Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Curious George: Royal Monkey. The album features the film’s original score composed by Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Tag, Dope, Vida) . Also included is a new original song written, performed and produced by Andy Grammer, as well as four other original songs written by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom and performed by Rob Trow. The soundtrack will be released this Friday, September 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Curious George: Royal Monkey is directed by Doug Murphy and features the voices of Frank Welker and Jeff Bennett. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Curious George: Royal Monkey’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amanda McBroom, Andy Grammer, Curious George, Curious George: Royal Monkey, Germaine Franco, Michele Brourman, score, Soundtrack
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Michael Giacchino to Score David Silverman’s ‘Extinct’
Posted: September 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Silverman, Extinct, Michael Giacchino, Mick Giacchino
Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming animated adventure comedy Extinct. He will be co-scoring the project with his son, Mick Giacchino. The film is directed by David Silverman (The Simpsons Movie, Monsters, Inc.) and features the voices of Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom, Zazie Beetz, Ken Jeong, Jim Jefferies, Catherine O’Hara, Reggie Watts and Alex Borstein. The movie follows two donut-shaped animals called flummels as they accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai where they discover traffic, trans fats, and the fact that flummels have become extinct. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocketman: Live in Concert’ Event Announced
Posted: September 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Elton John, Rocketman
Endeavor Content and Black Ink Presents have announced a one-night only performance of Paramount Pictures’ Rocketman: Live in Concert on October 17, 2019 at the historic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will feature the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra playing live-to-picture all the songs from the film during a special screening of the biographical musical drama Rocketman. The film’s subject, Elton John, and Taron Egerton, who portrayed John in the movie, will join the orchestra for a special performance. John Beal will conduct the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Next Level’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ilyssa Goodman, Next Level, Soundtrack
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 »
