Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, Bridge to Terabithia, The Proposal, Sex and the City: The Movie) has composed a new score for the upcoming family comedy The War with Grandpa. The film is directed by Tim Hill (Alvin and the Chipmunks, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run) and stars Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Oakes Fegley, Rob Riggle, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin and Jane Seymour. The movie is based on Robert Kimmel Smith’s bestselling book and follows a boy who is forced to move out of his room when his recently widowed grandfather moves in and devises outrageous pranks to make his grandfather surrender the room. Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember (Get Smart, Home) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman Scoring Tim Hill’s ‘The War with Grandpa’
Posted: August 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, The War with Grandpa, Tim Hill
1
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2020)
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Endless, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, John Swihart, Nik Freitas, Oleg Karpachev, The Bay of Silence, The Silencing, Todd Bryanton, Valley of the Gods, Will Blair
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller The Silencing directed by Robin Pront and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis and Hero Fiennes Tiffin. The film’s original music is composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, The Informer, Blue Ruin, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark). Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Saban Films release.
Also opening on VOD today is the thriller The Bay of Silence directed by Paula van der Oest and starring Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox, Assaad Bouab and Alice Krige. John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, Youth in Revolt, Table 19) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which follows a man who sets out to discover the truth behind his son’s mysterious death in a bid to protect his mentally vulnerable wife and is being released by Vertical Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
CHIKA’s End Credits Song ‘My Power’ from Netflix’s ‘Project Power’ Released
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Schulman, CHIKA, Henry Joost, Netflix, Project Power
Warner Records has released the original song My Power from the Netflix original film Project Power. The track, which plays during the movie’s end credits, is performed by CHIKA and produced by Lido. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon and other music stores. Check out the fill track after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album for the movie featuring the original score by Joseph Trapanese is also being released today. Project Power directed by directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman and starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Machine Gun Kelly, Kyanna Simone Simpson and Courtney B. Vance is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Pale Door’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron B. Koontz, Alex Cuervo, score, Soundtrack, The Pale Door
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the horror western The Pale Door. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Cuervo (Scare Package, A Bad Idea Gone Wrong). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Pale Door is co-written and directed by Aaron B. Koontz and stars Devin Druid, Zachary Knighton, Bill Sage, Pat Healy, Natasha Bassett, Stan Shaw and Melora Walters. The movie follows the Dalton gang as they find shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a train robbery goes south, when they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square. Read the rest of this entry »
Chloe Adams’ Original Song ‘Do You Believe in Magic?’ from Disney+ Movie ‘Magic Camp’ Released
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chloe Adams, Disney Plus, Magic Camp, Mark Waters, Matt Lonsdal
W Songs has released the original song Do You Believe in Magic? from Disney’s family comedy Magic Camp. The track is performed by Chloe Adams and co-written by Adams and Matt Lonsdale. Click here to stream/download the track and also listen to the full song after the jump. Magic Camp is directed by Mark Waters and stars Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, Jeffrey Tambor, Nathaniel McIntyre, Izabella Alverez, Cole Sand, Isabella Crovetti, J.J. Totah, Hayden Crawford, Bianca Grava and Lonnie Chavis. The movie follows a group of misfit campers who help a down-on-his-luck magician rediscover his love of magic. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chemical Hearts’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Chemical Hearts, Richard Tanne, score, Soundtrack, Stephen James Taylor
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Chemical Hearts. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen James Taylor (Southside with You, Teacher’s Pet, Timon & Pumbaa, G.I. Joe). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Chemical Hearts is written and directed by Richard Tanne and stars Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones, Adhir Kalyan, Kara Young, Coral Peña, and C.J. Hoff.. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Krystal Sutherland and follows a high school student who has never been in love and focuses of his attention on finally becoming the editor of his high school newspaper until he he meets a transfer student on the first day of his senior year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frozen, Joseph Trapanese, Myth: A Frozen Tale, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack EP for the VR short Myth: A Frozen Tale. The 7-track EP features the original music from the Walt Disney Animation Studios production composed by Joseph Trapanese (Lady and the Tramp, Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, Project Power, The Raid 2, Tron: Uprising). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Myth: A Frozen Tale is directed by Jeff Gipson, narrated by Evan Rachel Wood and immerses viewers in the world of Disney’s Frozen II and transports them into an enchanted forest. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for PBS’ ‘College Behind Bars’ Released
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: College Behind Bars, Jongnic Bontemps, Lynn Novick, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel) has released a soundtrack album for the PBS docu-series College Behind Bars. The album features the composer’s score from the 4-parter, which recently received two News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations. The soundtrack is now available to download/stream on Amazon, Apple Music and other digital music services. College Behind Bars is directed by Lynn Novick (The Vietnam War), executive produced by Ken Burns, produced by Sarah Botstein and tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States – the Bard Prison Initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Povenmire, Danny Jacob, Disney Plus, Emanuel Kiriakou, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Karey Kirkpatrick, Kate Micucci, Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie composed and produced Danny Jacob & guest songwriters Karey Kirkpatrick, Emanuel Kiriakou and Kate Micucci and performed by the cast. Also included are selections from the film’s original score composed by Jacob. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 28 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order here. A first song (Such a Beautiful Day) has already been released last month and a second song (We’re Back) will be coming out tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Fearless’ to Be Released
Posted: August 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Kathrin Dern, Cory Edwards, Fearless, Klaus Badelt, Netflix, Soundtrack
Zorg Limited will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Fearless. The album features three tracks from the film’s original score composed by Anne-Kathrin Dern (The Jade Pendant, The Legend of the War Horse, Help, I Shrunk My Parents), produced by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, The Promise, Rescue Dawn) and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra. Also included is the original song Imperfect by Dern and KIA, as well as tracks by Mel Carter, Goodito Frito and Leegit. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Fearless is directed by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked!) and stars Yara Shahidi, Miles Robbins, Miguel J. Pimentel and Gabrielle Union. Read the rest of this entry »
