Warner Records has released the first song from the drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday. All of Me (originally written by Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons) performed by Andra Day (who stars in the movie as Billie Holiday) and produced by Salaam Remi is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Listen to the full song after the jump. The United States vs. Billie Holiday is directed by Lee Daniels and also stars Trevante Rhodes, Natasha Lyonne, Garrett Hedlund, Miss Lawrence, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rob Morgan, Evan Ross, Tone Bell, Tyler James Williams and Erik LaRay Harvey. Read the rest of this entry »
Andra Day’s ‘All of Me’ Cover from ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Released
Posted: January 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andra Day, Hulu, Lee Daniels, Salaam Remi, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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Carter Burwell’s Complete ‘Psycho III’ Score to Be Released
Posted: January 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Perkins, Carter Burwell, Psycho III, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 horror sequel Psycho III directed by Anthony Perkins and starring Perkins himself (as Norman Bates), Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey and Roberta Maxwell. The album features the complete original score from the Universal Pictures production composed and arranged by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Twilight, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, In Bruges), including over 60 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included is the content of the the 1986 original soundtrack album, which was released on vinyl by MCA Records. Visit the label’s official website to order the 2-CD set and to check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Marius de Vries to Serve as Executive Music Producer & Composer on Sian Heder’s ‘Coda’
Posted: January 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Coda, Marius de Vries, Sian Heder
Marius de Vries is the executive music producer of the upcoming drama Coda. He has also composed the original score for the film written and directed by Sian Heder (Tallulah, Little America) and starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant and Marlee Matlin. The movie tells the story of the only hearing member of a deaf family as she joins her high school’s choir club and dinds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing. Nick Baxter serves as the music producer and Alexandra Patsavas is the drama’s music supervisor. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr Scoring Daniel Stamm’s ‘The Devil’s Light’
Posted: January 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Stamm, Nathan Barr, The Devil's Light
Composer Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hollywood, Cabin Fever, Hemlock Grove) is reteaming with director Daniel Stamm on the upcoming supernatural horror thriller The Devil’s Light. The film starring Jacqueline Byers, Virginia Madsen, Ben Cross, Colin Salmon, Christian Navarro and Nicholas Ralph revolves around a nun studying at a school to master the ritual of exorcism as she confronts a demonic force that infests her school and has mysterious ties to her past. Robert Zappia (5ive Days to Midnight) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘De Gaulle, L’éclat et le secret’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Armand Amar, De Gaulle l'éclat et le secret, François Velle, score, Soundtrack
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the French mini-series De Gaulle, L’éclat et le secret. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, Mia and the White Lion, The Source, A Bag of Marbles, The History of Love, Belle & Sebastian). 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. De Gaulle, L’éclat et le secret is directed by François Velle, written by Jacques Santamaria & Patrice Duhamel and stars Francis Huster, Pierre Rochefort, Margaux Chatelier, Christophe Barbier, Eric Naggar and Pierre Aussedat. The 6-parter chronicles Charles de Gaulle’s live rom the appeal of June 18, 1940 to his departure from power in 1969. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2021)
Posted: January 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandra Harwood, American Gods, Andrew Lockington, Anna Waronker, Brooke Blair, Call Me Kat, Christophe Beck, Erick Schroder, Fox, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, HBO Max, Hulu, Jeff Richmond, John Powell, Locked Down, Mr. Mayor, NBC, Netflix, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, PBS, Starz, The CW, The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, Tiger, Todor Kobakov, Trickster, WandaVision, Will Blair
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series All Creatures Great and Small written by Ben Vanstone based on the classic BBC programme, directed by Brian Percival and starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse and Rachel Shenton The show’s original music is composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). All3Media & Playground Television have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the drama premiered in the UK last year. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air in the U.S. on PBS.
Also premiering today is the HBO documentary Tiger directed by Matthew Heineman & Matthew Hamachek about the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Sea of Shadows) has composed the original music for the 2-parter. Check out our previous news article for more information about the documentary, which is premiering on HBO today and next Sunday, January 17 and will also be available to stream on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke Blair & Will Blair Scoring Netflix’s ‘Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer’
Posted: January 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Netflix, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Tiller Russell, Will Blair
Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) have recently scored the new Netflix docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. The show is directed by Tiller Russell (The Last Narc, Operation Odessa, The Last Rites of Ransom Pride) and tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice. The 4-parter is told through first-person interviews, archival footage and original photography and paints a portrait of how it felt to live in fear at a time when absolutely anyone could be the Night Stalker’s next victim. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Flinch’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cameron Van Hoy, Flinch, Miami Nights 1984, score, Soundtrack
Ardor Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Flinch. The album features the film’s original music composed by electronic & synthwave music producer Miami Nights 1984 (aka Michael Glover). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and to listen to audio samples. Flinch is written and directed by Cameron Van Hoy and stars Cathy Moriarty, Daniel Zovatto, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Buddy Duress, David Proval and Tom Segura. The movie revolves around a young hitman who lives with his mother and catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 8, 2021)
Posted: January 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Bensi, Nainita Desai, Redemption Day, Sacha Chaban, Saunder Jurriaans, The Reason I Jump, The White Tiger
Opening in select theaters and virtual cinemas today is the documentary The Reason I Jump directed by Jerry Rothwell. The film’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, American Murder: The Family Next Door, Enslaved, Enemy Within, Telling Lies). Mercury Classics will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on April 16. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, to listen to a first track, which has been released as a digital single today, and to learn more about the Kino Lorber release.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Netflix on January 22 is the drama The White Tiger written and directed by Ramin Bahrani and starring Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Adarsh Gourav, Mahesh Manjrekar and Vijay Maurya. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Outsider, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) have composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
Haley Reinhart’s ‘Heroes’ Cover from Netflix’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’ Released
Posted: January 8, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haley Reinhart, Netflix, Robert Rodriguez, We Can Be Heroes
Reinhart Records has released the cover version of the David Bowie’s Heroes from the Netflix original film We Can Be Heroes. The song (originally written by Bowie & Brian Eno) is performed by Haley Reinhart, produced by Dave Damiani and is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon and other digital music stores. Listen to the full song after the jump. We Can Be Heroes is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and stars YaYa Gosselin, Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra, Akira Akbar, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald, Adriana Barraza, Taylor Dooley and Andy Walken. Read the rest of this entry »
