Joseph Shirley & Ludwig Goransson have been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Bad Trip. The film is directed by Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show) and stars Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish. The movie follows two best friends who go on a cross-country road trip full of inventive pranks, pulling its real-life audience into the mayhem. Andre co-wrote the screenplay with Sakurai and Dan Curry and is also producing the project with Jeff Tremaine (Jackass: The Movie, Bad Grandpa), Dave Bernad (Brad’s Status, Superstore) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad). Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Shirley & Ludwig Goransson to Score Kitao Sakurai’s ‘Bad Trip’
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bad Trip, Joseph Shirley, Ludwig Göransson
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‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Watts, Marvel, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, Spider-Man: Far from Home
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far from Home. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) who previously scored Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and Doctor Strange. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The CD version will be available for pre-order here within the next few days. Spider-Man: Far from Home is directed by Jon Watts and stars Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, JB Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Starr, Marisa Tomei and Jake Gyllenhaal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Tuba to Cuba’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Tuba to Cuba, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Soundtrack
Sub Pop Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary A Tuba to Cuba. The album features the music from the film performed by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The soundtrack will be released on June 28, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Tuba to Cuba is directed by T.G. Herrington & Danny Clinch and follows New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Trolls Word Tour’ to Feature Original Score by Theodore Shapiro
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Theodore Shapiro, Trolls, Trolls Word Tour, Trolls World Tour
Theodore Shapiro (Ghostbusters, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Marley & Me) has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Trolls World Tour. The film is directed by Walt Dohrn (who co-directed the original 2016 Trolls movie) and stars Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, as well as Rachel Bloom, Ozzy Osbourne, James Corden, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Ron Funches and Kunal Nayyar. The movie follows Poppy and Branch as they discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Read the rest of this entry »
Branford Marsalis to Score George C. Wolfe’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix
Netflix has announced today that Branford Marsalis is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film is directed by George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues) and stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts. The film is based on the award-winning play by August Wilson (Fences) and centers on Ma Rainey, the “Queen of the Blues,” as she makes a record in a studio in Chicago, 1927, when tensions boil between her, her white agent and producer, and bandmates. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Midsommar’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ari Aster, Bobby Krlic, Midsommar, score, Soundtrack, The Haxan Cloak
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Ari Aster’s horror movie Midsommar. The album features the film’s original score composed by Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Triple 9, Seven Seconds, Shooter). The soundtrack will be released on July 5, 2019. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and click here to download the album. Midsommar is written and directed by Aster (Hereditary) and stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgran, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia and Will Poulter. The movie centers on a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart who go a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. Read the rest of this entry »
Nima Fakhrara Scoring Matt Eskandari’s ‘Trauma Center’
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matt Eskandari, Nima Fakhrara, Trauma Center
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Detroit: Become Human, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Crypto) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming dramatic thriller Trauma Center. The film is directed by Matt Eskandari (Victim, Game of Assassins) and stars Bruce Willis, Nicky Whelan, Steve Guttenberg and Catherine Davis. The movie follows a veteran policeman assigned to protect a former paramedic in the hospital who must fight to stay alive when the two corrupt cops she witnessed in a deadly crossfire come to hunt her down. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chasing the Dragon, Chasing The Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch, Day Tai, score, Soundtrack
WM China has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese action drama Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch. The album features the film’s original music composed by Day Tai (Project Gutenberg, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Chasing The Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch is directed by Wong Jing & Jason Kwan and stars Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Lam Ka Tung, Sabrina Qiu and Simon Yam. The movie is based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s and centers on the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong’s elite. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann to Score Disney+’s ‘High School Musical: The Musical’ Series
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Gabriel Mann, High School Musical, High School Musical: The Musical
Gabriel Mann is composing the original score for the upcoming Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical. The show is developed by Tim Federle (Ferdinand) based on Disney Channel’s High School Musical movies and stars Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Kate Reinders, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Dara Renee, Julia Lester, Frankie Rodriguez, Larry Saperstein and Mark St. Cyr. The series picks up nearly 15 years after the original movie aired and follows a group of students as they count down to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of High School Musical. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Heckler’s ‘Burden’ to Feature Original Song by Chris Stapleton
Posted: June 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Heckler, Burden, Chris Stapleton
101 Studios has announced today that Chris Stapleton has contributed an original song for the drama Burden. The track, entitled Burden, will be featured in the movie written and directed by Andrew Heckler and starring Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Crystal Fox and Usher. The film tells the story of an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan who rose to the rank of Grand Dragon – and walked away from all of it with the help of a new love and an unlikely ally. Read the rest of this entry »
