Gabriel Mann is composing the original score for the new NBC drama Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Mateo Messina (Juno, Superstore, Women Who Kill) has provided the themes for the show created by Austin Winsberg and starring Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Peter Gallagher and Mary Steenburgen. The series revolves around a whip-smart computer coder in San Francisco who suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her – her family, co-workers and complete strangers – through popular songs. Harvey Mason Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer and Jen Ross is the music supervisor. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ to Original Score by Gabriel Mann & Themes by Mateo Messina
Posted: January 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Mann, Mateo Messina, NBC, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
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Robert Glasper Scoring Stella Meghie’s ‘The Photograph’
Posted: January 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Robert Glasper, Stella Meghie, The Photograph
Jazz pianist/record producer and composer Robert Glasper has recently scored the upcoming romantic drama The Photograph. The film is written and directed by Stella Meghie (Everything, Everything, Jean of the Joneses) and stars Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams, Y’lan Noel, Rob Morgan, Lil Rel Howery and Courtney B. Vance. The movie follow the estranged daughter of a famed photographer who finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box that is found after her mother’s death and finds herself on a journey delving into her mother’s early life. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni Tapped as New Composer of Spectrum’s ‘L.A.’s Finest’
Posted: January 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Cardoni, L.A.'s Finest, Spectrum
Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method) is the new composer of the Spectrum Originals series L.A.’s Finest. He is scoring the second season of the drama created by Brandon Margolis & Brandon Sonnier (The Blacklist) based on Michael Bay’s Bad Boys franchise and starring Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Zach Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson. Laura Karpman & Raphal Saadiq have previously scored last year’s first season of the show. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano to Score Yuval Adler’s ‘The Secrets We Keep’
Posted: January 7, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Paesano, The Secrets We Keep, Yuval Adler
John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, When the Game Stands Tall, Truth Be Told) has signed on to score the upcoming thriller The Secrets We Keep. The film is directed by Yuval Adler (The Operative, Bethlehem) and stars Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Chris Messina and Amy Seimetz. The movie follows a woman who is rebuilding her life in New York after World War II, when she and her husband encounter a man they think could be one of her chief tormentors as she fled from the Nazi occupation in World War II. Ryan Covington wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
2020 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2020 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 2. For a full list of nominations, click here.
Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Score’ category:
1917 – Thomas Newman
Jojo Rabbit – Michael Giacchino
Joker – Hildur Gudnadottir Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score 25th James Bond Film ‘No Time to Die’
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cary Fukunaga, Hans Zimmer, James Bond, No Time to Die
Hans Zimmer has been brought in to score the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die. It has not been confirmed yet whether he will be taking sole composer credit or if he will be sharing scoring credit with one of his regular collaborators. Dan Romer was originally announced as the movie’s composer. No Time to Die is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars 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 »
‘Find Me in Paris’ Season 2 Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Find Me in Paris, Hulu, Lena reve d'etoiles, Norbert Gilbert, Soundtrack
22D Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Find Me in Paris. The album features selection so fthe original score from the show’s second season composed by Norbert Gilbert. Also included are songs by Christy O’Donnell, Giacomo Lecchi D’Alessandro, Lucie Guillem and Charlotte Barban-Dangerfield. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 24, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released an album featuring music from the show’s first season. Find Me in Paris is created by Jill Girling & Lori Mather and stars Jessica Lord, Hannah Dodd, Rory J. Saper, Eubha Akilade, Hiran Abeysekera and Eubha Akilade. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Visible: Out on Television’
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Blake Neely, Ryan White, Visible: Out on Television
Blake Neely is composing the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ docu-series Visible: Out on Television. The show directed by Ryan White investigates the importance of TV as an intimate medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television. The 5-parter is narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil Patrick Harris & Lena Waithe and features interviews with Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper, Billy Porter, among others. White is also executive producing the project with Jessica Hargrave, Wilson Cruz and Wanda Sykes. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami to Return for John Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place Part II’
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place Part II, John Krasinski, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream, Logan, World War Z, Ford v Ferrari) is returning as the composer of the upcoming horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II. The film is written and directed by John Krasinski and stars Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe and Djimon Hounsou. The movie follows the Abbott family as they must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Krasinski is also producing the Platinum Dunes production with Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon), Andrew Form & Brad Fuller (The Purge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Read the rest of this entry »
Edward Shearmur Scoring Rodrigo Garcia’s ‘Four Good Days’
Posted: January 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edward Shearmur, Four Good Days, Rodrigo Garcia
Composer Edward Shearmur (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Charlie’s Angels, Escape at Dannemora, Cruel Intentions, Johnny English) is reuniting with director Rodrigo Garcia on the upcoming drama Four Good Days. The film starring Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Stephen Root and Joshua Leonard follows a mother who helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse. Garcia (Albert Nobbs) also co-wrote the screenplay with Eli Saslow and is producing the project with Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Up, Close and Personal), Marina Grasic (Welcome to Me), Jake Avnet and Jai Khann (The Black Prince). Read the rest of this entry »
