John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, When the Game Stands Tall, The Star) has been tapped to score the upcoming Leonardo. The show is created by Frank Spotnitz (The Man in the High Castle, The X-Files) & Steve Thompson (Jericho) and stars Aidan Turner in the title role of Leonardo da Vinci, as well as Freddie Highmore as a fictional young detective named Stefano Giraldo, Giancarlo Giannini as Leonardo’s master Andrea del Verrocchio and Matilda De Angelis as Caterina da Cremona, his dearest friend and mysterious muse. The drama tells the story of the 15th/16th century Italian genius. Daniel Percival (The Man in the High Castle) and Alexis Sweet are directing the limited series. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano to Score ‘Leonardo’ TV Series
Posted: April 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frank Spotnitz, John Paesano, Leonardo, Steve Thompson
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Netflix’s ‘The Innocence Files’ to Feature Music by Justin Melland, Jay Wadley & Peter Nashel
Posted: April 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jay Wadley, Justin Melland, Netflix, Peter Nashel, The Innocence Files
Justin Melland (Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, The Force, Dark Net), Jay Wadley (Indignation, Tales of the City, Adam) and Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Book Club, Marco Polo) are the composers of the new Netflix docu-series The Innocence Files. The show executive produced and directed by Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?), Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) & Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated) tells the untold personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the nonprofit organization the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have uncovered and worked tirelessly to overturn. Read the rest of this entry »
Lisbeth Scott to Score Marc Meyers’ ‘All My Life’
Posted: April 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: All My Life, Lisbeth Scott, Marc Meyers
Lisbeth Scott (Tumble Leaf, American Son, Justine, I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story) has signed on to score the upcoming romantic drama All My Life. The film is directed by Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer, Human Capital) and stars Jessica Rothe, Harry Shum Jr., Michael Masini, Chrissie Fit, Greg Vrotsos, Jay Pharoah, Marielle Scott, Kyle Allen, Mario Cantone, Keala Settle, Ever Carradine, Josh Brener and Jon Rudnitsky. The movie tells the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, a young couple planning their wedding when they receive the news that Chau has liver cancer. Todd Rosenberg wrote the Black List-honored screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baghdad Central’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Baghdad Central, Channel 4, H. Scott Salians, Hulu, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the Channel 4/Hulu series Baghdad Central. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Cartel Land, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and iTunes/Apple Music, where you can also check out audio clips. Baghdad Central is created by Stephen Butchard based on the novel of the same title by Elliot Cola and stars Waleed Zuaiter, Bertie Carvel, Clara Khoury, Leem Lubany, Neil Maskell, July Namir and Corey Stoll. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Rennicks Scoring BBC/Hulu’s ‘Normal People’
Posted: April 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Death of a Ladies' Man, Hulu, Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People, Stephen Rennicks
Stephen Rennicks has composed the original score for the new BBC/Hulu limited series Normal People. The show is based on Sally Rooney’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same title and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal. The drama centers on the complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell from the end of their school days in a small town in the west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity College. Rooney is also executive producing the Element Pictures production with Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth), Mark O’Rowe (Boy A), Ed Guiney (The Favourite, The Lobster), Andrew Lowe (Shadow Dancer, Ripper Street), Emma Norton (Rosie), Anna Ferguson (A Discovery of Witches), as well as Lenny Abrahamson who also directed the first six episodes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lodgers’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: April 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian O'Malley, David Turpin, Kevin Murphy, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Shannon, The Lodgers
Burning Witches Records will release a soundtrack album for the Irish supernatural thriller The Lodgers. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Turpin with Stephen Shannon and Kevin Murphy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 1, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Lodgers is directed by Brian O’Malley, written by Turpin and stars Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley, Moe Dunford, Deirdre O’Kane and Roisin Murphy. The movie follows two orphaned twins who are forbidden from leaving their haunted home and must face the deadly outcome when one of them falls for an outsider and rebels against their family curse. Read the rest of this entry »
Joachim Horsley Scoring ABC’s ‘The Baker and the Beauty’
Posted: April 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Joachim Horsley, The Baker and the Beauty
Joachim Horsley (Spirit Riding Free, Big City Greens, 2307: Winter’s Dream, Rapture-Palooza) is scoring the new ABC comedy drama The Baker and the Beauty. The show is developed by Dean Georgaris (The Meg, The Manchurian Candidate) based on the hit Israeli show created by Assi Azar and stars Victor Rasuk, Nathalie Kelley, Carlos Gómez, Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Vidal, David Del Rio, Belissa Escobedo and Michelle Veintimilla. The series revolves around a blue-collar baker whose life moves into the spotlight when strikes up a relationship with an international superstar. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘The Nest’ Released
Posted: April 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Nicole Taylor, Paul Leonard Morgan, score, Soundtrack, The Nest
Studio Lambert Associates Limited has released a soundtrack album for the BBC series The Nest. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Nest is created by Nicole Taylor and stars Martin Compston, Sophie Rundle, Mirren Mack, Shirley Henderson, Katie Leung, David Hayman, Fiona Bell, James Harkness, Bailey Patrick, Samuel Small, Kate Dickie, Paul Brannigan, Liz Ewing and Christine Bottomley. The 5-parter follows a wealthy couple and a teenage girl who make a pact that will change all of their lives forever. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Young and Brian & Caleb Chan Scoring Quibi’s ’50 States of Fright’
Posted: April 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 50 States of Fright, Brian Chan, Caleb Chan, Christopher Young, Quibi
Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Ghost Rider, The Hurricane, The Grudge) and Brian & Caleb Chan have contributed original music to the Quibi anthology series 50 States of Fright. The show executive produced by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Evil Dead) & Debbie Liebling (South Park, PEN15) explores stories based on urban legends from Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, and Washington. The first episode, The Golden Arm, is co-written and directed by Raimi and stars Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel and John Marshall Jones. Other episodes include Red Rum directed by Daniel Goldhaber and starring Christina Ricci and Jacob Batalon, America’s Largest Ball of Twine directed by Yoko Okumura and starring Ming-Na Wen, Almost There written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Taissa Farmiga and Ron Livingston, as well as Grey Cloud Island written and directed by Adam Schindler & Brian Netto and starring Asa Butterfield. Read the rest of this entry »
Lauren Ruth Ward’s ‘Pictures of You’ Cover from Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Released
Posted: April 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Isabella Summers, Lauren Ruth Ward, Little Fires Everywhere, Mark Isham
Hollywood Records has released cover version of The Cure’s Pictures of You featured in the seventh episode of the Hulu original series Little Fires Everywhere. The song (co-written by Boris Williams, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson and Lol Tolhurst) is performed by Lauren Ruth Ward and produced by the show’s composers Mark Isham & Isabella Summers. The track is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album for the show will be released this coming Friday, April 17. Read the rest of this entry »
