John Kimbrough (Man with a Plan, Winter Passing, Man Up!) & Scott Seiver are co-scoring the new Fox animated comedy The Great North. The show is created and written by Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Minty Lewis and features the voices of Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust and Aparna Nancherla. The series follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad does his best to keep his kids close – especially his only daughter whose artistic dreams lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall. Read the rest of this entry »
Fox’s ‘The Great North’ to Feature Original Score by John Kimbrough & Scott Seiver
Posted: January 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, John Kimbrough, Scott Seiver, The Great North
Anna Waronker Scoring Fox’s ‘Call Me Kat’
Posted: January 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Waronker, Call Me Kat, Fox
Singer/songwriter Anna Waronker is the composer of the new Fox comedy Call Me Kat. The show is based on the British series Miranda created by Miranda Hart and stars Mayim Bialik, Swoosie Kurtz, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt, Cheyenne Jackson and Julian Gant. The series revolves around a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that she can live a happy and fulfilling life despite still being single at 39. Darlene Hunt (The Big C) is the project’s showrunner and is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment production with Hart, Bialik, Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak (Young Sheldon), Angie Stephenson (The Night Of), as well as Beth McCarthy-Miller who also directed the first episode. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Flannery’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elizabeth Coffman, Flannery, Mark Bosco, Miriam Cutler, score, Soundtrack
Perseverance Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Flannery. The album features the film’s original score composed by Miriam Cutler (RBG, The Hunting Ground, Love, Gilda, Ethel, Dark Money). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 5, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Flannery is directed by Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco and centers on the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. The movie includes conversations with those who knew her and those inspired by her (Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams & others), as well as newly discovered personal letters and her own published words (read by Mary Steenburgen), original animations and music. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 3, 2021)
Posted: January 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 30 Coins, BBC America, CBS All Access, Charming, Coyote, Dominik Scherrer, Elizabeth Is Missing, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, Lupin, Mathieu Lamboley, Netflix, PBS, Roque Banos, Russ Davies, The Watch, Tom Howe
Premiering tonight is the BBC America original series The Watch developed by Simon Allen based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and starring Richard Dormer, Adam Hugill, Jo Eaton-Kent, Marama Corlett, Lara Rossi and Sam Adewunmi. The show’s original songs and score are composed by Russ Davies (The War of the Worlds). Check out our previous news article and visit the official show website for more information about the fantasy comedy drama, which will air every Sunday on BBC America.
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British television movie Elizabeth Is Missing directed by Aisling Walsh, written by Andrea Gibb based on Emma Healey’s novel and starring Glenda Jackson, Helen Behan, Sophie Rundle, Liv Hill, Nell Williams, Mark Stanley, Maggie Steed and Sam Hazeldine. Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Requiem, Marple, Ripper Street, Primeval) has composed the film’s original music. The drama, which revolves aroun a woman affected by dementia who struggles to solve the disappearance of her friend, premiered in the UK in late 2019 on BBC One and is making its domestic debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Minimalists: Less Is Now’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Matt D'Avella., Netflix, Soundtrack, The Minimalists: Less Is Now, VVE
The House has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary The Minimalists: Less Is Now. The album features the film’s original music by VVE. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Listen to the end credits song Glorious after the jump. The Minimalists: Less Is Now is directed by Matt D’Avella and follows longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus (who previously appeared in and produced Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things) as they share how our lives can be better with less. Read the rest of this entry »
Yeasayer’s Chris Keating Scoring John Swab’s ‘Body Brokers’
Posted: January 2, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Body Brokers, Chris Keating, John Swab
Chris Keating of the former rock band Yeasayer has made his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming crime thriller Body Brokers. The film is directed by John Swab (Run with the Hunted) and stars Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Michael K. Williams, Melissa Leo, Frank Grillo, Jessica Rothe, Owen Campbell, Peter Greene, Sam Quartin and Thomas Dekker. The movie follows two junkies from Ohio who travel to Los Angeles for drug treatment, when they learn that the rehab process is a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Doctor Who’ Series 12 – ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Doctor Who, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Doctor Who holiday special Revolution of the Daleks. The album features the original music from the Series 12 special composed by Segun Akinola (The Last Tree). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. A physical version is also in the works. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring Akinola’s score from Season 11 and Season 12. Doctor Who – Revolution of the Daleks is written and executive produced by Chris Chibnall, directed by Lee Haven Jones and stars Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, John Barrowman, Chris Noth and Harriet Walter. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 1, 2021)
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Herself, Howard Shore, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Natalie Holt, Pieces of a Woman, Shadow in the Cloud
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action horror thriller Shadow in the Cloud directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Joe Witkowski, Benedict Wall and Byron Coll. The film’s original music is composed by Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper (The Legend of Baron To’a, Housebound, Fantail). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows a female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress who encounters an evil presence on board the flight, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Dry’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Raeburn, Robert Connolly, score, Soundtrack, The Dry
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian crime thriller The Dry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, Nancy, Photograph, Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack. The Dry is co-written and directed by Robert Connolly and stars Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell and John Polson. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Jane Harper and centers on a cop who returns to his hometown to face the demons of his past after his childhood friend dies in a murder-suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cobra Kai, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
The full details of the new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Cobra Kai have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Leo Birenberg (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Son of Zorn, PEN15, Tigtone) & Zach Robinson (Impractical Jokers: The Movie, F*&% the Prom). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 8 by Madison Gate Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the composers’ score from the first and second season. Cobra Kai is developed by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg based on The Karate Kid film series and stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Xolo Mariduena, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Courtney Henggeler and Martin Kove. Read the rest of this entry »