Composer Arturo Sandoval is reuniting with Clint Eastwood on the upcoming drama Richard Jewell. The film directed by Eastwood stars Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, as well as Paul Walter Hauser in the title role. The movie tells the story of American security guard, Richard Jewell, who heroically saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is unjustly vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist. Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Arturo Sandoval to Score Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’
Posted: October 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arturo Sandoval, Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell
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‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Brewer, Dolemite Is My Name, score, Scott Bomar, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical comedy Dolemite Is Ny Name. The album features the film’s original music composed by Scott Bomar (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan, Mississippi Grind). Also included are songs performed by cast members Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Craig Robinson, as well as tracks by The Bo-Keys, Bobby Rush and Jason Freeman feat. Blind Mississippi Morris. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 4 and will be available to download and stream here. Dolemite Is My Name is directed by Craig Brewer and stars Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Atlantics’ (‘Atlantique’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atlantics, Atlantique, Fatima Al Qadiri, Mati Diop, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Atlantics (Atlantique). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fatima Al Qadiri. The soundtrack is now available to download in French music stores (click here to check out audio samples) and will be released in the U.S. and other markets on November 15 (visit Amazon to pre-order the album). Atlantics is directed by Mati Diop and stars Mama Sané, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traoré, Nicole Sougou, Amina Kane, Mariama Gassama and Coumba Dieng. The movie, which has just been selected as Senegal’s candidate for the Best International Feature category for next year’s Academy Awards, centers on the blossoming love between, a young construction worker and a woman who is about to be forced into an unwanted arranged marriage with a wealthier man. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla & Jeff Garber Scoring The CW’s ‘Nancy Drew’
Posted: October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Garber, Nancy Drew, Siddhartha Khosla, The CW
Siddhartha Khosla and Jeff Garber are composing the original score for the new CW drama Nancy Drew. The show is based on the book series of the same title created by Edward Stratemeyer and stars Kennedy McMann, Scott Wolf, Alex Saxon, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim, Riley Smith and Alvina August. The series follows the brilliant teenaged detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s untimely death derails her college plans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jarhead: Law of Return’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don Michael Paul, Frederik Wiedmann, Jarhead: Law of Return, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the war drama Jarhead: Law of Return. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Field of Lost Shoes, Doom: Annihilation, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls) who has previously scored Jarhead 2: Field of Fire and Jarhead 3: The Siege. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jarhead: Law of Return is written and directed by Don Michael Paul and stars Amaury Nolasco, Devon Sawa, Robert Patrick, Jeff Pierre, Ben Cross and Amos Tamam. Read the rest of this entry »
Javier Navarrete Scoring Alejandro Monteverde’s ‘Sound of Freedom’
Posted: October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alejandro Monteverde, Javier Navarrete, Sound of Freedom
This week, Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, Greta, The Devil’s Backbone) is recording his orchestral score for the upcoming drama Sound of Freedom. The film is directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Bella, Little Boy) and stars Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Eduardo Verastegui and Bill Camp. The movie tells the true story of Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard’s effort to rescue kidnapped children. Monteverde also co-wrote the screenplay with Rod Barr and Verastegui is also producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Fox’s ‘Almost Family’ to Feature Music by David Schwartz
Posted: October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Almost Family, Annie Weisman, David Schwartz, Fox, Jason Katims
David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, Veep, Lady Dynamite) is the composer of the new Fox drama Almost Family. The show is developed by Annie Weisman based on the original Endemol Shine Australia series from Jonathan Gavin & Imogen Banks and stars Brittany Snow, Timothy Hutton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Emily Osment, Mustafa Elzein, Mo McRae and Victoria Cartagena. The series revolves around an only child who finds her life turned upside down when her father is forced to reveal that over the course of his pioneering career as a fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Made in Bangladesh’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Made in Bangladesh, Rubaiyat Hossain, score, Soundtrack, Tin Soheili
A soundtrack album has been released for the drama Made in Bangladesh. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tin Soheili (The Ambassador, One-Two-Three Now!). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Made in Bangladesh is co-written and directed by Rubaiyat Hossain and stars Rikita Nandini Shimu, Novera Rahman, Deepanwita Martin, Parvin Paru, Mayabe and Mostafa Monwar. The movie centers on a Dhaka woman who attempts to organize her garment factory co-workers after a deadly fire. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Encounter’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Encounter, Paul J. Salamoff, Penka Kouneva, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Encounter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie, Pandora, Aga). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 4 and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website. Encounter is written and directed by Paul J. Salamoff and stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison and Tom Atkins. The movie follows a group of friends who uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Justin Dec’s ‘Countdown’
Posted: October 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Countdown, Danny Bensi, Justin Dec, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Ozark, Fear the Walking Dead) are scoring the upcoming horror thriller Countdown. The film is written and directed by Justin Dec and stars Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne and Peter Facinelli. The movie follows a young nurse who downloads an app that claims to predict exactly when a person is going to die and tells her she only has three days to live. Read the rest of this entry »
