Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown, Bad Boys for Life) is reuniting with director Matt Tyrnauer on the upcoming Showtime docu-series The Reagans. The show focuses on the rise and reign of America’s ultimate power couple. The 4-part series explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan’s paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband’s presidency. Tyrnauer is also executive producing the project with Corey Reeser and Stephen J. Morrison. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Showtime’s ‘The Reagans’
Posted: October 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Matt Tyrnauer, Showtime, The Reagans
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‘Calamity’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Calamity, Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary, Florencia di Concilio, Rémi Chayé, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated feature Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary). The album features the film’s original music is composed by Florencia di Concilio (Cartagena, Dark Blood, Love Hotel). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition will be released later this month. Calamity is directed by Rémi Chayé (Long Way North), produced by Maybe Movies (Ernest & Celestine, Zombillénium) and tells the story of the 12-year-old Martha Jane who must take charge of her siblings after her father is hurt in a serious accident while driving a large convoy to the West in search for a better life. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for John Hyams’ ‘Alone’ to Be Released
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alone, John Hyams, Nima Fakhrara, score, Soundtrack
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, The Pyramid, Becky, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human) will release a soundtrack album for John Hyams’ thriller Alone. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, October 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music stores. Alone is directed by Hyams, written by Mattias Olsson and stars Jules Wilcox, Marc Menchaca and Anthony Heald. The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest wilderness and follows a recently widowed woman who, fleeing the city in a desperate attempt to cope, is kidnapped and locked away in a mysterious man’s cabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges & James Bennett Jr. to Create Original Music for Netflix’s ‘Karma’s World’
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Bridges, James Bennett Jr., Karma’s World, Ludacris, Netflix
Netflix announced today that Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges & James Bennett Jr. will create the original music for the upcoming animated series Karma’s World. The show is created by Bridges and inspired by his oldest daughter Karma and tells the story of a young Black girl finding her voice and using it to change her world. The series will feature original songs about issues such as self-esteem, body positivity, discrimination, creativity and more. Bridges is also executive producing the project with Vince Commisso, Darragh O’Connell, Angela C. Santomero, Cathal Gaffney, Wendy Harris and Jennie Stacey from 9 Story Media Group (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Rojas, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a new soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third and final season composed by Daniel Rojas (M.O.D.O.K., Starcrossed). Also included are five songs performed by VenessaMichaels ft. Keeley Bumford, Raymond J. Lee, Jake Green and Andra Gunter. The Season 3 Mixtape will be released digitally this Friday, October 16 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music services. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring music from the series’ first and second season. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Franka Potente’s ‘Home
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Franka Potente, Hauschka, Home, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Patrick Melrose) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama Home. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Franka Potente and stars Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates and Lil Rel Howery. The movie follows a man who comes home after more than 17 years in prison and finds out that, even after two decades, his small American hometown has not forgotten the atrocity he committed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shorta’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anders Olholm, Frederik Hviid, Martin Dirkov, score, Shorta, Soundtrack
Toolbox has released a soundtrack album for Danish drama Shorta. The album features the film’s original score composed by Martin Dirkov (Border, Shelley, The Charmer, Holiday). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Shorta is directed by Frederik Hviid & Anders Ølholm and stars Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Simon Sears, Dulfi Al-Jabouri and Tarek Zayat. The movie unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of a teenager while in custody and follows two police officers who are on routine patrol in a minority-heavy neighborhood when news of the death breaks, igniting a violent riot. Read the rest of this entry »
Robin Foster Scoring Amazon’s ‘Truth Seekers’
Posted: October 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Robin Foster, Truth Seekers
Robin Foster (Anthropoid, Untogether, Criminal, Metro Manila) has recently scored the new Amazon original series Truth Seekers. The show is created by Nick Frost & Simon Pegg, Nat Saunders & James Serafinowicz (Sick Note) and stars Frost & Pegg themselves, alongside Samson Kayo, Emma D’Arcy, Malcolm McDowell and Susan Wokoma. The supernatural comedy drama series centers on a team of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK and share their adventures on an online channel for all to see. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, Danny A. Abeckaser, Lionel Cohen, Soundtrack
DNA-Productions will release a soundtrack album for the drama Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story. The album, which features the film’s original score composed by Lionel Cohen (Mob Town, First We Take Brooklyn, Sex and the Future), will be released digitally on October 30 and is now available for pre-order here. Also coming out on the same day is a 5-track EP features the songs from the movie by the composer feat. Phil Galanty, Palo Xanto, Jaxon Evans and IMPULSS. Visit Amazon. to pre-order the EP. Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story is directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and stars Greg Finley, Ashley Greene, David Arquette, Robert Davi, Brandon Thomas Lee, Bo Dietl and James Madio. The movie tells the story of hot-tempered and self-centered Brooklyn native and street basketball legend Jackie Ryan whose dreams of playing professional basketball seem to have passed him by after years of hard partying and neglect. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Hulu’s ‘Helstrom’
Posted: October 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Helstrom, Hulu, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, The Outsider, The Devil All the Time) are the composers of Marvel’s new Hulu original series Helstrom. The show is created by Paul Zbyszewski (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) based on the Marvel Comics property and stars Tom Austen, Sydney Lemmon, Elizabeth Marvel, Ariana Guerra, Robert Wisdom and June Carryl. The drama follows siblings and supposed serial killer offspring Daimon & Ana Helstrom and their complicated dynamic, as they track down the worst of humanity — each with their own attitude and skills. Read the rest of this entry »
