It was announced today at Disney’s D23 Expo that Michael Giacchino will be providing the score for Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Coco. In addition, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez (Frozen) have written the original song Remember Me for the movie directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) & Adrian Molina and featuring the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor. The movie follows Miguel who dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz and finds himself in the Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. There will be also be additional additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco (Dope) and Molina. Read the rest of this entry »
Pixar’s ‘Coco’ to Feature Score by Michael Giacchino & Song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez
Posted: July 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bobby Lopez, Coco, Germaine Franco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Michael Giacchino, Pixar
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‘Girls Trip’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, Girls Trip, Malcolm D. Lee, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the comedy Girls Trip. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Chubb Rock, Ne-Yo, Maxwell, The Soul Rebels, New Edition, GRiZ & Big Gigantic, Missy Elliott & more. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by David Newman (Ice Age, Anastasia, Serenity, The War of the Roses). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 21, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Girls Trip is directed by Malcolm D. Lee and stars Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Larenz Tate, Kate Walsh, Mike Colter and Queen Latifah. The movie follows four lifelong friends who travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Glass Castle’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Destin Daniel Cretton, Joel P. West, score, Soundtrack, The Glass Castle
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for Destin Daniel Cretton’s drama The Glass Castle. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joel P West (Grandma, I Am Not a Hipster) who previously scored Cretton’s last feature Short Term 12. Also included is the original song Summer Storm written and performed by West (check out a making-of video of the track after the jump) and a cover of Don’t Fence Me In performed by Darla Hawn. The soundtrack will be released on August 11, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Glass Castle is co-written and directed by Cretton and stars Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook and Robin Bartlett. Read the rest of this entry »
Dreamlab’s Leah Haywood & Daniel James and Rob Ellmore Scoring ‘The Layover’
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel James, Leah Haywood, Rob Ellmore, The Layover, William H. Macy
Record producers/songwriters Leah Haywood & Daniel James (also known as production team Dreamlab) and Rob Ellmore have composed the original music for the upcoming comedy The Layover. The film is directed by William H. Macy and stars Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton, Matt Barr, Matt Jones, Molly Shannon, Kal Penn and Rob Cordry. The movie follows two single female best friends who find themselves competing for the same guy during an extended layover in St. Louis. David Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Lance Krall wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bushwick’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aesop Rock, Bushwick, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie thriller Bushwick. The album features the film’s original music composed by hip hop artist Aesop Rock. The soundtrack will be released on August 25, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Bushwick is directed by Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott and stars Brittany Snow, Dave Bautista, Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Alex Breaux and Arturo Castro. The movie follows a woman who discovers that her Brooklyn neighborhood is under attack by black-clad soldiers and teams up with a war veteran. The thriller premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters and on VOD on August 25 by RLJ Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka to Score Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s ‘The Current War’
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka, The Current War
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka have signed on to score the upcoming historical drama The Current War. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Macfayden and Tom Holland. The movie takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around power titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Michael Mitnick (The Giver) wrote the screenplay. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) is producing the project with Basil Iwanyk (Sicario, The Town, John Wick). Read the rest of this entry »
2017 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 69th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):
The Crown – Hyde Park Corner – Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams
House of Cards – Chapter 63 – Music by Jeff Beal
Planet Earth II – Islands – Music by Jacob Shea & Jasha Klebe
A Series of Unfortunate Events – A Bad Beginning – Music by James Newton Howard
Taboo – Episode 1 – Music by Max Richter
Victoria – Doll 123 – Music by Martin Phipps, Ruth Barrett & Natalie Holt Read the rest of this entry »
‘Black Butterfly’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Butterfly, Federico Jusid, score, Soundtrack
Ala Bianca Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Black Butterfly. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Neruda, Misconduct). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 13 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Black Butterfly is directed by Brian Goodman and stars Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Piper Perabo. The thriller revolves around a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. When the deranged stranger takes the screenwriter hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau & Danny Dunlap Scoring truTV’s ‘I’m Sorry’
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea Savage, Andrew Feltenstein, Danny Dunlap, I'm Sorry, John Nau, truTV
Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau and Danny Dunlap are scoring the new truTV original series I’m Sorry. The show is created by actress Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes) who also stars in the comedy as a confident comedy writer, wife and mom, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations. Tom Everett Scott, Olive Petrucci, Jason Mantzoukas, Nelson Franklin, Martin Mull and Kathy Baker are co-starring. Savage is also executive producing the project with Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell & Adam McKay (The Big Short, Talladega Nights), Joey Slamon, Jason Zaro (Brigsby Bear), Billy Rosenberg and Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Stopping, Hot Rod). Read the rest of this entry »
‘City of Ghosts’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: City of Ghosts, H. Scott Salinas, Jackson Greenberg, Matthew Heineman, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Matthew Heineman’s documentary City of Ghosts. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jackson Greenberg and H. Scott Salinas (Birth of the Dragon, The Ivory Game) who previously co-scored Heineman’s Cartel Land. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 21. The download link will be added to this article later this week. City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for domestic distribution by Amazon Studios and IFC Films. Read the rest of this entry »
