Singer/songwriter and record producer Labrinth (aka Timothy Lee McKenzie) is making his television scoring debut on the new HBO original series Euphoria. The show is developed by Sam Levinson (Assassination Nation, The Wizard of Lies) based on the Israeli show of the same name and stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King and Storm Reid. The drama follows a group of high school students as they navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ to Feature Original Score by Labrinth
Posted: June 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Euphoria, HBO, Labrinth
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 14, 2019)
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Wiltzie, American Woman, Being Frank, Chris Bacon, Christopher Lennertz, Craig Richey, Danny Elfman, Daughter of the Wolf, Hampstead, Jeff Toyne, Leo Birenberg, Men in Black: International, Plus One, Shaft, SQÜRL, Stephen Warbeck, The Dead Don't Die
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action comedy Men in Black: International directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Larry Bourgeois, Rafe Spall, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland) & Chris Bacon (Source Code, Gnomeo & Juliet). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the Shaft sequel directed by Tim Story and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Matt Lauria, Titus Welliver, Cliff “Method Man” Smith and Richard Roundtree. Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Agent Carter, Ride Along) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the songs from the movie (including the original track Too Much Shaft performed by Quavo with Saweetie). Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Sturgill Simpson’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ Song Released
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jim Jarmusch, Sturgill Simpson, The Dead Don't Die
Elektra Records has released the original song The Dead Don’t Die from the movie of the same title. The track, which is written and performed by Sturgill Simpson, is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. As previously reported, Back Lot Music has released a full soundtrack album featuring the movie’s original score composed by SQÜRL. The Dead Don’t Die written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Iggy Pop, Selena Gomez and Tom Waits is being released in theaters nationwide today by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Dooley Scoring Peter Sullivan’s Netflix Movie ‘Secret Obsession’
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jim Dooley, Netflix, Peter Sullivan, Secret Obsession
Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies, Obsessed, When a Stranger Calls, A Series of Unfortunate Events) is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie Secret Obsession. The film is directed by Peter Sullivan (Jingle Belle, Wrapped up in Christmas) and stars Brenda Song, Mike Vogel and Dennis Haysbert. The thriller follows a young woman who suffers from amnesia after a brutal attack, but when her memories start coming back, she realizes she no longer knows who to trust. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams’ & Anne-Sophie Mutter’s ‘Across the Stars’ Album Announced
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the full details of John Williams‘ & Anne-Sophie Mutter‘s Across the Stars album. The album features the Academy Award-winning composer conducting new arrangements of some of his iconic movie themes, including pieces written for the Star Wars and Harry Potter movies, Schindler’s List, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, Sabrina & more, with violin solos by Mutter. Across the Stars was recorded at the historic Sony Pictures Scoring Stage in Hollywood and will be released on August 30, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a first track (Yoda’s Theme from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner Scoring Showtime’s ‘City on a Hill’
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: City on a Hill, Kevin Kiner, Showtime
Kevin Kiner (CSI: Miami, Star Wars Rebels, Hell on Wheels, Wing Commander, Jane the Virgin) is the composer of the new Showtime original series City on a Hill. The show is created by Chuck MacLean based on an original idea by Ben Affleck and stars Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien, Lauren E. Banks, Amanda Clayton, Jere Shea, Kevin Chapman and Jill Hennessy. The drama is set in Boston in the early 90s and centers on the relationship between an anti-corruption crusader assistant DA and a lauded FBI agent who is skirting the law at every turn. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sometime Always Never’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 14, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carl Hunter, Edwyn Collins, score, Sean Read, Sometimes Always Never, Soundtrack
Analogue Enhanced Digital Limited has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy drama Sometimes Always Never. The album features the film’s original music composed by Edwyn Collins and Sean Read. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sometimes Always Never is directed by Carl Hunter and stars Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter and Tim McInnerny. The movie revolves around a tailor who has spent years searching for his missing son and tries solve the mystery of an online Scrabble player he thinks could be him. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Channel 4’s ‘The Virtues’ to Be Released
Posted: June 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Channel 4, Jack Thorne, PJ Harvey, score, Shane Meadows, Soundtrack, The Virtues
Invada Records will release soundtrack album for the Channel 4 series The Virtues. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by PJ Harvey. Also included are tracks by Toydrum, Mono, Lisa Hannigan, Aphex Twin, Ted Barnes, Micah P. Hinson & others. The soundtrack will be available digitally tomorrow, June 14 and can be purchased by clicking here. The Virtues is written by Shane Meadows & Jack Thorne and stars Stephen Graham, Helen Behan, Niamh Algar and Frank Laverty. The 4-part drama centers on a moral yet troubled man who finds himself compelled to travel to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system, resulting in savage and brutal consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for Brian De Palma’s ‘Domino’
Posted: June 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian De Palma, Domino, Pino Donaggio, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for Brian De Palma’s action thriller Domino. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Body Double, Blow Out, The Howling). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 14 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Domino starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten and Guy Pearce follows a Copenhagen police officer who seeks justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member and gets unwittingly caught in a cat and mouse chase with a duplicitous CIA agent. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Ken Burns’ PBS Documentary ‘Country Music’ Announced
Posted: June 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Country Music, Ken Burns, PBS, Soundtrack
Legacy Recordings has announced a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Country Music. The soundtrack represents artists featured in each of the series’ episodes, including the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Randy Travis, the Judds & more. The soundtrack will be released in a deluxe 5-CD set on August 30, 2019 and as a 2-CD/vinyl and digital version on September 13. Visit Amazon to order the deluxe 5-CD set and click here to pre-order the 2-CD/vinyl version. Country Music is directed and produced by Ken Burns and chronicles country music’s early days, from southern Appalachia’s songs of struggle, heartbreak and faith to the rollicking Western swing of Texas, California’s honky-tonks and Nashville’s “Grand Ole Opry.” Read the rest of this entry »
