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 »
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
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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 »
Ennio Morricone (1928 – 2020)
Posted: July 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone has passed away at age 91 today in Rome, Italy. The composer has written more than 400 scores for film and television over a six decade-spanning career. His best known film scoring credits include Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, A Fistful of Dollars and Once Upon a Time in America, Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Roman Polanski’s Frantic, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso, Wolfgang Petersen’s In the Line of Fire and Mike Nichols’ Wolf . He received six Academy Award nominations for his scores for Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, Roland Joffe’s The Mission, Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, Barry Levinson’s Bugsy, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena and won the Oscar for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Perry Mason, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
WaterTower Music has released the third soundtrack album for the HBO original series Perry Mason. The album features the original score from the third episode of the show composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, Inside Man, 25th Hour). Also included are two tracks performed by Josephine Foster and The Victor Herrero Band. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released two albums featuring the music from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. A full soundtrack will be coming out at the season’s end. Perry Mason is developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones based on characters from Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels and stars Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Shea Whigham, Tatiana Maslany, John Lithgow, Chris Chalk, Stephen Root and Nate Corddry. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 5, 2020)
Posted: July 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Albert Fox, Apple TV +, Blake Neely, Close Enough, Cornel Wilczek, Dustin O'Halloran, Greyhound, Hanan Townshend, HBO Max, Japan Sinks: 2020, Jeff Morrow, Jeff Russo, John Enroth, Kensuke Ushio, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, Netflix, Outcry, Showtime, Stateless, The Old Guard, Unsolved Mysteries, Volker Bertelmann, Warrior Nun, West Dylan Thordson
Premiering tonight is the Showtime docu-series Outcry directed by Pat Kondelis. The show’s original music is composed by Hanan Townshend (Knights of Cup, To the Wonder, Semper Fi, The Vessel). The 5-parter examines the story of high school football star Greg Kelley who was arrested, convicted and jailed for sexual assault of a 4-year-old boy, and his supporters’ quest for truth and justice. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Wednesday, July 8 is the Australian limited series Stateless created by Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie & Tony Ayres and starring Blanchett, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney. Cornel Wilczek (Glitch, These Final Hours, Nowhere Boys) has composed the show’s original music. The drama follows four strangers as they intersect at an Australian immigration detention center. The series premiered earlier this year in Australia on ABC and is making its U.S. debut on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
