Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Legion, The Night Of) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Cursed. The show is created by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) & Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots, The Cape) and stars Katherine Langford, Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgård, Daniel Sharman, Peter Mullan, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Catherine Walker and Billy Jenkins. The fantasy drama is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo Scoring Netflix’s ‘Cursed’
Posted: July 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cursed, Frank Miller, Jeff Russo, Netflix, Tom Wheeler
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‘The Crossing’ (‘Flukten over grensen’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Flukten over grensen, Johanne Helgeland, score, Soundtrack, Stein Berge Svendsen, The Crossing
daWorks Records has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian drama The Crossing (Flukten over grensen). The album features the film’s original music composed by Stein Berge Svendsen (Devil’s Bride, An Affair, Sonja: The White Swan) and performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Crossing is directed by Johanne Helgeland and stars Anna Sofie Skarholt, Bo Lindquist-Ellingsen, Samson Steine and Bianca Ghilardi-Hellsten. The movie is set during World War II and tells the story of a 10-year-old girl and her brother who discover two Jewish children hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement after their parents get arrested Read the rest of this entry »
Will Blair & Brooke Blair Scoring Conor Allyn’s ‘No Man’s Land’
Posted: July 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Conor Allyn, No Man's Land, Will Blair
Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, Blue Ruin, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Black Christmas) are scoring the upcoming western No Man’s Land. The film is directed by Conor Allyn (Walk. Ride. Rodeo) and stars Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, George Lopez, Alex MacNicoll and Jorge A. Jimenez, as well as Jake Allyn who also wrote the screenplay. The movie is set is set in the Rio Grande Valley along the border between the U.S. and Mexico and follows two border vigilantes who are out on patrol when one of them accidentally kills a Mexican immigrant boy. Read the rest of this entry »
Luca Guadagnino’s HBO Series ‘We Are Who We Are’ to Feature Original Score by Devonté Hynes
Posted: July 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blood Orange, Devonté Hynes, HBO, Luca Guadagnino, We Are Who We Are
Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Palo Alto) is composing the original score for the upcoming HBO original series We Are Who We Are. The show is created and directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria, I Am Love) and stars Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, Alice Braga, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Spence Moore II, Kid Cudi, Faith Alabi, Francesca Scorsese, Ben Taylor, Corey Knight, Tom Mercier and Sebastiano Pigazzi. The drama follows a shy and introverted fourteen-year-old boy who moves from New York to a military base in Veneto with his mothers who are both in the U.S. Army. Read the rest of this entry »
Dario Marianelli to Score Gil Kenan’s ‘A Boy Called Christmas’
Posted: July 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Boy Called Christmas, Dario Marianelli, Gil Kenan
Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Darkest Hour, Anna Karenina, Bumblebee) has been tapped to score the upcoming family drama A Boy Called Christmas. The film is directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House, City of Ember, Poltergeist) and stars Jim Broadbent, Zoe Colletti, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Michiel Huisman, Henry Lawfull, Rune Temte, Indica Watson and Kristen Wiig. The movie is based on the bestselling book by Matt Haig and tells the story of an ordinary young boy who sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves. Kenan also co-wrote the screenplay with Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Accident’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Accident, Dan Tondowski, Daniel Caleb, James Matthes, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Accident. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Matthes (Vagrant Queen, Five Fingers for Marseilles, Lake Placid: Legacy) & Daniel Caleb (Vehicle 19). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Accident is directed by Dan Tondowski and stars Stephanie Schildknecht, Roxane Hayward, Tyrone Keogh and Keenan Arrison. The movie revolves around a group of teenagers involved in a brutal car crash in the middle of nowhere, with no hope of survival, who are forced to work together to make it out alive. Read the rest of this entry »
Nima Fakhrara Scoring Christian Sesma’s ‘Paydirt’
Posted: July 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Sesma, Nima Fakhrara, Paydirt
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human) has composed the original music for the upcoming action thriller Paydirt. The film is written and directed by Christian Sesma (Vigilante Diaries, The Night Crew) and stars Luke Goss, Val Kilmer, Mike Hatton, Mercedes Kilmer, Paul Sloan, Mirtha Michelle, V. Bozeman, Murielle Telio and Nick Vallelonga. The movie follows a parolee who teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Skyman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Corgan, Daniel Myrick, Don Miggs, Greg Hansen, score, Skyman, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the sci-fi movie Skyman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Don Miggs (23 Blast), The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan (Stigmata) and Greg Hansen. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 7 and will be available to stream/download here. Skyman is written and directed by Daniel Myrick (The Blair Witch Project) and stars Michael Selle, Nicolette Sweeney, Faleolo Alailima, Willow Hale, Lee Broda and Tony Stopperan. The movie tells the story of Carl Merryweather who believes he experienced an alien encounter at 10-years-old and is now trying to reconnect with the UFO as the same location. Read the rest of this entry »
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson Scoring Quibi’s ‘Die Hart’
Posted: July 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Die Hart, Leo Birenberg, Quibi, Zach Robinson
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Impractical Jokers: The Movie) have recently scored the new Quibi original series Die Hart. The show is created by Tripper Clancy (Stuber) & Derek Kolstad (John Wick series) and stars Kevin Hart as a fictionalized version of himself who’s tired of being the comedic sidekick and gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star. John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno and Josh Hartnett are co-starring. Eric Appel has directed the action comedy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Exit Plan’ (‘Suicide Tourist’) Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: July 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Exit Plan, Hess Is More, Jonas Alexander Arnby, Mikkel Hess, score, Soundtrack, Suicide Tourist
This Is Care Of will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Exit Plan (aka Suicide Tourist). The album features the film’s original music composed by Hess Is More (aka Mikkel Hess) (When Animals Dream, Camping). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Exit Plan is directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tuva Novotny, Robert Aramayo, Jan Bijvoet, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Sonja Richter, Slimane Dazi, Johanna Wokalek and Lorraine Hilton. The movie centers on an insurance claims investigator Max as he follows the clues of a mysterious death to the remote Hotel Aurora, a unique and secretive facility that specializes in assisted suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
