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 »
John Debney Scoring Kat Coiro’s ‘Marry Me’
Posted: February 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, Kat Coiro, Marry Me
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‘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 »
‘Archenemy’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Egypt Mortimer, Archenemy, score, Soundtrack, Umberto
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the mystery thriller Archenemy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Umberto (aka Matt Hill) (Into the Dark: All That We Destroy, Bloody Ballet). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Waxwork Records will release a vinyl edition. Archenemy is written and directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer and stars Joe Manganiello, Skylan Brooks, Zolee Griggs, Amy Seimetz and Glenn Howerton. The movie revolves around a man who claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers but still fights crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Hard Rain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, Hard Rain, Mikael Salomon, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1998 action thriller Hard Rain directed by Mikael Salomon and starring Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver and Ed Asner. The album features the expanded score from the film composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, The Hurricane, Sinister, Drag Me to Hell, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Ghost Rider) and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, including previously unreleased music and bonus tracks. Visit the label’s online store to order the CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, and to learn more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Quincy Jones’ ‘Banning’ Score Announced
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Banning, Quincy Jones, Ron Winston, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1967 drama Banning directed by Ron Winston and starring Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, Gene Hackman, Guy Stockwell and James Farentino. The album, which is being released as part of the label’s Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, In Cold Blood, Roots, The Italian Job, In the Heat of the Night Mackenna’s Gold). Also included is the Gil Bernal-performed original theme song The Eyes of Love, for which Jones and lyricist Bob Russell received an Academy Award nomination. To order the CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, and for more information about the release, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andra Day, Hulu, Lee Daniels, Soundtrack, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday have been revealed. The album features the Billie Holiday songs from the film performed by lead actress Andra Day. Also included are the original songs Tigress & Tweed co-written by Day & Raphael Saadiq (already available as a digital single now) & Break Your Fall written by Warren Oak Felder & Coleridge Tillman, as well as The Devil and I Got Up to Dance a Slow Dance performed by Charlie Wilson and co-written by himself, Jamie Hartman, Felder & Tillmann. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 19 by Warner Records and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version will be coming out on March 12 and is available to order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
