peter Facinelli, Bryon Mann and Leslie Uggams. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Robert Pascuzzi and follows group of friends who are blindsided by news that someone they trusted has committed a terrible crime and in their quest for answers, they fall on hard times but ultimately must turn toward faith. Robert & Kelly Pascuzzi are producing the project with Phil Goldfine (Gnome Alone, Saving Christmas). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ari Balouzian, Lance Oppenheim, score, Some Kind of Heaven, Soundtrack
Appraiser will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Some Kind of Heaven. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ari Balouzian (Feels Good Man, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to a first track after the jump. Some Kind of Heaven is directed by Lance Oppenheim, produced by Darren Aronofsky and follows four residents of America’s largest retirement community – The Villages, FL – as they strive to find happiness and meaning behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What Lies Below’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Braden Duemmler, Gavin Keese, score, Soundtrack, What Lies Below
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the psychological horror thriller What Lies Below. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gavin Keese (In the Life of Music). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other digital music services), where you can also listen to audio samples. What Lies Below is written and directed by Braden Duemmler and stars Ema Horvath, Trey Tucker and Mena Suvari. The movie follows a socially awkward 16-year-old who returns from two months at camp only to be blindsided with the introduction of her Mother’s fiancée whose charm, intelligence, and beauty paint the picture of a man too perfect to be human. Read the rest of this entry »
Alfonso de Vilallonga to Score Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’
Posted: February 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alfonso de Vilallonga, Pablo Berger, Robot Dreams
Composer Alfonso de Vilallonga (Transsiberian, The Bookshop, It Snows in Benidorm) is reuniting with director Pablo Berger on the upcoming animated feature Robot Dreams. The movie, which is based on the 2007 graphic novel of the same title by Sara Varon, is set in an imaginary 1980s New York populated by animals with no definable age or gender and tells the story of the friendship between Dog and Robot who become separated during an ill-fated day-trip to Long Island. The movie, which marks Berger’s first animated project and is being produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures (AMP), will also feature popular 1980s pop hits. Read the rest of this entry »
‘WandaVision’ Episode 7 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Disney Plus, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Marvel, Robert Lopez, score, Soundtrack, WandaVision
Marvel Music & Hollywood Records have released the seventh soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series WandaVision. The album features the original score from the seventh episode (Breaking the Fourth Wall) of the show composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, Frozen, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Also included is the instrumental theme W-V 2000 written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez and performed by The Math Club, as well as the songwriters’ theme song Agatha All Along performed by Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White. Visit Amazon or any other digital music service to stream/download the album. WandaVision is directed by Matt Shakman, created by Jac Schaeffer based on the Marvel Comics characters, and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kat Dennings, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘The Flight of the Phoenix’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frank De Vol, Robert Aldrich, score, Soundtrack, The Flight of the Phoenix
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1965 survival drama The Flight of the Phoenix directed by Robert Aldrich and starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Dan Duryea, Christian Marquand and George Kennedy. The album features the original score from the 20th Century Fox release composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Frank DeVol (Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Pillow Talk, The Frisco Kid), including previously unreleased score cues, alternates and all of the source music.. Visit the label’s official website to check out the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the 2-CD set. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Penn to Compose Original Music for Disney+’s ‘Stargirl’ Sequel
Posted: February 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Julia Hart, Michael Penn, Stargirl
THR is reporting that Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Masters of Sex, Sunshine Cleaning, The Last Kiss) is set to compose and perform original music for a sequel to last year’s Disney+ original movie Stargirl. He will also serve as the executive music producer on the film, which will be directed by Julia Hart (I’m Your Woman, Fast Color) and star Grace VanderWaal and Elijah Richardson. VanderWaal is also contributing new songs to the YA drama, which follows Stargirl’s journey out of Mica and into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility. Hart is also co-writing the screenplay with Jordan Horowitz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Insight’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Insight, Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng, score, Sid De La Cruz, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Insight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sid De La Cruz (Hell on the Border, WEAPONiZED, Checkmate, SWAT: Unit 887, Atone). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 12, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Insight is directed by Livi & Ken Zheng and starring Ken Zheng himself, Madeline Zima, Sean Patrick Flanery, John Savage, Adam Huss, Tony Todd and Keith David. The movie follows a counter-terrorism agent who blends his skills as a martial artist and clairvoyant to bring the world’s most nefarious individuals to justice as he is forced to make an unexpected detour to Los Angeles upon receipt of the news of a cover up surrounding his brother’s alleged suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
