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 »
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
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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 »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2019)
Posted: December 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 6 Underground, A Hidden Life, Arturo Sandoval, Black Christmas, Bombshell, Brooke Blair, Code 8, Daniel Lopatin, Gabriel Yared, Henry Jackman, James Newton Howard, Jed Kurzel, Jumanji: The Next Level, Lionel Cohen, Lorne Balfe, Mob Town, Richard Jewell, Ryan Taubert, Seberg, The Death & Life Of John F. Donovan, Theodore Shapiro, Uncut Gems, Will Blair
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Jumanji: The Next Level directed by Jake Kasdan and starromh Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Danny Glover and Danny DeVito. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the drama Richard Jewell directed by Clint Eastwood starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde. Arturo Sandoval (The Mule, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, At Middleton) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album is expected to be released. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mr. Robot’ Volume 7 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mac Quayle, Mr. Robot, score, Soundtrack, USA
Lakeshore Records has released a new soundtrack album for the USA original series Mr. Robot. The album features selection of the original music from the first six episodes of the show’s fourth and final season composed composed by Mac Quayle (American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, Pose) who received an Emmy Award for his music from Season 1 in 2016. The Volume 7 soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released six soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the first three seasons of the show. Read the rest of this entry »
Emile Mosseri Scoring Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Minari’
Posted: December 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emile Mosseri, Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emile Mosseri has recently recorded his score for the upcoming indie drama Minari. The film is written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung and stars Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Youn Yuh Jung, Will Patton, Alan Kim and Noel Kate Cho. The movie follows a 7-year-old Korean-American boy who gets his life turned upside down when his father decides to move their family to rural Arkansas and start a farm in the mid-1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
