Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Boondock Saints) & John Fee (Bad Country, Living on One Dollar) have composed the original score for DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. The show is the third installment in Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga and features the voices of Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Steven Yeun, Charlie Saxton, Lena Headey, David Bradley, Clancy Brown, Fred Tatasciore, Diego Luna, Mark Hamill, and Kelsey Grammer who are reprising their roles from the previous installments. They are joined by new cast members Alfred Molina, Stephanie Beatriz, James Faulkner and John Rhys Davies. The series follows Merlin’s apprentice as he joins Arcadia’s heroes on a time-bending adventure in Camelot, where conflict is brewing between the human, troll and magical worlds. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna & John Fee Scoring Netflix’s ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’
Posted: July 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Guillermo Del Toro, Jeff Danna, John Fee, Netflix, Tales of Arcadia, Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
‘Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexander Parsons, Hannah Berryman, Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the British documentary Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexander Parsons. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm is directed by Hannah Berryman and centers on Rockfield, the independent residential studio in the Welsh countryside and home to everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Robert Plant, Queen to The Stone Roses, Bowie and Iggy Pop to Oasis. The movie features interviews with some of the legendary musicians that have spent time at Rockfield over the years, including Osbourne, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Liam Gallagher and ex-Oasis bandmate Bonehead, Simple Minds & others. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 17, 2020)
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Nice Girl Like You, Aaron Zigman, Craig Armstrong, Dirt Music, Enis Rotthoff, Ghosts of War, Michael Suby, The Sunlit Light
Opening on VOD today is the British/Australian drama Dirt Music directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham. The film’s original score is composed by Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Incredible Hulk, Romeo + Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is being distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Also opening on VOD today is the romantic drama The Sunlit Night directed by David Wnendt and starring Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, David Paymer and Fridjov Såheim. Enis Rotthoff (Guns Akimbo, Love Sarah, Wetlands, Look Who’s Back) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released by Quiver Distribution. Read the rest of this entry »
Frederik Wiedmann to Score Luke Sparke’s ‘Occupation: Rainfall’
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, Luke Sparke, Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall
Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman, Doom: Annihilation) has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi sequel Occupation: Rainfall. The film is written and directed by Luke Sparke (Red Billabong) who previously helmed 2018’s original Occupation movie and stars Temuera Morrison, Dan Ewing, Ken Jeong, Daniel Gillies, Aaron Jeffery, Zac Garred, Izzy Stephens, Trystan Go, Lawrence Makoare, Vince Colosimo and Tamala Shelton. The sequel picks up two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, with a group of survivors in Sydney fighting back in a desperate ground war. Read the rest of this entry »
Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Chernobyl’
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene) won her first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the HBO/Sky limited series Chernobyl written and executive produced by Craig Mazin, directed by Johan Renck and starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. She previously received an Emmy and a Grammy Award for her work on the drama. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
‘Animal Crackers’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Animal Crackers, Bear McCreary, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks has released two soundtrack albums for the animated feature Animal Crackers. The first album features the songs from the movie, including original songs by Howard Jones and Toad the Wet Sprocket, as well as classic tracks by Queen, Huey Lewis & the News & others. Check out our previous article for the full track list and click here (digital version) and here (CD version) to order the soundtrack. Also coming out today is a separate album featuring the movie’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander). Click here (digital version) and here (CD version) to purchase the score album. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sulphur & White’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Nikitin, Julian Jarrold, score, Soundtrack, Sulphur & White
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Sulphur & White. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Imposter, The Pale Horse, Calibre, Mrs. Wilson, Lost Girls, This Beautiful Fantastic). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sulphur & White is directed by Julian Jarrold and stars Mark Stanley, Emily Beecham, Anna Friel, Dougray Scott and Aftab Shivdasani. The movie is inspired by the life of city trader and mountaineer David Tait, a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Solar Opposites’ to Be Released
Posted: July 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chris Westlake, Hulu, Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan, score, Solar Opposites, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Solar Opposites. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Chris Westlake (Castle Rock, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Before We Go, Transit, Small Town Crimes) . The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Solar Opposites is created by Justin Roiland & Mike McMahan and features the voices of Roiland himself, Sean Giambrone, Thomas Middleditch and Mary Mac. The animated comedy follows a team of four aliens who escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Showbiz Kids’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Jeff Tweedy, Sammy Tweedy., score, Showbiz Kids, Soundtrack, Spencer Tweedy
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO documentary Showbiz Kids. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and his sons Spencer Tweedy & Sammy Tweedy. Also included is the new song At a Distance by Jeff Tweedy. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Showbiz Kids is written and directed by Alex Winter and centers on the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. The movie is executive produced by Bill Simmons and features interviews with Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson, Todd Bridges, Cameron Boyce, Milla Jovovich,Evan Rachel Wood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Wheaton, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ to Be Released
Posted: July 16, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Bensi, Dave Franco, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, The Rental
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Rental. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, Boy Erased, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Rental marks the feature directorial debut of Dave Franco and stars Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White and Toby Huss. The movie revolves around two couples on an oceanside getaway who grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Read the rest of this entry »
