The details of the new soundtrack albums for the CW superhero drama Arrow have been revealed. The albums feature selections of the show’s original music from the show’s final two seasons (7 & 8) composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Riverdale, Supergirl, Greyhound, The Pacific, The Flight Attendant) & Nathaniel Blume (Prodigal Son, Deception). Both soundtracks will released digitally tomorrow, December 18 by WaterTower Music. Click here to stream/download the Season 7 album and click here for the Season 8 soundtrack. WaterTower Music and La-La Land Records have previously released multiple soundtracks featuring Neely’s score from the first six seasons. Arrow is developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics series and stars Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Willa Holland. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrow’ Seasons 7 & 8 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrow, Blake Neely, Nathaniel Blume, score, Soundtrack, The CW
‘Lost at Christmas’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lost at Christmas, Ryan Hendrick, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Wright
A soundtrack album has been released for the Scottish romantic comedy Lost at Christmas. The album features the film’s original score composed by Stephen Wright, as well as two original songs written by the composer and others songs performed by John Condron and Randolph’s Leap. The soundtrack is now available digitally in the UK (check out the video after the jump for a preview). Lost at Christmas is co-written and directed by Ryan Hendrick and stars Natalie Clark, Kenny Boyle, Sylvester McCoy, Frazer Hines, Sanjeev Kohli, Clare Grogan, Caitlin Blackwood and Karen Bartke. The movie is set at the remote Scottish town of Fort William and follows two strangers whose life is turned upside down when they suddenly find themselves heartbroken, single and stranded, and team up to try and reach home 100 miles away to be with their families. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Score Andy Serkis’ ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Serkis, Marco Beltrami, Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, Scream, The Hurt Locker, 3:10 to Yuma, World War Z, Ford v. Ferrari) has been hired to score the upcoming superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The film is directed by Andy Serkis (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Breathe) and stars Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott and Naomie Harris. Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey) wrote the screenplay. Avi Arad (Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man), Matt Tolmach (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Amy Pascal (Spiderman: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Hutch Parker (X-Men: Days of Future Past & Apocalypse) are producing the Marvel Entertainment and Tencent Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
Robin Wright’s ‘Land’ to Feature Music by Ben Sollee & Time for Three
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Sollee, Land, Robin Wright, Time for Three
Cellist and singer/songwriter & composer Ben Sollee has teamed up with the string trio Time for Three to score the upcoming drama Land. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Robin Wright who also stars in the movie, alongside Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens. The movie centers on a cosmopolitan lawyer who is consumed by grief after enduring a personal tragedy and feels her only escape is to disappear from her life and live completely apart from the rest of humanity. Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam (The Yellow Handkerchief, Submergence) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Kuba Mikurda, Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Wesolowski
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original documentary Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk . The album features the film’s original music composed by Stefan Wesołowski (Wolf). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Love Express is directed by Kuba Mikurda and investigates the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled creativity & sensitivity, revered in the 1970s for creations including Goto, Island of Love, The Beast & Immoral Tales. The movie features interviews with his closest collaborators and filmmakers, including Bertrand Bonello, Neil Jordan, Patrice Leconte and Terry Gilliam. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Sion Sono’s ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Sion Sono
Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Raid 2, Straight Outta Compton, Project Power, Lady and the Tramp, The Greatest Showman) has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland. The film is directed by Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Antiporno) and stars Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The movie is set in the frontier city of Samurai Town and follows a ruthless bank robber who is sprung from jail to find the missing granddaughter of a wealthy warlord. Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Planters’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Kotcheff, Hannah Leder, Louis Weeks, Phil Danyew, score, Soundtrack, The Planters, Thomas Kotcheff
A soundtrack album has been released for the comedy The Planters. The album features the film’s original score composed by Thomas Kotcheff, additional music by Louis Weeks, as well as the movie’s original songs by Phil Danyew. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The Planters is written and directed by Alexandra Kotcheff & Hannah Leder and stars Kotcheff & Leder themselves, Phil Parolisi, Pepe Serna and Jovan Adepo. The movie follows an awkward telemarketer who takes in a vagrant with multiple personalities and discovers having three friends in one may be more than she can handle. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Wheatley, Clint Mansell, In the Earth
Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Moon, The Fountain, Noah) is reuniting with Ben Wheatley on the upcoming horror movie In the Earth. The film is written and directed by Wheatley (Sightseers, Free Fire) and stars Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires and Reece Shearsmith. The movie revolves around a scientist and a park scout who venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run as a deadly virus ravages the world. Andy Starke (Possessor, In Fabric) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Piney: The Lonesome Pine’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Piney: The Lonesome Pine, score, Soundtrack, Timothy Hooten, Timothy Williams, Todd Edwards
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated short Piney: The Lonesome Pine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Timothy Williams (Brightburn, Walking with the Enemy, We Summon the Darkness, I.T., Red Sky, Wild Horses). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Piney: The Lonesome Pine is directed by Timothy Hooten & Todd Edwards and features the voice talent of Jonathan Pryce, Simon Pegg, Jason Anthony, Lesley Nicol, Parminder Nagra and Lilian James. The movie tells the story of a cheerful Welsh girl who grows a talking pine to be her Christmas tree, but when he’s accidentally removed from her grandfather’s Christmas tree farm, the family dog leads him on a journey across the countryside. Read the rest of this entry »
Kenji Kawai Scoring Guo Jingming’s ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity’
Posted: December 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guo Jingming, Kenji Kawai, Netflix, The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
Netflix has announced today that Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Ip Man, Death Note, Resident Evil: Vendetta) is the composer of the upcoming Chinese fantasy adventure The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity. The film is directed by Guo Jingming (Tiny Times) and stars Mark Chao, Allen Deng, Olivia Wang, Jessie Li and Wang Duo. The movie is based on the Japanese fantasy novel Onmyōji by Baku Yumemakura and revolves around Abe no Seimei, the most renowned yin-yang master during the Heian period, and his fantastical encounters with demons and evil spirits. Read the rest of this entry »
