Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Triple 9, Shooter, The Stranger) is composing the original score for the second season of the TNT original series The Alienist. The Alienist: Angel of Darkness stars Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, Douglas Smith, Matthew Shear, Robert Ray Wisdom, Ted Levine, Melanie Field and Rosy McEwen. The drama based on the novel by Caleb Carr revolves around a brilliant and obsessive “alienist” in the controversial new field of treating mental pathologies. Read the rest of this entry »
Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Scoring TNT’s ‘The Alienist: Angel of Darkness’
Posted: July 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Krlic, The Alienist, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, TNT
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‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 5 Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Perry Mason, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
The fifth soundtrack album for the HBO original series Perry Mason has been released. The album features the original music from the fifth episode of the drama composed by Academy Award nominee Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X, Red Tails, 25th Hour). The soundtrack is being released by WaterTower Music and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released the composer’s music from Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 and will release a full soundtrack album following the season finale next month. Perry Mason developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones and starring Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Tatiana Maslany, Shea Whigham, John Lithgow, Chris Chalk, Stephen Root and Robert Patrick currently airs every Sunday night on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 19, 2020)
Posted: July 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Animal Crackers, Bear McCreary, Die Hart, Evgueni Galperine, Leo Birenberg, Netflix, Patrick Kirst, Quibi, Radioactive, Sacha Galperine, The Kissing Booth 2, Zach Robinson
Premiering tomorrow, July 20, is the new Quibi original series Die Hart created by Tripper Clancy & Derek Kolstad and starring Kevin Hart,John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno and Josh Hartnett. The show’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, F*&% the Prom). Check out our previous news article for more information about the action comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.
Premiering on Friday, July 24, is the Netflix original film The Kissing Booth 2 directed by Vince Marcello and starring Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Meganne Young, Carson White, Taylor Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Molly Ringwald. Patrick Kirst (Inherit the Viper, Grace Stirs Up Success) who previously scored the 2018 original film has composed the film’s original music. Click here to learn more about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superagente Makey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfonso Sánchez, Alfred Tapscott, score, Soundtrack, Superagente Makey, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy Superagente Makey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, The Kill Team, Tad the Explorer, Bent) & Alfred Tapscott (Sanctuary, Hasta que la boda nos separe). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio clips. Superagente Makey is directed by Alfonso Sánchez and stars Leo Harlem, Silvia Abril and Jordi Sánchez. The movie follows a humble police officer who unexpectedly gets caught in the middle of a dangerous international drug operation in the Costa del Sol. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna & John Fee Scoring Netflix’s ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’
Posted: July 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guillermo Del Toro, Jeff Danna, John Fee, Netflix, Tales of Arcadia, Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Boondock Saints) & John Fee (Bad Country, Living on One Dollar) have composed the original score for DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. The show is the third installment in Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga and features the voices of Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Steven Yeun, Charlie Saxton, Lena Headey, David Bradley, Clancy Brown, Fred Tatasciore, Diego Luna, Mark Hamill, and Kelsey Grammer who are reprising their roles from the previous installments. They are joined by new cast members Alfred Molina, Stephanie Beatriz, James Faulkner and John Rhys Davies. The series follows Merlin’s apprentice as he joins Arcadia’s heroes on a time-bending adventure in Camelot, where conflict is brewing between the human, troll and magical worlds. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Parsons, Hannah Berryman, Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the British documentary Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Parsons. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm is directed by Hannah Berryman and centers on Rockfield, the independent residential studio in the Welsh countryside and home to everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Robert Plant, Queen to The Stone Roses, Bowie and Iggy Pop to Oasis. The movie features interviews with some of the legendary musicians that have spent time at Rockfield over the years, including Osbourne, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Liam Gallagher and ex-Oasis bandmate Bonehead, Simple Minds & others. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 17, 2020)
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Nice Girl Like You, Aaron Zigman, Craig Armstrong, Dirt Music, Enis Rotthoff, Ghosts of War, Michael Suby, The Sunlit Light
Opening on VOD today is the British/Australian drama Dirt Music directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham. The film’s original score is composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Also opening on VOD today is the romantic drama The Sunlit Night directed by David Wnendt and starring Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, David Paymer and Fridjov Såheim. Enis Rotthoff (Guns Akimbo, Love Sarah, Wetlands, Look Who’s Back) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by Quiver Distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann to Score Luke Sparke’s ‘Occupation: Rainfall’
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Luke Sparke, Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall
Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman, Doom: Annihilation) has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi sequel Occupation: Rainfall. The film is written and directed by Luke Sparke (Red Billabong) who previously helmed 2018’s original Occupation movie and stars Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens, Trystan Go, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton. The sequel picks up two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, with a group of survivors in Sydney fighting back in a desperate ground war. Read the rest of this entry »
Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Chernobyl’
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene) won her first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the HBO/Sky limited series Chernobyl written and executive produced by Craig Mazin, directed by Johan Renck and starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. She previously received an Emmy and a Grammy Award for her work on the drama. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
‘Animal Crackers’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Animal Crackers, Bear McCreary, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks has released two soundtrack albums for the animated feature Animal Crackers. The first album features the songs from the movie, including original songs by Howard Jones and Toad the Wet Sprocket, as well as classic tracks by Queen, Huey Lewis & the News & others. Check out our previous article for the full track list and click here (digital version) and here (CD version) to order the soundtrack. Also coming out today is a separate album featuring the movie’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander). Click here (digital version) and here (CD version) to purchase the score album. Read the rest of this entry »
