The full details of the soundtrack album for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) who collaborated with opera singer Renée Fleming on his score. Also included are tracks by Andy Williams, Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Carmen Miranda & more. The soundtrack will be released physically on December 8, 2017 by Decca Records and can now be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check back on this page for more information on the digital release. The Shape of Water is co-written and directed by del Toro and stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones and Octavia Spencer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Shape of Water’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo Del Toro, score, Soundtrack, The Shape of Water
Stephen King Soundtrack Collection Announced
Posted: November 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Firecatcher, James Newton Howard, Nicholas Pike, Tangerine Dream, The Shining, The Stand, W.G. Snuffy Waalden
Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the Stephen King Soundtrack Collection. The 8-CD set features 2-CD deluxe editions for the 2003 horror thriller Dreamcatcher directed by Lawrence Kasdan featuring the film’s expanded score composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, Maleficent, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and the post-apocalyptic mini-series The Stand starring Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Ray Walston, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis featuring the show’s expanded score by W. G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights) who received an Emmy nomination for his score. Also included is a reissue of the soundtrack album for 1984’s Firestarter starring Drew Barrymore featuring original music by Tangerine Dream (Legend, Risky Business), as well as the first-ever commercial release of the score for the 1997 mini-series The Shining on three discs featuring music by Nicholas Pike (Return to Me, Captain Ron). Read the rest of this entry »
Jonathan Sadoff Scoring Amazon’s ‘Love You More’
Posted: November 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Jonathan Sadoff, Love You More
Jonathan Sadoff has recently scored the Amazon comedy pilot Love You More. The show is created by Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America), Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City, 2 Broke Girls), Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones, Treme) & Bridget Everett who also stars in the series alongside Karen Pittman and Loni Anderson. The comedy revolves around a New York City cabaret sensation who works as a counselor at a group home for young adults with Down syndrome. King and Goldthwait are also executive producing the project for MPK Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Amazon Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Robin Bissell’s ‘The Best of Enemies’
Posted: November 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Robin Bissell, The Best of Enemies
Marcelo Zarvos is composing the music for the upcoming drama The Best of Enemies. The film marks the directorial debut of executive producer Robin Bissell (The Hunger Games) and stars Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson, Babou Ceesay, Nick Searcy, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley and John Gallagher Jr. The movie centers on civil rights activist Ann Atwater who battled KKK leader C.P. Ellis for a decade until 1971, when the two agreed to co-chair a two-week community meeting to deal with a court-ordered school desegregation decree. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Saw Anthology’ Soundtrack Details Revealed
Posted: November 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Clouser, Saw, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the Saw Anthology compilation soundtrack release have been revealed. The albums feature the original score from all eight movies in the Saw series composed by Charlie Clouser (Resident Evil: Extinction, Wayward Pines, Numbers, Death Sentence, Dead Silence). The Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 soundtracks will be released digitally on November 24, 2017 by Lakeshore Records. A physical and vinyl release is also in the works. Click here to pre-order the Vol. 1 album and here for the Vol. 2 soundtrack. The Saw series created by James Wan & Leigh Whannell launched in 2004 with Wan’s original Saw movie and was followed by Saw II, III & IV (directed by Darren Lynn Bousman) in 2005, 2006 & 2007, Saw V (directed by David Hackl) in 2008, Saw VI & Saw 3D (directed by Kevin Greutert) in 2009 & 2010 and this year’s Jigsaw (directed by Michael & Peter Spierig). Read the rest of this entry »
Elvis Costello’s ‘You Shouldn’t Look at Me That Way’ from ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ to Be Released
Posted: November 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elvis Costello, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Verve and Decca Records will release the original song You Shouldn’t Look at Me That Way from Paul McGuigan’s romantic drama Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. The song is written, orchestrated and performed by Elvis Costello who previously co-wrote original songs for movies including Cold Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award nomination) and Grace of My Heart. The track will be released as a digital single tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters follows the passionate relationship between British actor Peter Turner and eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bright’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bright, David Ayer, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has announced a soundtrack album for the fantasy action thriller Bright. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Bastille, Logic & Rag’n’Bone Man, alt-J, Steve Aoki & Lil Uzi Vert, Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign & Future, A$AP Rocky & Tom Morello and more. The soundtrack will be released on December 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bright is directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, Fury) and stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Happy Anderson, Kenneth Choi and Ike Barinholtz. The Netflix original movie is set in an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us and revolves around two L.A. cops who become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Trapanese Scoring ‘Arctic’
Posted: November 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arctic, Joe Penna, Joseph Trapanese, Sprinter
Joseph Trapanese is composing the music for the upcoming thriller Arctic. The film is directed by Joe Penna and stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic who must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation. Penna also co-wrote the screenplay with Ryan Morrison. Chris Lemole & Tim Zajaros (Mudbound, Zombeavers) and Noah C. Haeussner are producing the Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Score Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Series
Posted: November 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Carlton Cuse, Jack Ryan, Ramin Djawadi, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Ramin Djawadi has signed on to score the upcoming Amazon original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The show is developed by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) & Graham Roland (Fringe) based on the Tom Clancy’s character and stars John Krasinksi in the title role, alongside Abbie Cornish, Peter Fonda, Timothy Hutton,Wendell Pierce, Dina Shihabi and Ali Suliman. The show centers on CIA agent Jack Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘A.P. Bio’ to Feature Music by Jeff Cardoni
Posted: November 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.P. Bio, CBS, Jeff Cardoni, NBC, Young Sheldon
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming NBC comedy A.P. Bio. The show is created by Mike O’Brien (Saturday Night Live) and stars Glenn Howerton, Patton Oswalt, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Aparna Brielle, Jacob McCarthy and Nick Peine. The series follows a philosophy scholar who loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school Advanced Placement Biology teacher and uses his students to get back at the people in his life who have wronged him. O.Brien is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Lorne Michaels (30 Rock, Wayne’s World), Seth Meyers, Andrew Singer and Michael Shoemaker. Read the rest of this entry »
