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 »
‘Spies in Disguise’ Score Album Released
Posted: December 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Spies in Disguise, Theodore Shapiro
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for Blue Sky Studios’ animated feature Spies in Disguise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Captain Underpants, Ghostbusters, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder, Marley & Me). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. As previously reported, RCA Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie by Mark Ronson & others. Spies in Disguise is directed by Troy Quane & Nick Bruno and features the voice talent of Will Smith, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, DJ Khaled and Masi Oka. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring Benh Zeitlin’s ‘Wendy’
Posted: December 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer, Wendy
Dan Romer (Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, The Good Doctor, Atypical, Digging for Fire) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Wendy. The film is directed by Benh Zeitlin and stars Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage and Krzysztof Meyn. The movie is based on the classic story of Peter Pan and follows the title character as she must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘Murder in the Bayou’ Released
Posted: December 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: James Lavino, Murder in the Bayou, score, Soundtrack
Brookhaven has released a soundtrack album for the Showtime docu-series Murder in the Bayou. The album features the show’s original music composed by James Lavino (Wiener-Dog, Burning Blue, Which Way Home, Never Here). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Murder in the Bayou is directed and executive produced by Matthew Galkin and investigates the unsolved murders of 8 women whose bodies were discovered in drainage canals and on desolate back roads in and around Jennings, Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Yezerski Scoring Fox’s ‘Deputy’
Posted: December 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Ayer, Deputy, Fox, Michael Yezerski
Michael Yezerski (Blindspotting, Corporate Animals, The Devil’s Candy) is the composer of the new Fox drama Deputy. The show is created by Will Beall (Aquaman, Gangster Squad) and stars Stephen Dorff, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Shane Paul McGhie and Yara Martinez. The series centers on a career lawman who has to step up as sheriff of LA County and finds himself at the helm of a crime-fighting organization of 10,000 deputies in a modern-day Wild West. Read the rest of this entry »
