Earth Libraries will release a soundtrack album for the documentary House of Cardin. The album features the film’s original score composed by James Peter Moffatt (Mansfield 66/67). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15 and will be available to stream/download here. House of Cardin is directed by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes and chronicles the life and career of legendary French designer Pierre Cardin. The movie traces traces his origins as an apprentice all the way through to his current position atop a fashion empire. Read the rest of this entry »
‘House of Cardin’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: House of Cardin, James Peter Moffatt, P. David Ebersole, score, Soundtrack, Todd Hughes
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Christopher Willis Scoring Disney+ Series ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Willis, Disney Plus, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.
Disney+ announced today that Christopher Willis is returning to compose the music for the streamer’s upcoming animated shorts series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. The show is produced by Disney Television Animation with Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Laboratory, Sym-Bionic Titan) serving as executive producer and supervising director. The series follows Mickey and his best pals – Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto – as they embark on their greatest adventures yet and will include stories inspired by various lands at Disney parks and cameos by classic Disney heritage characters. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wish Upon a Unicorn’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, score, Soundtrack, Steve Bencich, Wish Upon a Unicorn
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the family fantasy adventure Wish Upon a Unicorn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Doom: Annihilation, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Wish Upon a Unicorn is directed by Steve Bencich and stars Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Summer Fontana, Kevin J. O’Connor, Tait Blum and Jonathan Lajoie. The movie tells the story of two sister and their father who move from the city to the country to live on a farm with their grandmother, when they miraculously discover and befriend a baby unicorn. Read the rest of this entry »
Mondo Boys Scoring Eshom Nelms’ & Ian Nelms’ ‘Fatman’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Eshom Nelms, Fatman, Ian Nelms, Mondo Boys
Mondo Boys (Phoenix Forgotten, The Girlfriend Experience, She Dies Tomorrow, Dave Made a Maze) have composed the original music for the upcoming comedy Fatman. The film is written and directed by Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime, Waffle Street) and stars Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The movie follows a 12-year-old boy who hires a hitman to kill Santa Claus after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood’ (‘Oktoberfest 1900’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Michael Klaukien, Netflix, Oktoberfest 1900, Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood, score, Soundtrack
2 Lane Records has released a soundtrack album for the German limited series Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (Oktoberfest 1900). The album features the show’s original score composed by Michael Klaukien (Vares: The Sheriff, Tatort), as well as other music from the drama. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood is created by Christian Limmer, Ronny Schalk & Alexis von Wittgenstein, directed by Hannu Salonen and stars Misel Maticevic, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher, Mercedes Muller, Maximilian Brückner, Brigitte Hobmeier, Markus Krojer and Martin Feifel. The 6-parter is set in 1900 Munich and follows an ambitious brewer who uses brutal tactics on his quest to build a beer hall that will dominate the city’s lucrative Oktoberfest. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 13, 2020)
Posted: September 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Danny Bensi, Dev Hynes, Dickon Hinchliffe, Enslaved, Epix, HBO, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Leo Birenberg, Mac Quayle, Matthijs Kieboom, Nainita Desai, Netflix, PBS, Ratched, Saunder Jurriaans, The Devil All the Time, The Third Day, Van der Valk, We Are Who We Are
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the reboot of the classic detective series Van der Valk written by Chris Murray and starring Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Darrell D’Silva and Emma Fielding. The show’s original music is composed and conducted by Matthijs Kieboom (Wild, Bloody Marie). All3Media has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the drama premiered in the UK. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Premiering tomorrow, September 14, is the HBO limited series The Third Day created by Felix Barrett & Dennis Kelly, directed by Marc Munden and Philippa Lowthorpe and starring Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston, Paddy Considine, Emily Watson, Nico Parker and Charlotte Gairdner-Mihell. Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia, The Girl with All the Gifts, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) and Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Locke, Out of the Furnace) have composed the show’s original music. To learn more about the drama, which centers on a small island town and its denizens’ uncanny rituals, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Savage’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arli Liberman, Sam Kelly, Savage, score, Soundtrack
Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama Savage. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arli Liberman. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Savage is written and directed by Sam Kelly and stars Jake Ryan, John Tui and Chelsie Preston Crayford. The movie is inspired by true stories of New Zealand’s street gangs and follows the main character at three critical moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg Scoring Netflix’s ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’
Posted: September 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Leo Birenberg, Netflix
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Son of Zorn) has recently been scoring DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix original series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. The show starring Paul-Mikél Williams, Jenna Ortega, Sean Giambrone, Raini Rodriguez, Ryan Potter and Kausar Mohamme follows a group of six teenagers who are invited to attend a state-of-the-art adventure camp on Isla Nublar and must band together to survive when the dinosaurs break out of captivity. Scott Kreamer (Pinky Malinky, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) and Lane Lueras serve as the project’s showrunners and are also executive producing the DreamWorks Animation, Amblin Entertainment and Legendary Television production with Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Colin Trevorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Mickey Guyton’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘Without a Net’ from ‘Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story’ Released
Posted: September 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: April Wright, Diane Warren, Mickey Guyton, Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
Capitol Records Nashville has released the original song Without a Net from the documentary Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story. The track, which is written by Academy Award-nominated songwriter Diane Warren and performed by country music singer/songwriter Mickey Guyton, is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story is directed by April Wright, narrated by Michelle Rodriquez and chronicles the lives of women who perform the stunts in some of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences – from the early days of silent movies to today’s blockbusters. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2020)
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All In: The Fight for Democracy, Andreas Radzuweit, Genevieve Vincent, Gil Talmi, I Am Woman, Jimmy Weber, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rafael May, Rent-A-Pal, Spy Cat, The Broken Hearts Gallery
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery written and directed by Natalie Krinsky and starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Suki Waterhouse, Molly Gordon, Phillipa Soo, Arturo Castro, Taylor Hill, Ego Nwodim and Bernadette Peters. The film’s original music is composed by Genevieve Vincent (In the Key of Love, A Gift to Cherish). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the TriStar Pictures release.
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday before premiering on Amazon Prime on September 18 is the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy directed by Liz Garbus & Lisa Cortés about the issue of voter suppression in the United States. Gil Talmi (The Great Hack, Savannah, Desert Migration) has composed the film’s original score and Meshell Ndegeocello (Queen Sugar, Lackawanna Blues) has provided additional music. The movie also features an original song, Turntables co-written and performed by Janelle Monáe, which was released earlier this week. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the film. Read the rest of this entry »
