Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm) has composed the original music for the upcoming comedy drama Breaking News in Yuba County. The film is directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, Get On Up) and stars Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Ellen Barkin, Matthew Modine, Samira Wiley, Clifton Collins Jr., Jimmi Simpson, Bridget Everett and Juliette Lewis. The movie revolves around a pencil pusher who tries to keep secret the death of her husband who suffered a heart attack when she discovered him in bed with another woman. Amanda Idoko wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal Scoring Tate Taylor’s ‘Breaking News in Yuba County’
Posted: November 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breaking News in Yuba County, Jeff Beal, Tate Taylor
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‘Mike Wallace Is Here’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avi Belkin, John Piscitello, Mike Wallace Is Here, score, Soundtrack
Next Station Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Mike Wallace Is Here. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Piscitello (Becoming Bond, No Place on Earth, Memory Games, The All-Americans). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other major digital music services. Mike Wallace Is Here is directed and produced by Avi Belkin and focuses on the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over 50 years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen McKeon to Score Brendan Muldowney’s ‘The Cellar’
Posted: November 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brendan Muldowney, Stephen McKeon, The Cellar
Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Norm of the North, Queen & Country) is attached to score the upcoming Irish/Belgian horror thriller The Cellar. The film is written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and stars Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The movie tells the story of a woman whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country and who soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home. Conor Barry (The Hole in the Ground) is producing the project for Savage Productions, alongside Richard Bolger (Cardboard Gangsters) for Hail Mary Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 8, 2020)
Posted: November 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Teacher, Alex Rider, Amazon, B Positive, Ben Holst, CBS, Dennis C. Brown, FX on Hulu, Grant Geissman, HBO, IMDb TV, Industry, Jamie Christopherson, Jason Todd Shannon, Keegan DeWitt, Mikolai Stroinski, Moonbase 8, Nathan Micay, Netflix, Raffertie, Showtime, Steven Drozd, The Liberator, The Ride
Premiering tonight is the new Showtime original series Moonbase 8 created by Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, Tim Heidecker & John C. Reilly and starring Armisen, Heidecker and Reilly themselves. The show’s original music is composed by Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips who made his scoring debut on the comedy. The A24 production centers on three astronauts stationed at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator in a remote part of the Arizona desert as they encounter many obstacles including loneliness, self-doubt and their own incompetence. To learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Showtime, visit the official show website.
Premiering tomorrow, November 9, is the HBO original series Industry created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay and starring Myha’la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Nabhaan Rizwan, Harry Lawtey, David Jonsson, Conor MacNeill and Ken Leung. Electronic music producer Nathan Micay has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will air Monday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Ari Lazar Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Princess Switch: Switched Again’
Posted: November 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Ari Lazar, Mike Rohl, Netflix, The Princess Switch, The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Alan Ari Lazar (An American Crime, The Most Hated Woman in America, Holiday in the Wild, Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema) has recently scored the new Netflix original film The Princess Switch: Switched Again. The movie is directed by Mike Rohl and stars Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Suanne Braun and Nick Sagar. The sequel to 2018’s original The Princess Switch film (scored by Terry Frewer) follows Duchess Margaret as she unexpectedly inherits the throne to Montenaro and her double Stacy who has to save the day before a new lookalike foils their plans. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘La Révolution’ Released
Posted: November 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: La Révolution, Netflix, Saycet, score, Soundtrack
Maisie Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix original series La Révolution. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Saycet (Tycoon, Man Up!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. La Révolution is created by Aurélien Molas and stars Amir El Kacem, Marilou Aussilloux, Lionel Erdogan, Isabel Aimé Gonzalez Sola, Julien Frison, Doudou Masta, Dimitri Storoge, Amélia Lacquemant, Coline Beal and Laurent Lucas. The supernatural drama presents a reimagined history of the French Revolution and centers on the guillotine’s future inventor as he uncovers a disease that drives the aristocracy to murder commoners. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2020)
Posted: November 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andries Smit, Brooke Blair, Gabriel Yared, Jack Halama, Jason Van Wyk, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, John Debney, Jungleland, Kindred, Let Him Go, Lorne Balfe, Michael Giacchino, Natalie Holt, Proxima, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Dark and the Wicked, The Informer, The Life Ahead, Tom Schraeder, Triggered, Will Blair
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller Let Him Go written and directed by Thomas Bezucha and starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Booboo Stewart, Kayli Carter and Will Brittain. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
Opening in select theaters today before coming out on VOD, next Tuesday, November 10, is the drama Jungleland directed by Max Winkler and starring Charlie Hunnam, Jack O’Connell and Jessica Barden. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life, Gemini Man) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Larson to Score Carter Bays’ & Craig Thomas’ ‘Molly and the Moon’
Posted: November 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Molly and the Moon, Nathan Larson
Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, Margin Call, Juliet, Naked) is set to compose the score for the upcoming original movie musical Molly and the Moon. The film is directed by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas (How I Met Your Mother) and is set to star Kristen Bell and Jonathan Groff. Harvey Mason Jr (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story, All Rise) will serve as executive music producer and Stephanie Diaz-Matos (The Get Down, Uncle Drew) is the project’s music supervisor. Bays and Thomas are also producing the film with Levantine Films’ Jared Ian Goldman (Wilson, Ingrid Goes West) and Renee Witt. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Triggered’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alastair Orr, Andries Smit, Jason Van Wyk, score, Soundtrack, Triggered
Pressure Cooker Music has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Triggered. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jason van Wyk and Andries Smit (Vagrant Queen, House on Willow Street, An Elephant’s Journey) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples Triggered is directed by Alastair Orr and stars Reine Swart, Liesl Ahlers, Russel Crous, Steven John Ward, Cameron Scott, Paige Bonnin, Kayla Privett, Suraya Rose Santos, Michael Lawrence Potter, Sean Cameron Michael and Craig Urbani. The movie follows nine friends, each harboring a dark secret, who go camping in the woods and – after a wild night of partying – wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. Read the rest of this entry »
‘News of the World’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Newton Howard, News of the World, Paul Greengrass, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the western News of the World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Village, The Fugitive). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this December. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which is scheduled to come out on December 18. News of the World is co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel. The movie is set five years after the end of the Civil War and follows a widower and veteran of three wars who moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe. Read the rest of this entry »
