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 »
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
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Amandla Stenberg, Justin Paul & Benj Pasek to Write New Song for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amandla Stenberg, Benj Pasek, Dear Evan Hansen, Justin Paul, Stephen Chbosky
Actress Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give, The Eddy, Everything, Everything, The Darkest Minds) has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen. She will also be performing and co-writing an original song for the movie with Academy Award winners Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land). The film will be directed by Stephen Chbosky (Wonder, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and produced by Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, Mary Poppins Returns) and Adam Siegel (Drive, 2 Guns). Steven Levenson who wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning musical is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The One and Only Ivan’ to Feature Original Song by Charlie Puth & Diane Warren
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Charlie Puth, Diane Warren, The One and Only Ivan, Thea Sharrock
Academy Award nominee Diane Warren has written the original song Free for Disney’s fantasy adventure The One and Only Ivan. The track is performed by Charlie Puth and will be featured during the movie’s end credits sequence. The song will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby) and will be released digitally this Friday, August 21. Listen to a clip from the song in the new TV spot embedded after the jump and check back on this page for the full album details later this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli’s ‘Pinocchio’ Score to Receive Worldwide Release
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Mateo Garrone, Pinocchio, score, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has announced the worldwide release of the soundtrack album for Matteo Garrone’s film adaptation of Pinocchio. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Kubo and the Two Strings, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina, Bumblebee, Darkest Hour) who recorded his score with the Roma Tre Orchestra at Digital Records. Also included is the end titles song Passo Passo written by Marianelli and performed by Petra Magoni. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 28, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the soundtrack exclusively in Italy last December when the movie opened in Italian theaters. Pinocchio is written and directed by Garrone and stars Roberto Begnini, Federico Ielapi, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth and Gigi Proietti. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2020)
Posted: August 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Andrew Barnabas, Biohackers, Chemical Hearts, Craig Armstrong, Dead Pixels, Disney Plus, Fil Eisler, HBO, Lovecraft Country, Netflix, Paul Arnold, Raphael Saadiq, Stephen James Taylor, The CW, The One and Only Ivan
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Lovecraft Country developed by Misha Green, executive produced by Jordan Peele & J.J. Abrams and starring Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Taken, Why We Hate) and Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Black Nativity, The After Party). Check out our previous news article for more information about the horror drama, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 18, is the British comedy Dead Pixels created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yeld, Charlotte Ritchie, David Mumeni and Noush Skaugen. Andrew Barnabas & Paul Arnold (The Hatton Garden Job, Stoner Express, Primal, My Brother Is a Dog) are composing the show’s original music. The series, which, premiered last year in the UK on E4 and will debut in the U.S. on The CW. The comedy, which follows a group of friends who are obsessed with the online fantasy game “Kingdom Scrolls,” has already been renewed for a second season and will air every Tuesday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Home’ Episode ‘Maine’ Released
Posted: August 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Jones, Apple TV +, Home, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for Maine, the fifth episode of the Apple TV+ docu-series Home. The album features the original music from the episode composed by Amanda Jones (Twenties, Cherish the Day) who has received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, Apple Music and other music stores. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring selections of the music from all episodes of the show. Maine directed by Scott Weintrob premiered this past April as part of Home, which looks inside the world’s most innovative homes and unveils the imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them. 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
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 »
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 »
