A soundtrack album has been released for the drama What Will People Say (Hva vil folk si). The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorenz Dangel (Hell, The Robber) & Martin Pedersen (What We Become). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. What Will People Say is written and directed by Iram Haq and stars Maria Mozhdah and Adil Hussain. The movie follows a Norwegian teen clashes as she with the traditional values of her Pakistani émigré parents. The drama premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was released in select U.S. theaters last summer by Kino Lorber. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What Will People Say’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hva vil folk si, Iram Haq, Lorenz Dangel, Martin Pedersen, score, Soundtrack, What Will People Say
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Soundtrack Album for Rupert Goold’s ‘Judy’ Biopic Announced
Posted: August 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Judy, Judy Garland, Rupert Gold, Soundtrack
Decca and Republic Records have announced the official soundtrack album for the biographical drama Judy. The album features a newly recorded version of Judy Garland’s Get Happy performed by lead actress Renée Zellweger and Sam Smith and new rendition of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas performed by Zellweger and Rufus Wainwright. Also included are such Garland classics as For Once in My Life, Come Rain or Come Shine and Over the Rainbow. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on September 27. The CD and vinyl versions will be available for pre-order here within the next few days. Judy is directed by Rupert Goold and stars Zellweger in the title role, alongside Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell and Michael Gambon. The movie is based on the stage play End of the Rainbow and follows Garland during the last year of her life. Read the rest of this entry »
Jocelyn Pook Scoring Lauren Greenfield’s ‘The Kingmaker’
Posted: August 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jocelyn Pook, Lauren Greenfield, The Kingmaker
Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut, The Wife, The Merchant of Venice, Brick Lane) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary The Kingmaker. The film is directed by Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles, Generation Wealth) and centers on Filipino politician and former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who, despite disgrace, remains unbowed and enmeshed in her nation’s politics. Marcos became First Lady of the Philippines in 1965 and still lives as if she possesses the role. Greenfield is also producing the Evergreen Pictures production with Frank Evers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Deep Water’ Announced
Posted: August 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Deep Water, ITV, score, Soundtrack, Toydrum
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV original series Deep Water. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by ToyDrum (aka Pablo Clements and James Griffith) (Prevenge, This Is England ’90, London Fields, Detour). Also included is the title song Static performed by Beth Orton who also co-wrote the track with the composers. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 13, 2019 and physically on September 20. Check back on this page for the purchase links. Deep Water is written by Anna Symon and stars Anna Friel, Sinead Keenan and Rosalind Eleazar. The 6-parter is based on the Windermere series of novels by Paula Daly and follows the lives of three spirited and complex women trying to do their best for their young families whilst facing tough choices. Read the rest of this entry »
Edward Shearmur Scoring Roger Kumble’s Netflix Movie ‘Falling Inn Love’
Posted: August 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Edward Shearmur, Falling Inn Love, Netflix, Roger Kumble
Edward Shearmur (Charlie’s Angels, Miss Congeniality, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Johnny English) has recently scored the new Netflix original movie Falling Inn Love. The film is directed by Roger Kumble (Just Friends) and stars Christina Milian, Adam Demos and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. The romantic comedy revolves around a San Francisco exec who wins a New Zealand inn and ditches city life to remodel and flip the rustic property with help from a handsome contractor. Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy wrote the screenplay. Robyn Snyder and Mel Turner are producing the Mar Vista Entertainment production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pet Sematary Two’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Governor, Mary Lambert, Pet Sematary, Pet Sematary II, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack album for the 1992 horror sequel Pet Sematary Two directed by Mary Lambert and starring Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards and Clancy Brown. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Governor (Mindwarp). Also included are the Governor-penned original songs Love Never Dies performed by Traci Lords and Fading Away performed by Jan King & more. To order the CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples.
Henry Jackman Scoring Nate Parker’s ‘American Skin’
Posted: August 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Skin, Henry Jackman, Nate Parker
Composer Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) is reteaming with Nate Parker on the upcoming drama American Skin. The film is written and directed by Parker who also stars in the film alongside Omari Hardwick, Beau Knapp, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie and Miluana Jackson. The movie follows marine veteran who takes matters into his own hands after his son is killed by a police officer who is found innocent without standing trial. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Adam’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam, Jay Wadley, Rhys Ernst, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Adam. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay Wadley (Indignation, Tales of the City, The OA, Cruise). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also audio samples. Adam is directed by Rhys Ernst and starring Nicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Leo Sheng, Chloe Levine and Margaret Qualley. The movie produced by James Schamus follows an awkward teen who spends his last high school summer in New York City with his big sister who throws herself into the city’s lesbian and trans activist scene. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) to Score Nat Faxon’s & Jim Rash’s ‘Downhill’
Posted: August 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Downhill, Hauschka, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) has signed on to score the upcoming drama Downhill. The film is directed by Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Way Way Back, screenwriters of The Descendants) and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods, Zoë Chao, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford and Kristofer Hivju. The movie is based on the Golden Globe-nominated Swedish feature Force Majeure and follows a seemingly picture-perfect family as they are forced to reevaluate life, and how they truly feel about each other when they barely escape an avalanche during a ski vacation in the Alps. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Downhill Racer’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Downhill Racer, Kenyon Hopkins, Michael Ritchie, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1969 sports drama Downhill Racer directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan, Kathleen Crowley and Dabney Coleman. The album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins (12 Angry Men, The Hustler, This Property Is Condemned, Lilith), including the composer’s full score, music not used in the movie, source cues & more. The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples.
