Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) has recently scored the upcoming supernatural horror thriller Fantasy Island. The film is directed by Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare, Kick-Ass 2) and stars Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Jimmy O. Yang, Portia Doubleday, Ryan Hansen and Michael Rooker. The movie is based on the classic TV series of the same title and follows the enigmatic Mr. Roarke as he makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary Scoring Blumhouse’s ‘Fantasy Island’
Posted: January 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Fantasy Island, Jeff Wadlow
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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ to Be Released
Posted: January 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Giona Ostinelli, Netflix, score, Sonya Belousova, Soundtrack, The Witcher
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Witcher. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Mist, Sacred Lies, The Romanoffs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Witcher is created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and stars Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan and Jodhi May. The drama follows a mutated monster-hunter for hire as he journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Read the rest of this entry »
Short Cuts 2019 Album Released
Posted: January 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Chad Cannon, Christopher Young, Duncan Blickenstaff, Frederik Wiedmann, Joe Kraemer, Laura Rossi, Rachel Portman, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a new soundtrack album featuring the scores of several short films released in 2019. Among the titles featured on the release are Archie scored by Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Emma), The Toll Road by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Outlander), Zach Braff’s In the Time It Takes to Get There by Rob Simonsen (The Spectacular Now, Nerve) & Duncan Blickenstaff, Fanboy by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser), The Wound by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher), Burning Bright by Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, Field of Lost Shoes) and Feline Paradox by Chad Cannon (American Factory). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Camp Cold Brook’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Palmer, Camp Cold Brook, Chad Rehmann, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been announced for the horror movie Camp Cold Brook. The album features the film’s original music composed by Chad Rehmann (Badlands of Kain, Killer Island, The Funhouse Massacre). The soundtrack will be released on all major digital music services on February 7, 2020 (click here to stream/download). A physical version will be available to order on the composer’s official website. Camp Cold Brook is directed by Andy Palmer and stars Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris and Courtney Gains. The movie executive produced by Joe Dante follows a reality TV producer and host who – in order save his show from getting canceled – chooses to film the next episode at the legendary Camp Cold Brook, which was host to a horrific incident when a group young campers were drowned in a nearby creek 20 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score Simon McQuoid’s ‘Mortal Kombat’
Posted: January 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Mortal Kombat, Simon McQuoid
Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Lights Out) has been hired to score the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot. The film based on the popular video game franchise is directed by Simon McQuoid and stars Joe Taslim, Ludi Lin, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Chin Han, Hiroyuki Sanada, Max Huang, Sisi Stringer and Lewis Tan. No plot details have been announced yet. Greg Russo wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal to Reteam with Oliver Stone on ‘JFK: Destiny Betrayed’
Posted: January 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Beal, JFK: Destiny Betrayed, Oliver Stone
Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm) is reuniting with Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon) on the upcoming docu-series JFK: Destiny Betrayed. The show follows Stone and writer James DiEugenio (author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case) as they place now declassified files related to President Kennedy’s assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963. Beal has previously collaborated with Stone on the Showtime series The Putin Interviews, for which he earned an Emmy nomination for Best Theme Music in 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter & Karim Sebastian Elias Scoring Susanne Regina Meures’ ‘Saudi Runaway’
Posted: January 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Karim Sebastian Elias, Max Richter, Saudi Runaway, Susanne Regina Meures
Max Richter (The Leftovers, Ad Astra, Waltz with Bashir, Mary Queen of Scots, Taboo, Hostiles) and Karim Sebastian Elias (Help, I Shrunk My Teacher, Einstein) have composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Saudi Runaway. The film is written and directed by Susanne Regina Meures (Raving Iran) and centers on Muna, a young, fearless woman from Saudi Arabia who is tired of being controlled by the state and patronized by her family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Windermere Children’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Television Music AlbumsTags: Alex Baranowski, Michael Samuels, score, Soundtrack, The Windermere Children
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Windermere Children. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Baranowski (Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Windermere Children is written by Simon Block, directed by Michael Samuels and stars Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny, Iain Glen, Tomasz Studzinski, Anna Maciejewska, Kuba Sprenger, Marek Wrobelewski and Kacper Swietek. The movie tells the true story of a group of child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust as they arrive at the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere, England. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring Ryan White’s ‘Assassins’
Posted: January 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Assassins, Blake Neely, Ryan White
Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, You, Everwood, Supergirl, Riverdale) has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Assassins. The film is directed by Ryan White and centers on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The movie follows the trial of the two female assassins and probes the question whether the women were trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea. White is also producing the Tripod Media production with Jessica Hargrave. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bad Boys for Life’ Score Album Details
Posted: January 20, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adil El Arbi, Bad Boys for Life, Bilall Fallah, Lorne Balfe, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the score album for the action comedy Bad Boys for Life have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Crown, Genius). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download here. As previously reported, Epic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie. Bad Boys for Life directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Charles Melton, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nunez, Kate Del Castillo, Nicky Jam and Joe Pantoliano is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
