Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Man Who Invented Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, The Good Dinosaur, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on November 17, 2017. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Man Who Invented Christmas is directed by Bharat Nalluri and stars Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens, Christopher Plummer as Scrooge and Jonathan Pryce as Dicken’s father. The movie is based on Les Standiford’s book and recounts how Charles Dickens created his iconic A Christmas Carol. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bharat Nalluri, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack, The Man Who Invented Christmas
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‘Paddington 2’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Paddington, Paddington 2, score, Soundtrack
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the family movie Paddington 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Kubo and the Two Strings, Anna Karenina). Also included are the songs from the film performed by Tobago and d’Lime. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 10 and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to order the album in all formats. Paddington 2 is directed by Paul King who also helmed the 2014 original movie and stars Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson,Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin and Imelda Staunton, as well as Ben Whishaw as the voice of the title character. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC’s ‘Harmony’ to Feature Music by Stephen Schwartz & Jon Ondrasik
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Harmony, Jon Ondrasik, Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Enchanted) and singer/songwriter Jon Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting) will be composing original music for the ABC musical drama Harmony. The show created by Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg (The Fosters) and Jacob Chase is set in the town of Harmony, New York, where residents are known to sing and dance to express their emotions and follows a detective who left the town as a teenager who must return to help solve a crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mudbound’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mary J. Blige, Mudbound, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Tamar-Kali
The full details of the soundtrack album for the period drama Mudbound have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tamar-Kali. Also included is the original song Mighty River performed by Mary J. Blige and co-written by the singer/songwriter, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson. The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally on November 17, 2017 and physically a couple of weeks later by Milan Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Mudbound is directed by Dee Rees and stars Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Blige herself, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks and Garrett Hedlund. The film is set a in racially divided post-World War II Mississippi and follows two men – one black and one white – who forge a friendship based on their shared war experiences. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘Alias Grace’ to Be Released
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alias Grace, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Netflix, Sarah Polley, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the mini-series Alias Grace. The album features selections from the 6-parter’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Boondock Saints, Storks). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 3 and will be available to download on Amazon. Alias Grace is created Sarah Polley and stars Sarah Gadon, Anna Paquin, Zachary Levi, Paul Gross, Edward Holcroft, Kerr Logan, Rebecca Liddiard and David Cronenberg. The series centers on Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer in 1843. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Thumper’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jordan Ross, Pedro Bromfman, score, Soundtrack, Thumper
The Orchard will release the official soundtrack album for the crime thriller Thumper. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pedro Bromfman (Narcos, RoboCop, Elite Squad). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 3, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Thumper is written and directed by Jordan Ross and stars Pablo Schreiber, Eliza Taylor, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Grant Harvey and Daniel Webber. The movie executive produced by Cary Fukunaga centers on a group of teens living in a run-down town that end up working for a dangerous drug dealer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘LBJ’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: LBJ, Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama LBJ. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marc Shaiman (A Few Good Men, Misery, Sister Act, Hairspray, The Bucket List, City Slickers). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 3 (click here to download) and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. LBJ is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Woody Harrelson, Michael Stahl-David, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Donovan and Bill Pullman. The movie follows President Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career from his days as Senate majority leader to his ascendancy to the presidency in the wake of Kennedy’s assassination, and culminating in his decision not to seek re-election in 1968. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Last Flag Flying’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Graham Reynolds, Last Flag Flying, Richard Linklater, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for Richard Linklater’s comedy drama Last Flag Flying. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graham Reynolds who previously scored the director’s A Scanner Darkly, Bernie and Before Midnight. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 3, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Last Flag Flying is co-written and directed by Linklater and stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Yul Vazquez and Cicely Tyson. The movie follows three men who, 30 years after they served together in the Vietnam War, reunite to bury a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score ‘The Lion King’ Remake
Posted: November 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Jon Favreau, The Lion King
Walt Disney Pictures confirmed today that Hans Zimmer will be returning to score the studio’s upcoming remake of The Lion King. The film is directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, Iron Man) and stars Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, John Kani, John Oliver, Seth Rosen, Billy Eichner and Keegan-Michael Key. Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can) penned the screenplay. Favreau is also producing the project with Jeffrey Silver (Beauty and the Beast) and Karen Gilchrist. Read the rest of this entry »
David Wingo Scoring Amazon’s ‘Sea Oak’
Posted: November 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, David Wingo, Sea Oak
David Wingo has composed the music for the upcoming Amazon Studios pilot Sea Oak. The show is created by George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) based on his own short story and stars Glenn Close, Jane Levy, Rae Gray, Jack Quaid and Sarah Hay. The comedy revolves around a lonesome woman who comes back from the dead to live the life she was too afraid to live. Hiro Murai (Atlanta) directed the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Jonathan Krauss and Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie, Hemlock Grove). Read the rest of this entry »
