Craig Wedren (Role Models, School of Rock, Wet Hot American Summer, GLOW, How to Be a Latin Lover) & Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) (The Nowhere Inn) have teamed up score the upcoming drama Am I OK? The film marks the feature directorial debut of actresses Stephanie Allynne & Tig Notaro and stars Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons, Molly Gordon and Sean Hayes. The movie follows two best friends as they are working through the complexities of self-discovery and personal awakening. Lauren Pomerantz wrote the screenplay.
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Nominations for 3rd Annual SCL Awards Announced
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 1st at the Skirball Cultural Center. The evening will be hosted by Darren Criss will include musical performances from Grammy-nominated singers/songwriters Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (Bridgerton: The Unofficial Musica;), Grammy winner Judith Hill, and more. Check out the full list of nominations below. Carter Burwell and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen who have collaborated on 17 films (including last year’s The Tragedy of Macbeth directed and adapted by Joel Coen) will receive the Spirit of Collaboration Award, which is presented to a composer and filmmaker who have had an enduring and distinguished creative partnership representing a significant body of work.
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury Scoring Netflix’s ‘Archive 81’
Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) are the composers of the new Netflix original series Archive 81. The show is inspired by the popular horror podcast of the same name and stars Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit, Matt McGorry, Martin Donovan, Julia Chan and Ariana Neal. The supernatural thriller follows an archivist who takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
Theme Song from Netflix’s ‘Action Pack’ Released
Maisie Music Publishing has released the theme song from the new Netflix animated series Action Pack. The track written by the show’s composer Mike Barnett, with lyrics by Barnett, Dena Diamond & Shea Fontana and vocals by Barnett & Keira Moran is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Action Pack is created by William Harper and features the voice talent of Sydney Thomas, Oscar Reyez, Julieta Cortes, Nevin Kar and Giancarlo Sabogal. The ICON Creative Studios production follows a group of heroic kids who use their incredible super powers as they take on the biggest threats in Hope Springs and fulfill their ultimate mission of bringing out the good in everything.
Son Lux Scoring Daniel Kwan’s & Daniel Scheinert’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Son Lux are providing the original music for the upcoming sci-fi adventure comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. The film is directed by Daniels (aka Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man, The Death of Dick Long) and stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jenny Slate, James Hong, Harry Shum Jr. and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie revolves around an exhausted Chinese American woman who can’t seem to finish her taxes. Kwan and Scheinert are also producing the project with Jonathan Wang (False Positive), as well as AGBO’s Anthony & Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mike Larocca (21 Bridges, Extraction).
The CW’s ‘Naomi’ to Feature Original Score by Amanda Jones
Amanda Jones (Twenties, Cherish the Day, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands) is scoring the new CW drama Naomi. The show is developed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same title co-written by Brian Michael Bendis & David F. Walker and illustrated by Jamal Campbell and stars Kaci Walfall, Mary-Charles Jones, Cranston Johnson, Camila Moreno, Barry Watson, Mouzam Makkar, Will Meyers, Aidan Gemme and Alexander Wraith. The series revolves a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues her hidden destiny and sets out the origins of a supernatural event that shakes her hometown of Port Oswego to the core.
Stephen Rennicks Scoring Sophie Hyde’s ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Frank, The Little Stranger, What Richard Did, Rebellion) has been tapped to score the upcoming British comedy drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays, Animals) and stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. The movie follows a retired school teacher yearning for some adventure, human connection and good sex who devises a plan and hires the services of a young sex worker for a night of bliss. Comedian Katy Brand wrote the screenplay.
‘Princess Dragon’ Soundtrack Released
Ankama Studio has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Princess Dragon (Princesse Dragon). The album features the original songs from the film by French singer/songwriter Pomme, as well as the movie’s original score composed by Pierre-Jean Beaudoin . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on iTunes/Apple Music, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Princess Dragon is directed by Anthony Roux & Jean-Jacques Denis and tells the story of little girl who was raised by dragons and embarks on a journey of discovery into the world of humans. The animated movie premiered at last year’s Annecy Film Festival and has just been released in French theaters last month.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 2, 2022)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the new television adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days developed by Ashley Pharoah & Caleb Ranson and starring David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch. The show’s original score is composed by Christian Lundberg (Snatch, Earth at Night in Color, Eleven Eleven). Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King) has contributed the main title theme. The adventure drama, which follows Phileas Fogg as he sets out on a quest to travel around the world, premiered in the UK last week on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering tomorrow, January 3, is the Fox drama The Cleaning Lady developed by Miranda Kwok based on the Argentine series La Chica Que Limpia and starring Élodie Yung, Adan Canto, Oliver Hudson, Martha Millan, Faith Bryant, Sebastien & Valentino LaSalle and Sean Le. Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant, Judas and the Black Messiah) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on Fox and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Gustavo Santaolalla Scoring Netflix’s ‘The House’
Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Book of Life, The Motorcycle Diaries, Finch) has composed the original music for the new Netflix stop-motion animated anthology special The House. The Nexus Studios production is directed by Emma de Swaef & Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Paloma Baeza and features the voices of Mia Goth, Jarvis Cocker, Susan Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Goode, Claudie Blakley, Sven Wollter, Paul Kaye, Yvonne Lombard, Will Sharpe and Mark Heap. The animated comedy is set across different eras and follows a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady who become tied to the same mysterious house.