Composer Ryan Lott (of Son Lux) (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paper Towns, Mean Dreams, Single Drunk Female) is reuniting with director Ned Benson on the upcoming romantic comedy drama The Greatest Hits. The film is written and directed by Benson and stars Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet and Austin Crute. The movie revolves around a woman who finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time and relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend. Read the rest of this entry »
Son Lux’s Ryan Lott Scoring Ned Benson’s ‘The Greatest Hits’
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hulu, Ned Benson, Ryan Lott, The Greatest Hits
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‘Mary & George’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mary & George, Oliver Coates, score, Sky, Soundtrack, Starz
The details of the soundtrack album for the Starz/Sky original limited series Mary & George have been revealed. The album features the show’s original music composed by Oliver Coates (Aftersun, The Stranger, Occupied City, Significant Other, Foe). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 5 by Invada Records and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A digital single featuring two first tracks from Coates’ score has previously been released last week. Mary & George is created by D.C. Moore and stars Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicola Walker, Tony Curran, Niamh Algar, Trine Dyrholm, Sean Gilder, Adrian Rawlins, Mark O’Halloran, Laurie Davidson, Samuel Blenkin and Simon Russell Beale. The 7-part historical drama tells the true story of a treacherous mother and son who seduced, schemed and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Brian Crano’s & David Craig’s ‘I Don’t Understand You’
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brian Crano, Danny Bensi, David Craig, I Don't Understand You, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Staircase, Tulsa King) have composed the original music for the upcoming horror comedy I Don’t Understand You. The film is written and directed by Brian Crano (Permission) & actor David Craig and stars Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Morgan Spector, Nunzia Schiano and Eleonora Romandini. The movie follows an American couple, on the verge of adopting a baby, who goes on an Italian vacation, when things begin to spiral out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Damsel’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damsel, David Fleming, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Damsel. The album features the movie’s original music composed by David Fleming (The Last of Us, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, The Unforgivable, The Perfect Guy). Also included is Lykke Li’s cover of Ring of Fire, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track (Elodie’s Maze) below. Damsel is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Angela Bassett. The fantasy adventure tells the story of a dutiful damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Volare’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 4, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Margherita Buy, Pasquale Catalano, score, Soundtrack, Volare
CAM Sugar has released a soundtrack album for the Italian comedy Volare. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pasquale Catalano (Barney’s Version, Fasten Your Seatbelts, The Double Hour, Loose Cannons). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Volare marks the feature directorial debut of actress Margherita Buy and stars Buy herself, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulia Michelini, Francesco Colella, Euridice Axen, Roberto De Francesco, Pietro Ragusa and Maurizio Donadoni. The movie follows an actress who is forced to confront her extreme fear of flying when her daughter gets into a U.S. college and joins a special group course to overcome aerophobia. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Barbie’, ‘Joy Ride’ & ‘Theater Camp’ Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Posted: March 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The 14th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. George Drakoulias received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 25M for his work on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Toko Nagata received the award in the Motion Picture Under 25M category for her music supervision on Adele Lim’s Joy Ride. Lindsay Wolfington was honored in the Motion Picture Under 10M category for her music supervision on Molly Gordon’s & Nick Lieberman’s Theater Camp. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat’s Main Title Theme from HBO’s ‘The Regime’ Released
Posted: March 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, HBO, The Regime
WaterTower Music has released the main title theme from the new HBO limited series The Regime. The track is written by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, The Queen) who also scored the first three episode of the show and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A full soundtrack album will be released in the coming weeks. The Regime is created by Will Tracy and stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 3, 2024)
Posted: March 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Alexandre Desplat, Amazon, Chris Benstead, Dave Palmer, First Time Female Director, Full Swing, HBO, Jeff Garber, Kool Kojak, Morgan Kibby, National Geographic, Netflix, Queens, Ricky Stanicky, The Gentlemen, The Regime, The Roku Channel
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Regime created by Will Tracy, directed by Stephen Frears & Jessica Hobbs and starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne and Hugh Grant. The show’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) & Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Touching the Void). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score in the coming weeks. Click here to learn more about the 6-part satire, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering tomorrow, March 4, is the National Geographic original documentary series Queens narrated by Angela Bassett and produced by Wildstar Films. Morgan Kibby (The Watcher, The Power, Mothering Sunday, Girls of the Sun, Wilderness, Grand Army, Tales of the Walking Dead) has composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and the main title song Umi,by Alewya this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which will air Mondays on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Palmer Scoring Peter Farrelly’s ‘Ricky Stanicky’
Posted: March 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Dave Palmer, Peter Farrelly, Ricky Stanicky
Composer Dave Palmer is reteaming with director Peter Farrelly (Green Book, Dumb and Dumber) on the new comedy Ricky Stanicky. The film starring Zac Efron, John Cena, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Jeff Ross, Anja Savcic & William H. Macy follows three childhood best friends who invented the imaginary title character to get them out of trouble after they pull a prank gone wrong, but when their partners become suspicious, they have to hire a washed-up actor to portray their fictional friend. Tom Wolfe & Manish Raval serve as the movie’s music supervisors. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: March 2, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Chris Fogel, Cinema Audio Society, Oppenheimer, Sam Okell, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The team behind the sound mixing of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 60th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Scoring mixer Chris Fogel, along with production mixer Willie D. Burton, re-recording mixerx Gary A. Rizzo & Kevin O’Connell and foley mixers Tavish Grade, Jack Cucci &Mikel Parraga-Wills received the award for the film scored by Ludwig Göransson. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Sam Okell was honored as part of the sound mixing team of Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (scored by Daniel Pemberton). Read the rest of this entry »
