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 »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Netflix’s ‘Coffee & Kareem’
Posted: March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Coffee & Kareem, Joseph Trapanese, Michael Dowse
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‘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 »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2020)
Posted: March 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Blow the Man Down, Brandon Campbell, Brandon Roberts, Brian McOmber, Freeform, Harry Escott, Hulu, Isabella Summers, Jordan Dykstra, Larry Goldings, Little Fires Everywhere, Mark Isham, Motherland: Fort Salem, Netflix, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, The English Game, The Letter from the King
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remiering on Wednesday, March 18, is the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everwhere created by Liz Tigelaar based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same title and starring Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) & Florence + the Machine’s Isabella Summers. Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama and check back on this page within the next few days for more information about a soundtrack release.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Freeform original series Motherland: Fort Salem created by Eliot Laurence and starring Taylor Hickson, Ashley Nicole Williams, Lyne Renee and Jessica Sutton, Brandon Roberts (Underwater, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, TURN: Washington’s Spies, The Twilight Zone, Little Evil) is composing the show’s original music. Visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem, and which will air every Wednesday night on Freeform. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Calm With Horses’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin John Power, Blanck Mass, Calm with Horses, Nick Rowland, score, Soundtrack
Invada Records has released a soundtrack album for the British/Irish crime drama Calm With Horses. The album features the film’s original music composed by Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Calm With Horses is directed by Nick Rowland and stars Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy and David Wilmot. The movie is based on the novella by Colin Barrett and follows a former boxer who is offered a gig as an enforcer with the local drug mafia, but the demands weigh heavily as he makes inroads with his young son. Read the rest of this entry »
Larry Goldings Scoring Netflix’s ‘Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker’
Posted: March 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Larry Goldings, Netflix, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Larry Goldings is the composer of the new Netflix original limited series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. The show is created by Nicole Jefferson Asher (Love Beats Rhymes) and stars Octavia Spencer, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Blair Underwood, Garrett Morris, Kevin Carroll and Bill Bellamy. The drama is inspired by the book On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles and tells the true story of an African American washerwoman who rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 13, 2020)
Posted: March 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Nikitin, Big Time Adolescence, Bloodshot, David Hirschfelder, Hugo Nicolson, I Still Believe, John Debney, Julia Holter, Lost Girls, Lost Transmissions, Nathan Barr, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Nick Sena, Ride Like a Girl, Sally Potter, Simon Lacey, Steve Jablonsky, The Hunt, The Postcard Killings, The Roads Not Taken, Zachary Dawes
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the faith-based drama I Still Believe directed by Jon & Andrew Erwin and also stars KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain and Gary Sinise. The film’s original score is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus). Capitol Records has released a soundtrack album featuring five tracks from the composer’s score, as well as the Jeremy Camp songs from the movie performed by Apa, as well as other tracks by Apa. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.
Also opening wide is the thriller The Hunt directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank, Glenn Howerton, Amy Madigan and Ethan Suplee. Nathan Barr (True Blood, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, The Americans, Cabin Fever, Carnival Row) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 Universal Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
