Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins,Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Talladega Nights) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming Netflix original movie Between Two Ferns: The Movie. The film is directed by Scott Aukerman and stars Zach Galifianakis, Ryan Gaul, Lauren Lapkus and Jiavani Linayao. The comedy is based on Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns talk show and follows a version of Galifianakis who – together with his loyal crew – takes a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews in order to restore his reputation. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Wurman Scoring Netflix’s ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Netflix, Scott Aukerman
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The CW’s ‘Pandora’ to Feature Music by Joe Kraemer & Penka Kouneva
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joe Kraemer, Mark A. Altman, Pandora, Penka Kouneva, The CW
Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun) and Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie) are the composers of the new CW drama Pandora. The show is created by Mark A. Altman and stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple and Noah Huntley. The sci-fi action series follows a resourceful young woman who has lost everything but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the Galaxy from threats, both alien and human. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Run the Race’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chris Dowling, Paul Mills, Run the Race, score, Soundtrack
Lucid Artist Management will release a score album for the faith-based drama Run the Race. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Mills (I Can Only Imagine, War Room, October Baby, Woodlawn). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Run the Race is directed by Chris Dowling and stars Tanner Stine, Kristoffer Polaha, Evan Hofer, Kelsey Reinhardt, Mario Van Peebles, Mykelti Williamson and Frances Fisher. The movie tells the story of two desperate brothers willing to sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Darren Criss to Write Original Songs for Quibi’s ‘Royalties’
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Darren Criss, Quibi, Royalties
Quibi has announced today that Darren Criss will be writing original song for the streaming service’s upcoming original series Royalties. He is also co-writing and starring in the show, which follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song. Each episode episode of the musical comedy will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious music stars. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Unmasking Jihadi John’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO, score, Soundtrack, Unmasking Jihadi John, Walter Mair
Redrocca has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist. The album features the film’s original music composed by Walter Mair (The Same Sky, Ronaldo, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Glue). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Unmasking Jihadi John is directed by Anthony Wonke and centers on Jihadi John, also known as Mohammed Emwazi, who was one of the most controversial and dangerous figures to emerge out of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The documentary produced by Nutopia will premiere in the U.S. on July 31 on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Beyoncé’s Original Song ‘Spirit’ from ‘The Lion King’ Released
Posted: July 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beyoncé, Jon Favreau, The Lion King
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Spirit from Jon Favreau’s The Lion King. The track is performed by Beyoncé and co-written by herself, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh. The song is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Spirit is also featured as the previously listed “TBA” track 14 on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the songs by Elton John & Tim Rice and the score by Hans Zimmer and which will be released digitally this Thursday, July 11. Beyoncé will also release a new album The Lion King: The Gift featuring Spirit, as well as other songs inspired by the movie on July 19. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring Tom McCarthy’s ‘Timmy Failure’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Rolfe Kent, Timmy Failure, Tom McCarthy
Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Wedding Crashers, Election, Legally Blonde, Up in the Air) has recently composed the music for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Timmy Failure. The film is directed by Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, The Visitor, The Station Agent) and stars Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond and Craig Robinson. The family comedy is based on Stephan Pastis’ novel of the same title and follows an 11-year boy who believes he is the CEO of his fictional detective agency, Total Failure, Inc. and whose goal is to become so rich his mother won’t have to stress out about the bills anymore. Pastis also wrote the screenplay. Jim Whitaker (Pete’s Dragon, A Wrinkle in Time) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Korven Tapped as Composer of AMC’s ‘The Terror: Infamy’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, Mark Korven, The Terror, The Terror: Infamy
Mark Korven (The Witch, Cube, Our House, Awakening the Zodiac) has been tapped as the new composer of the AMC anthology series The Terror. The show’s World War II-set second season, The Terror: Infamy, is created by Alexander Woo (True Blood) & Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla) and centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Herbert Scoring Sky’s ‘Temple’
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matthew Herbert, Sky, Temple
Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Gloria Bell) is scoring the upcoming Sky original series Temple. The show is developed by Mark O’Rowe (Boy A, Broken) based on the Norwegian series Valkyrien and stars Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays. The 8-part comic thriller is set in the secret world beneath London, where an illegal clinic has been set up in an abandoned subterranean network of tunnels and follows a surgeon driven by personal tragedy to treat anyone who is willing to pay for medical help outside the system. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Vera’ Announced
Posted: July 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ben Bartlett, ITV, score, Soundtrack, Vera
Silva Screen Records has announced the first soundtrack album for the ITV original series Vera. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Tunnel, The Loch, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, The Mark of Cain). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 9, 2019 and physically a few weeks later. Click here to download the album and visit Amazon to order the CD version as an import. Vera is created by Ann Cleeves and stars Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty, Ibinabo Jack, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Paul Kaye and Steve Evets. The series follows the eccentric but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope and her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.
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