Milan Music has released a soundtrack album for the political thriller The Nile Hilton Incident. The album features the film’s original music composed by Krister Linder (Metropia, Downloading Nancy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Nile Hilton Incident is written and directed by Tarik Saleh and stars Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yaser Aly Maher, Slimane Daze, Ahmed Seleem, Mohamed Yousry and Hania Amar. The movie takes place weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution and follows a Cairo police office who investigates the murder of a famous club singer at the Nile Hilton Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Nile Hilton Incident’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Krister Linder, score, Soundtrack, Tarik Saleh, The Nile Hilton Incident
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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Jeff Russo and Jeff Beal Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Big Little Lies, Fargo, House of Cards, Jeff Beal, Jeff Russo, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Stranger Things, Susan Jacobs
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein 
won their first Emmy Award for their main titles theme music from the Netflix original series Stranger Things at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. Jeff Russo received his first Emmy Award for his score from the third season of the FX original series Fargo in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special category. He was previously nominated twice for his work on the show’s first two seasons. Jeff Beal was honored with his fifth Primetime Emmy Award for his score for Netflix’s House of Cards in the Music Composition for a Series category. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 10, 2017)
Posted: September 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Vandal, Bruce Broughton, Darien Shulman, Epix, Foreman, Fox, HBO, Ilan Eshkeri, Joel McNeely, John Debney, Netflix, Paul S. Henning, Riviera, Sundance Now, The Deuce, The Orville
Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy drama The Orville created by Seth MacFarlane and starring himself, alongside Adrianne Palicki, Mark Jackson, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J Lee, Halston Sage and Penny Johnson. Bruce Broughton (Silverado) has composed the show’s theme and score for the first episode and John Debney (The Passion of the Christ) and Joel McNeely (A Million Ways to Die in the West) are scoring the following episodes. Visit our previous news article and also check out a recent article in Variety to learn more about the composers’ work on the project.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Deuce created by David Simon & George Pelecanos and starring James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Carr, Margarita Levieva, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Dominique Fishback, Emily Meade, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chris Bauer, Chris Coy, Natalie Paul and Michael Rispoli. The show doesn’t feature an original score. Blake Leyh serves as the project’s music supervisor. The Deuce tells the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 70s through the mid 80s. The drama will air Sunday nights on HBO. Visit the official show website for updates. Read the rest of this entry »
Common, Robert Glasper & Karriem Riggins Win Emmy Award for ‘Letter to the Free’ from ’13th’
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13th, Common, Karriem Riggins, Rickey Minor, Robert Glasper, Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
Common, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins have received the Emmy Award for the original song Letter to the Free from Ava DuVernay’s Netflix documentary 13th in the Music & Lyrics category at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Common & Glasper accepted their first Emmy Award in person at the ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. The song was previously nominated for the Critics Choice Awards earlier this year. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Rickey Minor was honored for his work on the ABC special Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Show Us Your Musical Genius’ Winners Announced
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Genius, Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe have announced the winners in the Show Us Your Musical Genius competition. The challenge, presented by NatGeo, Fox 21, Milan Records and hosted by indi.com, had contestants submit their rendition of Zimmer and Balfe’s Emmy-nominated main title theme for the NatGeo TV series Genius. Zimmer & Balfe’s prize winner is entitled Pipe Dream created by Henrik Lindström and Normann Bjorvand from Sweden (click here to check out the video). The Buzz winner is What is Time by Nick Nußbickel from Germany (watch the video here). Top prize winners of the musical challenge are invited to a Hans Zimmer or Lorne Balfe recording session in London or Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Just Getting Started’ from ‘If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast’ to Be Released
Posted: September 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alan Bergman, Dave Grusin, HBO, If You're Not in the Obit Eat Breakfast, Marilyn Bergman
Reel Gold Records will release the original song Just Getting Started from the HBO documentary If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast. The track is written by Academy Award winners Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Yentl, The Way We Were) and Dave Grusin (The Milagro Beanfield War, The Firm, On Golden Pond) and performed by Alan Bergman with Grusin & Band. The song will be released as a digital single on September 26, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label will also release the song Young at Heart performed by Dick Van Dyke from the film on the same day (click here to pre-order). If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast is produced and directed by Danny Gold and follows Carl Reiner as he tracks down several nonagenarians, including Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Norman Lear and Betty White who show that the later years can be the happiest and most rewarding. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 8, 2017)
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 9/11, Bear McCreary, Benjamin Wallfisch, Erick Lee, Fallen, Gregory Tripi, Home Again, It, Jeff Toyne, Jeremy Turner, Johan Söderqvist, John Debney, Mark Isham, Rebel in the Rye, Rememory, The Limehouse Golem, Trophy
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the horror thriller It directed by Andrés Muschietti and starring Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton and Bill Skarsgård. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Annabelle: Creation, Hidden Figures, Blade Runner 2049, A Cure for Wellness). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy Home Again written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and starring Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen and Lake Bell. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the Open Road Films release, which follows a recently separated mother of two whose new life in Los Angeles is overturned when she decides to take in three young, charismatic guys who become part of her unconventional family, visit the official Facebook movie page. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Korzeniowski to Score ‘The Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘The Nun’
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Corin Hardy, The Nun
Abel Korzeniowski has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller The Nun. The film is directed by Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and stars Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir, Charlotte Hope, Bonnie Aarons, Jonas Bloquet and Ingrid Bisu. The movie is a spinoff of New Line Cinema’s hit franchise The Conjuring and follows a priest who is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of a nun. Gary Dauberman (It, Annabelle) wrote the screenplay. James Wan (Furious 7, Insidious, Saw) and Peter Safran (The Conjuring, Buried) are producing the New Line production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Goodbye Christopher Robin, score, Simon Curtis, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the biographical drama Goodbye Christopher Robin have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, Being John Malkovich, In Bruges). The soundtrack will be released on October 13, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Goodbye Christopher Robin is directed by Simon Curtis and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly Macdonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Alex Lawther. The movie centers on the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘USS Callister’
Posted: September 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, Daniel Pemberton, Netflix, Toby Haynes
Daniel Pemberton has recently composed the music for the upcoming Black Mirror episode USS Callister. The episode is directed by Toby Haynes (Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) and stars Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Michaela Coel and Billy Magnussen. The show’s creator Charlie Brooker wrote the script with William Bridges (SuperBob). No plot details have been announced yet. Pemberton follows composers such as Clint Mansell, Max Richter, Bear McCreary, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow, Martin Phipps, among others who previously scored episodes of the anthology series. Read the rest of this entry »
