A soundtrack EP has been released for the indie drama Anything. The 3-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Spectacular Spectacular, as well as the band’s cover of Bee Gees’ How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Anything is written and directed by Timothy McNeil and stars John Carroll Lynch, Maura Tierney and Matt Bomer. The movie centers on the relationship between a transgender woman who meets a middle-aged man who moved to Los Angeles after his wife’s death. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Anything’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anything, Soundtrack, Spectacular Spectacular, Timothy McNeil
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Best Original Score & Song Shortlists for 92nd Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The nominations will be announced on January 13, 2020 and the awards show will be held on February 9. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Dickson’s Scores for Mike Leigh’s ‘Naked & ‘Secrets & Lies’ to Be Released
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Dickson, High Hopes, Meantime, Mike Leigh, Naked, Secrets & Lies
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release of four original scores composed by Andrew Dickson (Vera Drake) for movies directed by Mike Leigh, including the composer’s music for the 1993 comedy Naked starring David Thewlis and for the Academy Award-nominated 1996 feature Secrets & Lies starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn & Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also included are Dickon’s scores for Leigh’s 1983 TV movie Meantime and the 1988 comedy High Hopes, as well as an interview with Leigh as a bonus track. Visit the label’s official website for more information about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Frank Ilfman to Score Navot Papushado’s ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frank Ilfman, Gunpowder Milkshake, Navot Papushado
Composer Frank Ilfman is set to reteam with director Navot Papushado on action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. The film starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Paul Giamatti, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Carla Adam Nagaitis and Ralph Ineson centers on a young woman and her estranged mother (both assassins) who must join forces on the run to take down a male-dominated crime syndicate they used to work for. Papushado also co-wrote the screenplay with Ehud Lavski. Andrew Rona (Non-Stop, Unknown) and Alex Heineman (The Commuter) are producing the StudioCanal and The Picture Company production. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & PBS’ ‘Sanditon’ to Be Released
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, PBS, Ruth Barrett, Sanditon, score, Soundtrack
NW1 Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV/PBS Masterpiece series Sanditon. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, Collateral, Harry Brown). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sanditon is developed by Andrew Davies based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same title and stars Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield, Jack Fox, Charlotte Spencer, Lily Sacofsky and Adrian Scarborough. The period drama tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming Sidney Parker. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore Scoring Michel Hazanavicius’s ‘The Lost Prince’ (‘Le prince oublié’)
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Howard Shore, Le prince oublié, Michel Hazanaviciu, The Lost Prince
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Hugo) has recently scored the upcoming French family fantasy adventure The Lost Prince (Le prince oublié). The film is directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist, OSS 117) and stars Omar Sy, François Damiens and Bérénice Bejo. The movie follows a devoted single father who takes his daughter into “Storyland”, a fantasy film studio where their extraordinary fairytale adventures come to life. Hazanavicius also co-wrote the screenplay with Bruno Merle and Noé Debré (Dheepan, Racer and the Jailbird). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Valhalla’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fenar Ahmad, Jens Ole Wowk McCoy, score, Soundtrack, Valhalla
Universal Music/Copenhagen Records have released a soundtrack album for the Danish/Icelandic Valhalla. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jens Ole Wowk McCoy (Darkland, Warrior (Kriger)). The soundtrack is now available to strream/download on Amazon. Valhalla is directed by Fenar Ahmad and stars Roland Møller, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Reza Forghani , Stine Fischer Christensen, Laura Jonsdottir, Salome R. Gunnarsdóttir, Asbjørn Krogh Nissen, Cecilia Loffredo and Saxo Moltke-Leth. The movie is based on the classic Nordic folk tales (previously adapted for Peter Madsen’s comic book series, which the 1986 animated feature of the same title was based on) and follows two kids who are taken by the gods Thor and Loki on a journey to Asgaard, where the four of them together save the universe from Ragnarok. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 15, 2019)
Posted: December 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Christmas Carol, Disney, Dustin O'Halloran, Giona Ostinelli, Mark Isham, Netflix, Sonya Belousova, The Witcher, Togo, Volker Bertelmann
Premiering on Thursday, December 19, is the mini-series A Christmas Carol written by Steven Knight based on Charles Dickens’ story and starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Charlotte Riley, Joe Alwyn, Vinette Robinson, Jason Flemyng and Kayvan Novak. Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, The Art of Racing in the Rain) have composed the original music for the 3-parter. Check out our previous article to learn more about the show, which will premiere in the U.S. on FX.
Premiering on Friday, December 20, is the Disney+ original movie Togo directed by Ericson Core and starring Willem Dafoe, Thorbjorn Harr and Michael Gaston. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the adventure drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town’ Score Album Released
Posted: December 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Brassell, Christian Papierniak, Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town, score, Soundtrack
yk Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town. The album feature the film’s original score composed by Andrew Brassell . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town is written and directed by Christian Papierniak and stars Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, Alex Russell, Alia Shawkat, Lauren Miller Rogen, Haley Joel Osment, Annie Potts and Lakeith Stanfield. The movie follows a woman at rock bottom who must find her way across LA in order to crash her ex-boyfriend’s engagement party. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Satanic Panic’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chelsea Stardust, Satanic Panic, score, Soundtrack, Wolfmen of Mars
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Satanic Panic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Wolfmen of Mars. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Satanic Panic is directed by Chelsea Stardust and stars Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin and Jerry O’Connell. The movie follows a pizza delivery girl who has to fight for her life when her last order of the night turns out to be for high-society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice. Read the rest of this entry »
