Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, A Christmas Carol, The Art of Racing in the Rain) has been tapped to score the upcoming ABC drama For Life. The show is created by Hank Steinberg (Without a Trace, The Last Ship) and stars Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson, Boris McGiver, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris and Timothy Busfield. The series is inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr. and revolves around a prisoner who becomes a lawyer litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran Scoring ABC’s ‘For Life’
Posted: January 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Dustin O'Halloran, For Life, Hank Steinberg
Soundtrack Album for Larry Fessenden’s ‘Depraved’ to Be Released
Posted: January 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Depraved, Larry Fessenden, score, Soundtrack, Will Bates
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror movie Depraved. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Bates (I Origins, The Path, Another Earth, Unbelievable, The Magicians, The Looming Tower). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Depraved is written and directed by Larry Fessenden and stars David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux and Ana Kayne. The movie is based on the Frankenstein myth and centers on a fanatical doctor as he reconstructs an unsuspecting man out of spare body parts. Read the rest of this entry »
Toydrum to Score Christopher Smith’s ‘The Banishing’
Posted: January 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Smith, The Banishing, Toydrum
Toydrum (aka Pablo Clements and James Griffith) (Prevenge, Future World, Deep Water) have been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Banishing. The film is directed by Christopher Smith (Triangle, Severance) and stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Sean Harris, John Heffernan and John Lynch. The movie is set in the 1930s and tells the story of a young reverend and his wife and daughter who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Adoring’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adoring, Chong ai, Larry Yang, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese comedy drama Adoring (Chong ai). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Shaolin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Hidden Man, The White Storm, Mountain Cry). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Adoring is directed by Larry Yang and stars Lei Wu, Beibi Gong, Wallace Chung, Zishan Yang, Zifeng Zhang, Hong Tao, Hewei Yu, Gaowa Siqin and Landi Li. The movie revolves around a pet center owner and vet as she witnesses six stories among the pets and their owners. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson Scoring CBS’ ‘FBI: Most Wanted’
Posted: January 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, CBS, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted
Atli Orvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle) is scoring the new CBS drama FBI: Most Wanted. The show is created by Dick Wolf & Rene Balcer (Law & Order) and stars Julian McMahon, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Nathaniel Arcand. The series focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zombies 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Soundtrack, Zombies, Zombies 2
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Zombies 2. The album features the songs from the sequel to the 2018 film performed by cast members including Meg Donnelly, Milo Manheim, Kylee Russell, Trevor Tordjman, Carla Jeffery, James Godfrey, Emilia McCarthy, Noah Zulfikar, Pearce Joza, Chandler Kinney and Ariel Martin. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on February 14, 2020 and is now available for pre-order here (digital version) and on Amazon (CD version). Zombies 2 is directed by Paul Hoen, written by David Light & Joseph Raso and follows Seabrook High students Addison and Zed whose budding romance is threatened by the arrival of werewolves. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘Our Cartoon President’ to Be Released
Posted: January 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Gundacker, Our Cartoon President, Showtime, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the first soundtrack album for the Showtime original series Our Cartoon President. The album features the original songs from the first two seasons of the show written by series composer Gabriel Gundacker and performed by the comedy’s cast, including the end titles theme Donald Trump is the President. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order here. Our Cartoon President is created by Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Matt Lapin, Tim Luecke & R.J. Fried and featuring the voices of Jeff Bergman, Cody Lindquist, William Sadler, Emily Lynne, as well as Gundacker himself. Read the rest of this entry »
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jed Kurzel, Justin Kurzel, score, Soundtrack, True History of the Kelly Gang
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the western True History of the Kelly Gang. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Macbeth, The Babadook, Assassin’s Creed, The Mustang, The Snowtown Murders). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. True History of the Kelly Gang is directed by Justin Kurzel and stars George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Sean Keenan, Earl Cave, Marlon Williams and Louis Hewison. The movie is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize–winning novel and tells the story of the life and crimes of infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring BBC’s ‘Noughts + Crosses’
Posted: January 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Matthew Herbert, Noughts + Crosses
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Gloria Bell, The Cave) has composed the original music for the upcoming BBC series Noughts + Crosses. The show is based on Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel series of the same title and stars Jack Rowan, Masali Baduza, Paterson Joseph, Bonnie Mbuli, Kike Brimah, Helen Baxendale, Ian Hart and Josh Dylan and Shaun Dingwall. The sci-fi drama adapted by Toby Whithouse (Being Human), Lydia Adetunji, Nathaniel Price and Rachel De-Lahay follows two young people who are divided by their color but united by love. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Spinning Out’ to Feature Music by Brendan Canning & Ohad Benchetrit
Posted: January 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brendan Canning, Netflix, Ohad Benchetrit, Spinning Out
Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning & Ohad Benchetrit are the composers of the new Netflix original series Spinning Out. The show is created by Samantha Stratton and stars Kaya Scodelario, Evan Roderick, January Jones, Will Kemp, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou, Svetlana Efremova, Mitchell Edwards and Jonathan Van Ness. The drama follows a figure skating Olympic hopeful who struggles to balance love, family and fragile mental health as her dream of winning takes a dizzying hold. Read the rest of this entry »