David Hirschfelder (Shine, Elizabeth, Australia, The Railway Man, Legends of the Guardians) has composed the original music for the upcoming thriller Escape from Pretoria. The film is directed by Francis Annan and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter and Nathan Page. The movie tells the true story of freedom fighters Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, who were jailed in 1978 for being involved in covert anti-apartheid operations, as they attempt to break out from a maximum security South African jail. Read the rest of this entry »
David Hirschfelder Scoring Francis Annan’s ‘Escape from Pretoria’
Posted: December 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Hirschfelder, Escape from Pretoria, Francis Annan
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Joseph Bishara to Return for ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’
Posted: December 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Wan, Joseph Bishara, Michael Chaves, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 3, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema have confirmed that Joseph Bishara will return as the composer for the horror sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The film is directed by Michael Chaves and stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga who reprise their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren. They are joined by Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook and Julian Hilliard. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Orphan) wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and James Wan (Aquaman, Furious 7, Insidious) who is producing the project with Peter Safran (Shazam!, The Nun). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Romper Stomper’ TV Series Released
Posted: December 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Richard Pike, Romper Stomper, score, Soundtrack, Stan
Salmon Universe has released a soundtrack album for the Australian TV series Romper Stomper. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Richard Pike (Les Norton). Also included is the Romper Stomper Theme by John Clifford White. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music. Romper Stomper is based on the 1992 feature of the same title (starring Russell Crowe and scored by White) and stars David Wenham, Dan Wyllie, Lachy Hulme, Sophie Lowe, Jacqueline McKenzie and Toby Wallace. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Scoring Osgood Perkins’ ‘Gretel & Hansel’
Posted: December 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gretel & Hansel, Osgood Perkins, Rob
Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Revenge, Horns, Troy: Fall of a City, Planetarium) is composing the original score for the upcoming fantasy horror movie Gretel & Hansel. The film is directed by Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter) and stars Sophia Lillis, Sammy Leakey, Charles Babalola, Alice Krige and Jessica De Gouw. The movie is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale and follows a young girl who leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Seven Worlds One Planet’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, score, Seven Worlds One Planet, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for the BBC Earth natural history series Seven Worlds One Planet. The Expanded Edition soundtrack features selections of the show’s music composed by Jacob Shea (Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II) for Bleeding Fingers Music who also wrote the project’s theme with Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception), including over an hour of previously unreleased music. The soundtrack will be released on January 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The original soundtrack for the series was released this past October. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ FYC Score Album Released
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Walt Disney Pictures has added the score for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to their FYC awards website. The 23-track album featuring music composed by John Williams (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, E.T., Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) is now available to stream here. The content of the official soundtrack album (to be released on December 20) is expected to differ from the FYC promotional release. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix/CBC Series ‘Anne with an “E”‘ Announced
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amin Bhatia, Anne With an E, Ari Posner, CBC, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the CBC & Netflix original series Anne with an “E”. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Amin Bhatia (X Company, Detention) and Ari Posner (Flashpoint, Johnny Test, Northern Rescue). Also included is the theme song Ahead by a Century by The Tragically Hip. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 27, 2019 (click here to download/stream) and physically on January 24, 2020. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Anne with an “E” is created by Moira Walley-Beckett based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel Anne of Green Gables and stars Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Lucas Jade Zumann, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo and Aymeric Jett Montaz. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jason Hill, Mindhunter, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
BMG has released a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Mindhunter. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Jason Hill. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Milan Records has previously released released a soundtrack featuring Hill’s score from Season 1. Mindhunter is created by Joe Penhall, executive produced by David Fincher and stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv and Stacey Roca. The series is set in the late 1970s and centers on two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul McCartney to Write Original Songs for Timothy Reckart’s ‘High in the Clouds’
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: High in the Clouds, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Timothy Reckart
Netflix announced today that singer/songwriter Paul McCartney will be writing original songs for the animated movie High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar & Philip Ardagh. Timothy Reckart (The Star, Head Over Heels) is directing the film, which follows an imaginative teenage squirrel who finds himself pulled into a ramshackle gang of teenage rebels who live high in the clouds. Jon Croker (Paddington, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) is writing the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
56th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 56th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Tyson Lozensky for James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari (scored by Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders) and Daniel Kresco for Todd Phillips’ Joker (music by Hildur Gudnadottir). Read the rest of this entry »
