25th Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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critics-choiceThe Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 25th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 12, 2020 at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and will broadcast in the U.S. on The CW.

The Best Score nominees are:

Us – Michael Abels
Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Marriage Story – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
The Irishman – Robbie Robertson Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Belcher Scoring James D’Arcy’s ‘Made in Italy’

Posted: December 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Alex Belcher (21 Bridges, IO, ) is scoring upcoming British/Italian comedy Made in Italy. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor James D’Arcy and stars Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson, Valeria Billello and Lindsay Duncan. The movie is set in Tuscany and centers on a bohemian London artist who returns to Italy with his estranged son to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife. D’Arcy also wrote the screenplay. Pippa Cross (The Hole, Desert Dancer) and Sam Tipper-Hale are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+ Series ‘Truth Be Told’ Released

Posted: December 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Truth Be Told. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, The Defenders, The Star, Almost Christmas). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Apple Music and is expected to be available in other digital music stores next year. Truth Be Told is created by Nichelle Tramble Spellman and stars Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Perkins, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Haneefah Wood and Ron Cephas Jones. The drama follows a podcaster as she comes face to face with the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2019)

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The only movie opening nationwide this week is the live-action/animated feature Playmobil: The Movie directed by Lino DiSalvo and starring Anya- Taylor Joy, Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Bateman, Kenan Thompson and Daniel Radcliffe. The film’s original music is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Meghan Trainor, Adam Lambert & others. Click here for the full album details.

Opening in select theaters before premiering on Amazon Prime on December 20 is the adventure drama The Aeronauts directed by Tom Harper and starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Courtenay and Himesh Patel. Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury) has composed the film’s original score. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and the end titles song Home to You performed by Sigrid. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Scoring Hulu’s ‘Reprisal’

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Triple 9, Seven Seconds, Shooter) is the composer of the new Hulu original series Reprisal. The show is created by Josh Corbin and stars Abigail Spencer, Rodrigo Santoro, Mena Massoud, Rhys Wakefield, Madison Davenport, Gilbert Owuor, David Dastmalchian and W. Earl Brown. The neo-noir drama follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gear-heads. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Black Christmas’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller Black Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, The Informer, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Blue Ruin). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Black Christmas is co-written and directed by Sophia Takal and stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead and Carl Elwes. The movie is based on the 1974 cult horror classic of the same title and follows a campus killer who comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Italian Job’ 50th Anniversary Expanded Soundtrack Album Announced

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Quartet Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1969 caper comedy The Italian Job directed by Peter Collinson, produced by Michael Deeley and starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward. The album features the expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, The Getaway, Mackenna’s Gold), including the opening credits track On Days Like These sung by Matt Monro and Getta Bloomin’ Move On performed by Self Preservation Society. The 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition will be available to order this coming Monday on the label’s official website and will also be available to purchase on Amazon soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Ranch’ to Be Released

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Music Albums
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Curb Records will release a soundtrack album for the the Netflix original series The Ranch. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as Lee Brice, Wynonna, Filmore, Ruthie Collins, Love and Theft, Mallary Hope & others. Also included is the main titles song Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys by Lukas Nelson & Shooter Jennings. The soundtrack will be released on January 24, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Ranch is created by Don Reo & Jim Patterson and stars Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliott, Danny Masterson, Debra Winger and Elisha Cuthbert. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Mandalorian’ Chapter 5 Soundtrack Released

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records has released the fifth soundtrack album for the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. The album features the original music from Chapter 5 of the show written by Academy Award-winning composer Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Venom, Community, Fruitvale Station). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released soundtracks for the series’ first four chapters over the last couple of weeks. The Mandalorian is written and executive produced by Jon Favreau and staring Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for Starz’s ‘The Spanish Princess’ Released

Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album for the Starz original series The Spanish Princess. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed, produced and orchestrated by Chris Egan (Man Down) and Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Awake, Maiden, Home Fires) and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The Spanish Princess is developed by Emma Frost & Matthew Graham based on Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novels, The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse, and stars Charlotte Hope, Nadia Parkes, Aaron Cobham, Alan McKenna, Richard Pepper, Olly Rix, Jordan Renzo, Daniel Cerqueira and Alicia Borrachero. Read the rest of this entry »

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