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 »
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
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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 »
‘The Order’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Pino Donaggio, score, Sheldon Lettich, Soundtrack, The Order
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2001 action movie The Order directed by Sheldon Lettich and starring Jean-Claude van Damme, Charlton Heston, Sofia Milos, Brian Thompson and Vernon Dobtcheff. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pino Donaggio (Dressed to Kill, Carrie, Body Double, The Howling, Blow Out) and performed by The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Natale Massara. The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. The Order is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Claire Oakley’s ‘Make Up’ Released
Posted: July 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Salisbury, Claire Oakley, Make Up, score, Soundtrack
Invada Records has released the soundtrack for the British drama Make Up. The 2-track single features the film’s original score composed by Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire). Visit Amazon to stream/download the soundtrack. Make Up is written and directed by Claire Oakley and stars Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini, Theo Barklem-Biggs and Lisa Palfrey. The movie is set on a remote holiday park in Cornwall and follows a woman has just moved in with her boyfriend, when she is haunted by an unsettling discovery that lures her into a spiral of obsession. Read the rest of this entry »
