The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Max Richter (Ad Astra, Hostiles), Jeff Russo (Lucy in the Sky, Mile 22), Jung Jae-Il (Parasite, Okja), Blake Neely (Life As We Know It, Greyhound), Tamar-Kali Brown (Mubound, The Assistant), Michael Nyman (Gattaca, The Piano), Bryce Dessner (Irresistible, The Two Popes), Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man), Robert Glasper (Miles Ahead, The Photograph), Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, The Young Victoria), Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Reason I Jump), Roger Neill (20th Century Women, Beginners), Arturo Sandoval (Richard Jewell, The Mule), Anton Sanko (Ouija, The Possession), Andrea Guerra (The Pursuit of Happyness, Hotel Rwanda), Cyril Morin (Zaytoun, Samsara), Jermaine Stegall (Proximity, Jamesy Boy), Lele Marchitelli (Loro, The Great Beauty), Peter Kam (Dragon, The Warlords), Khaled Mouzanar (Capernaum, Where Do We Go Now?), Sattar Oraki (The Salesman, Give Back), Chanda Dancy (After We Leave, Everything before Us), Michiru Oshima (Memories of Tomorrow, Lost Paradise), Arhynn Descy (Eye for an Eye, 50 Kisses), Park Inyoung (Pieta, Poongsan) and Devonté “Blood Orange” Hynes (Queen & Slim). Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter, Jeff Russo, Blake Neely, Tamar-kali, Michael Nyman & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Terence Blanchard to Score Halle Berry’s ‘Bruised’
Posted: June 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruised, Halle Berry, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Da 5 Bloods) has been hired to score the upcoming drama Bruised. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Halle Berry who also stars in the movie as Jackie Justice, a washed-up MMA wrestler who has to conquer her own demons, face one of the fiercest rising stars of the MMA world and and deal with the return of her 6-year-old son. Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto and Sheila Atim are co-starring. Michelle Rosenfarb wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We Bare Bears: The Movie’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: June 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Breeck, Daniel Chong, Soundtrack, We Bare Bears, We Bare Bears: The Movie
WaterTower Music and Cartoon Network have released a soundtrack EP for the animated comedy We Bare Bears: The Movie. The 3-track EP features the songs We’ll Be There, On the Road to Canada and Place for Me written by Daniel Chong, Estelle Swaray, Ivan Barias & Louie Zong, produced by the movie’s composer Brad Breeck and performed by the film’s cast. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to all three songs after the jump. We Bare Bears: The Movie is directed by Chong and features the voices of Eric Edelstein, Bobby Moynihan, Demetri Martin and Marc Evan Jackson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scheme Birds’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Jefferson, Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin, Scheme Birds, score, Soundtrack
Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Scheme Birds. The album features the film’s original score composed by Charlie Jefferson. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Scheme Birds is directed by Ellinor Hallin & Ellen Fiske and tells the story of a teenage troublemaker from Motherwell, Scotland, as she is growing up in her world of violence and pigeons. The Swedish/UK co-production. The documentary premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary Feature and Best New Documentary Director, and is being released in the UK on VOD today. Read the rest of this entry »
Johnny Mandel (1925 – 2020)
Posted: June 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel has passed away at 94. The Grammy Award-winning composer wrote numerous scores and songs for film and TV between the late 50s and early 90s and was also known for writing and arranging other popular songs. Among his best known film scoring credits are Robert Altman’s 1970 classic MASH (for which he also wrote the theme song Suicide Is Painless), Harold Ramis’ 1980 comedy Caddyshack, Hal Ashby’s comedy dramas Being There and The Last Detail, Disney’s original Freaky Friday and Escape to Witch Mountain movies, Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict and Death Trap, John Boorman’s 1967 thriller Point Blank, Michael Apted’s 1979 thriller Agatha and Jack Smight’s 1966 crime drama Harper. He won the Academy Award for co-writing the original song The Shadow of Your Smile from 1965’s The Sandpiper with Paul Francis Webster and received another Oscar nomination for the song A Time for Love from 1966’s An American Dream (also featuring lyrics by Webster). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Followed’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antoine Le, Followed, Jason Soudah, score, Soundtrack
Derby Zero Six Productions will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Followed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jason Soudah (Breaking for Whales). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 7, 2020 and will be available to stream/download here. Followed is directed by Antoine Le and stars Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Tim Dier, Sam Valentine, Caitlin Grace, Kelsey Griswold, Christopher Martin, Sarah Chang, Karan Sagoo and Ethan Alexander. The movie revolves around an aspiring social media influencer who needs to surpass 50,000 followers before the end of Halloween weekend in order to lock down a lucrative sponsorship opportunity and is willing to do just about anything to seal the deal. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring David E. Talbert’s ‘Jingle Jangle’
Posted: June 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David E. Talbert, Jingle Jangle, John Debney, Netflix
This past weekend, John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, Cutthroat Island) has started recording his underscore for the upcoming Netflix original film Jingle Jangle. The movie is written and directed by David E. Talbert (Almost Christmas, Baggage Claim) and stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Hugh Bonneville and Madalen Mills. The musical revolves around an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tito and the Birds’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: André Catoto, Gabriel Bitar, Gustavo Kurlat, Gustavo Steinberg, Ruben Feffer, score, Soundtrack, Tito and the Birds
Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the Brazilian animated feature Tito and the Birds. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ruben Feffer & Gustavo Kurlat (Boy and the World). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, July 3, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Tito and the Birds is directed by Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto & Gustavo Steinberg follows a shy 10-year-old boy and his two friends who set out to find his father’s missing research on bird songs, something that just might save their world from an epidemic where fear makes you sick. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Escott Scoring Clio Barnard’s ‘Ali & Ava’
Posted: June 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ali & Ava, Clio Barnard, Harry Escott
Composer Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart, The English Game, Deep State) is reuniting with director Clio Barnard on the upcoming British drama Ali & Ava. The film is written and directed by Barnard and stars Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Ellora Torchia and Shaun Thomas. The movie follows the respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate masking the scars left by an abusive ex-husband and a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, still living with his estranged wife but hiding their separation from his family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Perry Mason, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard
WaterTower Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO original series Perry Mason. The album features the original music from the second episode of the show composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, Malcolm X, Da 5 Bloods, 25th Hour, Red Tails). Also included are two songs performed by The Radiant Assembly of God. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a first soundtrack featuring music from Chapter 1 last week and will release more music over the course of the season, culminating in a full soundtrack album at the season’s end. Read the rest of this entry »
