Copticon Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary One Child Nation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Rich Hill, One Percent More Humid) & Chris Ruggiero (Minding the Gap). The soundtrack is now available to download and stream on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio clips. One Child Nation is directed by Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang and centers on the devastating consequences of China’s One-Child Policy through the words of those who lived through it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘One Child Nation’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Ruggiero, Jialing Zhang, Nanfu Wang, Nathan Halpern, One Child Nation, score, Soundtrack
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Brett Detar Scoring William Brent Bell’s ‘Brahms: The Boy 2’
Posted: September 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brahms: The Boy 2, Brett Detar, Separation, The Boy, William Brent Bell
Composer Brett Detar is reuniting with director William Brent Bell on the upcoming horror sequel Brahms: The Boy 2. The film starring Katie Holmes, Christopher Convery, Owain Yeoman and Ralph Ineson centers on a young family that moves into Heelshire Mansion, unaware of its dark history, as the young child bonds with an eerie, life-like doll he calls Brahms. Stacey Menear who scripted the first movie wrote the screenplay. Tom Rosenberg & Gary Lucchesi (Underworld, The Lincoln Lawyer) and Eric Reid (Peppermint) are producing the project for Lakeshore Entertainment, alongside Matt Berenson (Daddy Day Care), Jim Wedaa (Unstoppable) and Roy Lee (It, The Lego Movie). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lost and Love’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lost and Love, Sanyuan Peng, score, Soundtrack, Zbigniew Preisner
Caldera Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2015 Chinese/Hong Kong drama Lost and Love (Shi Gu). The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Zbigniew Preisner (The Secret Garden, When a Man Loves a Woman, Three Colors). Visit the label’s official website for more information and to purchase the CD version. The soundtrack is now also available to download/stream on Amazon Music. Lost and Love is directed by Sanyuan Peng and stars Andy Lau and Jing Boran. The movie is inspired by an abduction case in 2010 when a Hubei resident was reunited with his son, who had been missing for three years, when a university student recognized the child after seeing a post on Sina Weibo.. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Three Days and a Life’ (‘Trois jours et une vie’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nicolas Boukhrief, Rob, Robin Coudert, score, Soundtrack, Three Days and a Life, Trois jours et une vie
Gaumont has released a soundtrack album for the French thriller Three Days and a Life (Trois jours et une vie). The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob (Maniac, Horns, Planetarium, Revenge, Troy: Fall of a City). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Three Days and a Life is directed by Nicolas Boukhrief and stars Pablo Pauly, Sandrine Bonnaire, Charles Berling, Margot Bancilhon, Philippe Torreton and Dimitri Storoge. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Pierre Lemaitre will be released in French theaters this Wednesday, September 18. Read the rest of this entry »
Nicholas Britell, Hildur Guðnadóttir & Ramin Djawadi Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Chernobyl, Daniel Palladino, Emmy Awards, Game of Thrones, Hildur Guonadottir, Nichols Britell, Ramin Djawadi, Robin Urdang, Succession, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won her first Emmy Award for her score for the episode Please Remain Calm of the HBO limited series Chernobyl in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special category at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. In the Original Main Title Theme Music category, Nicholas Britell received his first Emmy Award for his main titles theme from HBO’s Succession. Ramin Djawadi was honored with his second Primetime Emmy Award for his score for the episode The Long Night from HBO’s Game of Thrones in the Music Composition for a Series category. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2019)
Posted: September 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Chris Alan Lee, Country Music, Criminal, Dhani Harrison, First Wives Club, Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, Netflix, Paul Hicks, PBS, Robin Foster
Premiering tonight is the documentary Country Music directed and produced by Ken Burns. Legacy Recordings has released a soundtrack album in two different versions featuring a selection of the songs from the movie by artists such as the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Randy Travis & others. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 8-part documentary, which is premiering tonight on PBS.
Premiering on Thursday, September 19, is the comedy First Wives Club developed by Tracy Oliver based on the 1996 movie of the same title and starring Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jill Scott and Michelle Buteau. Chris Alan Lee (Younger, No Good Nick) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous article for more information about the series, which was originally set to to debut on the Paramount Network and is now making its premiere on BET’s new streaming service. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts Win Emmy Award for ‘Free Solo’
Posted: September 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, Alex Lacamoire, Brandon Roberts, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Emmy Awards, Fosse/Verdon, Free Solo, Jack Dolgen, Marco Beltrami, Rachel Bloom
Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts have won their first Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special category for their score for National Geographic’s Free Solo at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In the Music & Lyrics category, Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen received the prize for the original song Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal from the episode I Have To Get Out of The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Alex Lacamoire was honored for his work on the FX original series Fosse/Verdon. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathaniel Blume Scoring Fox’s ‘Prodigal Son’
Posted: September 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Fedak, Fox, Nathaniel Blume, Prodigal Son
Nathaniel Blume is scoring the new Fox drama Prodigal Son. The show is created by Chris Fedak (Chuck, Forever) & Sam Sklaver and stars Tom Payne, Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young, Halston Sage, Lou Diamond Phillips, Frank Harts, Keiko Agena and Aurora Perrineau. The series follows a troubled criminal psychologist as he uses his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes. Fedak & Sklaver are also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment production with Greg Berlanti & Sarah Schechter (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 13, 2019)
Posted: September 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Can You Keep a Secret?, Cracked Up, Daniel Pemberton, David Robbins, Freaks, Haunt, Hustlers, Imprisoned, Jeff Cardoni, Mica Levi, Monos, Robert Rospide, Robi Botos, Scarborough, The Goldfinch, The Weekend, Tim Wynn, tomandandy, Trevor Gureckis
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the drama Hustlers written and directed by Lorene Scafaria and starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo and Cardi B. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. STX Entertainment’s head of music Jason Markey serves as the project’s music supervisor. No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Visit Soundtrack.Net for a list of all songs credited in the movie and visit the official movie website to learn more about the drama.
Also opening wide is the film adaptation of The Goldfinch directed by John Crowley and starring Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Ashleigh Cummings and Willa Fitzgerald. The film’s original music is composed by Trevor Gureckis (Bloodline). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Lissie’s ‘Dragula’ Cover from ‘Haunt’ Released
Posted: September 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bryan Woods, Haunt, Lissie, Scott Beck
Lionboy Records has released the cover version of Rob Zombie’s song Dragula by singer/songwriter Lissie from Scott Beck’s & Bryan Woods’ horror thriller Haunt. The track is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Haunt is written and directed by Beck & Woods and stars Katie Stevens, Will Brittain and Lauryn Alisa McClain. The movie takes place on Halloween and follows a group of friends as they encounter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. Read the rest of this entry »
