Pressure Cooker Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African thriller Number 37 (Nommer 37). The album features the film’s original music composed by James Matthes (Vehicle 19, Vagrant Queen, Five Fingers for Marseilles, Lake Placid: Legacy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Number 37 is written and directed by Nosipho Dumisa and stars Irshaad Ally, Monique Rockman, Ephraim Gordon, David Manuel, Sandy Schultz, Deon Lotz, Danny Ross, Amrain Essop, Elton Landrew and Jeff Moss. The movie tells the story of a low level criminal recently crippled in an illicit deal gone wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Number 37’ (‘Nommer 37’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Matthes, Nommer 37, Nosipho Dumisa, Number 37, score, Soundtrack
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Expanded ‘Mission: Impossible 2’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, John Woo, Mission Impossible, Mission: Impossible 2, score, Soundtrack
Mondo has announced a new soundtrack album for John Woo’s 2000 action sequel Mission: Impossible 2 starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson and Ving Rhames. The double LP features the complete, expanded and remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Dunkirk), including around 40 minutes of previously unreleased music. The album will be available to order on the label’s official website starting tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring George Clooney’s ‘The Midnight Sky’
Posted: May 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, George Clooney, Netflix, The Midnight Sky
Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) confirmed in a recent interview with Indiewire that he is reuniting with George Clooney on the upcoming Netflix original film The Midnight Sky. The post-apocalyptic drama is directed by Clooney who also stars in the film, alongside Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Demián Bichir, Sophie Rundle, Ethan Peck, Tim Russ and Miriam Shor. The movie is based on the novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton and follows the parallel stories of a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to make contact with the crew of the Aether spacecraft as they try to return home to Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Impossible Monsters’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Impossible Monsters, Michael MacAllister, Nathan Catucci, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller Impossible Monsters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael MacAllister. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Impossible Monsters is written and directed by Nathan Catucci and stars Santino Fontana, Natalie Knepp, Devika Bhise, Donall O Healai, Chris Henry Coffey, Geoffrey Owens, Dennis Boutsikaris and Laila Robin. The movie centers on an ambitious professor as he becomes caught up in the murder of a participant in his sleep study, as the line between dreams and reality blur. Read the rest of this entry »
More Music from ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3 Released
Posted: May 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Curtis Moore, Soundtrack, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Thomas Mizer
Universal Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The album features all original songs from the show’s third season written by Curtis Moore & Thomas Mizer, the cover versions of A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square and They Say It’s Wonderful performed by Shy Baldwin (played by Leroy McClain), as well as Sutton Foster’s rendition of Perfectly Marvelous & more. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring music from Season 3, as well as two albums featuring songs from the first two seasons. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and stars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub, Michael Zegen and Marin Hinkle. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes & Anoushka Shankar Scoring BBC’s ‘A Suitable Boy’
Posted: May 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Suitable Boy, Alex Heffes, Andrew Davies, Anoushka Shankar, BBC, Mira Nair, Ronnie's, The 24th
Director Mira Nair has revealed on Twitter that Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Roots, 11.22.63, Touching the Void) and Anoushka Shankar are currently scoring the upcoming BBC series A Suitable Boy. The show is developed by Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’ Diary, War & Peace, Les Misérables) based on Vikram Seth’s classic novel of the same title and stars Tabu, Tanya Maniktala and Ishaan Khatter. The 6-parter is directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, The Namesake) tells the story of a spirited university student who is coming of age in North India in 1951 at the same time as the country is carving out its own identity as an independent nation. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 24, 2020)
Posted: May 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Barkskins, Carter Burwell, Colin Stetson, Dan Romer, Grant, HBO Max, History, Jacob Shea, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Justin Melland, Love Life, Mike Tuccillo, National Geographic, Netflix, On the Record, Russell Emanuel, Space Force, Terence Blanchard
Premiering tomorrow, May 25, is the National Geographic limited series Barkskins created by Elwood Reid and starring David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lily Sullivan and Zahn McClarnon. The show’s original music is composed by Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Color Out of Space, The First). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 8-parter, which will air every Monday night on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Hulu every Tuesday.
Also premiering tomorrow is the History docu-series Grant directed by Malcolm Venville and executive produced by Ron Chernow, Jennifer Davisson and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jacob Shea (Planet Earth II, Seven Worlds One Planet, Blue Planet II) has composed the show’s original music, which is produced by Russell Emanuel for Bleeding Fingers Music. The 3-parter examines Grant’s life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction. Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will air over three consecutive nights on History. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer & Mike Tuccillo Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Love Life’
Posted: May 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, HBO Max, Love Life, Mike Tuccillo, Sam Boyd
Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Wendy) and Mike Tuccillo are the composers of the new HBO Max original series Love Life. The show is created by Sam Boyd (In a Relationship) and stars Anna Kendrick, Zoë Chao, Peter Vack, Sasha Compere and Lesley Manville. The anthology series follows a different protagonist’s quest for love each season, with each half-hour episode telling the story of one of their relationships. Boyd & Kendrick are also executive producing the Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment production with co-showrunner Bridget Bedard (Transparent), Paul Feig (A Simple Favor, Bridesmaids) and Dan Magnante (Someone Great). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for PBS’ ‘Asian Americans’ Released
Posted: May 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Asian Americans, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Vivek Maddala
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the PBS docu-series Asian Americans. The album features the show’s original music composed by Vivek Maddala (The Tom & Jerry Show, Kaboom, White Sun, Awake: The Life of Yogananda). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Asian Americans is produced by Renee Tajima-Peña (Who Killed Vincent Chin?, No Más Bebés), executive produced by Jeff Bieber, Dalton Delan, Stephen Gong, Donald Young, Sally Jo Fifer & Jean Tsien and examines what the 2010 U.S. Census identifies as the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. The 5-parter is told through individual lives and personal histories and explores the impact of this group on the country’s past, present, and future. Read the rest of this entry »
David Menke & The Limiñanas Scoring Olivier Megaton’s ‘The Last Days of American Crime’
Posted: May 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Menke, Olivier Megaton, The Last Days of American Crime, The Limiñanas
David Menke (Skylines) and the French rock band The Limiñanas have composed the original music for the new Netflix original film The Last Days of American Crime. The film is directed by Olivier Megaton (Taken 2 & 3, Colombiana, Transporter 3) and stars Edgar Ramírez, Michael Pitt, Anna Brewster and Sharlto Copley. The thriller is based on the Radical Publishing graphic novel by of the same title by Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini and centers on a bank robber who joins a plot to commit one final, historic heist before the government turns on a mind-altering signal that will end all criminal behavior. Karl Gajdusek (Oblivion, The November Man) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
