Relapse Records will release a soundtrack album for Joe Begos’ horror movie Bliss. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steve Moore (The Guest, Mayhem, Don’t Knock Twice, Cub) who previously scored the director’s The Mind’s Eye. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bliss is written and directed by Begos and stars Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield, Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper and George Wendt. The movie follows a brilliant painter as she turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Joe Begos’ ‘Bliss’ to Be Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bliss, Joe Begos, score, Soundtrack, Steve Moore
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Bill Condon’s ‘Marley’ to Feature Original Songs by Stephen Schwartz
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bill Condon, Marley, Stephen Schwartz
THR is reporting that Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) has composed the original music for a new musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Walt Disney Pictures. The movie, entitled Marley, will be directed by Bill Condon (Chicago, Beauty and the Beast, Dreamgirls, Mr. Holmes), and is told through the eyes of Jacob Marley, the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge. Condon also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Pusher II’ & ‘Pusher III’ Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nicolas Winding Refn, Peter Kyed, Peter Peter, Pusher, Pusher II, Pusher III, score, Soundtrack
Escho has announced the world premiere soundtrack releases for Nicolas Winding Refn’s crime thrillers Pusher II and Pusher III, the second and third parts in the Pusher trilogy written and directed by the filmmaker. The albums feature the films’ original music composed by Peter Peter and Peter Kyed. Both soundtracks are now available digitally and on vinyl. Click here to stream/download the Pusher II soundtrack and click here for the Pusher III album. Vinyl editions are also available to order on Amazon (Pusher II and Pusher III). Pusher II starring Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester & Zlatko Burić opened in theaters in 2004 and Pusher III starring Burić, Marinela Dekić, Slavko Labović and Ilyas Agac was released in 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
Carter Burwell Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Morning Show’
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Carter Burwell, The Morning Show
Carter Burwell (Fargo, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Carol, Twilight, True Grit) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series The Morning Show. The show is created by Jay Carson (The Front Runner) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The drama follows the free fall of an early morning newscast in the wake of a scandal, and its struggle to survive in an era when news arrives in the palm of your hand. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Stupid Dog’ (‘Mon chien Stupide’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Mehldau, Mon chien Stupide, My Stupid Dog, score, Soundtrack, Yves Attal
My Melody has released a soundtrack album for Yves Attal’s French comedy My Stupid Dog (Mon chien Stupide). The album features the film’s original music composed by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau who has previously scored Attal’s ..And They Lived Happily Ever After and My Wife Is an Actress. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. My Stupid Dog is co-written and directed by Attal who also stars in the movie alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pascale Arbillot. The movie is based on the novel by John Fante and follows a bitter has-been novelist who is forced to reckon with his failings when an enormous dog takes up residence in the family home. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2019)
Posted: October 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Lazar, American Son, Apple TV +, Bear McCreary, Craig Wedren, Dickinson, Drum & Lace, For All Mankind, HBO, Holiday in the Wild, Ian Hultquist, Jeff Russo, Lisbeth Scott, Mrs. Fletcher, Netflix, See
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Mrs. Fletcher created by Tom Perrotta and starring Kathryn Hahn, Jackson White, Owen Teague, Katie Kershaw, Domenick Lombardozzi, Cameron Boyce, Jen Richards and Casey Wilson. The show’s original music is composed by Craig Wedren (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, The School of Rock). Check out our previous article to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Premiering on Friday, November 1, is the Netflix original movie American Son directed by Kenny Leon and starring Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee. Lisbeth Scott (Caroline and Jackie, Tumble Leaf) has composed the film’s original music. The drama, which is based on Christopher Demos-Brown’s play about an interracial couple whose 19-year-old son may have died at the hands of police, premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lara’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alice Sara Ott, Arash Safaian, Jan Ole Gerster, Lara, score, Soundtrack
Deutsche Grammophon has released a soundtrack album for the German drama Lara. The album features the film’s original score composed by Arash Safaian (with piano solos by Alice Sara Ott) and performed by the German Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, as well as classical pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Visit the British Amazon store to check out audio samples. Lara is directed by Jan-Ole Gerster and stars Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, André Jung, Rainer Bock, Mala Emde and Gudrun Ritter. The movie follows a woman as she faces her unrealized dreams and ambitions on her 60th birthday. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Undercover Brother 2’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Soundtrack, Stanley Clarke, Undercover Brother, Undercover Brother 2
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy seqeul Undercover Brother 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stanley Clarke (Boyz n the Hood, Passenger 57, The Transporter, Romeo Must Die) who previously scored the 2002 original movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Undercover Brother 2 is directed by Leslie Small and stars Michael Jai White, Gary Owen, Affion Crockett, Laila Odom, Steven Lee Johnson, Bruce Bruce, Barry Bostwick and Vince Swann. The comedy will be released on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 5 by Universal Home Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 25, 2019)
Posted: October 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Black and Blue, Bruce Springsteen, Christophe Beck, Countdown, Danny Bensi, Dickon Hinchliffe, Frankie, Geoff Zanelli, John Koutselinis, Lucas Vidal, Paradise Hills, Saunder Jurriaans, The Current War, The Great Alaskan Race, The Kill Team, Watson, Western Stars, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller Countdown written and directed by Justin Dec and starring Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne and Peter Facinelli. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, American Gods). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the thriller Black and Blue directed by Deon Taylor and starring Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp and Nafessa Williams. Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Disturbia, Christopher Robin) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website for more information about the Screen Gems production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Great Alaskan Race’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Presley, John Koutselinis, score, Soundtrack, The Great Alaskan Race
Milan Records/Sony Music have released a soundtrack album for the adventure drama The Great Alaskan Race. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Koutselinis (In Extremis, Decline of an Empire). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music. The Great Alaskan Race is directed by Brian Presley who also stars in the movie, alongside Treat Williams, Brad Leland, Henry Thomas, Bruce Davison, Will Wallace, Brea Bee, Emma Presley and James Russo. The film tells the story of Leonhard Seppala, and his dog Togo, and how they saved the small town of Nome in 1925. Read the rest of this entry »
