Edsel/Demon Records will release a soundtrack album for BBC Earth’s documentary Earth: One Amazing Day. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 11.22.63, Queen of Katwe, State of Play). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Earth: One Amazing Day directed by Peter Webber (The Girl With The Pearl Earring) & Richard Dale is the sequel to 2007’s hit movie Earth and tells the story of one day in the life of the planet, “celebrating the billions of real-life dramas that occur in the natural world every day”. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Earth: One Amazing Day’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Earth: One Amazing Day, Peter Webber, Richard Dale, score, Soundtrack
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5th Annual Superhero Music Panel at Comic-Con Announced
Posted: July 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Brian Tyler, Comic-Con, David Russo, Ludwig Göransson, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham
The line-up of the 5th Annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero panel has been announced. A number of Hollywood film and TV composers will explain the process and challenges of creating the musical voice behind the superhero and their environment as well as collaborating with the director, producers and the franchise. Participating composers include Marco Beltrami who recently scored James Mangold’s Logan, and has previously scored comic book movies including The Wolverine, Fantastic Four and Hellboy, Brian Tyler whose superhero film credits include Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World and Iron Man 3 and Ludwig Goransson who is making his scoring debut in the genre on Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominic Lewis to Score ‘Hunter Killer’
Posted: July 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dominic Lewis, Donovan Marsh, Hunter Killer
Dominic Lewis has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Hunter Killer. The film is directed by Donovan Marsh (Avenged) and stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Billy Bob Thornton, Willem Dafoe, Common, Gabriel Chavarria, Toby Stephens, Linda Cardellini and Michael Nyqvist. The movie follows an untested American captain who teams with Navy Seals for a mission to rescue the Russian president. Peter Craig (The Town) and Jamie Moss (Ghost in the Shell) wrote the screenplay based on the George Wallace and Don Keith novel Firing Point. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Wish Upon’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Leonetti, Soundtrack, tomandandy, Wish Upon
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Wish Upon. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Hey Violet, Grace Mitchell, Wayfarers, Sly and the Family Stallone, Kill the Giant, Lili Roy & more. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by tomandandy (a separate album featuring the composers’ score will be announced soon). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 14, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Wish Upon is directed by John R. Leonetti and stars Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park, Kevin Hanchard and Sherilyn Fenn. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Stephens Scoring Jody Hill’s ‘The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter’
Posted: July 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jody Hill, Joey Stephens, Joseph Stephens, The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter
Composer Joseph Stephens is reteaming with director Jody Hill on the upcoming comedy The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter. The movie starring Josh Brolin, Danny McBride, Montana Jordan and Scoot McNairy revolves around a sixth-grade boy who is supposed to be bonding with his father on a hunting trip, but is far from interested. Hill also co-wrote the screenplay with McBride and John Carcieri. Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, Captain Phillips) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi to Score ‘The Mountain Between Us’
Posted: July 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hany Abu-Assad, Ramin Djawadi, The Mountain Between Us
Ramin Djawadi has been tapped to score the upcoming drama The Mountain Between Us. The film is directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now, Omar) and stars Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Beau Bridges and Dermot Mulroney. The movie is based on the book of the same title by Charles Martin and follows a surgeon and a journalist who pair up for the sake of convenience to take a small plane that crashes in the middle of nowhere. Chris Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie) and J. Mills Goodloe (The Age of Adaline) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Kristen Bell Performing Original Song for ‘Chasing Coral’
Posted: July 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chasing Coral, Dan Romer, Jeff Orlowski, Kristen Bell, Teddy Geiger
Kristen Bell has recorded an original song for the documentary Chasing Coral. The track, entitled Tell Me How Long, is written by the film’s co-composer Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Digging for Fire, Gleason) and Teddy Geiger. The film is directed by Jeff Orlowski and follows a team of divers, photographers and scientists who set out on an ocean adventure to discover why Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Kamm Scoring Netflix’s ‘Dark’
Posted: July 5, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Baran bo Odar, Dark, Michael Kamm, Netflix
Michael Kamm is scoring Netflix’s first German original series Dark. The show is created by Baran bo Odar & Jantje Friese and stars Louis Hofmann, Oliver Masucci, Jördis Triebel, Maja Schöne, Sebastian Rudolph, Anatole Taubman, Mark Waschke, Karoline Eichhorn, Stephan Kampwirth, Anne Ratte-Polle, Andreas Pietschmann, Lisa Vicari, Angela Winkler and Michael Mendl. The 10-parter is set in a German town in present day where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, score, Soundtrack, The Hitman's Bodyguard
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle, Babylon A.D.). Also included are songs by Lionel Ritchie, Foreigner, King Harvest and a track written and performed by Samuel L. Jackson. The soundtrack will be released on August 18, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Hitman’s Bodyguard is directed by Patrick Hughes and stars Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Elodie Yung, Joaquim De Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell and Richard E. Grant. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren Scoring Colette Burson’s ‘Permanent’
Posted: July 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colette Burson, Craig Wedren, Permanent
Craig Wedren has recently scored the upcoming indie coming-of-age comedy Permanent. The film is written and directed by Colette Burson and stars Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson, Michael Green and Kira McLean. The movie is set in 1983 Virginia and follows the misadventures of an idiosyncratic family that yearns to feel more confident and artistic. Mary Ann Marino, Haroula Rose, Sam Bisbee (Robot & Frank, Cop Car) and Joshua Blum (Listen Up Philip) are producing the project for 2929 Productions, Park Pictures and Washington Square Films. Read the rest of this entry »
