Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Kong: Skull Island) is is set to reteam with directors Anthony & Joe Russo (Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame) on the upcoming drama Cherry. The film’s cast includes Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck, Ciara Bravo, Jeff Wahlberg, Michael Gandolfini and Kyle Harvey. The movie is based on Nico Walker’s New York Times bestselling novel and tells the true story of the author, a former Army medic who returned from Iraq with extreme undiagnosed PTSD and fell into an opioid addiction and began robbing banks. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman to Reteam with Anthony & Joe Russo on ‘Cherry’
Posted: January 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Russo, Cherry, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo
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Ludovico Einaudi Scoring Florian Zeller’s ‘The Father’
Posted: January 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Florian Zeller, Ludovico Einaudi, The Father
Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, This Is England, Samba) has composed the music for the upcoming drama The Father. The film is directed by Florian Zeller and stars Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams. Zeller also co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons). Philippe Carcassonne (Coco Before Chanel, Adore), Jean-Louis Livi (Wild Grass) and David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love, My Week with Marilyn) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joachim Holbek, Lone Scherfig, score, Soundtrack, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
PlantSounds has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2002 Danish/Scottish drama Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself co-written and directed by Lone Scherfig and starring Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen and Julia Davis. The 5-track EP features the original score from the Zentropa Entertainment production composed by Joachim Holbek (Europa, Nightwatch, Manderlay, Just Another Love Story). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Netflix Documentary ‘Into the Deep’
Posted: January 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Emma Sullivan, Into the Deep, Netflix
Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Peaky Blinders) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix documentary Into the Deep. The film is directed by Emma Sullivan who started documenting amateur inventor Peter Madsen in 2016. A year later, Madsen brutally murdered Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his homemade submarine in the waterways outside Copenhagen. Mette Heide (Amanda Knox) and Roslyn Walker are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Paramount Network’s ’68 Whiskey’ to Feature Original Music by Tyler Bates
Posted: January 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 68 Whiskey, Paramount Network, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, 300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead) is the composer of the new Paramount Network original series 68 Whiskey. The show is developed by Roberto Benabib (Weeds, Kidding) based on the Israeli television series Charlie Golf One and stars Sam Keeley, Jeremy Tardy, Gage Golightly, Cristina Rodlo, Beth Riesgraf, Lamont Thompson, Nicholas Coombe and Derek Theler. The comedic drama follows a multicultural band of Army medics stationed in Afghanistan on a base nicknamed “The Orphanage.” Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Somers Scoring Netflix Documentary ‘Miss Americana’
Posted: January 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Somers, Lana Wilson, Miss Americana, Netflix
Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Aloha, Manhattan) is composing the original score for the upcoming Netflix documentary Miss Americana. The film is directed by Lana Wilson (After Tiller) and follows Grammy and American Music Award winner Taylor Swift as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice. Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, 20 Feet from Stardom), Caitrin Rogers (The Black Godfather) and Christine O’Malley (Wordplay) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Billie Eilish to Perform ‘No Time to Die’ Theme Song
Posted: January 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billie Eilish, Finneas, James Bond, No Time to Die
Billie Eilish has confirmed that she is performing the title song for the 25th James Bond film No Time to Die. The singer/songwriter also co-wrote the track with her brother Finneas. Hans Zimmer is composing the original score for the movie directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and staring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas and Ralph Fiennes. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’
Posted: January 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Black Widow, Cate Shortland, Marvel
Alexandre Desplat has been hired to score Marvel Studios’ upcoming spy thriller Black Widow. The film is directed by Cate Shortland (Lore, Somersault) and stars Scarlett Johansson in the title role, alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, O-T Fagbenle and Rachel Weisz. Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok) wrote the screenplay based on a story by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle) and Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby). Kevin Feige (Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Alive’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alive, Frank Marshall, James Newton Howard, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1993 survival drama Alive directed by Frank Marshall and starring Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton, Illeana Douglas and Danny Nucci. The album features the original score from the Touchstone Pictures production composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Fugitive, Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them), including 40 minutes of previously unreleased music, plus another 30 minutes of revisions and alternates. The 2-CD is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples.
‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Rojas, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Netflix, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. The album features the main titles song by VenessaMichaels, as well as other songs by Dope Saint Jude, GZA & John Hodgman, Kittie Harloe & others. Also included are several tracks from the series’ original score composed by Daniel Rojas. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is created by Radford Sechrist, developed for television by Bill Wolkoff and stars Karen Fukuhara, Deon Cole, Coy Stewart, Sydney Mikayla and Dee Bradley Baker. Read the rest of this entry »
