Jake Monaco (Dumplin’, Let’s Be Cops, Like a Boss, Out, Forky Asks a Question, Keeping Up with the Joneses) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Flora & Ulysses. The film is directed by Lena Khan (The Tiger Hunter) and stars Matilda Lawler, Alyson Hannigan, Ben Schwartz, Evans Ainsworth and Danny Pudi. The family drama is based on the children’s book Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo and tells the story of a 10-year-old avid comic book fan and a self-avowed cynic, who saves a squirrel she names Ulysses only to have its unique superhero powers wreak havoc. Read the rest of this entry »
Jake Monaco Scoring Lena Khan’s Disney+ Movie ‘Flora & Ulysses’
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Flora & Ulysses, Jake Monaco, Lena Khan
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Walt Disney Records to Release Two Soundtrack Albums for Pixar’s ‘Soul’
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Disney Plus, Jon Batiste, Pixar, score, Soul, Soundtrack, Trent Reznor
Walt Disney Records will release two soundtracks for Pixar’s animated feature Soul, including an album featuring the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mank), as well as a separate album featuring the jazz compositions and arrangements by Jon Batiste who is best known for being the bandleader on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and also served as a cultural consultant for the movie. The soundtrack is set to be released on December 18, 2020. Click here to pre-order the vinyl edition of the score album and click here to order the vinyl edition of the jazz album. Check back on this page for the full details and the final cover art of both albums. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Dudley Scoring FX’s & BBC’s ‘Black Narcissus’
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Dudley, BBC, Black Narcissus, FX
Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, The Crying Game, American History X, The Hustle, Poldark) is the composer of the new FX and BBC limited series Black Narcissus. The show is developed by Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard, The Trial of Christine Keeler) based on the best-selling novel by Rumer Godden and stars Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Diana Rigg, Jim Broadbent, Rosie Cavaliero, Karen Bryson, Patsy Ferran, Nila Aalia, Kulvinder Ghir, Chaneil Kular, Dipika Kunwar, Gina McKee, Soumil Malla and Gianni Gonsalves. The 3-part drama is set in Mopu, Himalayas, 1934 and centers on a group of young nuns as they attempt to establish a mission at a remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hope Gap’ Soundtrack EP Announced
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Hope Gap, score, Soundtrack, William Nicholson
Air-Edel Records has announced a soundtrack EP for the British drama Hope Gap. The 6-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Roots, Touching the Void, 11.21.63) ). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Hope Gap is written and directed by William Nicholson and stars Annette Bening, Bill Nighy and Josh O’Connor. The movie charts the life of a woman shocked to learn her husband is leaving her for another after 29 years of marriage, and the ensuing emotional fallout the dissolution has on their only grown son. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spides’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: November 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Crackle, Mario Grigorov, score, Soundtrack, Spides, Steven Schwalbe
Don’t Panic Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Spides. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, Shadowdancer, The Paperboy, Kill Chain, Petals on the Wind) & Steven Schwalbe. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Spides is created by Rainer Matsutani and stars Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Falk Hentschel, Damian Hardung, Florence Kasumba, Désirée Nosbusch, Susanne Wuest and Aleksandar Jovanovic. The 8-parter is set in modern-day Berlin and follows a woman who falls into a coma after taking an unknown drug and wakes with no memory of her previous life. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Brook Scoring Nick Sarkisov’s ‘Embattled’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Embattled, Michael Brook, Nick Sarkisov
Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into the Wild, The Fighter, The Vow, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Embattled. The film is directed by Nick Sarkisov and stars Stephen Dorff, Darren Mann, Colin McKenna, Karrueche Tran, Saïd Taghmaou, Elizabeth Reaser and Donald Faison. The movie revolves around a man who channels his aggression into a World Champion MMA fighter, but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. David McKenna (Blow, American History X, Get Carter) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Inez & Doug & Kira’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inez & Doug & Kira, Julia Kots, Lambert, score, Soundtrack
Mercury Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie drama Inez & Doug & Kira. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lambert (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck, MISS, The Darkest Days of Us). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Inez & Doug & Kira is directed by Julia Kots and stars Michael Chernus, Tawny Cypress and Talia Thiesfield. The movie takes place in the aftermath of a woman’s mysterious suicide and follows her sister and fiance (both of whom shared their own complicated relationship with Inez) as they embark on a quest to answer the questions behind their loved one’s death. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephanie Economou Scoring Netflix’s ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jupiter's Legacy, Netflix, Stephanie Economou
Stephanie Economou (Manhunt: Deadly Games, Step Up: High Water) is scoring the upcoming Netlix original series Jupiter’s Legacy. The show is based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar & Frank Quitely and stars Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb, Ben Daniels, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade and Matt Lanter. Millar, James Middleton, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dan McDermott and Frank Quitely. The superhero drama revolves around the world’s first generation of superheroes who – after nearly a century of keeping mankind safe – must look to their children to continue the legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Tangerine Dream’s ‘The Soldier’ Score Released
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Glickenhaus, score, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, The Soldier
Virgin Records has released the first-ever official soundtrack album for the 1982 action thriller The Soldier written and directed by James Glickenhaus and starring Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson, Joaquim de Almeida William Prince and Klaus Kinski. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tangerine Dream (Legend, Thief, Firestarter, Miracle Mile). The soundtrack is now available to stream here and is also available as part of the new compilation album Pilots Of Purple Twilight – The Virgin Recordings 1980 – 1983, which also features newly remastered versions of the electronic music band’s albums Tangram, Thief, Exit, White Eagle, Logos, Hyperborea, as well as their previously unreleased music for Michael Mann’s The Keep and mroe. Visit Amazon to order the 10-CD box set and click here to stream/download the digital version. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Neil Doyle Scoring Charles Martin Smith’s ‘A (Christmas) Gift from Bob’
Posted: November 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Gift from Bob, Charles Martin Smith, Patrick Neil Doyle
Patrick Neil Doyle has recently scored the new family drama A Gift from Bob. The film is directed by Charles Martin Smith (Dolphin Tale, A Dog’s Way Home) and stars Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Phaldut Sharma, Nina Wadia, Tim Plester, Pepter Lunkuse, Celyn Jones and Anna Wilson-Jones. The movie is the sequel to 2016’s A Street Cat Named Bob (scored by David Hirschfelder) and follows James Bowen as he looks back at the last Christmas he and Bob spent scraping a living on the streets and how Bob helped him through one of his toughest times. Garry Jenkins wrote the screenplay based on Bowen’s books. Read the rest of this entry »
