Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Breaking News in Yuba County. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of CardsRomeMonkPollock, Carnivale, The Biggest Little Farm, Appaloosa). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Breaking News in Yuba County is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina, Ellen Barkin, Matthew Modine, Wanda Sykes, Clifton Collins Jr., Samira Wiley, Jimmi Simpson, Bridget Everett and Juliette Lewis. The movie follows an overlooked pencil-pusher who tries to keep secret the death of her husband who suffered a heart attack when she discovered him in bed with another woman and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. Read the rest of this entry »

Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Behind Her Eyes. The show is developed by Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher, Hannibal) based on the best-selling novel by Sarah Pinboroug and stars Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman and Robert Aramayo. The psychological thriller follows a single mother as she enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife. Read the rest of this entry »

WaterTower Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The Crew at Warpower composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, Terminator: Dark Fate, Alita: Battle Angel, Black Mass) is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other streaming services. Also listen to the the full track after the jump. Check back on this page for the details of the full soundtrack album to be released next month. Zack Snyder’s Justice League starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller follows Bruce Wayne as he aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. Read the rest of this entry »

Poo Bear & Joe Wong Scoring NBC’s ‘Kenan’

Posted: February 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Singer/songwriter and record producer Poo Bear (aka Jason Paul Douglas Boyd) & Joe Wong (Master of None, Russian Doll, The Midnight Gospel, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) are composing the original score for the new NBC comedy Kenan. The show is created by Jackie Clarke (Superstore) & David Caspe (Happy Endings, Black Monday) and stars Kenan Thompson, Don Johnson, Dani & Dannah Lane, Kimrie Lewis and Chris Redd. The series revolves around a widowed dad who’s juggling a high-profile job as the host of an Atlanta morning show and raising his two girls. Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album has been released for the documentary Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA. The album features the film’s original music composed by Colin O’Malley (Letters to God, Superman Returns video game, Tomb Raider: Underworld). Also included is Nichelle Nichols’s cover of Fly Me to the Moon. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Woman in Motion is directed by Todd Thompson and tells the true story of how renowned Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols pioneered the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the first female astronauts for the space agency in the late 1970s and 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »

Jessica Weiss (Friendsgiving, Trouble) and Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Onward, Capote) have teamed up to score the upcoming new film adaptation of Cinderella. The movie is written and directed by Kay Cannon (Blockers, Pitch Perfect series) and stars Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, James Corden, Minnie Driver, John Mulaney, Maddie Baillio, Charlotte Spencer and Pierce Brosnan. The musical comedy reimagines the classic story and centers on the title character as an ambitious young woman whose dreams are bigger than the world will allow. Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller I Care a Lot. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marc Canham (The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Close, Final Girl, Burn Burn Burn). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I Care a Lot is written and directed by J Blakeson and stars Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Dianne Wiest, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Macon Blair, Alicia Witt and Damian Young. The movie follows a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears. Read the rest of this entry »

The composer trio of Blitz//Berlin (Still/Born, Extraterrestrial, It Stains the Sands Red) have been hired to score the upcoming Syfy original series Day of the Dead. The show is developed by Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas (Malibu Rescue, Raven’s Home) based on George A. Romero’s classic feature and stars Keenan Tracey, Daniel Doheny, Natalie Malaika, Morgan Holmstrom and Kristy Dinsmore. The 10-parter tells the story of six strangers struggling to survive the first 24 hours of a zombie invasion. Read the rest of this entry »

Music.Film Recordings & Lakeshore Records have released a new soundtrack album for the CW drama The Outpost. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second and third season composed by James Schafer (Mythica: The Iron CrownThe Christmas Dragon). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Varèse Sarabande has previously released the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2019. The Outpost is created by Jason Faller & Kynan Griffin and stars Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen, Imogen Waterhouse, Anand Desai Barochia, Aaron Fontaine, Glynis Barber, Reece Ritchie, Izuka Hoyle, Jaye Griffiths, Adam Johnson and Georgia May Foote. Read the rest of this entry »

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series The Planets. The album features selections of the original music composed by Anže Rozman (Great Bear Rainforest) and Andrew Christie (The Flood), as well as Jacob Shea (Seven Worlds One Planet, Planet Earth II) and David Fleming (Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II) for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 5, 2021. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the album. The Planets is narrated by Professor Brian Cox (in the original UK version) & Zachary Quinto (in the U.S. version) and follows the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets that make up our solar system through five episodes. Read the rest of this entry »