Joshua Moshier has recently recorded his score for the upcoming Netflix original movie Happy Anniversary. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Jared Stern (The LEGO Batman Movie, The Internship) and stars Noel Wells, Ben Schwartz, Annie Potts, Joe Pantoliano and Rahul Kohli. The movie centers on a couple at a relationship crossroads who must decide whether to stay together or calls it quits. Stern also wrote the script for the romantic comedy, which is produced by Marc Provissiero for Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, Helena Heyman for Industry Entertainment and M. Elizabeth Hughes. Read the rest of this entry »
Joshua Moshier Scoring Netflix’s ‘Happy Anniversary’
Posted: August 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Happy Anniversary, Jared Stern, Joshua Moshier, Netflix
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David Choi’s ‘Little More Time’ from ‘Gook’ Released
Posted: August 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Choi, Gook, Justin Chon
David Choi has released his original song Little More Time from Justin Chon’s indie drama Gook. The track, which is featured at the end of the movie, is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes. Gook is written and directed by Chon who also stars in the movie alongside Simone Baker, David So, Curtiss Cook Jr., Sang Chon, Omono Okojie, Ben Munoz, Cesar Garcia, Isaiah Jarel and Kirlew Vilbon. The movie follows two Korean American brothers who run their late father’s shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles and strike up a friendship with an 11-year-old African American girl while racial tensions build to a breaking point as the 1992 Los Angeles riots break out. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring Mark Waters’ ‘Magic Camp’
Posted: August 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Magic Camp, Mark Waters, Rolfe Kent
Rolfe Kent has recently composed the music for Disney’s upcoming family comedy Magic Camp. The film is directed by Mark Waters (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and stars Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, Jeffrey Tambor, Nathaniel McIntyre, Cole Sand, Isabella Crovetti, J.J. Totah, Izabella Alverez, Hayden Crawford, Bianca Grava and Lonnie Chavis. The movie revolves around the owner of a summer camp for aspiring young magicians and a former camper whose flailing career as a magician has forced him to return to the camp as a counselor. Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland, Austin Powers, Memento) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Mogwai to Score Jonathan & Josh Baker’s ‘Kin’
Posted: August 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker, Kin, Mogwai
The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller Kin. The film is directed by Jonathan & Josh Baker and stars Jack Reynor, James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, Carrie Coon and Dennis Quaid. The movie revolves around a man recently released from jail who is forced to go on the run with his adopted younger brother, protected by an ancient weapon they’ve found. Daniel Casey wrote the screenplay based on the Baker brothers’ short Bag Man. Read the rest of this entry »
Annette Focks Scoring Bille August’s ’55 Steps’
Posted: August 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 55 Steps, Annette Focks, Bille August
Annette Focks is reteaming with director Bille August on the upcoming biographical drama 55 Steps. The film starring Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Tambor tells the true story of a mentally ill woman fighting the powerful psychiatric establishment for greater self-control, and the lawyer who becomes her champion and friend. Mark Rosin wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with Anita Elsani and Sara Risher (Raise Your Vice, Lila & Eve). Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Joins ‘The Orville’ Music Team
Posted: August 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, John Debney, Seth MacFarlane, The Orville
John Debney has joined the music team of Fox’s upcoming comedy drama The Orville and will score multiple episodes of the show created by Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy) who also stars in the series alongside Adrianne Palicki, Mark Jackson, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J Lee, Halston Sage and Penny Johnson. As previously reported, Bruce Broughton has already scored the pilot episode and composed the show’s theme (click here to listen to the track) and Joel McNeely (A Million Ways to Die in the West) is also scoring several episodes. The Orville is set 300 years in the future and tells the story of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Waterworld’ & ‘Romancing the Stone’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: August 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, James Newton Howard, Romancing the Stone, score, Soundtrack, Waterworld
La-La Land Records has announced the details of its latest soundtrack releases, including a new soundtrack for Universal Pictures’ 1995 action adventure Waterworld directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The album features the expanded and remastered score from the movie composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, he Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, King Kong), including the previously unreleased music and the movie’s original composer Mark Isham’s Music Box Theme . The 2-CD set is limited to 3000 copies and is now available for pre-order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Molly’s Game’
Posted: August 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Sorkin, Daniel Pemberton, Molly's Game
Daniel Pemberton is composing the music for Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game. The film is written and directed by Sorkin and stars Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d’Arcy James, Chris O’Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery and Jeremy Strong. The movie is based on Molly Bloom’s memoir and tells the story of the Olympic-class skier who, following an injury, ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ to Be Released
Posted: August 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us
Universal Music will release a soundtrack album for the NBC hit drama This Is Us. The album features a selection of songs from the series by Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Wilco, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Ringo Starr & more, as well as Mandy Moore’s cover of Little Feat’s Willin‘. Also included is the original song We Can Always Come Back To This performed by Brian Tyree Henry and written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla & singer/songwriter Chris Pierce, a suite from Khosla’s original score from the show, as well as two tracks from the composer’s band Goldspot. The soundtrack will be released on September 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (CD version) and here (physical version). Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Mills Scoring Jon & Andrew Erwin’s ‘I Can Only Imagine’
Posted: August 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Erwin, I Can Only Imagine, Jon Erwin, Paul Mills
Paul Mills is reteaming with directors Jon & Andrew Erwin to score the upcoming faith-based drama I Can Only Imagine. The film starring Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Priscilla Shirer, Madeline Carroll and J. Michael Finley tells the true story of Bart Millard, the lead singer of the Christian band MercyMe, and how he wrote what is now the most-played radio single in Christian music history. Kevin Downes, Cindy Bond and Daryl Lefever are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
