Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Wander Darkly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wander Darkly is directed by Tara Miele and stars Sienna Miller, Diego Luna, Beth Grant, Aimee Carrero, Tory Kittles and Vanessa Bayer. The movie centers on two new parents as they are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship and must revisit the memories of their past in order to face their uncertain future. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wander Darkly’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Weston, score, Soundtrack, Tara Miele, Wander Darkly
Maurizio Malagnini to Score Jeff Tudor’s, Steven de Beul’s & Ben Tesseur’s ‘Coppelia’
Posted: December 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Tesseur, Coppelia, Jeff Tudor, Maurizio Malagnini, Steven de Beul
Maurizio Malagnini (Call the Midwife, Peter and Wendy, The C Word, The Paradise) has been hired to score the upcoming feature Coppelia. The film, which combines animation and live action dance, is directed by Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul & Ben Tesseur and stars Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Sasha Mukhamedov, Vito Mazzeo, Irek Mukhamedov and Dame Darcey Bussell. The movie based on the classic ballet of the same title is a modern retelling of the love story between Swan and Franz, jeopardized by cosmetic surgeon Dr. Coppelius and his uncannily beautiful protégé Coppelia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘County Lines’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: County Lines, Henry Blak, Henry Blake, James Pickering, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British coming-of-age drama County Lines. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Pickering. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. County Lines is written and directed by Henry Blake and stars Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Harris Dickinson, Tabitha Milne Price and Marcus Rutherford. The movie tells the story of a mother and her 14-year-old son who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise, which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
David Wingo Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults’
Posted: December 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clay Tweel, David Wingo, HBO Max, Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, The Report, Kidding, Loving) has composed the original score for the new HBO Max docu-series Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults. The show is directed by Clay Tweel (Gleason, Finders Keepers) and examines the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. The 4-parter uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the cult that started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon and ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ to Feature Music by Kris Bowers
Posted: December 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bridgerton, Kris Bowers, Netflix, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, Mrs. America, When They See Us) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Bridgerton. The show is created by Chris Van Dusen and stars Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Golda Rosheuvel, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Ruby Barker, Nicola Coughlan, Sabrina Bartlett, Adjoa Andoh, Polly Walker, Ruth Gemmell, Bessie Carter, Harriet Cains, as well as Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown. The drama is inspired by Julia Quinn’s best-selling novels and revolves around the eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family as they look for love and happiness in London high society. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley & Dan Gillespie Sells Scoring ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: December 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, Dan Gillespie Sells, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Jonathan Butterell
Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, The Crying Game, Poldark, American History X) has teamed up with Dan Gillespie Sells to compose the underscore for the upcoming movie musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The film is directed by Jonathan Butterell and stars Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Sharon Horgan, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley and Richard E. Grant. The movie is based on the stage musical of the same title by Tom MacRae & Gillespie Sells and tells the story of an openly gay teenager, living on a council estate in Sheffield, England with ambitions to be a drag queen. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty’ Released
Posted: December 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, David Schweitzer, score, Soundtrack, The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty
East Prussian Archive has released a soundtrack album for the BBC docu-series The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty. The album features the show’s original music composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, Wonders of Life, Inside North Korea’s Dynasty, Charlie & Lola). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty is directed by Jamie Roberts and tells the story of Rupert Murdoch’s influence on world events and the dramatic personal battle for power at the heart of his own family. The 3-parter is narrated by Kate Fleetwood and details his rise to fame as well as the scandals that threatened his powers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dave Not Coming Back’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dave Not Coming Back, Gabriel Thibaudeau, Jonah Malak, Marc Bell, score, Soundtrack
Troublemakers will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Dave Not Coming Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marc Bell and Gabriel Thibaudeau. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Dave Not Coming Back is directed by Jonah Malak and centers on two cave divers and long-time friends who – in October of 2004 – explored Boesmansgat, a mythical cave in South Africa, where they found a body and decided to retrieve it. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score Netflix’s ‘Back to the Outback’
Posted: November 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Back to the Outback, Clare Knight, Harry Cripps, Netflix, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Tim Minchin
Netflix has announced today that Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Legend of Tarzan, Hacksaw Ridge, The Crown) will compose the original score for the upcoming animated film Back to the Outback. The movie marks the directorial debuts of editor Clare Knight (Kung Fu Panda trilogy, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part) & writer Harry Cripps (Penguin Bloom, The Magic Pudding) and features the voice talent of Isla Fisher, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Rachel House, Celeste Barber, Aislinn Derbez, Diesel Cash La Torraca, Wayne Knight, Lachlan Ross Power and Jacki Weaver, as well as Tim Minchin who is also contributing original songs. The animated feature follows a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures as they plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged for their scales and fangs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: November 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Rick Baitz, Rob Garver, score, Soundtrack, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Rick Baitz (The Education of Shelby Knox, Until the Violence Stops) will will release a soundtrack album for the documentary What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally on December 11, 2020. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is directed by Rob Garver and tells the story of New Yorker film critic and best-selling author Pauline Kael who battled to make her mark – fueled by brilliance, unshakable self-confidence, a complicated past, and a deep love of the arts. The movie is narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker and features over 40 new interviews and never-before seen archival material. Read the rest of this entry »