Groomsy Music will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller No Escape. The album features the film’s original music composed by Crystal Grooms Mangano (Asperger’s Are Us, Forced Move). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 18, 2020 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. No Escape is written and directed by Will Wernick (Escape Room) and stars Keegan Allen, Holland Roden, Ronen Rubinstein, Denzel Whitaker, Pasha Lynchnikoff, George Janko and Siya. The movie follows a social media personality who travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No Escape’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crystal Grooms Mangano, Follow Me, No Escape, score, Soundtrack, Will Wernick
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Blake Neely to Score HBO Max’s ‘The Flight Attendant’
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blake Neely, HBO Max, The Flight Attendant
Blake Neely has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO Max limited series The Flight Attendant. The show is developed by Steve Yockey based on the novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian and stars Kaley Cuoco, Michiel Huisman, Colin Woodell, Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet, Merle Dandridge, Michelle Gomez and Griffin Matthews. The comedic thriller revolves around a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. Cuoco & Yockey are also executive producing the Warner Horizon Television production with Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon, Green Lantern), Marcie Ulin & Meredith Lavender (Nashville), Sarah Schechter (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Stargirl) and Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) who also directed the first two episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ted Lasso’ Theme Song Released
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Marcus Mumford, Ted Lasso, Tom Howe
Warner Bros. Entertainment has released the theme song of the new Apple TV+ original series Ted Lasso. The theme is written by the show’s composers Marcus Mumford (of Mumford & Sons) & Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, Early Man) and is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Apple Music. Ted Lasso is created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly & Brendan Hunt based on the pre-existing format and characters from NBC Sports and stars Sudeikis himself, Hannah Waddingham, Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandra Harwood Scoring Channel 5’s & PBS’ ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Reboot
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandra Harwood, All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5, PBS
Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild) is scoring the upcoming Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece series All Creatures Great and Small. The show is based on James Herriot’s iconic collection of stories about a group of country veterinarians in 1930s rural England that was previously turned into a British TV series that ran between 1978 and 1990 on BBC. The reboot’s cast includes Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse as Tristan Farnon and Rachel Shenton. Ben Vanstone (The English Game) serves as the lead writer and Brian Percival (Downton Abbey, The Book Thief) is lead director. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mulan’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Mulan, Niki Caro, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire). Also included is the original song Loyal Brave True performed by Christina Aguilera and a new version of Reflection (written for the 1998 animated feature) performed by Aguilera. The soundtrack, which was originally set to come out this past March, will now be released on September 4 by Walt Disney Records and will be available to stream/download here. Check out the music video for Loyal Brave True, which premiered a few days ago, after the jump. Mulan is directed by Niki Caro and stars Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li and Jet Li. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle Scoring HBO’s ‘The Vow’
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer, Mac Quayle, The Vow
Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, The Politician) has composed the original music for the new HBO docu-series The Vow. The show is directed by Jehane Noujaim & Karim Amer (The Square, The Great Hack) and examines the self-improvement group NXIVM, whose leaders have been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The 9-parter takes a look at the organization faced with various charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, against its highest members – most notably founder Keith Raniere, who was convicted in June 2019 and is currently awaiting sentencing. Read the rest of this entry »
Amandla Stenberg, Justin Paul & Benj Pasek to Write New Song for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amandla Stenberg, Benj Pasek, Dear Evan Hansen, Justin Paul, Stephen Chbosky
Actress Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give, The Eddy, Everything, Everything, The Darkest Minds) has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen. She will also be performing and co-writing an original song for the movie with Academy Award winners Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land). The film will be directed by Stephen Chbosky (Wonder, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and produced by Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Mary Poppins Returns) and Adam Siegel (Drive, 2 Guns). Steven Levenson who wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning musical is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The One and Only Ivan’ to Feature Original Song by Charlie Puth & Diane Warren
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Charlie Puth, Diane Warren, The One and Only Ivan, Thea Sharrock
Academy Award nominee Diane Warren has written the original song Free for Disney’s fantasy adventure The One and Only Ivan. The track is performed by Charlie Puth and will be featured during the movie’s end credits sequence. The song will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby) and will be released digitally this Friday, August 21. Listen to a clip from the song in the new TV spot embedded after the jump and check back on this page for the full album details later this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli’s ‘Pinocchio’ Score to Receive Worldwide Release
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Mateo Garrone, Pinocchio, score, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has announced the worldwide release of the soundtrack album for Matteo Garrone’s film adaptation of Pinocchio. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Kubo and the Two Strings, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina, Bumblebee, Darkest Hour) who recorded his score with the Roma Tre Orchestra at Digital Records. Also included is the end titles song Passo Passo written by Marianelli and performed by Petra Magoni. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 28, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the soundtrack exclusively in Italy last December when the movie opened in Italian theaters. Pinocchio is written and directed by Garrone and stars Roberto Begnini, Federico Ielapi, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth and Gigi Proietti. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2020)
Posted: August 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Andrew Barnabas, Biohackers, Chemical Hearts, Craig Armstrong, Dead Pixels, Disney Plus, Fil Eisler, HBO, Lovecraft Country, Netflix, Paul Arnold, Raphael Saadiq, Stephen James Taylor, The CW, The One and Only Ivan
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Lovecraft Country developed by Misha Green, executive produced by Jordan Peele & J.J. Abrams and starring Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Taken, Why We Hate) and Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Black Nativity, The After Party). Check out our previous news article for more information about the horror drama, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 18, is the British comedy Dead Pixels created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yeld, Charlotte Ritchie, David Mumeni and Noush Skaugen. Andrew Barnabas & Paul Arnold (The Hatton Garden Job, Stoner Express, Primal, My Brother Is a Dog) are composing the show’s original music. The series, which, premiered last year in the UK on E4 and will debut in the U.S. on The CW. The comedy, which follows a group of friends who are obsessed with the online fantasy game “Kingdom Scrolls,” has already been renewed for a second season and will air every Tuesday night. Read the rest of this entry »
