A soundtrack album has been released for the dance drama Next Level. The album features the songs from the film performed by the movie’s cast, as well as the theme song Next Level performed by Elyse. The soundtrack is now available to download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Next Level is directed by Ilyssa Goodman and stars Chloe East, Brooke Butler, Chloe Lukasiak, Hayden Summerall, Will Simmon, Lauren Orlando, Ellarose Kaylor and Emily Skinner. The movie follows a group of teens competing for best performer of the summer at Next Level, a specialized dance/hip-hop/songwriting performing arts program. Read the rest of this entry »
Toby Chu to Score Netflix’s ‘Centaurworld’
Posted: September 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Centaurworld, Netflix, Toby Chu
Netflix has announced that Toby Chu (Bao, Unforgettable, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Covert Affairs) is scoring the upcoming animated series Centaurworld. The show is created by Megan Nicole Dong (Pinky Malinky) and revolves around a hardened war horse that is transported away from battle and finds herself in a land that’s inhabited by silly, singing centaurs of all shapes and sizes. Dong is also executive producing the project with Dominic Bisignano (Star vs the Forces of Evil). Each episode will also include original songs in a variety of genres. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Halloween’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, David Gordon Green, Halloween, John Carpenter, score, Soundtrack
Sacred Bones Records will release a new soundtrack album for last year’s Halloween sequel. The album features the expanded original score from the movie composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, including almost 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. The soundtrack will be released on October 18, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has released the original soundtrack album for the movie last October. Halloween is written and directed by David Gordon Green and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner and Nick Castle. Read the rest of this entry »
Philip Ekstrom Scoring Drake Doremus’ ‘Endings, Beginnings’
Posted: September 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Drake Doremus, Endings Beginnings, Philip Ekstrom
Philip Ekstrom has composed the original score for the upcoming drama Endings, Beginnings. The film is directed by Drake Doremus (Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals) and stars Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Jamie Dornan. The movie revolves around an idealistic woman as she attempts to get her life on track financially and romantically, but gets caught in a love triangle with a free-spirited bad boy and his more stable, scholarly best friend. Doremus also co-wrote the screenplay with Jardine Libaire and is producing the project with Francis Chung (Take Point) and Robert George (Zoe, Newness). Read the rest of this entry »
Apple’s ‘Home Before Dark’ to Feature Music by Nathan Lanier
Posted: September 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple, Home Before Dark, Jon M. Chu, Nathan Lanier
Nathan Lanier has signed on to score the upcoming Apple original series Home Before Dark. The show is created by Dana Fox (Couples Retreat, How to Be Single) & Dara Resnik and stars Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, Louis Herthum, Michael Weston, Kylie Rogers, Aziza Scott, Adrian Hough, Joelle Carter and Jibrail Nantambu. The mystery drama is inspired by the real-life story of Hilde Lysiak and follows a young girl who moves from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind and leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney to Score Brenda Chapman’s ‘Come Away’
Posted: September 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brenda Chapman, Come Away, John Debney
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Jungle Book) is currently scoring the upcoming fantasy drama Come Away. The film marks the live-action of debut of director Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt) and stars Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Keira Chansa, Jordan Nash, Reece Yates, Michael Caine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Gyasi. The movie follows the brother and sister who became the protagonists of Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan as they seek to help their parents overcome the death of their eldest son and are then forced to choose between home and imagination. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Gut Gegen Nordwind’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gut Gegen Nordwind, Hauschka, score, Soundtrack, Vanessa Jopp, Volker Bertelmann
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the German romantic drama Gut Gegen Nordwind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Hotel Mumbai, Gunpowder, The Art of Racing in the Rain). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 13, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Gut Gegen Nordwind is directed by Vanessa Jopp and stars Nora Tschirner, Alexander Fehling, Ulrich Thomsen, Ella Rumpf, Piet Fuchs and Claudia Eisinger. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Daniel Glattauer will be released in German theaters on September 12. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Imprisoned’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Imprisoned, Paul Kampf, Robert Rospide, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie thriller Imprisoned. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Robert Rospide. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Imprisoned is written and directed by Paul Kampf and stars Laurence Fishbourne, Juan Pablo Raba, Juana Acosta, John Heard and Esai Morales. The movie centers on a man who attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal and soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him, when he learns the new local prison warden has not forgiven him for an old crime. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring Feras Fayyad’s National Geographic Documentary ‘The Cave’
Posted: September 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Feras Fayyad, Matthew Herbert, The Cave
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Gloria Bell, Life in a Day) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The Cave. The film is directed by Feras Fayyad (One Day in Aleppo) and follows the documentarian as he returns to his native, wartorn Syria to follow a dedicated team of female doctors who tirelessly treat casualties in an underground hospital while battling systemic sexism. Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær (Aquarela) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Collini Case’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Lukas Boysen, Der Fall Collini, Marco Kreuzpaintner, score, Soundtrack, The Collini Case
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the German thriller The Collini Case (Der Fall Collini). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Lukas Boysen (Beat, Manifesto) The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. The Collini Case is directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and stars Elyas M’Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Franco Nero and Heiner Lauterbach. The movie is based on Ferdinand von Schirach’s bestselling novel of the same title and centers on an attorney who takes on a defendant accused of the vicious murder of a respected elderly businessman and comes across one of the biggest judicial scandals in German history. Read the rest of this entry »
