The full details of the score album for Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Yesterday, Motherless Brooklyn). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 14 by WaterTower Music (click here to stream/download). A CD version is available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, Atlantic Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, including several tracks co-written and produced by Pemberton. Birds of Prey starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco and Ali Wong is now playing in theaters nationwide Read the rest of this entry »
‘Birds of Prey’ Score Album Details
Posted: February 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Birds of Prey, Cathy Yan, Daniel Pemberton, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, score, Soundtrack
Soundtrack Album for Sam de Jong’s ‘Goldie’ to Be Released
Posted: February 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Goldie, Nathan Halpern, Sam de Jong, score, Soundtrack
Copticon Music will release a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age drama Goldie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Minding the Gap, Rich Hill, Swallow). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Goldie is written and directed by Sam de Jong and stars Slick Woods, George Sample III, Danny Hoch, Khris Davis, Marsha Stephanie Blake and A$AP Ferg. The movie is set in the Bronx and follows streetwise teen who discovers her true strength when her dream of becoming a dancer collides with harsh reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Morales to Score Quibi’s ‘The Fugitive’
Posted: February 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Quibi, The Fugitive, Tony Morales
Tony Morales (Bloodline, The Bag Man, An Actor Prepares, In Your Eyes) has been tapped to score the upcoming Quibi original series The Fugitive. The shortform drama is created by Nick Santora (Scorpion, Prison Break) based on the Harrison Ford-starring 1993 feature of the same title (scored by James Newton Howard) and stars Kiefer Sutherland, Boyd Holbrook, Natalie Martinez, Brian Geraghty, Genesis Rodriguez, Tiya Sircar and Keilani Arellanes. The show follows a blue collar worker who is being accused of bombing the Los Angeles subway train he’s riding on and must prove his innocence by uncovering the real perpetrator. Stephen Hopkins (24, Predator 2) is directing the series and is also executive producing the Thunder Road Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV production with Santora, Basil Iwanyk (John Wick, Sicario), Tom Lassally (Edge of Tomorrow, Stay) and Albert Torres. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kindness of Strangers’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lockington, Lone Scherfig, score, Soundtrack, The Kindness of Strangers
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the drama The Kindness of Strangers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rampage, Frontier, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 14 and will be available to stream/download here. The Kindness of Strangers is written and directed by Lone Scherfig and stars Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riseborough, Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel, Bill Nighy and Tahar Rahim. The movie centers on six strangers’ lives that intersect in a modern tale of ordinary people struggling to find help, hope and love in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »
Pixar’s ‘Onward’ to Feature Original Song ‘Carried Me With You’ by Brandi Carlile
Posted: February 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brandi Carlile, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Onward, Phil Hanseroth, Pixar, Tim Hanseroth
Disney has announced today that Brandi Carlile has recorded the original end credits song Carried Me With You for Pixar’s animated feature Onward. The track is written by Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth and will be included on the film’s official soundtrack album, which also features the movie’s original score composed by Mychael & Jeff Danna, and which will be released digitally on February 28, 2020 by Walt Disney Records. Check back on this page for the full album details. Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon and features the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring ‘Shadowplay’ TV Series
Posted: February 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mans Marlind, Nathaniel Mechaly, Shadowplay, The Hunting
Nathaniel Mechaly (Taken, The Grandmaster, Colombiana, Shut In) is composing the music for the upcoming TV series Shadowplay. The show is created by Måns Mårlind (Underworld Awakening, The Bridge) and stars Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Nina Hoss, Sebastian Koch, Tuppence Middleton, Logan Marshall-Green and Mala Emde. The thriller follows an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. Mårlind is also executive producing the Tandem, BRON Studios and ZDF production with Rola Bauer (Take Two, Crossing Lines), Jonas Bauer (The Pillars of the Earth), Tim Halkin (World Without End), Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Aaron L. Gilbert (Bombshell, Tully), Steven Thibault & David Davoli. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spy Intervention’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drew Mylrea, Roger Suen, score, Soundtrack, Spy Intervention
Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the romantic action comedy Spy Intervention. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roger Suen (Gook, Miss Purple). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Spy Intervention is directed by Drew Mylrea and stars Drew Van Acker, Poppy Delevingne, Blake Anderson, Natasha Bassett, Max Silvestri, Brittany Furlan, Dave Sheridan and Brian Sacca. The movie revolves around the world’s greatest spy who suddenly meets the woman of his dreams and decides to abandon his adventurous existence and settles for the security of suburbia. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen James Taylor Scoring Richard Tanne’s ‘Chemical Hearts’
Posted: February 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Chemical Hearts, Richard Tanne, Stephen James Taylor
Composer Stephen James Taylor is reteaming with director Richard Tanne on the upcoming coming-of-age drama Chemical Hearts. The film is written and directed by Tanne and stars Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams. The movie is based on Krystal Sutherland’s novel Our Chemical Hearts and follows a 17-year-old high school student who has never been in love and focuses of his attention on finally becoming the editor of his high school newspaper until he he meets a transfer student on the first day of his senior year. Tanne is also producing the project with Alex Saks (The Florida Project, Wildlife, Book Club). Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Lost Prince’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Howard Shore, Le prince oublié, Michel Hazanavicius, score, Soundtrack, The Lost Prince
HOWE Records will release a soundtrack album for the French family fantasy adventure The Lost Prince (Le prince oublié). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, The Departed, Spotlight). Also included is the original song Tell Me a Story written by the composer and performed by Natalie Prass, as well as the song Papa performed by Fantine. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The Lost Prince is directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) and stars Omar Sy, François Damiens and Bérénice Bejo. The movie revolves around a devoted single father who takes his daughter into “Storyland”, a fantasy film studio where their extraordinary fairytale adventures come to life. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham & Isabella Summers Scoring Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
Posted: February 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Isabella Summers, Little Fires Everywhere, Mark Isham
Composer Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) is teaming up with Florence + the Machine member Isabella Summers to score the upcoming Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere. The show is created by Liz Tigelaar (Life Unexpected, Casual) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. The drama is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller of the same title and follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
