The composer duo of WAZ-JACKSON (aka Jamie Jackson & Waz) is reuniting with writer/producer/director Bill Lawrence on the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Bad Monkey. The show is developed by Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) based on the bestselling novel by Carl Hiaasen and stars Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Alex Moffat, Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, Jodie Turner-Smith and Scott Glenn. The 10-part drama follows a former Miami PD officer turned health inspector in the Keys who stumbles upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists and sees an opportunity to prove that he can solve murder. Read the rest of this entry »
WAZ-JACKSON Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Bad Monkey’
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Bad Monkey, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Jackson, WAZ, WAZ-Jackson
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‘The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish’ Theme Song Released
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chris Sernel, Grayson DeWolfe, Nickelodeon, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
Republic Records has released the theme song for the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish. The track is arranged and produced by Chris Sernel & Grayson DeWolfe and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish is developed by Daniel Abramovici, Ashleigh Crystal Hairston, Lindsay Katai & David Stone and features the voices of Ashleigh Crystal Hairston, Daran Norris and Susanne Blakeslee. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler Scoring Josh Cooley’s ‘Transformers One’
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Tyler, Josh Cooley, Transformers One
Brian Tyler (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Iron Man 3, Fast Five, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See Me) is currently recording his score for the upcoming animated feature Transformers One. The film is directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4) and features the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm. The movie tells the untold origin story of sworn enemies Optimus Prime and Megatron who once were friends and bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Episode ‘Butt Sweat and Fears’ Released
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Bob's Burgers, Fox, Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released the original songs from the latest episode and Season 14 season finale (Butt Sweat and Fears) of the Fox animated comedy Bob’s Burgers. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a soundtrack EP featuring the songs Stir the Pot written by series creator Loren Bouchard and performed by Bouchard, Angelica Cox & Emily Goldstein and Funky Farmer Fred & Sweet Love Sugar written by Nora Smith and performed by Chris Maxwell, Phil Hernandez, Cox & Goldstein. Also listen to all three tracks after the jump. Bob’s Burgers is created by Bouchard and stars H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy and Kristen Schaal. Read the rest of this entry »
Aaron Zigman to Score Angel Studios’ ‘Truth & Conviction’ Limited Series
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Zigman, Matt Whitaker, Truth & Conviction
Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia, John Q, Sex and the City, The Proposal, Escape from Planet Earth, Wakefield, The Ugly Truth) has signed on to score the upcoming limited series Truth & Conviction. The show is co-written and directed by Matt Whitaker (Saints & Soldiers), Ethan Vincent and stars Rupert Evans and Ewan Horrocks. The 4-part drama centers on Helmuth Hübener, a teenager who led a resistance group with his two friends during World War II in Hamburg, Germany. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Krazy House’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Flip van der Kuil, Krazy House, Michiel Marsman, score, Soundtrack, Steffen Haars
Riva Media Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Krazy House. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michiel Marsman (Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stuntman, Bon Bini Holland). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composer’s main theme below. Krazy House is written and directed by Steffen Haars & Flip van der Kuil and stars Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone, Gaite Jansen, Jan Bijvoet, Walt Klink and Kevin Connolly. The movie follows a religious home maker who finds out that the Russian workers in his house turn out to be wanted criminals and has to man up and save his ’90s sitcom family. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Biolay Scoring Jessica Palud’s ‘Being Maria’
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Becoming Maria, Benjamin Biolay, Jessica Palud
Singer/songwriter, record producer and actor Benjamin Biolay has composed the original music for the upcoming French biographical drama Becoming Maria (Maria). The film is written and directed by Jessica Palud (Revenir) and stars Anamaria Vartolomei as Last Tango in Paris star Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. The movie is based on Vanessa Schneider’s 2018 memoir My Cousin Maria about the titular actress whose dreams come true when an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, but what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a living hell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Shameless’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Konstantin Bojanov, Petar Dundakov, score, Soundtrack, The Shameless
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Shameless. The album features the film’s original music composed by Petar Dundakov (February, The Good Postman, Irina). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Shadow’s Flight) below. The Shameless is written and directed by Konstantin Bojanov and stars Anasuya Sengupta, Omara Shetty, Auroshikha Dey, Koran Bhivagade, Rohit Kokate, Tanmay Dhanania and Mita Vasisht. The movie follows a woman who escapes from a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman to death and takes refuge in a community of sex workers in northern India, where she meets a young girl condemned to a life of prostitution. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 19, 2024)
Posted: May 19, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Disney Plus, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, Robert Glasper, The Beach Boys, The Big Cigar
Premiering on Friday, May 24, is the Netflix animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory based on Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World franchise and starring Paul-Mikél Williams, Sean Giambrone, Darren Barnet, Kausar Mohammed and Raini Rodriguez. The show’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Bottoms, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Florida Man, Twisted Metal, Son of Zorn, Tigtone, Butcher’s Crossing) who previously scored the original Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous series. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation & Amblin Entertainment production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Dirkov Reteams with Ali Abbasi on ‘The Apprentice’
Posted: May 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ali Abbasi, Brian Irvine, David Holmes, Martin Dirkov, The Apprentice
Composer Martin Dirkov (Shorta, Knocking, Holiday, The Charmer) is reteaming with director Ali Abbasi on the upcoming drama The Apprentice. The film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr. The movie charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with Cohn, the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Killing Eve, Out of Sight, Haywire) & Brian Irvine (Ordinary Love) have also contributed music to the project. Gabriel Sherman (The Loudest Voice) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
