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 »
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
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‘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 »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2020)
Posted: March 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazing Stories, AMC, Apple TV +, Atticus Ross, Ben Salisbury, Brandon Campbell, Breeders, Claudia Sarne, Devs, Dispatches from Elsewhere, FX, Geoff Barrow, Graham Coxon, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hillary, Hulu, I Am Not Okay with This, Leopold Ross, Mark Isham, Netflix, Nicholas Pike, Noah Sorota, Oli Julian, Ramin Djawadi, Will Bates
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9, Broken City). Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC.
Premiering tomorrow, March 2 is the FX original series Breeders created by Simon Blackwell ,Chris Addison & Martin Freeman and starring Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which is premiering on FX tomorrow and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day. Read the rest of this entry »
H. Scott Salinas Scoring FX’s ‘The Most Dangerous Animal of All’
Posted: March 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, H. Scott Salinas, The Most Dangerous Animal of All
H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior) has composed the original score for the new FX docu-series The Most Dangerous Animal of All. The show is based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name and explores one man’s search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes his father is the Zodiac killer, one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. The 4-parter is directed by Kief Davidson (A Lego Brickumentary) who is also executive producing the project with Ross M. Dinerstein (The Innocent Man, 6 Balloons, 1922). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Loop’ Released
Posted: February 29, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Loop, Mark Orton, Pixar, score, Soundtrack, Sparkshorts
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Pixar SparkShorts’ Loop. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (Nebraska, The Good Girl, My Old Lady) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Loop is written and directed by Erica Milsom and features the voices of Madison Bandy, Christiano ‘Chachi’ Delgado and Louis Gonzales. The Pixar Animation Studios production follows a non-verbal, autistic girl and a chatty boy who are partnered on a canoeing trip and must both learn how the other experiences the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 28, 2020)
Posted: February 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexander Sowinski, Benh Zeitlin, Benjamin Wallfisch, Blood on Her Name, Brooke Blair, Burden, Dan Romer, Dickon Hinchliffe, Disappearance at Clifton Hill, Emile Simon, Enis Rotthoff, Guns Akimbo, Leland Whitty, Quinn Tsan, Saint Frances, The Invisible Man, The Jesus Rolls, Wendy, Will Blair
The only movie opening nationwide today is the sci-fi horror movie The Invisible Man written and directed by Leigh Whannell and starring Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer and Oliver Jackson-Cohen . The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation, Lights Out). 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 Blumhouse production and Universal Pictures release.
Opening in limited release is the drama Wendy co-written and directed by Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and stars Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage and Krzysztof Meyn. Dan Romer (Maniac, The Good Doctor, Atypical, Beasts of No Nation, Digging for Fire) and Zeitlin have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
