Abel Korzeniowski has been hired to score the upcoming British drama Ironbark. The film is directed by Dominic Cooke (On Chesil Beach) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze, Angus Wright and Kirill Pirogov. The movie tells the true story of Greville Wynne, a British businessman who helped the CIA penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War. Tom O’Connor (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) wrote the screenplay. 42’s Ben Pugh & Rory Aitken (Welcome to the Punch, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) are producing the project with Adam Ackland (Patrick Melrose). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Daybreak’ to Be Released
Posted: October 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Lockington, Brad Peyton, Daybreak, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Daybreak. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rampage, Frontier, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Daybreak is created by Aron Eli Coleite & Brad Peyton and stars Matthew Broderick, Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Gregory Kasyan, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Kearsley and Jeanté Godlock. The action comedy takes place in in post-apocalyptic LA and follows a slacker as he strives to find the girl of his dreams while outwitting mindless ghouls and cliquish gangs. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Lane Scoring Sky’s ‘Cobra’
Posted: October 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Richards, Cobra, Rob Lane, Sky
Rob Lane (John Adams, Merlin, The Damned United, Atlantis) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming Sky One original series Cobra. The show is written by Ben Richards and stars Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, Richard Dormer, David Haig, Marsha Thomason and Lucy Cohu. The 6-parter revolves around an unfolding emergency as the COBRA committee, a team comprised of Britain’s leading experts, crisis contingency planners and most senior politicians fights to ensure the protection of the people of Great Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Into the Labyrinth’ (‘L’uomo del labirinto’) Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Donato Carrisi, Into the Labyrinth, L'uomo del labirinto, score, Soundtrack, Vito Lo Re
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Italian thriller Into the Labyrinth (L’uomo del labirinto). The album features the film’s original music composed by Vito Lo Re (The Girl in the Fog) who recorded his score with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Into the Labyrinth is directed by Donato Carrisi and stars Dustin Hoffman, Tony Servillo, Valentina Bellè, Katsiaryna Shulha, Vinicio Marchioni and Riccardo Cicogna. The movie is based on Carrisi’s own novel and revolves around a woman who with the help of a doctor and special investigator tries to recall the circumstances of her abduction and imprisonment. Read the rest of this entry »
John Paesano Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Truth Be Told’
Posted: October 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, John Paesano, Truth Be Told
John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, The Defenders, The Star) has composed the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Truth Be Told. The show 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 who is compelled to reopen the murder case that made her a national sensation and comes face to face with the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kill Team’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Krauss, score, Soundtrack, The Kill Team, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the war drama The Kill Team. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, Tad the Explorer, Bent). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 18 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Kill Team is written and directed by Dan Krauss and stars Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell, Brian “Sene” Marc and Rob Morrow. The movie centers on an American soldier in Afghanistan who is disturbed by his platoon’s behavior and is faced with a moral dilemma. Read the rest of this entry »
H. Scott Salinas Scoring George Nolfi’s ‘The Banker’
Posted: October 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, George Nolfi, H. Scott Salinas, The Banker
H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Banker. The film is directed by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, Jessie Usher and Colm Meaney. The movie follows two businessmen who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racist establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Matthias & Maxime’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: October 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-Michel Blais, Matthias & Maxime, score, Soundtrack, Xavier Dolan
Mercury Classics will release a soundtrack album for Xavier Dolan’s French-Canadian drama Matthias & Maxime. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jean-Michel Blais who made his feature film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list. A vinyl edition is set to come out the following week and is available for pre-order here. Matthias & Maxime is written and directed by Dolan and stars Gabriel D’Almeida Fritas, Dolan, himself, Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier, Antoine Pilon and Harris Dickinson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spread Your Wings’ (‘Donne-moi des ailes’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Armand Amar, Donne-moi des ailes, Nicolas Vanier, score, Soundtrack, Spread Your Wings
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure Spread Your Wings (Donne-moi des ailes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, The Source, Mia and the White Lion, A Bag of Marbles, Belle & Sebastian). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Spread Your Wings is directed by Nicolas Vanier and stars Jean-Paul Rouve and Melanie Doutey. The movie follows an ornithologist who sets off to teach orphaned white-fronted geese how to migrate with his and uses his airplane to guide them all the way to Norway. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2019)
Posted: October 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, Discovery, Eli, Facebook Watch, Gary Clark, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Jordan Gagne, Laura Karpman, Limetown, Looking for Alaska, Modern Love, Netflix, Ronit Kirchman, Siddhartha Khosla, Treadstone, USA, Why We Hate
Premiering tonight is the Discovery docu-series Why We Hate directed by Geeta Gandbhir & Sam Pollard and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alex Gibney & Frank Marshall. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Paris Can Wait, Step, Taken, Black Nativity). Check out our previous news article and the official show website to learn more about the 6-parter, which examines the concept of hatred throughout human evolution through a variety of lenses.
Premiering on Tuesday, October 15, is the USA original series Treadstone developed by Tim Kring based on the Bourne movies and starring Jeremy Irvine, Michelle Forbes, Patrick Fugit, Michael Gaston, Shruti Haasan, Hyo Joo Han, Tess Haubrich and Tracy Ifeachor. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of, Legion) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie) are composing the show’s original music and Russo has also composed the main title theme. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller. Read the rest of this entry »
