Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Let Him Go. The film is written and directed by Thomas Bezucha and stars Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Will Brittain, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter and Booboo Stewart. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Larry Watson and follows a retired sheriff and his wife as they leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson and discover that he is in the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Score Thomas Bezucha’s ‘Let Him Go’
Posted: December 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Let Him Go, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Bezucha
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2019)
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 1917, Alexandre Desplat, Clemency, Howard Shore, Joel P. West, Just Mercy, Kathryn Bostic, Little Women, Spies in Disguise, The Song of Names, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the new film adaptation of Little Women written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also playing nationwide is the animated feature Spies in Disguise directed by Troy Quane & Nick Bruno and starring Will Smith, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, DJ Khaled and Masi Oka. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder) has composed the film’s original score. Fox Music/Hollywood Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full details) and RCA Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information). Read the rest of this entry »
Jon Ehrlich Scoring Freeform’s ‘Party of Five’ Reboot
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Freeform, Jon Ehrlich, Party of Five
Jon Ehrlich (House, Parenthood, Goliath, About a Boy) is composing the original score for Freeform’s new reboot of Party of Five. The show is created by Amy Lippman & Christopher Keyser based on their 90s hit Fox series and stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado and Elle Paris Legaspi. The drama follows the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mandalorian’ Chapter 8 Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney, Ludwig Göransson, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Mandalorian
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney+ original Star Wars series The Mandalorian. The album features the original music from the eighth episode and Season 1 finale of the show composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Community, Venom, Tenet). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released soundtracks for the series’ first seven chapters over the last couple of weeks. The Mandalorian is developed and executive produced by Jon Favreau and stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Barr Scoring Alan Ball’s ‘Uncle Frank’
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Ball, Nathan Barr, Uncle Frank
Composer Nathan Barr (The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is reuniting with writer/director Alan Ball on the upcoming drama Uncle Frank. The film is written and directed by Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) and stars Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer and Margo Martindale. The movie is set in 1973 and follows a 18-year-old and her uncle Frank as they take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch’s funeral and unexpectedly joined by Frank’s lover. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Courier’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Edward Barker, score, Soundtrack, The Courier, Tim Despic, Zackary Adler
Varese Sarabande and Music.Film Recordings have released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Courier. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Edward Barker (Lean on Pete, Mara) and Tim Despic (Precious Cargo, Final Score, Heist). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Courier is directed by Zackary Adler and stars Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Greg Orvis Conway, Craig Conway, William Moseley and Dermot Mulroney. The movie follows a female motorcycle courier who must fight off a sadistic crime bosses henchmen in order to protect the one witness that can bring him down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vikings’ Seasons 4 & 5 Soundtrack Albums to Be Released
Posted: December 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: History, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Morris, Vikings
Sony Classical will release two new soundtrack albums for the History original series Vikings featuring original music from the show’s fourth and fifth season composed by Emmy Award winner Trevor Morris (The Tudors, Immortals, The Borgias, Olympus/London Has Fallen, Pillar of the Earth). The soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, December 27. Visit Amazon to purchase the Season 4 album and click here to stream/download the Season 5 album. The label has previously released four soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score from the first three and the sixth and final season. Vikings is created by Michael Hirst and stars Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Clive Standen, John Kavanagh and Moe Dunford. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Score David Fincher’s ‘Mank’
Posted: December 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, Mank, Netflix, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor has confirmed in a recent interview with Revolver that he is teaming up with Atticus Ross to score the upcoming Netflix original movie Mank. The film is directed by David Fincher and stars Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Charles Dance, Tuppence Middleton, Arliss Howard, Ferdinand Kingsley, Jamie McShane, Joseph Cross, Sam Troughton, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Burke, and Tom Pelphrey. The movie is based on a script by Fincher’s late father, Jack, and tells the story screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s tumultuous development of the script for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mimi and the Mountain Dragon’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Mimi and the Mountain Dragon, Rachel Portman, score, Soundtrack
Decca Classics has released a soundtrack album for the animated TV special Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go) and performed by the BBC Philharmonic featuring singers from the Hallé’s family of choirs. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A different version with narration by Sir Michael Morpurgo is available to purchase here. Read the rest of this entry »
John Swihart Scoring Paula van der Oest’s ‘The Bay of Silence’
Posted: December 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Swihart, Paula van der Oest, The Bay of Silence
John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, Youth in Revolt, Table 19) is composing the original music for the upcoming thriller The Bay of Silence directed by Paula van der Oest (Accused) and starring Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox, Assaad Bouab and Alice Krige. The movie is based on Lisa St Aubin de Terán’s best-selling novel of the same name and centers on a man who scrambles to solve the mysteries of his son’s questionable death and his wife’s disappearance. Read the rest of this entry »
