Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Twilight, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, True Grit) has recently scored the first season of the upcoming Netflix original series Space Force. The show is created by Steve Carell & Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation) and stars Carell himself, alongside John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy O. Yang, Noah Emmerich, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake. The comedy revolves around a decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force as he is thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US Armed Forces: Space Force. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Netflix’s ‘Space Force’
Posted: May 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Greg Daniels, Netflix, Space Force, Steve Carell
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‘Stay Still’ (‘Stillstehen’) Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: May 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apparat, Elisa Mishto, Philipp Timm, score, Soundtrack, Stay Still, Stillstehen
It’s Complicated/Mute Records will release a soundtrack album for the German drama Stay Still (Stillstehen). The album features the film’s original music composed by Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) (Equals, Capri-Revolution, Leopardi) who co-scored the movie with Philipp Timm. Visit the British Apple Music store store to pre-order the album. Stay Still is written and directed by Elisa Mishto and stars Natalia Beltiski, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Giuseppe Battiston, Martin Wuttke, Katharina Schüttler, Ole Lagerpusch and Jürgen Vogel. The movie revolves around two wild spirit women who meet in a mental clinic and start a rebellion setting everything and everybody on fire. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Mike Rianda’s ‘Connected’
Posted: May 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Miller, Connected, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mike Rianda, Phil Lord
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, Hotel Transylvania) has been tapped to score the upcoming animated comedy Connected. The film is directed by Mike Rianda and features the voice talent of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric Andre and Olivia Colman. The animated comedy follows a a creative outsider who is accepted into the film school of her dreams. When she and her family drive to her school, their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising. Rianda also co-wrote the screenplay with co-director Jeff Rowe. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller are producing the Sony Pictures Animation production with Kurt Albrecht. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scoob!’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Scoob!, Soundtrack, Tony Cervone
Atlantic Records has announced the track list of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Scoob!. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Thomas Rhett & Kane Brown feat. Ava Max, Jack Harlow, Pink Sweat$, R3HAB, Rico Nasty, Sage the Gemini, Rare Americans & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The first track, Summer Feelings by Lennon Stella feat. Charlie Puth, is now available to stream/download here. Scoob! is directed by Tony Cervone and features the voices of Zac Efron, Frank Welker, Gina Rodriguez, Amanda Seyfried, Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, Kiersey Clemons and Jason Isaacs. The movie reveals how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined with young detectives Fred, Velma and Daphne to form the famous Mystery Inc. Read the rest of this entry »
Mikael Åkerfeldt to Compose Music for Netflix’s ‘Clark’
Posted: May 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clark, Jonas Akerlund, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Netflix
Netflix has announced today that songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt, lead vocalist and guitarist of the metal band Opeth, is set to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix original series Clark. The show is co-written and directed by Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos, Polar) and stars Bill Skarsgård as Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson who has been referred to as a “celebrity gangster” and has given rise to the concept of Stockholm syndrome, managed to escape prisons and committed robberies all over Europe. The 6-parter is based Olofsson’s autobiography Vafan var det som hände and will follow his early years until present day. Åkerlund and Skarsgård are also executive producing the Scandinavian Content Group production with Hans Engholm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Five Fingers for Marseilles, James Matthes, Michael Matthews, score, Soundtrack
Pressure Cooker Music has released a soundtrack album for the western thriller Five Fingers for Marseilles. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Matthes (Vehicle 19, Vagrant Queen, Lake Placid: Legacy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Five Fingers for Marseilles is directed by Michael Matthews and stars Vuyo Dabula, Zethu Dlomo, Hamilton Dhlamini, Kenneth Nkosi and Mduduzi Mabasco. The movie is set in post-apartheid South Africa and centers on a now-brutal man as he comes home to find peace, only to find that a new threat has taken over his town. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 10, 2020)
Posted: May 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Hulu, I Know This Much Is True, Mateo Messina, Nathan Barr, Netflix, The Great, The Wrong Missy, Tom Holkenborg, White Lines
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True written and directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Rosie O’Donnell, Archie Panjabi, Imogen Poots, Philip Ettinger, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Aisling Franciosi, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Goodman, Juliette Lewis and Kathryn Hahn. The show’s original music is composed by Harold Budd (Mysterious Skin, White Bird in a Blizzard). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Premiering on Wednesday, May 13, is the Netflix original film The Wrong Missy directed by Tyler Spindel and starring David Spade, Lauren Lapkus, Geoff Pierson, Sarah Chalke, Nick Swardson, Jackie Sandler, Chris Witaske and Molly Sims. Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Superstore, Butter, Tall Girl, Barely Lethal) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Porter Scoring Starz’s ‘Hightown’
Posted: May 10, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Porter, Hightown, Starz
Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Preacher, The Disaster Artist) is the composer of the new Starz original series Hightown. The show is created by Rebecca Cutter and stars Monica Raymund, James Badge Dale, Riley Voelkel, Shane Harper, Amaury Nolasco, Atkins Estimond and Dohn Norwood . The drama is set in idyllic, but bleak Cape Cod and follows one woman’s journey to sobriety, overshadowed by an unfolding murder investigation. Cutter is also executive producing the project with Gary Lennon (Power, Euphoria), Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Armageddon, Top Gun), Jonathan Littman (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami), KristieAnne Reed (Lucifer, L.A.’s Finest) and Ellen H. Schwartz. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Betty’ to Be Released
Posted: May 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aska Matsumiya, Betty, HBO, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Betty. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, Spelah and the Spades, 37 Seconds). Also included are songs by Cigarettes After Sex, Rosehardt, Ruby Haunt, Volta Jazz & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Betty is created and directed by Crystal Moselle based on her feature Skate Kitchen and stars Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell and Rachelle Vinberg. The drama follows a diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Erick Schroder Scoring Chris McGowan’s ‘Chasing Nightmares’
Posted: May 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chasing Nightmares, Chris McGowan, Erick Schroder
Erick Schroder (Astro, American Christmas, No Man’s Land) is composing the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Chasing Nightmares. The film is written and directed by Chris McGowan and stars Anne Heche, Graham McTavish, Michelle Randolph, Spencer Daniels, Aubrey Cleland, Jay Huguley and Dana Daurey. The movie follows a college student who risks her and her friends’ lives to track down the meaning behind the nightmares she has about a girl and a delusional masked man. David Brown is producing the project for Specter Pictures, alongside Todd Lundbohm for 828 Productions. Read the rest of this entry »
