Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is composing the original music for the upcoming Hulu original series The Great. The show is created by Tony McNamara (The Favourite) and stars Elle Fanning in the title role, as well as Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow. The comedy drama follows the unlikely rise and spectacular reign of feminist trailblazer Catherine the Great, the longest running female leader in Russian history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Apparition’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apparition, Ben Worley, score, Soundtrack, Waymon Boone
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Apparition. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Worley. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 10, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Apparition is directed by Waymon Boone and stars Annalisa Cochrane, Mena Suvari and Kevin Pollak. The movie follows a group of young people who, guided by an app that connects living with the dead, find themselves at an abandoned castle and a place with a horrific history tied to each of them. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, The Newton Brothers, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus) are scoring the upcoming AMC original series The Walking Dead: World Beyond. The show is created by Scott M. Gimple (who served as the showrunner of Seasons 4 through 8 of the original The Walking Dead) & Matt Negrete and stars Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond. The drama centers on a heroic group of teens who, sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world, receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to save their father – and possibly the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Complete ‘Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood’ Score Released
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Mollin, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Harry Manfredini
Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete score for the 1988 horror sequel Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, Susan Blu, Terry Kiser and Kane Hodder. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Manfredini (House, Wishmaster, Swamp Thing) who composed the music for all the previous movies in the franchise and Fred Mollin (Fast Company, Screwballs II) who also scored Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is set to come out this May (click here to pre-order). Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Netflix’s ‘Coffee & Kareem’
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Coffee & Kareem, Joseph Trapanese, Michael Dowse
Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, The Raid 2, Lady and the Tramp) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Coffee & Kareem. The movie is directed by Michael Dowse (Goon, What If) and stars Ed Helms, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Betty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, Andrew Bachelor and David Alan Grier. The action comedy revolves around a Detroit cop who reluctantly teams with his girlfriend’s 11 year-old son to clear his name and take down the city’s most ruthless criminal. Shane McCarthy wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Woman’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anastasia Mikova, Armand Amar, score, Soundtrack, Woman, Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the French documentary Woman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, The Source, Mia and the White Lion, A Bag of Marbles, Belle & Sebastian, The History of Love). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Woman is directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand & Anastasia Mikova and is being described as an “epic narrative that pays tribute to women, their experiences, their struggles and victories – from Congo to Mozambique, Afghanistan to Syria”. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Infinite’
Posted: March 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antoine Fuqua, Harry Gregson-Williams, Infinite
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire) has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Infinite. The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw) and stars Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien, Sophie Cookson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Rupert Friend, Jason Mantzoukas and Tom Hughes. The movie is based on D. Eric Maikranz’s novel The Reincarnationist Papers and centers on a troubled young man haunted by memories of two past lives who stumbles upon Cognomina, a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives, and decides to join their ranks. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) and Ian Shorr (Splinter) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Judith Hill’s ‘In the Air Tonight’ Cover from Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Released
Posted: March 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Judith Hill, Little Fires Everywhere
Hollywood Records has released the cover version of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight from the Hulu original series Little Fires Everywhere. The song is performed by Judith Hill and produced by the show 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. A full soundtrack album for the show is set to be released on April 17, 2020. Check back on this page for the full album details. Little Fires Everywhere is created by Liz Tigelaar 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 »
Clark to Score Apple TV+’s ‘Lisey’s Story’
Posted: March 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Chris Clark, Clark, Lisey’s Story, Stephen King
Clark (aka Chris Clark) (The Last Panthers, National Treasure: Kiri, Daniel Isn’t Real, Rellik) has been hired to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Lisey’s Story. The show is created by Stephen King based on his 2006 novel of the same title and stars Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen, Dane DeHaan and Sung Kang. The 8-part limited series is based on Stephen King’s 2006 book of the same name and follows a woman two years after the death of her husband and explores a series of events that causes her to begin facing amazing realities about her husband that she had repressed and forgotten. King is writing all eight episodes of the series and is also executive producing the Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television production with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek, Lost, Alias) and Ben Stephenson (Westworld, Castle Rock). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Disney Channel, Glenn Slater, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney Channel animated series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. The album features the original songs from the show’s third and final season written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and Glenn Slater (Galavant, UglyDolls) and performed by cast members Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Eden Espinosa, James Monroe Iglehart, Jeremy Jordan and Eden Espinosa. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the songs from Season 1 & 2 of the show. Read the rest of this entry »
