Ian Arber (Medici, My Name Is Lenny, After the Screaming Stops) and Blur drummer Dave Rowntree have composed the original score for the upcoming BBC series The Capture. The show is written and directed by Ben Chanan and stars Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Ron Perlman, Famke Janssen, Ben Miles, Laura Haddock, Lia Williams, Sophia Brown and Paul Ritter. The spy drama follows a soldier who returns to life as a free man with his young daughter after a conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Ian Arber & Blur’s Dave Rowntree Scoring BBC’s ‘The Capture’
Posted: August 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Dave Rowntree, Ian Arber, The Capture
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‘Ready or Not’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Ready or Not, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Gillett
Fox Music will release the official soundtrack album for the thriller Ready or Not. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See Me). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 21 and will be available to download here. Ready or Not is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell. The movie follows a young bride as she joins her new husband’s rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s ‘The Friend’
Posted: August 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Rob Simonsen, The Friend
Rob Simonsen is composing the original score for the upcoming drama The Friend. The film is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Megan Leavey, Blackfish) and stars Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, Gwendoline Christie, Cherry Jones and Ahna O’Reilly . The movie is based on the award-winning Esquire article of the same name and follows a man who puts his own life on hold to move into the family home of his best friends and support them through a terminal cancer diagnosis. Brad Ingelsby (Out of the Furnace) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony DiLorenzo, Bathtubs Over Broadway, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway. The album features the music from the movie, including several original songs, tracks from classic Broadway musicals, as well as the film’s original score composed by Anthony DiLorenzo. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Bathtubs Over Broadway is directed by Dava Whisenant and centers on a Late Night comedy writer who stumbles upon a hidden world of entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Read the rest of this entry »
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Marc Meyers’ ‘Human Capital’
Posted: August 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Human Capital, Marc Meyers, Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos (Wonder, Fences, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said) is scoring the upcoming drama Human Capital. The film is directed by Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer) and stars Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Maya Hawke, Alex Wolff, Paul Sparks, Aasif Mandvi and Fred Hechinger. The movie is based on Paolo Virzi’s 2014 Italian drama of the same title and centers on two families whose lives become fatefully intertwined following an impulsive business deal and a tragic hit-and-run accident. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO’s ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ to Feature Music by Craig Wedren
Posted: August 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Wedren, HBO, Mrs. Fletcher, Tom Perrotta
Craig Wedren (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, The School of Rock, How to Be a Latin Lover) is the composer of the upcoming HBO original series Mrs. Fletcher. The show is created by Tom Perrotta (The Leftovers) based on his bestselling novel of the same title and stars Kathryn Hahn, Jackson White, Owen Teague, Katie Kershaw, Domenick Lombardozzi, Cameron Boyce, Jen Richards and Casey Wilson. The comedy single mother rediscovers her sexuality after her son heads off to college. Perrotta is also executive producing the project with Helen Estabrook (Whiplash, Tully). Read the rest of this entry »
Rachel Portman to Score BBC’s ‘Mimi and the Mountain Dragon’
Posted: August 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Mimi and the Mountain Dragon, Rachel Portman
BBC has announced that Rachel Portman (Emma, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Vow, Never Let Me Go) is composing the original score for the upcoming animated TV special Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. The music will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic featuring singers from the Hallé’s family of choirs and will be recorded at Media City UK, Salford. The animated short about a village that quakes in fear of the mighty Mountain Dragon is based on the children’s book of the same title by Sir Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) and adapted for the screen by novelist, poet, and playwright, Owen Sheers. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EP for Netflix’s ‘Sintonia’ Released
Posted: August 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dondoka, Kondzilla, MC Doni, MC Fioti, Netflix, Sintonia, Soundtrack
BMG has released a soundtrack album for the Brazilian Netflix original series Sintonia. The 5-track EP features MC Fioti’s Funk da Netflix, as well as original tracks by MC Doni & Dondoka. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sintonia is created by Kondzilla and stars MC Jottape, Christian Malheiros and Bruna Mascarenhas. The series centers on three teens living in the same São Paulo favela as they pursue their dreams while maintaining their friendship, amid a world of music, drugs and religion. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Orton Scoring Pixar Short ‘Loop’
Posted: August 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Erica Milsom, Loop, Mark Orton, Pixar, SparksShorts
Mark Orton (Nebraska, The Good Girl, My Old Lady) has recently scored the upcoming Pixar Animation short Loop. The film is written and directed by Erica Milsom and follows a non-verbal, autistic girl and a chatty boy who are partnered on a canoeing trip and must both learn how the other experiences the world. Michael Warch is producing the project, which is one of three new shorts from Pixar’s SparkShorts series (the others being Wind, scored by Andrew Jimenez, and Float, scored by Barney Jones). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 18, 2019)
Posted: August 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Hitsville: The Making of Motown, Hulu, Ian Arber, Joseph Stephens, Showtime, The Righteous Gemstones, This Way Up, Vince Pope
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones created by Danny McBride and starring himself, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, Cassidy Freeman, Tony Cavalero, Tim Baltz and Greg Alan Williams. The show’s original music composed by Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Flower, Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 21, is the Hulu original series This Way Up created by Aisling Bea who also stars in the comedy alongside Sharon Horgan, Aasif Mandvi, Tobias Menzies, Indira Varma, Sorcha Cusack, Chris Geere, Kadiff Kirwan, Ricky Grover and Daniela Spataru. Vince Pope (Misfits, Undercover, Bedlam) is composing the show’s original music. The comedy, which is co-produced by Channel 4, follows a whip-smart English-as-a-foreign language teacher as she is trying to pull her life back together after a nervous breakdown. The comedy will be available to stream stateside exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
