Erran Baron Cohen has composed the original score for the new comedy Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.The film is directed by Jason Woliner (Eaglehearts) and stars Sacha Baron Cohen who is reprising his role of the fictional Kazakh television journalist named title character from the 2006 hit movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Monica Levinson (Captain Fantastic, Trumbo) and Anthony Hines (Who Is America?) are producing the project. Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, Star Trek: Prodigy) has provided additional music and Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek) serves as score consultant. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dragon Rider’ (‘Drachenreiter’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drachenreiter, Dragon Rider, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Maria Schneider, Tomer Eshed
Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Dragon Rider (Drachenreiter). The album features the film’s original score composed by Stefan Maria Schneider (Coconut, the Little Dragon, Capt’n Sharky). Also included are the songs from the movie and Side by Side by Reema and Wings by Nick Santos. The soundtrack is now available as a digital album in German music stores and will be coming out in other markets on November 20. Visit Amazon to stream/download the album. Dragon Rider is directed by Tomer Eshed and features the voices of Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Felicity Jones, Freddie Highmore, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nonso Anozie and Patrick Stewart. The fantasy adventure is based on Cornelia Funke’s bestselling novel of the same name and follows a young silver dragon, a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy as they search in the Himalayas for the Rim of Heaven, which can offer sanctuary for the dragon’s kin. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO Europe’s ‘Beartown’ (‘Björnstad’) Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beartown, Björnstad, HBO Europe, Johan Testad, score, Soundtrack
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Europe original series Beartown (Björnstad). The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Johan Testad (The Sandhamn Murders, Drifters, Inkognito). Also included are two songs by myie and Lasse Nystromz Orkester. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Beartown is created by Anders Weidemann, Antonia Pyk & Linn Gottfridsson based on the bestselling novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove) and stars Ulf Stenberg and Aliette Opheim. The Swedish 5-part drama directed by Peter Grönlund is set in a small, hockey-obsessed town in the Swedish wilderness whose community is torn apart by a violent act. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Poly’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Neveux, Nicolas Vanier, Poly, score, Soundtrack
Bonne Pioche Music has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure Poly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Neveux (A Stork’s Journey, SamSam, The Insult, The Attack, Zombillennium, Spirou & Fantasio’s Big Adventures). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Poly is directed by Nicolas Vanier and stars François Cluzet, Julie Gayet, Patrick Timsit and Elisa de Lambert. The movie is set in the south of France and centers on the relationship between a girl and a Shetland pony. Read the rest of this entry »
Guy Farley to Score Tim Lewiston’s ‘There’s Always Hope’
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guy Farley, There’s Always Hope, Tim Lewiston
Guy Farley (Anthropoid, Cashback, Secret Sharer, That Good Night) is set to score the upcoming British drama There’s Always Hope. The film is written and directed by Tim Lewiston and stars Colm Meaney, Kate Ashfield, Hannah Chinn and Brenda Meaney. The movie follows a successful author who has been so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus that he has let his marriage fall apart and decides to drive to the family villa in Portugal where their young daughter and her half-sister try to help sort things out. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cross the Line’ (‘No matarás’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Foulkes, Cross the Line, David Victori, Federico Jusid, No matarás, score, Soundtrack
Termitas Records and Filmax Music have released a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller Cross the Line (No matarás). The album features the film’s original score composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Watership Down, Kidnap, Life Itself, Misconduct) & Adrian Foulkes (The Alcàsser Murders, Wild District, Loop). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Cross the Line is co-written and directed by David Victori and stars Mario Casas, Milena Smit, Elisabeth Larena and Victor Solé. The movie revolves around a good-natured man man who buys a round-the world-ticket to start a new chapter in his life after his father’s death and ends up in a hellish journey. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Eternal Beauty’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Roberts, Eternal Beauty, Michael Price, score, Soundtrack
The Control Room will release a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Eternal Beauty. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Michael Price (Sherlock, Wild Target, Dracula, Unforgotten, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Another Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full album is also currently available on Bandcamp. A limited vinyl edition is being released exclusive to the Dinked network in the UK. Eternal Beauty is directed by Craig Roberts and stars Sally Hawkins, Alice Lowe, David Thewlis, Billie Piper and Penelope Wilton. Read the rest of this entry »
Nami Melumad to Score Nickelodeon’s ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’
Posted: October 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nami Melumad, Nickelodeon, Star Trek, Star Trek: Prodigy
Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, Miss Arizona) has been tapped to score the upcoming Nickelodeon animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. The show is created by Kevin Hageman & Dan Hageman (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) and follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation. Kate Mulgrew will star as her Star Trek: Voyager character Kathryn Janeway. No other casting announcements have been made yet. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mothman Legacy’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Dalo, score, Seth Breedlove, Soundtrack, The Mothman Legacy
A soundtrack album has been released for the horror documentary The Mothman Legacy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brandon Dalo (Momo: The Missouri Monster, On the Trail of Bigfoot, Boggy Creek Monster). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. The Mothman Legacy is directed by Seth Breedlove and centers on the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old munitions dump known by locals as TNT. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring HBO’s ‘The Undoing’
Posted: October 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David E. Kelley, Evgueni Galperine, HBO, Sacha Galperine, Susanne Bier, The Undoing
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Loveless, The Family, Radioactive, The Wizard of Lies, Nine Lives) are the composers of the new HBO limited series The Undoing. The show is created by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Practice, Ally McBeal) based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel You Should Have Known and stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Edgar Ramirez, Noah Jupe, Lily Rabe, Noma Dumezweni, Matilda De Angelis, Ismael Cruz Córdova and Donald Sutherland. The 6-part drama is directed by Susanne Bier (The Night Manager, Bird Box) and revolves around a successful therapist in New York whose life begins to unravel on the eve of publishing her first book. Read the rest of this entry »
