Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Silicon Valley, CSI Miami, Just Friends) has been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series Saved by the Bell. The show is developed by Tracey Wigfield inspired by the classic 80s/90s sitcom of the same name and stars original cast members Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen, as well as new cast additions Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Belmont Cameli and John Michael Higgins. The comedy revolves around a new group of California low-income high school students who are transferred to Pacific Palisades’ wealthy Bayside High. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Cardoni to Score Peacock’s ‘Saved by the Bell’ Revival Series
Posted: September 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Cardoni, Peacock, Saved by the Bell
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‘The Binge’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Hulu, Jeremy Garelick, Jordan VanDina, Matt Bowen, score, Soundtrack, The Binge
American High Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hulu original film The Binge. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Matt Bowen (Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever). Also included is the original song Higher co-written by Bowen & Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Sausage Party, The Boys, Horrible Bosses), featuring lyrics by the composers, as well as screenwriter Jordan VanDina and director Jeremy Garelick, and performed by the film’s cast. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. The Binge is directed by Garelick and stars Skyler Gisondo, Eduardo Franco, Dexter Darden, Vince Vaughn, Hayes MacArthur, Affion Crockett and Grace Van Dien. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Paul Weitz’s ‘Fatherhood’
Posted: September 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fatherhood, Paul Weitz, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Crown, The Legend of Tarzan) has recently been scoring the upcoming comedy drama Fatherhood. The film is directed by Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy) and stars Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Lil Rel Howery, Anthony Carrigan, Deborah Ayorinde, Melody Hurd, Paul Reiser and DeWanda Wise. The movie is based on Matthew Logelin’s memoir Two Kisses for Maddy and centers on a dad who is forced to raise a child on his own and finds himself wholly unprepared for the challenge. Weitz also co-wrote the screenplay with Dana Stevens (City of Angels, For Love of the Game). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Ross, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Casey Wayne McAllister, score, Soundtrack, Turner Ross
Earth Libraries has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. The album features the film’s original score composed by Casey Wayne McAllister (Ghostbox Cowboy, Tchoupitoulas). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is directed by Bill Ross & Turner Ross (Western) and centers on the beloved Las Vegas dive bar known as the Roaring 20s and its regulars, a cross section of American life. The documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, opened in virtual theaters in July and is being released on VOD today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Porno’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carla Patullo, Keola Racela, Porno, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Porno. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carla Patullo (Lotte that Silhouette Girl, Spa Night). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 11, 2020 and will be available for pre-order here this coming Friday. Porno is directed by Keola Racela and stars Evan Daves, Larry Saperstein, Jillian Mueller, Glenn Stott and Robbie Tann. The movie follows four repressed teens and a projectionist working at a small-town movie theater who discover a secret room filled with vintage exploitation films and unleash a demon who attempts to seduce each of them and steal their souls. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt Scoring FX on Hulu’s ‘A Teacher’
Posted: August 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Teacher, FX on Hulu, Hannah Fidell, Keegan DeWitt
Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, Gemini, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Divorce, Her Smell, Sorry for Your Loss) is the composer of the upcoming FX on Hulu limited series A Teacher. The show is created by Hannah Fidell (6 Years) based on her 2013 feature of the same title (scored by Brian McOmber) and stars Kate Mara and Nick Robinson. The drama examines the complexities and consequences of an illegal relationship between a female teacher and her male high school student. Fidell and Mara are also executive producing the project with Danny Brocklehurst (Safe, The Stranger), Michael Costigan (Stoker, Cyrus) and Jason Bateman (Ozark, The Outsider). Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Rivers, Don Prynce & Hue Hef’s Song ‘Action Jaxon’ from ‘Welcome to Sudden Death’ Released
Posted: August 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Rivers, Dallas Jackson, Don Prynce, Hue Hef, King Tech, Welcome to Sudden Death
Back Lot Music has released the first song from the soundtrack for the action thriller Welcome to Sudden Death. Action Jaxon performed by Chris Rivers, Don Prynce & Hue Hef feat. 3ARTH and co-written by Rivers, Prynce, Hef and Rod Sepand (aka King Tech) is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon and other digital music stores. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Welcome to Sudden Death is directed by Dallas Jackson and stars Michael Jai White, Michael Eklund, Sabryn Rock, Anthony Grant, Nakai Takawira, Lyric Justice, Maresse Crump and Gary Owen. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton & Grégoire Hetzel Scoring Nicole Garcia’s ‘Lovers’ (‘Amants’)
Posted: August 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amants, Daniel Pemberton, Gregoire Hetzel, Lovers, Nicole Garcia
Composers Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Birds of Prey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, Summertime, Ismael’s Ghosts, The Midwife) have contributed original music to the upcoming French thriller Lovers (Amants). The film is directed by Nicole Garcia and stars Pierre Niney, Stacy Martin and Benoît Magimel. The movie follows a woman who, while on vacation on an island in the Indian Ocean with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. Garcia (A View of Love, Going Away) also co-wrote the screenplay with Jacques Fieschi. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrea Bocelli’s Original Song ‘Gratia Plena’ from ‘Fatima’ Released
Posted: August 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrea Bocelli, Fatima, Paolo Buonvino
Decca Classics has released the original song Gratia Plena from the faith-based drama Fatima. The track, which is written by the film’s composer Paolo Buonvino (Medici, Fathers & Daughters, Romanzo Criminale) and performed by Andrea Bocelli, is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Check out the official music video below. The track is also included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which has just been released this past Friday. Fatima directed by Marco Pontecorvo and starring Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Višnjić, Sônia Braga, Stephanie Gil, Lúcia Moniz and Harvey Keitel is now playing in select theaters and is also available to stream on PVOD. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2020)
Posted: August 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Away, Ben Frost, HBO Max, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Jay Wadley, Love Guaranteed, Marc Streitenfeld, Matthew Herbert, Matti Bye, Netflix, Noughts + Crosses, Peacock, Raised by Wolves, Ryan Shore, Will Bates, Young Wallander
Premiering on Thursday, September 3 is the HBO Max original series Raised by Wolves created by Aaron Guzikowski and starring Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Matias Varela, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Aasiya Shah, Ethan Hazzard, Ivy Wong and Travis Fimmel. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Frost (Dark, Sleeping Beauty, Super Dark Times, Fortitude) & Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, American Gangster, Robin Hood, Body of Lies). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Netflix original film Love, Guaranteed directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Heather Graham and Damon Wayans Jr. Ryan Shore (Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, The Shrine, Harvard Man, Numb, Headspace, Julie’s Greenroom) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
