Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disneynature documentary Dolphin Reef. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Fury, The World’s End, The Hunt, Baby Driver). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 3 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Dolphin Reef is directed by Keith Scholey (African Cats), produced by Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Natalie Portman. The movie centers on Echo, a young Pacific bottlenose dolphin who can’t quite decide if it’s time to grow up and take on new responsibilities. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dolphin Reef’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alastair Fothergill, Blue, Disney Plus, Disneynature, Dolphin Reef, Keith Scholey, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price
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Walter Mair to Score James Kermack’s ‘Knuckledust’
Posted: April 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Kermack, Knuckledust, Walter Mair
Walter Mair (Formula 1: Drive to Survive, The Same Sky, Ronaldo, Glue, Cuffs) has signed on to score the upcoming British action thriller Knuckledust. The film is written and directed by James Kermack and stars Moe Dunford, Kate Dickie, Camille Rowe, Jaime Winstone, Alex Ferns, Gethin Anthony, Phil Davis, Amy Bailey and Sebastien Foucan. The movie follows a group of police officers as they are called to take down an elite underground fighting den, when they discover seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of multiple fighters, assassins and goons, with just one bloodied man still breathing. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam Schlesinger (1967-2020)
Posted: April 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger has passed away today at age 52 as a result of coronavirus complications. The singer/songwriter who was known as a member of bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows has composed the scores and songs for numerous movies and TV shows. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for co-writing the original title song from Tom Hanks’ 1996 directorial debut That Thing You Do!. He also won an Emmy Award for co-writing the song Anti-Depressants Are So Not a Big Deal from The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and two songs written for the 66th Annual Tony Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Track List for Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: April 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Mulan, Niki Caro, score, Soundtrack
The track list of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan has been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven). Also included is the original song Loyal Brave True performed by Christina Aguilera, written by Jamie Hartman, Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan & Billy Crabtree (available as a digital single now), a new version of Reflection (originally written by David Zippel & Matthew Wilder for the 1998 animated feature) performed by Aguilera, as well as a Mandarin version of the song performed by lead actress Yifei Liu. The soundtrack was originally set to be released on March 25 and now expected to come out when the movie opens in theaters later this year or in 2021. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham to Score Lee Daniels’ ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
Posted: April 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lee Daniels, Mark Isham, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) has been hired to score the upcoming biographical drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The film is directed by Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler, Shadowboxer) and stars Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne, Evan Ross, Dana Gourrier, Erik LaRay Harvey and Melvin Gregg. The movie is inspired by by Johann Hari’s 2015 New York Time bestseller Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs and centers on jazz singer Billie Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation. Suzan-Lori Parks (Genius: Aretha, Girl 6) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Small Country’ (‘Petit pays’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Barbier, Petit pays, Renaud Barbier, score, Small Country, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Small Country (Petit pays). The album features the film’s original music composed by Renaud Barbier (The Last Diamond, The Serpent). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Small Country is directed by Eric Barbier and stars Jean-Paul Rouve, Djibril Vancoppenolle, Isabelle Kabano and Delya De Médina. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Gaël Faye and revolves around a group of boys aged between growing up in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura at the time of the Rwandan civil war. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Lovett to Score Shane Dax Taylor’s ‘Masquerade’
Posted: March 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Lovett, Masquerade, Shane Dax Taylor
Ben Lovett (The Signal, The Ritual, Synchronicity, The Wind, Black Rock, Don Peyote) has been tapped to score the upcoming thriller Masquerade. The film is written and directed by Shane Dax Taylor (Bloodworth, Isolation) and stars Bella Thorne, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Austin Nichols, Mircea Monroe and Skyler Samuels. The movie revolves around an 11-year-old girl who must survive the night after a group of intruders break into her family’s home to steal priceless artwork. Taylor is also producing the project with Steven Schneider (Pet Sematary, Blair Witch) and Kenneth Burke (Soul Surfer). Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ to Feature Music by Fil Eisler
Posted: March 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fil Eisler, Netflix, Outer Banks
Fil Eisler (Revenge, How to Be Single, UnReal, Proud Mary, CHiPs, Life of the Party) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Outer Banks. The show is created by Jonas Pate (Aquarius), Josh Pate (Surface) and Shannon Burke and stars Charles Esten, Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Austin North and Drew Starkey. The coming-of-age drama follows a tight-knit group of local teens in the beach vacation destination of the Outer Banks of North Carolina as they hunt for a legendary treasure. Jonas & Josh Pate and Burke are also executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe Scoring Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’
Posted: March 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Widow, Cate Shortland, Lorne Balfe, Marvel
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown, Bad Boys for Life) has recently been scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming spy thriller Black Widow. The film is directed by Cate Shortland (Lore, Somersault) and stars Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone, William Hurt and O-T Fagbenle. The movie follows the title character as she confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok) wrote the screenplay based on a story by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle) and Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby). Kevin Feige (Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, Iron Man) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jumbo’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jumbo, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Roussel, Zoé Wittock
Universal Music France has released a soundtrack album for the French drama Jumbo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Roussel (Take-Away Romance). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Jumbo is written and directed by Zoé Wittock and stars Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot and Sam Louwyck. The movie follows a shy young woman who works in an amusement park and still lives at home with her mother, when she meets Jumbo, the park’s new flagship attraction. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was originally set to be released in French theaters earlier this month. Read the rest of this entry »
