Variety is reporting that Flight of the Conchords member Bret McKenzie is writing the script and will compose the music for a new movie adaptation of the classic ABC special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas. The movie produced by the Jim Henson Company, Pacific Electric Picture Company and Snoot Entertainment follows a poor otter family who risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas. The 1977 ABC special, which was based on the children’s book of the same name by Russell Hoban, featured original songs by Paul Williams. Read the rest of this entry »
Bret McKenzie to Develop New Film Adaptation of ‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’
Posted: October 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bret McKenzie, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
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Soundtrack Album for Rooster Teeth’s ‘gen:LOCK’ Released
Posted: October 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adult Swim, David Levy, Gen:Lock, Gray Haddock, Rooster Teeth, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for Rooster Teeth’s animated series gen:LOCK. The album features the selections of the music from the show’s first season composed by David Levy (Red vs. Blue). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. gen:LOCK is created by Gray Haddock and features the voices of Michael B. Jordan, Dakota Fanning, Maisie Williams, Kōichi Yamadera, Golshifteh Farahani, Asia Kate Dillon and David Tennant. The series is set 50 years in the future, where an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world and follows a team that is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominic Lewis Scoring Peter Segal’s ‘My Spy’
Posted: October 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Channel, Dominic Lewis, My Spy, Peter Segal, The Rocketeer
Dominic Lewis has composed the original score for the upcoming action comedy My Spy. The film is directed by Peter Segal (Get Smart, Anger Management, Second Act) and stars Dave Bautista, Kristen Schaal, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Chloe Coleman and Ken Jeong. The movie follows a hardened CIA operative who has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl where he has been sent undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. Jon & Erich Hoeber (Red, The Meg) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Official Secrets’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gavin Hood, Mark Kilian, Official Secrets, Paul Hepker, score, Soundtrack
BMG has released a soundtrack album for Gavin Hood’s political thriller Official Secrets. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian who have previously co-scored the director’s features Tsotsi, Rendition and Eye in the Sky. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio clips. Official Secrets is co-written and directed by Hood and stars Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma and Rhys Ifans. The movie tells the true story of British Intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who, during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U.S.-U.K. illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring Nini Bull Robsahm’s ‘Lake of Death’
Posted: October 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: John Debney, Lake of Death, Nini Bull Robsahm
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, Bruce Almighty) has composed the original music for the upcoming Norwegian horror thriller Lake of Death (De dødes tjern). The film is written and directed by Nini Bull Robsahm and stars Iben Akerlie, Jonathan Harboe, Sophia Lie, Jakob Schøyen Andersen and Elias Munk. The movie is inspired by André Bjerke’s 1942 novel of the same name and follows a small group of friends who battle to survive in the middle of Norway’s forests and fjords. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s & Sky’s ‘Catherine the Great’ to Be Released
Posted: October 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Catherine the Great, HBO, Rupert Gregson-Williams, score, Sky, Soundtrack
SATV will release a soundtrack album for the Sky/HBO limited series Catherine the Great. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Crown, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge, The Legend of Tarzan, Catch-22). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 21 and will be available to stream/download here. Catherine the Great is written by Nigel Williams, directed by Philip Martin and stars Helen Mirren in the lead role, alongside Jason Clarke, Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear and Sam Palladio. The 4-part drama centers on the tumultuous monarch and politician who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the 18th century. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 20, 2019)
Posted: October 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Atticus Ross, Catherine the Great, Daybreak, HBO, Ian Hultquist, Netflix, Rattlesnake, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Trent Reznor, Watchmen
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Watchmen developed by Damon Lindelof based on Alan Moore’s graphic novel and starring Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Andrew Howard, Tom Mison and Frances Fisher. The show’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Waves). Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the project.
Premiering tomorrow, October 21, in the U.S. is the limited series Catherine the Great written by Nigel Williams, directed by Philip Martin and starring Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear and Sam Palladio. Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Crown, Hacksaw Ridge) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the drama, which just premiered in the UK on Sky and is making its U.S. debut on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spell’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brendan Walter, Patrick Stump, score, Soundtrack, Spell
Milan Records/Sony Music Masterworks have announced a soundtrack album for the comedic thriller Spell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fall Out Boy member Patrick Stump (Gnome Alone, Changeland). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stump also contributed a new ballad, Deep Blue Love, which is already available to download here. Spell is directed by Brendan Walter and stars Barak Hardley, Jackie Tohn, Magnús Jónsson and Birna Rún Eiríksdóttir. The movie follows an American illustrator who embarks on a journey across the isolated Icelandic countryside, only to become drawn into a supernatural world of ancient runes and secrets – unless it’s all in his head. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 18, 2019)
Posted: October 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, By the Grace of God, Cyrano My Love, Danny Bensi, David Sardy, Evgueni Galperine, Geoff Zanelli, Jojo Rabbit, Laura Karpman, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Mark Korven, Michael Giacchino, Michael Wandmacher, Miss Virginia, Romain Trouillet, Sacha Galperine, Saunder Jurriaans, Tell Me Who I Am, The Elephant Queen, The Lighthouse, Trick, Zombieland: Double Tap
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Maleficent: Mistress of Evil directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Ed Skrein, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville. The film’s original music is composed Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia, Christopher Robin). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Bebe Rexha. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy Zombieland: Double Tap directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch and Luke Wilson. David Sardy (21, End of Watch, Bright, Premium Rush) who has composed the music for the 2009 original movie has composed the sequel’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as song performed by Harrelson today. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell Named Film Composer of the Year at 2019 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Michael Abels, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Nicholas Britell was named Film Composer of the Year at the 19th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 46th Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s film scoring work over the last year includes Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk (for which he also earned an Academy Award nomination) and Adam McKay’s Vice. Hildur Guðnadóttir received her first World Soundtrack Award in the TV Composer of the Year category for her score for HBO’s Chernobyl, for which she recently also won her first Emmy Award. Michael Abels (Us) was honored in the Discovery of the Year category. Read the rest of this entry »
