French singer/songwriter and composer Emilie Simon has recently composed the original music for the upcoming crime comedy Going Places. The film is written and directed by John Turturro who also stars in the movie alongside Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou and Susan Sarandon. The movie is inspired by Bertrand Blier’s 1974 French film of the same title and stars Turturro as iconic bowler Jesus Quintana, whom he also portrayed in the Coen Brothers’ 1998 feature The Big Lebowski. Sidney Kimmel (Hell or High Water, The Lincoln Lawyer), John Penotti (Uptown Girls), Robert Salerno (21 Grams, A Single Man), Fernando Sulichin (Snowden) and Paul-Dominique Vacharasinthu are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Emilie Simon Scoring John Turturro’s ‘Going Places’
Posted: July 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emilie Simon, Going Places, John Turtorro
‘Gypsy’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gypsy, Jeff Beal, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Gypsy. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Pollock, Rome, Appaloosa, An Inconvenient Sequel). The soundtrack will be released digitally soon (check back on this page for the download link) and is now available to order as a limited edition 2-CD set on the label’s official website. Gypsy is created by Lisa Rubin and stars Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Lucy Boynton and Karl Glusman. The show follows a Manhattan therapist with a seemingly picturesque life who begins to develop intimate and illicit relationships with the people in her patients’ lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 23, 2017)
Posted: July 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Amazon, HBO, Jacob Groth, James Jandrisch, Julian Wass, Midnight Texas, Mychael Danna, NBC, Room 104, Somewhere Between, The Last Tycoon
Premiering tomorrow, July 24, is the NBC drama Midnight, Texas developed by Monica Owusu-Breen based on the book series by Charlaine Harris and starring François Arnaud, Sarah Ramos, Arielle Kebbel, Peter Mensah, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Dylan Bruce. The show’s original music is composed by Jacob Groth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dead Man Down, Unforgettable). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Monday nights on NBC.
Also premiering tomorrow is the ABC drama Somewhere Between created by Stephen Tolkin (Taxi Brooklyn, Brothers & Sisters) and starring Paula Patton, Devon Sawa and J.R. Bourn. James Jandrisch (Houdini & Doyle, Reasonable Doubt) is composing the show’s original music. The series is based on a Korean format and revolves around a mother who travels back in time to prevent the murder of her daughter. The drama will air Tuesday nights following its premiere tomorrow on ABC. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
A.R. Rahman Scoring Netflix’s ‘Daughters of Destiny’
Posted: July 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Daughters of Destiny, Netflix
Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Couples Retreat, The Hundred Foot Journey) has composed the music for the new Netflix docu-series Daughters of Destiny. The show is directed by Vanessa Roth who received an Academy Award for her documentary short Freeheld in 2008 and follows five girls from India’s most impoverished families attend a boarding school designed to create opportunities as they strive for a brighter future. Roth is also executive producing the 4-parter. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo to Score ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
Posted: July 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Jeff Russo, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery
Jeff Russo has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi drama Star Trek: Discovery. The show is set a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery during the Federation-Klingon cold war.The series stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, James Frain, Michelle Yeoh and Anthony Rapp. Alex Kurtzman (The Mummy, Now You See Me) and Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) are executive producing the CBS Television production with Heather Kadin (Scorpion, Sleepy Hollow), Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts (Revenge, Reign), Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend), Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Read the rest of this entry »
We Are Dark Angels Scoring Paul Schrader’s ‘First Reformed’
Posted: July 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deantoni Parks, First Reformed, Nicci Kasper, Paul Schrader, We Are Dark Angels
We Are Dark Angels (aka Deantoni Parks & Nicci Kasper) are reteaming with director Paul Schrader on the upcoming drama First Reformed. The film is written and directed by Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Affliction) and stars Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Gaston and Cedric the Entertainer. The movie centers on the relationship between an ex-military chaplain who is wrecked by grief over the death of his son and a member of his church whose husband commits suicide. Gary Hamilton (A Few Best Men), David Hinojosa (Beatriz at Dinner, Goat), Victoria Hill, Frank Murray and Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Still Alice) are producing the Killer Films production. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 21, 2017)
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Bordeaux, Clyde Lawrence, David Newman, Dunkirk, First Kill, Gert Wilden Jr., Girls Trip, Gregoire Hetzel, Hans Zimmer, Jordan Cohen, Landline, Noah Sorota, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley, The Fencer, The Gracefield Incident, The Midwife, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Lion King). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has composed the film’s original music. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Alexiane, Julien Rey, David Bowie, Bob Marley & The Wailers & more. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nashville’ Season 5 – Vol. 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CMT, Nashville, Soundtrack
Big Machine Records will release a new soundtrack album for the CMT original series Nashville. The album features more songs from the show’s fifth season performed by cast members including Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Chris Carmack and Lennon & Maisy, as well as Rhiannon Giddens. The Season 5 – Volume 3 soundtrack will be released on August 11, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two albums featuring the songs from the fifth season, as well as multiple soundtracks for the previous four seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Menashe’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aaron Martin, Dag Rosenqvist, Joshua Z Weinstein, Menashe, score, Soundtrack
Wayfind Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Menashe. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron Martin & Dag Rosenqvist. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Menashe is co-written and directed by Joshua Z Weinstein and stars Menashe Lustig, Ruben Nyborg, Yoel Weisshaus and Meyer Schwartz. The movie is set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn and follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son after his wife passes away. Read the rest of this entry »
Sean Callery to Score Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’
Posted: July 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Inhumans, Marvel, Sean Callery
Producer Jeph Loeb announced at Comic-Con today that Sean Callery is scoring Marvel’s upcoming TV series Inhumans and is recording his music for the project with a 70-piece orchestra. The show developed by Scott Buck (Dexter, Iron Fist) based on the comic book series of the same title stars Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon, Serinda Swan, Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Ken Leung, Ellen Woglom, Sonya Balmores and Mike Moh. The show explores the adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. Buck is also executive producing the Marvel Television and ABC Studios production with Loeb & Jim Chory (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Read the rest of this entry »
