WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for Patty Jenkins’ superhero movie Wonder Woman 1984, The album features eleven sketches written for the film by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released the original soundtrack album for the sequel in December. Wonder Woman 1984 starring Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen follows the title character as she is facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer’s Sketches from ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, Patty Jenkins, Soundtrack, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984
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BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: February 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today revealed the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2021. For this year’s Film Awards, a new longlisting initial round was introduced, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting, which took place from January 12-26, produced the longlists in all categories announced today. Every category in this round was voted on by a craft chapter, opt-in chapter or jury, with the exception of Best Film which was voted for by all film voting members. The nominations are set to be announced on March 9 and the EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on April 11. Read the rest of this entry »
‘WandaVision’ Episode 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Disney Plus, Marvel Studios, score, Soundtrack, WandaVision
The details of the fourth soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series WandaVision have been revealed. The albums feature the original score from the fourth episode of the show composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, The Peanuts Movie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 by Marvel Music/Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music store. The composer’s score from the first three episodes, as well as Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s & Robert Lopez’s theme songs have previously been released last month. WandaVision is created by Jac Schaeffer based on the Marvel Comics characters, directed by Matt Shakman and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kat Dennings, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Measure for Measure’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Measure for Measure, Paul Ireland, score, Soundtrack, Tai Jordan, Tristan Dewey
A soundtrack album has been released for the Australian drama Measure for Measure. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tristan Dewey & Tai Jordan (Pawno, Twentysomething). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon or any other digital music store. Measure for Measure is co-written and directed by Paul Ireland and stars Hugo Weaving, Daniel Henshall, Harrison Gilbertson, Mark Leonard Winter and Doris Younane. The movie is inspired by Shakespeare’s play of the same title and tells the love story between a young immigrant Muslim girl and a young musician, set against Melbourne’s notorious commission flats, where a world of crime, drugs, and racial disharmony reign. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring Kat Coiro’s ‘Marry Me’
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, Kat Coiro, Marry Me
John Debney has composed the original score for the upcoming romantic comedy Marry Me. The film is directed by Kat Coiro (And While We Were Here, Life Happens) and stars Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, John Bradley, Chloe Coleman and Sarah Silverman. The movie centers on the relationship between a musical superstar and a math teacher – two total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other. John Rogers (The Librarians, Leverage), Tami Sagher and Harper Dill wrote the screenplay based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Take Me to Tarzana’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jared Meeker, Maceo Greenberg, score, Soundtrack, Take Me to Tarzana
Cosmosis Prime Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Take Me to Tarzana. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jared Meeker (Interreflections). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 19, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Take Me to Tarzan is directed by Maceo Greenberg and stars Andrew Creer, Samantha Robinson, Jonathan Bennett, Maria Conchita Alonso, Kahyun Kim, Oliver Cooper, Christopher Coppola, Bob Wiltfong, Desiree Staples, Owen Harn and Kent Shocknek. The movie follows a man and a woman struggling to survive in the corporate jungle at a top data-mining company who learn that their lecherous boss has been secretly recording the women in the office and a plan to take him down. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann to Score Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dev Patel, Hauschka, Monkey Man, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (The Old Guard, Ammonite, Adrift, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Patrick Melrose) has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Monkey Man. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Dev Patel who also stars in the movie, which is set in modern day India and follows a recently-released ex-felon who struggles to adjust to a world of corporate greed and eroding spiritual values. Patel also co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet). Read the rest of this entry »
78th Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes
The nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations:
Best Original Score:
- The Midnight Sky – Alexandre Desplat
- Tenet – Ludwig Goransson
- News of the World – James Newton Howard
- Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
- Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Read the rest of this entry »
’30 Coins’ Episode 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 30 Coins, 30 Monedas, Alex de la Iglesia, HBO, HBO Max, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
Meliam Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO Europe original series 30 Coins (30 Monedas). The album features the original music from the show’s second episode (Ouija) composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Come Play). Visit Amazon or any other major digital service to stream/download the album and to check out the full track list. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Episode 1 last week and will release the music from the rest of the episodes over the next couple of weeks. 30 Coins is directed by Álex de la Iglesia, co-written by the director & Jorge Guerricaechevarría and stars Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Macarena Gómez, Pepón Nieto and Manolo Solo. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli Scoring Deon Taylor’s ‘Don’t Fear’
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deon Taylor, Don't Fear, Geoff Zanelli
Composer Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) is reuniting with director Deon Taylor on the upcoming horror thriller Don’t Fear. The film starring Joseph Sikora, Andrew Bachelor, Anne Ilonzeh, Iddo Goldber, Ruby Modine, Jessica Allain & T.I. takes place a year into living through a worldwide pandemic and follows a group of friends gathered in the remote Tahoe Mountains to stay at the “Historic Strawberry Lodge” who are pushed to the brink of survival as the truth about the historic lodge slowly unravels in front of them. Taylor co-wrote the screenplay with John Ferry and is also producing the Hidden Empire Film Group production with Roxanne Avent Taylor (Supremacy, Meet the Blacks) and Omar Joseph. Read the rest of this entry »
