Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the western Hell on the Border. The album features the film’s original music composed by Sid De La Cruz (WEAPONiZED, Checkmate, SWAT: Unit 887, Atone). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon. Hell on the Border is written and directed by Wes Miller and stars David Gyasi, Frank Grillo and Ron Perlman. The movie tells the true story of Bass Reeves and his quest to bring a deadly outlaw to justice and become the first black U.S. Marshal in the Wild West. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hell on the Border’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hell on the Border, score, Sid De La Cruz, Soundtrack, Wes Miller
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2020 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
Euphoria – Bonnie and Clyde – Music by Labrinth
Ozark -All In – Music by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
Succession – This Is Not for Tears – Music by Nicholas Britell
The Crown – Aberfan – Music by Martin Phipps
The Mandalorian – Chapter 8: Redemption – Music by Ludwig Goransson
Jeremy Turner Scoring Netflix’s ‘Immigration Nation’
Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christina Clusiau, Immigration Nation, Jeremy Turner, Marvel's 616, Netflix, Shaul Schwarz
Jeremy Turner (Five Came Back, Come As You Are, Family, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez) is the composer of the new Netflix docu-series Immigration Nation. The show is directed by Shaul Schwarz & Christina Clusiau and offers an unprecedented look at the processes, pitfalls and pain of immigration in America. The 6-parter was shot over the course of three years and captures the daily workings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, activists, lawmakers, attorneys and a wide swath of undocumented immigrants, from desperate recent arrivals to longtime residents to deported U.S. military combat veterans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Outpost’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Larry Groupe, Rod Lurie, score, Soundtrack, The Outpost
The full details of the soundtrack album for Rod Lurie’s war drama The Outpost have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Larry Groupé (The Contender, Commander-in-Chief, Resurrecting the Champ, Nothing But the Truth, Straw Dogs). Also included is the original song Everybody Cries written by Groupé & Lurie and performed by Rita Wilson. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 28 by Millennium Media and will be available to stream/download here. La-La Land Records will release a CD version, which will be available to order on the label’s website on August 4. The Outpost is directed by Lurie and stars Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, Caleb Landry Jones, Kwame Patterson and Cory Hardrict. The movie follows a team of U.S. soldiers stationed at the deadliest outpost in Afghanistan as they are relentlessly attacked by an overwhelming force of Taliban insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Order’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Pino Donaggio, score, Sheldon Lettich, Soundtrack, The Order
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2001 action movie The Order directed by Sheldon Lettich and starring Jean-Claude van Damme, Charlton Heston, Sofia Milos, Brian Thompson and Vernon Dobtcheff. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pino Donaggio (Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Body Double, The Howling, Blow Out) and performed by The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Natale Massara. The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. The Order is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Claire Oakley’s ‘Make Up’ Released
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Salisbury, Claire Oakley, Make Up, score, Soundtrack
Invada Records has released the soundtrack for the British drama Make Up. The 2-track single features the film’s original score composed by Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire). Visit Amazon to stream/download the soundtrack. Make Up is written and directed by Claire Oakley and stars Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini, Theo Barklem-Biggs and Lisa Palfrey. The movie is set on a remote holiday park in Cornwall and follows a woman has just moved in with her boyfriend, when she is haunted by an unsettling discovery that lures her into a spiral of obsession. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludovico Einaudi Scoring Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chloe Zhao, Ludovico Einaudi, Nomadland
Searchlight Pictures announced today that the upcoming drama Nomadland will feature compositions by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, This Is England, Samba). The film is written and directed by Chloé Zhao (The Rider, The Eternals) and stars Frances McDormand and David Strathairn, as well as real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells. The is based on journalist Jessica Bruder’s 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century and follows a woman who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 6 Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Perry Mason, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack EP for the HBO original series Perry Mason. The 6-track EP features the original score from the sixth episode of the show’s first season composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X, Da 5 Bloods, 25th Hour). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. The label has previously released the composer’s music from the first, second, third, fourth and fifth episode. Perry Mason is developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones and stars Matthew Rhys in the title role, alongside Juliet Rylance, Tatiana Maslany, John Lithgow, Shea Whigham, Chris Chalk, Stephen Root and Robert Patrick. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 26, 2020)
Posted: July 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Krlic, Bryony Marks, Disney Channel, Don't Look Deeper, Frayed, HBO, HBO Max, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Quibi, Simon Taufique, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, The Weight of Gold, TNT, Tom Howe, Upside-Down Magic
Premiering tomorrow, July 27, is the Quibi original series Don’t Look Deeper directed by Catherine Hardwicke ,written by Jeffrey Lieber & Charlie McDonnell and starring Helena Howard, Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer, Ema Horvath, Jan Luis Castellanos, Kaiwi Lyman and Harvey Zielinski. The show’s original music is composed by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Bird Karma, Regarding Susan Sontag). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.
Premiering on Wednesday, July 29, is the HBO Sports documentary The Weight of Gold directed by Brett Rapkin about the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes often face. Simon TaufiQue (Jesus Henry Christ, She’s Lost Control) has composed the film’s original music. For more information about the movie, which features accounts from Olympic athletes such as Michael Phelps, Jeremy Bloom, Lolo Jones, Gracie Gold, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Sasha Cohen, David Boudia, Katie Uhlaender, Steven Holcomb and Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Ola Flottum Scoring William Olsson’s ‘Lost Girls and Love Hotels’
Posted: July 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lost Girls and Love Hotels, Ola Flottum, William Olsson
Ola Flottum (Force Majeure, Thelma, Louder Than Bombs, Reprise) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama Lost Girls and Love Hotels. The film is directed by William Olsson (An American Affair) and stars Alexandra Daddario, Carice van Houten, Misuzu Kanno, Kate Easton and Takehiro Hira. The movie revolves around an American English teacher and her nightly pilgrimages through Tokyo’s glittering nightlife in an attempt to forget her painful past and discover new meaning in the arms of a mysterious man. Catherine Hanrahan wrote the screenplay based on her own book. Read the rest of this entry »
