Composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, 1917, Skyfall) is reuniting with director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Proof) on the upcoming war drama Operation Mincemeat. The film starring Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn & Jason Isaacs is based on the book of the same name by Ben Macintyre and takes place in 1943 when the Allies are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. The movie follows two intelligence officers as they concoct a disinformation strategy, aimed at preventing their massive invasion force from being massacred by German soldiers and planes when they touch down on the continent. Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman Scoring John Madden’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’
Posted: January 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Madden, Operation Mincemeat, Thomas Newman
‘Belly of the Beast’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belly of the Beast, Erika Cohn, Omar Fadel, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Belly of the Beast. The album features the film’s original score composed by Omar Fadel (Yomeddine, The Advocates, The Judge). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Belly of the Beast is directed by Erika Cohn and centers on courageous young woman and a radical lawyer who discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system and take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann to Score Peter Flinth’s ‘Against the Ice’
Posted: January 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Against the Ice, Baltasar Kormakur, Netflix, Peter Flinth, Volker Bertelmann
Netflix announced today that Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Ammonite, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose, The Art of Racing in the Rain) is set to score the upcoming drama Against the Ice. The film is directed by Peter Flinth (Arn: The Knight Templar, Nobel’s Last Wil) and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance and Heida Reed. The movie based on the Danish novel Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen is set in the early 1900s and centers on Denmark’s Alabama Expedition, led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen who was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim to North Eastern Greenland. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Barcelona Vampiress’ (‘La vampira de Barcelona’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfred Tapscott, La vampira de Barcelona, Lluis Danes, score, Soundtrack, The Barcelona Vampiress
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish period drama The Barcelona Vampiress (La vampira de Barcelona). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfred Tapscott (Superagente Makey, Sanctuary, The Wedding Unplanner). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and other digital music stores), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The Barcelona Vampiress is directed by Lluis Danes and stars Nora Navas, Roger Casamajor, Bruna Cusi, Sergi Lopez and Francesc Orella. The movie is set in early 1900s Barcelona and revolves around Enriqueta Martí, also known as the Vampiress of Rava, and her connection to the disappearance of the young daughter of a wealthy family. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Jungle Mantra’ by DIVINE feat. Vince Staples & Pusha T from Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’ Released
Posted: January 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Divine, Netflix, Pusha T, Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger, Vince Staples
Mass Appeal India has released the original song Jungle Mantra from the Netflix original film The White Tiger. The track is written and performed by DIVINE feat. Vince Staples & Pusha T and produced by Karan Kanchan. Visit Amazon or any other digital music store to stream/download the song and also listen to the full track after the jump. The White Tiger is directed by Ramin Bahrani and stars Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Aravind Adiga and follows an ambitious driver of a rich Indian couple who uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for Sia’s ‘Music’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: music, Sia, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Sia’s directorial debut Music have been announced. The album features the songs from and inspired by the movie written and performed by Sia. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on February 12, 2021 by Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic Records and is now available for pre-order here. Several tracks (Together, Hey Boy, Saved My Life & Courage to Change) are already available to stream/download now. Music starring Kate Hudson, Maddie Ziegler and Leslie Odom Jr. follows a newly sober woman who receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score John Michael McDonagh’s ‘The Forgiven’
Posted: January 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Michael McDonagh, Lorne Balfe, The Forgiven
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, The Lego Batman Movie, Genius, The Crown) has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Forgiven. The film is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary) and stars Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Saïd Taghmaoui, Caleb Landry Jones, Matt Smith, Christopher Abbott, Ismael Kanater, Marie-Josée Croze, Alex Jennings and Abbey Lee. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Lawrence Osborne takes place over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and explores the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of both the locals and western visitors to a house party in a grand villa. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Cold Mountain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain, Gabriel Yared, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2003 drama Cold Mountain directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Eileen Atkins, Jack White, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland and Ray Winstone. The 2-CD set features the expanded and remastered score from the Miramax production composed by Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1408, Judy, The Life Ahead, Betty Blue, City of Angels) who received an Academy Award nomination for his music. The first disc includes the composer’s score in chronological order and the second disc features the original Academy Awards promo album, including variations, unused tracks and alternates. Read the rest of this entry »
Murray Gold Scoring Channel 4’s & HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’
Posted: January 18, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, HBO Max, It's a Sin, Murray Gold, Russell T. Davies
Murray Gold is the composer of the new Channel 4 & HBO Max limited series It’s a Sin. The show is created by Russell T. Davies and stars Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howell, Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Nathaniel Curtis and Lydia West. The 5-part drama explores friendship and love during the 1980s AIDS crisis through the eyes of three young gay men as they embark on a new life in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 17, 2021)
Posted: January 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Anne Nikitin, Call Your Mother, Fate: The Winx Saga, Hulu, Jeff Beal, Matt Cartsonis, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Netflix, PBS, Ruth Barrett, The CW, The Sister, Tomas Daniels, Walker
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British/Irish series Miss Scarlet & The Duke created by Rachael New, directed by Declan O’Dwyer and starring Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Ansu Kabia, Andrew Gower and Kevin Doyle. The show’s original music is composed by Tomas Daniels. The 6-part drama, which centers on the first-ever female detective in Victorian London who joins forces with a Scotland Yard Inspector to solve crime mysteries, premiered in the UK last year on Alibi and is making its U.S. debut as part of PBS Masterpiece series. Click here for more information.
Premiering on Thursday, January 21, is the CW drama Walker created by Anna Fricke based on the 90s series Walker, Texas Ranger and starring Jared Padalecki, Lindsey Morgan, Keegan Allen, Violet Brinson, Kale Culley, Molly Hagen, Coby Bell, Jeff Pierr and Mitch Pileggi. Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Pollock, Rome, Carnivale, Ugly Betty, Blackfish) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air every Thursday night on The CW. Read the rest of this entry »
