EMI Records has released the original song I’ll Get There (The Other Side) from the historical drama Emperor. The track written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Emeli Sandé is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Check out the official music video after the jump. Emperor is directed by Mark Amin and stars Dayo Okeniyi, Naturi Naughton, Mykelti Williamson, Kat Graham, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern. The movie (scored by Javier Navarrete) is inspired by the true story of Shields “Emperor” Green, a slave who makes a daring escape to freedom, meets Frederick Douglass, and decides to fight alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Read the rest of this entry »
Emeli Sandé’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘I’ll Get There (The Other Side)’ from Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’ Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Diane Warren, Emeli Sandé, Emperor, Mark Amin
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Phoenix Scoring Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, On the Rocks, Phoenix, Sofia Coppola
Phoenix is reteaming with director Sofia Coppola on the upcoming comedy On the Rocks. The French indie pop band has contributed songs and the original score to the film written and directed by Coppola and starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. They also serve as music supervisors on the movie, which follows a young New York mother and writer who – faced with sudden doubts about her marriage – teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband. The band’s original song Identical is featured in the trailer (embedded below) and is also being released as a digital single today (visit Amazon to stream/download the track). Read the rest of this entry »
‘AK-47’ (‘Kalashnikov’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: AK-47, Kalashnikov, Konstantin Buslov, score, Sergei Stern, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Russian biographical drama AK-47 (Kalashnikov). The album features the film’s original music composed by Sergei Stern (The Farm, Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. AK-47 is directed by Konstantin Buslov and stars Yuri Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov and Eldar Kalimulin. The movie tells the story of inventor and designer of small arms, Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, the self-taught man who invented the legendary AK-47 weapon at the age of 28. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Glendyn Ivin’s ‘Penguin Bloom’
Posted: August 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Glendyn Ivin, Marcelo Zarvos, Penguin Bloom
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, Ray Donovan, The Affair, Enough Said, The Good Shepherd) has recently scored the upcoming Australian drama Penguin Bloom. The film is directed by Glendyn Ivin (The Cry, Safe Harbour) and stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver. The movie is based on Bradley Trevor Greive’s & Cameron Bloom’s bestseller of the same name and tells the true story of Sam Bloom, whose recovery from a tragic accident is helped when she and her family meet an unusual visitor. Shaun Grant (The Snowtown Murders, The True History of the Kelly Gang) and Harry Cripps (The Dry) wrote the screenplay. 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
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 »
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 »
