Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, Happy!, The Spy, The Man with the Iron Heart, Primal, It Boy, Ransom) has recently scored the upcoming new film adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic 19th century novel Black Beauty. The film is written and directed by Ashley Avis (Adolescence, Deserted) and stars Mackenzie Foy, Iain Glen, Claire Forlani, as well as Kate Winslet as the voice of Black Beauty. The drama follows a 17-year old girl who is grieving over the loss of her parents and develops a bond with a wild mustang that is captured and taken away from family. Read the rest of this entry »
Guillaume Roussel Scoring Ashley Avis’ ‘Black Beauty’
Posted: July 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ashley Avis, Black Beauty, Disney Plus, Guillaume Roussel
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‘Expecting Amy’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Jones, Expecting Amy, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, Timo Elliston
BANG NY has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Max docu-series Expecting Amy. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Timo Elliston & Brian Jones (Abstract: The Art of Design). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Expecting Amy is directed by Alexander Hammer & Ryan Cunningham and executive produced by Amy Schumer. The 3-parter takes viewers behind-the-scenes as Amy Schumer goes through a difficult pregnancy and a new marriage while on tour – from hospitalizations to going out in front of a crowd of thousands, to quiet moments at home with her family. Read the rest of this entry »
Amie Doherty to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Spirit Riding Free’ Movie
Posted: July 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amie Doherty, Dreamworks Animation, Elaine Bogan, Spirit Riding Free
Amie Doherty (Undone, Battle at Big Rock, The High Note, Here and Now) has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Spirit Riding Free. The film directed by Elaine Bogan (Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters & 3Below) is based on DreamWorks Animation Television’s Netflix original series of the same title, which was itself inspired by the 2002 feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (scored by Hans Zimmer and featuring songs by Bryan Adams). The movie follows Lucky Prescott as she is forced to move from her big city home to a small frontier town, where she becomes a complete fish-out-of-water, makes new friends and forms an inseparable bond with a wild mustang named Spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
Puggy’s Original Song ‘My Way’ from ‘Bigfoot Family’ Released
Posted: July 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Stassen, Bigfoot Family, Jeremy Degruson, Puggy
22D Music has released the original song My Way from the animated feature Bigfoot Family. The track is written and performed by the Belgian band Puggy who also scored the movie, as well as the previous film in the franchise, The Son of Bigfoot. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Bigfoot Family is directed by Jeremy Degruson & Ben Stassen (The Wild Life, Fly Me to the Moon 3D), written by Bob Barlen and Cal Brunker (Escape From Planet Earth) and stars Pappy Faulkner, Lindsay Torrance and Chris Parsons. Read the rest of this entry »
Matt Bowen Scoring Jeremy Garelick’s Hulu Film ‘The Binge’
Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Jeremy Garelick, Matt Bowen, The Binge
Matt Bowen has composed the original score for the upcoming Hulu original film The Binge. The movie is directed by Jeremy Garelick (The Wedding Ringer) and stars Skyler Gisondo, Eduardo Franco, Dexter Darden, Vince Vaughn, Hayes MacArthur, Affion Crockett and Grace Van Dien. The comedy is set in a time where all drugs and alcohol are illegal, the only day anyone can participate in the “fun” is on Binge day. Jordan VanDina wrote the screenplay. Garelick is also producing the American High production with Will Phelps (Big Time Adolescence), Mickey Liddell (Jackie, The Grey), Pete Shilaimon (I Can Only Imagine, Risen), Nicole Stojkovich, Ryan Bennett and Michael Schade. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Central Park’ Season 1 Released
Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Brent Knopf, Central Park, Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released the full soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Central Park. The album features all original songs from the show’s first season written by Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Brent Knopf, Sara Bareilles, Fiona Apple, Meghan Trainor, Cyndi Lauper, Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, Darren Criss, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Aimee Mann, as well as series creators Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith and performed by the comedy’s voice cast. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Central Park is created by Bouchard, Smith & Josh Gad and stars Gad himself, Kristen Bell, Daveed Diggs, Tituss Burgess, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr. and Stanley Tucci. 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
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 »
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 »
