Indiewire is reporting that composer Dan Romer is set to retam with director Dan Fukunaga (True Detective, Jane Eyre) on the next, currently untitled James Bond movie. Daniel Craig returns in the title role and is joined by Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright and Ana de Armas. The film follows Bond as he has left active service, when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer to Reteam with Cary Fukunaga on ‘Bond 25’
Posted: July 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bond 25, Cary Fukunaga, Dan Romer
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Lorne Balfe to Score Amazon’s ‘This Is Football’
Posted: July 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Lorne Balfe, This Is Football
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible: Fallout, The Lego Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genysis, Genius, Pacific Rim: Uprising) is set to score the upcoming Amazon docu-series This Is Football. The show written and co-created by journalist and author John Carlin will tell six stories about the global power of soccer, including football’s uplifting role in Rwanda after the genocide, the rise of the women’s game, and Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi. Joe Roth (Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent) is producing the October Films, Brutal Media and Starbucks production with Jos Cushing (Barbarians Rising). Read the rest of this entry »
TNT’s ‘Tell Me Your Secrets’ to Feature Music by Peter Raeburn
Posted: July 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Peter Raeburn, Tell Me Your Secrets, TNT
Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, Nancy, Photograph) is the composer of the upcoming TNT original series Tell Me Your Secrets. The show is created by Harriet Warner (Call the Midwife, Mistresses) and stars Lily Rabe, Enrique Murciano, Hamish Linklater, Elliot Fletcher, Xavier Samuel, Stella Baker, Ashley Madekwe, Charles Esten, Chiara Aurelia, Bryant Tardy and Amy Brenneman. The thriller centers on a trio of characters each with a mysterious and troubling past, including a young woman who once looked into the eyes of a dangerous killer, a former serial predator desperate to find redemption and a grieving mother obsessed with finding her missing daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Abels to Score Cory Finley’s ‘Bad Education’
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Education, Cory Finley, Michael Abels
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, See You Yesterday) has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy drama Bad Education. The film is directed by Cory Finley (Thoroughbreds) and stars Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Rafael Casal, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan and Alex Wolff. The movie follows a superintendent of the school district who works for the betterment of the student’s education while embezzling public funds to live the life he wants. Mike Makowsky (I Think We’re Alone Now) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stuber’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joseph Trapanese, Michael Dowse, score, Soundtrack, Stuber
Fox Music will release the official soundtrack album for the action comedy Stuber. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, The Raid 2, Insurgent, Arctic). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 12, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Stuber is directed by Michael Dowse and stars Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista, Iko Uwais, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Jimmy Tatro, Mira Sorvino and Karen Gillan. The movie follows a mild-mannered Uber driver who picks up a grizzled cop on the trail of a brutal killer and is thrust into a harrowing ordeal. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Goransson, Michael Abels, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Nathan Barr, Hildur Gudnadottir & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 928 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Venom) who received the Academy Award for Black Panther this year, Michael Abels (Get Out, Us), Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman), Nathan Barr (The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel), Kris Bowers (Green Book, Monsters and Men), Hildur Gudnadottir (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene), Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions), Jed Kurzel (Alien Covenant, Macbeth), John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, Table 19), Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Imposter), Jane Antonia Cornish (Fireflies in the Garden, Citizen Jane: Battle for the City) and Annette Focks (Ostwind, Krabat). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Belle and Sebastian, Days of the Bagnold Summer, score, Simon Bird, Soundtrack
Belle and Sebastian have announced a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Days of the Bagnold Summer. The album features new music written for the movie by the Scottish band, as well as re-recorded versions of their classic songs Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying and I Know Where the Summer Goes. The soundtrack will be released on September 13, 2019 by Matador Records and is now available for pre-order here. Check out the music video of the first track (Sister Buddha) after the jump. A CD and vinyl edition is available to order on Amazon. Days of the Bagnold Summer is directed by Simon Bird and stars Monica Dolan, Earl Cave, Rob Brydon, Alice Lowe and Tamsin Greig. Read the rest of this entry »
James T. Sale’s ‘Saint Judy’ & ‘Sister Cities’ Scores to Be Released
Posted: July 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James T. Sale, Return to Zero, Saint Judy, score, Sean Hanish, Sister Cities, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for Sean Hanish’s drama Saint Judy starring Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Peter Krause, Ben Schnetzer & Gabriel Bateman, as well for the 2016 Lifetime movie Sister Cities starring Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Michelle Trachtenberg, Troian Bellisario, Jacki Weaver & Alfred Molina. Both scores are composed by James T. Sale (Acts of Violence, The Haunting of Molly Hartley) and will be released digitally this coming Friday, July 5. Visit Amazon to download the Saint Judy score and click here for the Sister Cities album. Also receiving a new release is Sale’s score from Hanish’s feature Return to Zero, which has previously been released back in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
Johan Söderqvist Scoring Niels Arden Oplev’s ‘Daniel’
Posted: June 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel, Johan Söderqvist, Niels Arden Oplev, Ser du månen Daniel
Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, After the Wedding) is composing the music for the upcoming Danish drama Daniel (Ser du månen, Daniel). The film is directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Flatliners, Dead Man Down) and stars Esben Smed in the title role, alongside Toby Kebbell, Anders W. Berthelsen (who also serves as a co-director), Sofie Torp, Christiane Gjellerup Koch, Jens Jorn Spottag and Andrea Gadegaard. The movie tells the true story of the ISIS kidnapping of Danish photographer Daniel Rye Ottosen, a freelance war photographer, who was captured by the Islamic terrorist group on May 18, 2013, and held prisoner for 13 months. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 30, 2019)
Posted: June 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chad Horseman, Hulu, Into the Dark, Marcelo Zarvos, Nathan Barr, Showtime, Starz, The Loudest Voice, The Rook
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice developed by Tom McCarthy & Gabriel Sherman and starring Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes, Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Simon McBurney and Annabelle Wallis. The show’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Affair, Ray Donovan). Click here to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on Showtimes.
Also premiering tonight is the new Starz original series The Rook developed by Al Blyth & Sam Holcroft based on Daniel O’Malley’s novel of the same title and starring Emma Greenwell, Olivia Munn, Jon Fletcher, Joely Richardson and Adrian Lester. Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Starz. Read the rest of this entry »
