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 »
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
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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 »
John Debney to Score the Erwin Brothers’ ‘I Still Believe’
Posted: January 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Erwin, I Still Believe, John Debney, Jon Erwin
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Bruce Almighty) has been tapped to score the upcoming faith-based biographical drama I Still Believe. The film is directed by Jon & Andrew Erwin (I Can Only Imagine, Woodlawn) and stars KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain and Gary Sinise. The movie tells the real-life story of Christian music singer Jeremy Camp. Jon Erwin also co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Gunn (Like Dandelion Dust). Read the rest of this entry »
92nd Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 13, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Hildur Gudnadottir Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘Joker’
Posted: January 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critic's Choice Movie Awards, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Hildur Gudnadottir was honored with her first Critics’ Choice Award in the Best Score category for her music for Todd Phillips’ Joker at tonight’s 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Michael Abels for Us, Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917 and Robbie Robertson for The Irishman. Read the rest of this entry »
