Alan Menken confirmed in a recent interview with Young Artists of America that he is working on new songs for the upcoming Disney+ Beauty and the Beast prequel series. The show is developed by Eddy Kitsis & Adam Horowitz (Once Upon a Time, Lost, Amazing Stories) and will star Josh Gad and Luke Evans who are reprising their roles from 2017’s live-action version. The 6-part limited series is set before the events of the film and will tell the origin story of Gaston and LeFou. Gad, Kitsis and Horowitz are writing all scripts for the project and are also executive producing the ABC Signature Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken to Compose New Songs for Disney+ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series
Posted: April 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Disney Plus
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Ramin Djawadi’s ‘Wicked Games’ Cover from HBO’s ‘Westworld’ Released
Posted: April 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Ramin Djawadi, Westworld
WaterTower Music has released the cover version of The Weeknd’s Wicked Games by composer Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Prison Break) from tonight’s episode of the HBO original series Westworld. The track is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full cover after the jump. The label has previously released the composer’s cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine from this season. A full soundtrack album featuring Djawadi’s music from the third season is expected to be released following the season finale premiere. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 5, 2020)
Posted: April 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Alex Baranowski, Dan Jones, Dan Marocco, Deadwater Fell, Disney Plus, Djawadi, Elephant, Fierce Queens, Flipped, Most Dangerous Game, Nainita Desai, Natalie Holt, PBS, Peter G. Adams, Quibi, Ramin Djawadi, Survive, The Windmere Children, Todor Kobakov, World on Fire
Premiering in the U.S. is the World War II drama World on Fire written by Peter Bowker and starring Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Helen Hunt, Blake Harrison, Zofia Wichłacz, Brian J. Smith, Parker Sawyers, Tomasz Kot, Bruno Alexander, Patrick Kennedy, Johannes Zeiler and Eugénie Derouand. Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Empire, Any Human Heart, Lady Macbeth, The Miniaturist) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the selections of the drama’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the British drama The Windermere Children directed by Michael Samuels and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny, Iain Glen, Tomasz Studzinski, Anna Maciejewska, Kuba Sprenger, Marek Wrobelewski and Kacper Swietek. Alex Baranowski (Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC Two and is making its U.S. debut on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Creators: The Past’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Creators: The Past, Piergiuseppe Zaia, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the Italian fantasy drama Creators: The Past. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by the movie’s director Piergiuseppe Zaia. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is being released overseas and will be available to order as an import here. Creators: The Past is co-written and directed by Zaia and stars Gérard Depardieu, Bruce Payne, Eleonara Fani, Marc Fiorini, Jennifer Mischiati and William Shatner. The movie revolves around a girl who has to find and protect an alien object that spins out of the Gods’ control and starts revealing the true story of humankind. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to Score Declaration of Arbroath Documentary
Posted: April 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charlie Stuart, Declaration, Patrick Doyle
Scottish newspaper The National is reporting that Academy Award nominee Patrick Doyle (Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cinderella, Brave, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Sense and Sensibility, Gosford Park, Murder on the Orient Express) is scoring a documentary about the Declaration of Arbroath, the letter submitted to Pope John XXII in 1320 that set out to confirm Scotland’s status as an independent, sovereign state. The movie, which has the working title Declaration, will feature appearances by historians Fiona Watson & Tom Turpie, broadcasters Billy Kay & Alistair Heather and author Andrew Redmond Barr. The film is being produced by the National columnist Lesley Riddoch and filmmaker Charlie Stuart. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 3, 2020)
Posted: April 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clover, Gary Lionelli, Pawel Mykietyn, Rafaël Leloup, Slay the Dragon, The Diamond Mine, The Other Lamb
Opening on VOD today is the documentary Slay the Dragon directed by Barak Goodman & Chris Durrance. The movie centers on a secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago and follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter. The film’s original music is composed by Gary Lionelli (O.J. Made in America, Chasing the Moon, Last Days in Vietnam). No word on a soundtrack release. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the documentary, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is being released by Magnolia Pictures.
Also opening on VOD today is the thriller The Other Lamb directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and starring Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman and Denise Gough. Rafael Leloup (Inheritance) and Pawel Mykietyn (Elles, In the Name Of) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows a woman who begins to question the leader of a cult and the insular world she was born into in this haunting vision of a nightmarish awakening, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being released by IFC Midnight. Visit the official movie website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Clover’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Clover, Jon Abrahams, score, Soundtrack, The Diamond Mine
Mad Decent has released a soundtrack album for the crime drama Clover. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Diamond Mine. Also included is The Shacks’ cover of Crimson and Clover. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Clover is directed by Jon Abrahams and stars Mark Webber, Nicole Elizabeth Berger, Abrahams himself, Chazz Palmintieri, Ron Perlman, Jessica Szohr, Tichina Arnold, Erika Christensen, Julia Jones and Michael Godere. The movie follows two brothers – down on their luck, and in debt to a dangerous crime boss – who must go on the run to save themselves, and a seemingly innocent teenage girl. Read the rest of this entry »
Ruby Amanfu’s ‘Bitch’ Cover from Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Released
Posted: April 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Isabella Summers, Little Fires Everywhere, Mark Isham, Ruby Amanfu
Hollywood Records has released the cover version of Meredith Brooks’ Bitch featured in the next episode of the Hulu original series Little Fires Everywhere. The song (co-written by Brooks & Shelly Peiken) is performed by Ruby Amanfu and produced by the show’s composers Mark Isham & Isabella Summers. The track is now available to stream/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 on April 17. Little Fires Everywhere is created by Liz Tigelaar based the bestselling novel by Celeste Ng and stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Home Before Dark’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: April 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Home Before Dark, Nathan Lanier, score, Soundtrack
Apple Music/Paramount Music have announced a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Home Before Dark. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Nathan Lanier (High Strung, Max Steel, Jem and the Holograms, Justin Bieber’s Believe, The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Apple Music/iTunes. Home Before Dark is created by Dana Fox & Dara Resnik and stars Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, Kylie Rogers, Joelle Carter, Jibrail Nantambu, Deric McCabe, Michael Weston, Aziza Scott and Louis Herthum. The drama executive produced by Jon M. Chu follows a young girl who moves from the city of Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind, where she unearths a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Bureau’ (‘Le Bureau des Légendes’) Season 5 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Canal+, Le Bureau des Légendes, Rob, Robin Coudert, score, Soundtrack, Sundance Now
Milan Records has released a new soundtrack album for the French TV series The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes). The album features selections of the original music from the show’s fifth season composed by Rob (Maniac, Horns, Revenge, Troy: Fall of a City, Gretel & Hansel, Planetarium). The soundtrack is being released digitally overseas today and will be released in the U.S. later this year. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album, check out audio samples and listen to a full track from the album after the jump. Hippocampus and Music Box Records have previously released soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score from the first four seasons. The Bureau is created by Eric Rochant and stars Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lea Drucker, Sara Giraudeau and Florence Loiret Caille. Read the rest of this entry »
