Director Nia DaCosta has revealed in a recent interview with Fandom that experimental musician Robert A. A. Lowe (aka Lichens) is composing the music for the upcoming Candyman sequel. The film starring Tahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Colman Domingo is based on the Philip Glass-scored 1992 feature of the same title written by Bernard Rose and the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker and returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began. DaCosta (Little Woods) also co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) & Win Rosenfeld (Hunters, The Twilight Zone). Read the rest of this entry »
Robert A. A. Lowe to Score Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ Sequel
Posted: March 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Candyman, Nia DaCosta, Robert A. A. Lowe
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Expanded ‘Far and Away’ & ‘The Swarm’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: March 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Far and Away, Irwin Allen, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ron Howard, score, Soundtrack, The Swarm
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1992 historical drama Far and Away directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The album features the remastered and expanded original music from the Universal Pictures release composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List), including previously unreleased tracks from the score and alternate cues. The 2-CD set, which is limited to 3,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘First Cow’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: First Cow, Kelly Reichardt, score, Soundtrack, William Tyler
Merge Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama First Cow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nashville guitarist William Tyler who has made his feature film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD and vinyl edition is in the works to come out this summer. First Cow is co-written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones and Ewen Bremner. The movie is set in the early 19th Century and centers on a taciturn loner and skilled cook who has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, where he finds a true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Best Years’ (‘Gli anni più belli’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriele Muccino, Gli anni più belli, Nicola Piovani, score, Soundtrack, The Best Years
Lotus Production has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama The Best Years (Gli anni più belli). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow, The Traitor, Pinocchio). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The Best Years is directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness) and stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Micaela Ramazzotti, Kim Rossi Stuart, Claudio Santamaria, Nicoletta Romanoff and Emma Marrone. The movie follows three childhood friends and the woman they all fall for at one point in their lives, over the course of 40 years of recent Italian history. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Wind’ Released
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Jimenez, Disney Plus, Pixar, score, Soundtrack, SparksShorts, Wind
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Pixar SparkShorts’ Wind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Jimenez who previously scored the Academy Award-nominated short Kitbull. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Wind is written and directed by Edwin Chang and features the voices of Sonoko Konishi and Emilio Fuentes. The Pixar Animation Studios production focuses on a grandmother and grandson longing to escape an endless chasm, scavenging debris that surrounds them to realize their dream of escaping to a better life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Meanest Man in Texas’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Justin Ward, score, Soundtrack, Steve Dorff, The Meanest Man in Texas
Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Meanest Man in Texas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Steve Dorff (Growing Pains, Murphy Brown, Blast from the Past, Dudley Do-Right, Major Dad). Also included is the song Grace (Will Lead Me Home) performed by Mary Millben. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 13, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Meanest Man in Texas is co-written and directed by Justin Ward and stars Mateus Ward, Alexandra Bard, Jamie McShane, Richard Riehle and Casey Bond. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryce Dessner to Score Jon Stewart’s ‘Irresistible’
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryce Dessner, Irresistible, Jon Stewart
Bryce Dessner of the rock band The National has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Irresistible. The film is written and directed by Jon Stewart and stars Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, Mackenzie Davis, CJ Wilson and Will Sasso. The movie follows a Democrat political consultant who helps a retired ex-Marine colonel run for mayor in a small Wisconsin town. Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner (12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Big Short) are producing the Plan B Entertainment production with Stewart and Lila Yacoub (Eighth Grade, Frances Ha). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Jesus Rolls’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emilie Simon, John Turturro, score, Soundtrack, The Jesus Rolls
Vegetal has released a soundtrack album for the crime comedy The Jesus Rolls. The album features the film’s original music written by French singer/songwriter and composer Emilie Simon, including the end credits song Always Now. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Jesus Rolls is written and directed by John Turturro who also stars in the film as Jesus Quintana (which he previously portrayed in the Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowksi), alongside Audrey Tautou, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Pete Davidson and Jon Hamm. The movie follows Quintana hours after being released from prison as he pairs up with fellow misfits to embark on a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance. Read the rest of this entry »
Simon Boswell Scoring Edward Hall’s ‘Blithe Spirit’
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blithe Spirit, Edward Hall, Simon Boswell
Simon Boswell (Shallow Grave, Lord of Illusions, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The War Zone) is composing the original music for the upcoming British comedy Blithe Spirit. The film is directed by Edward Hall and stars Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Michelle Dotrice and Aimee-Ffion Edwards. The movie is based on the classic play of the same title by Noël Coward and revolves around a crime author who invites an eccentric mystic to his home in hopes of curing a terrible case of writer’s block he encounters as he tries to finish his first script. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest, Nick Skachkov, score, Soundtrack, Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
A soundtrack album has been released for the Russian supernatural horror thriller Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Skachkov. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest is co-written and directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky (The Bride) and stars Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin and Svetlana Ustinova. The movie follows a young couple who hire a nanny to look after their newborn daughter and start to believe that she is an ancient Slavic demon called Yaga. Read the rest of this entry »
