Dan Deacon has signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original film Hustle. The movie is directed by Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals) and stars Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster and Robert Duvall, as well as NBA analyst Kenny Smith, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Juancho Hernangomez. The sports comedy drama follows a down on his luck basketball scout who discovers discovers a phenomenal street ball player with a rocky past while in China and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA. Taylor Materne and Will Fetters (A Star Is Born, Remember Me) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon to Score Jeremiah Zagar’s ‘Hustle’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Hustle, Jeremiah Zagar, Netflix
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Arcade Fire’s & Owen Pallett’s ‘Her’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arcade Fire, Her, Owen Pallett, score, Soundtrack, Spike Jonze
Milan Records has announced first-ever release of the original score for Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi romantic drama Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Scarlett Johansson. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arcade Fire and their longtime collaborator Owen Pallett (The Box, Spaceship Earth) who received an Academy Award nomination for their music in 2014. The soundtrack will be released digitally and in vinyl and cassette formats on March 19, 2021. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition and click here to order the digital version. WaterTower Music has previously released the Oscar-nominated original track The Moon Song by Karen O from the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Finneas to Make Film Scoring Debut on Megan Park’s ‘The Fallout’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Finneas, Megan Park, The Fallout
Variety is reporting that singer/songwriter and record producer Finneas will be making his film scoring debut on the upcoming drama The Fallout. The film is written and directed by actress Megan Park and stars Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley, Niles Fitch, Julie Bowen, John Ortiz and Will Ropp. The movie centers on a high schooler Vada who navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. David Brown is producing the project for Clear Horizon, alongside Shaun Sanghani (King Cobra, Infamous) for SSS Entertainment, Rebecca Miller & Cara Shine for Good Pals, as well as Todd Lundbohm, Joannie Burstein and Giulia Prenna (Office Uprising). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Redemption Day’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hicham Hajji, Redemption Day, Sacha Chaban, score, Soundtrack
1908 Scoring Studios and H Films & Music Publishing have released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Redemption Day. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sacha Chaban (Darkness Falls, The Vanished, Breaking & Entering). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and other digital music services), where you can also listen to audio samples. Redemption Day is co-written and directed by Hicham Hajji and stars Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Ernie Hudson, Samy Naceri and Andy Garcia. The movie follows a decorated U.S. Marine Captain whose wife is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco and is forced back into action to save the woman he loves. Read the rest of this entry »
David Hirschfelder Scoring Anthony Furlong’s ‘Ascendant’
Posted: February 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Furlong, Ascendant, David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder (Shine, Elizabeth, Australia, The Railway Man, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Sanctum) has composed the original music for the upcoming Australian sci-fi thriller Ascendant. The film is directed by Anthony Furlong and stars Charlotte Best, Jonny Pasvolsky, Alex Menglet, Susan Prior, Justin Stewart Cotta and Tahlia Sturzaker. The movie centers on a woman who gets kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, where she begins to realize she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 93rd Academy Awards Announced
Posted: February 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 93rd Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on March 15, 2021 and the awards show will be held on April 25. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Judas and the Black Messiah, Shaka King, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama Judas and the Black Messiah have been announced. The album features the original song Fight for You performed by H.E.R. (already available now as a digital single), as well as other songs inspired by the movie by artists such as Nas, Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z, Hit-Boy, Black Thought, Lil Durk, G Herbo, Rakim, Polo G & others. Hit-Boy, Ryan Coogler, Dash Sherrod and Archie Davis serve as the record’s executive producers. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 12 and will be available to stream/download here. A separate album featuring Mark Isham’s & Craig Harris’ score will be released by WaterTower Music. Judas and the Black Messiah is directed by Shaka King and stars Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders and Martin Sheen. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman Scoring Locksmith Animation’s ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’
Posted: February 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Henry Jackman, J.P. Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez, Ron's Gone Wrong
Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming animated feature Ron’s Gone Wrong. The film co-directed by J.P. Vine & Octavio E. Rodriguez is set in a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children’s best friends and tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who finds that his robot buddy doesn’t quite work. Sarah Smith (Arthur Christmas) co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Baynham (Hotel Transylvania) and is also producing the Locksmith Animation production with Julie Lockhart (Shaun the Sheep Movie, The Pirates! Band of Misfits). Read the rest of this entry »
‘To All The Boys: Always and Forever’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Fimognari, Netflix, Soundtrack, To All the Boys: Always and Forever
Capitol Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original film To All The Boys: Always and Forever. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Leah Nobel, The Greeting Committee, Spice Girls, Anna of the North, FLETCHER, Blossoms, Black Match, Emmit Fenn & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (If The World Ended Tonight by Jordan Suaste) is already available to stream/download now. To All The Boys: Always and Forever is directed by Michael Fimognari and stars Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart, Ross Butler, Madeleine Arthur, Emilija Baranac, Trezzo Mahoro, Sarayu Blue, John Corbett, Kelcey Mawema, Sofia Black-D’Elia and Henry Thomas. The romantic comedy follows Lara Jean Covey as she prepares for the end of high school and the start of adulthood and a pair of life-changing trips lead her to reimagine what life with her family, friends, and Peter will look like after graduation. Read the rest of this entry »
Shigeru Umebayashi Scoring Li Weiran’s ‘The Yin Yang Master’
Posted: February 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Li Weiran, Netflix, Shigeru Umebayashi, The Yin Yang Master
Shigeru Umebayashi (In the Mood for Love, House of Flying Daggers, The Grandmaster, 2046, Curse of the Golden Flowers) has composed the original music for the new Chinese fantasy drama The Yin Yang Master. The film is directed by Li Weiran and stars Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and William Chan. The movie based on the popular mobile game Onmyōji is set in a world that is on the verge of a devastating war with the monsters who are coming back to retrieve the Scaling Stone and follows the titular Yin Yang Master as he travels to different worlds to prepare for the upcoming assaults. Read the rest of this entry »
