Bear McCreary is currently scoring the upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Break My Heart 1000 Times. The film is directed by Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution, Midnight Sun) and stars Bella Thorne, Dermot Mulroney and Richard Harmon. The movie based on the novel by Daniel Waters is set after a cataclysmic event that has allowed ghost-like beings named Remnants to co-exist with the living and revolves around a Remnant who threatens the life of a young woman, propelling her on an adventure. Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift, Pan) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score Scott Speer’s ‘Break My Heart 1000 Times’
Posted: August 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Break My Heart 1000 Times, Scott Speer
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‘Inconceivable’ Soundtrack Relased
Posted: August 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Inconceivable, Kevin Kiner, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Inconceivable. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Kiner (CSI: Miami, Star Wars: Rebels, Hell on Wheels, Jane the Virgin, Star Wars: The Clone Wars). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Inconceivable is directed by Jonathan Baker and stars Nicolas Cage, Gina Gershon, Faye Dunaway, Nicky Whelan and Natalie Eva Marie. The movie centers on a mother who looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her. The thriller was released in June in select theaters and on VOD by Lionsgate Premiere and will be coming out on Blu-ray and DVD on August 29. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 13, 2017)
Posted: August 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Christian Wibe, Dwayne Wayans, Get Shorty, John Paesano, Marlon, Mr. Mercedes, NBC, Netfli, The Defenders, What Happened to Monday?
Premiering tonight is the Epix original series Get Shorty created by Davey Holmes and starring Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd. The show’s original music composed by Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez (Birdman) who makes his television scoring debut on the project. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the show’s official website to learn more about the series inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 novel.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 16, is the new NBC comedy Marlon created by Christopher Moynihan & Marlon Wayans and starring Wayans, Essence Atkins, Notlim Taylor, Amir O’Neil, Bresha Webb and Diallo Riddle. Dwayne Wayans (Dance Flick, My Wife and Kids) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous new article to learn more about the series, which will air every Wednesday night on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Ceiri Torjussen Scoring ‘Pistorius’
Posted: August 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ceiri Torjussen, Pistorius, Vaughan Sivell
Ceiri Torjussen is scoring the upcoming documentary Pistorius. The film is directed by Vaughan Sivell (Prevenge, Third Star) and follows the rise and fall of Oscar Pistorius, the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer who made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. Sivell is also producing the project with Sean Richard for Western Edge Pictures, and the Gennaker Group. Torjussen previously scored Sivell’s directorial debut, Mr Calzaghe, as well as the feature The Canal, which Sivell co-produced. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Marlon’ to Feature Music by Dwayne Wayans
Posted: August 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dwayne Wayans, Marlon, NBC
Dwayne Wayans is the composer of the new NBC comedy Marlon. The show is created by Christopher Moynihan & Marlon Wayans who also stars in the series with Essence Atkins, Notlim Taylor, Amir O’Neil, Bresha Webb and Diallo Riddle. The comedy is inspired by the real life of Marlon Wayans and centers on a loving (but immature) father committed to co-parenting his two kids with his very-together ex-wife. Moynihan and Wayans are also executive producing the Universal Television production with Rick Alvarez (Fifty Shades of Black, White Chicks), Michael Rotenberg (Silicon Valley, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), as well as Andy Ackerman (The New Adventures of Old Christine) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Gary Lionelli Scoring HBO’s Ben Bradlee Documentary & PBS’ ‘Chasing the Moon’
Posted: August 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chasing the Moon, Gary Lionelli, HBO, PBS
Gary Lionelli is scoring HBO’s upcoming untitled Ben Bradlee documentary. The film is directed by John Maggio and centers on the legendary Washington Post executive editor who became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers. Peter Kunhardt (Becoming Warren Buffett) is producing the project with Richard Cohen. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kidnap’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Federico Jusid, Kidnap, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Kidnap. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Misconduct, Black Butterfly, The Hunter’s Prayer). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Kidnap is directed by Luis Prieto, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura & Erik Howsam and stars Halle Berry as a mother who will stop at nothing to rescue her kidnapped son. The thriller was released last weekend by Aviron Pictures and is now playing in theaters nationwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2017)
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annabelle: Creation, Bedeviled, Benjamin Wallfisch, David C. Williams, Good Time, Heitor Pereira, Ingrid Goes West, Joel P. West, Jonathan Sadoff, Nick Thorburn, Oneohtrix Point Never, Open Water 3: Cage Dive, Pilgrimage, Rob Simonsen, Stephen McKeon, The Glass Castle, The Newton Brothers, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, vThe Only Living Boy in New York
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror movie Annabelle: Creation directed by David Sandberg and starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for Wellness, Bitter Harvest). Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature directed by Cal Brunker and featuring the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Moner, Sebastian Maniscalo and Jackie Chan. Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, he Angry Bird Movie, he Smurfs) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the sequel, which is being released by Open Road Films, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck Scoring Nash Edgerton’s ‘Gringo’
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christophe Beck, Gringo, Nash Edgerton
Christophe Beck has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller Gringo. The film is directed by Nash Edgerton (The Square) and stars David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Paris Jackson, Amanda Seyfried, Yul Vazquez, Thandie Newton and Sharlto Copley. The movie follows an American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that’s about to go public who finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico. Anthony Tambakis (Warrior) and Matt Stone (Intolerable Cruelty) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hazlo Como Hombre’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 11, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hazlo Como Hombre, Manuel Riveiro, score, Soundtrack
Ponk Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Hazlo Como Hombre. The album features the film’s original music composed by Manuel Riveiro (The Green Inferno, Knock Knock, Aftershock). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Hazlo Como Hombre is directed by Nicolás López and stars Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Alfonso Dosal, Humberto Busto and Ignacia Allamand. The movie follows the lives of two young couples whose happy lives are turned upside down when the guy who is about to marry his best friend’s sister discovers he’s gay. Read the rest of this entry »
