David Buckley is composing the music for the upcoming remake of the 1973 classic Papillon. The film is directed by Michael Noer (R, Northwest) and stars Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Tommy Flanagan, Michael Socha and Nikola Kent. The movie is a modern retelling of the original, which was based on the memoirs of convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charriere. Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) wrote the screenplay. Joey McFarland & Riza Aziz (The Wolf of Wall Street), David Koplan, Ram Bergman (Looper, Brick) and Roger Corbi are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley to Score ‘Papillon’ Remake
Posted: June 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Michael Noer, Papillon
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OneRepublic’s ‘Truth to Power’ from ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Released
Posted: June 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder
Mosley Music and Interscope Records have released the original song Truth to Power from the documentary An Inconvenient Sequel. The track is written by Ryan Tedder and performed by OneRepublic. The song is now available as a digital single on Amazon. Listen to the track after the jump. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk is the sequel to the 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth (which featured the Academy Award-winning song I Need to Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge) and follows Vice President Al Gore as he continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jasmine’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dax Phelan, Jasmine, score, Shie Rozow, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller Jasmine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Shie Rozow (Rebel, Ballistica). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 14, 2017. The download link will be added this article within the next few weeks. Jasmine is co-written and directed by Dax Phelan and stars Jason Tobin, Byron Mann, Grace Huang, Eugenia Yuan, Glen Chin and Sarah Lian. The movie follows a Hong Kong businessman who – one year after his wife’s murder – becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger he thinks killed his wife. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo to Score Craig Gillespie’s ‘I, Tonya’
Posted: June 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Gillespie, I Tonya, Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo has been hired to score the upcoming biographical comedy drama I, Tonya. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, Fright Night) and stars Margot Robbie as figure skater Tonya Harding, Sebastian Stan as her spouse Jeff Gillooly, Allison Janney as her mother Lavona, as well as Paul Walter Hauser, Mckenna Grace, Caitlin Carver and Julianne Nicholson. The movie centers around Harding’s attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, which was aimed at breaking Kerrigan’s leg so she couldn’t compete in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Castlevania’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Castlevania, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Morris
The full details of the first soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series Castlevania have been revealed. The album the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Trevor Morris (Immortals, Vikings, Iron Fist, Olympus/London Has Fallen, The Borgias). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 7, 2017 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Castlevania based on the Konami video games is developed by comic book writer Warren Ellis and features the voices of Richard Armitage, James Callis, Graham McTavish, Alejandra Reynoso, Matt Frewer and Tony Amendola. The series follows a vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph LoDuca Scoring ‘Cult of Chucky’
Posted: June 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cult of Chucky, Don Mancini, Joseph LoDuca
Joseph LoDuca has been hired to score the upcoming horror thriller Cult of Chucky. The film is written and directed by Don Mancini and stars Alex Vincent who reprises his role as Andy Barclay from the original Child’s Play movie, we well as Jennifer Tilly, Tiffany and Fiona Dourif. Brad Dourif is returning as the voice of Chucky. The movie follows the title character as he returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica and has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife. Ogden Gavanski, David Kirschner are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Justin Hurwitz, Craig Armstrong, Abel Korzeniowski, Nicholas Britell & More Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 774 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year a number of film composers, including this year’s winner in the Best Original Score and Song category, Justin Hurwitz (La La Land), Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby), Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals), Nicholas Britell (The Big Short) who received his first Oscar nomination this year for Moonlight, Angelo Badalamenti (Blue Velvet, Lost Highway), Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, A Cure for Wellness), Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (Hell or High Water, The Proposition), Mica Levi (Under the Skin) who was nominated for the first time this year for her score to Jackie, Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Jocelyn Pook (The Merchant of Venice), Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle), Debbie Wiseman (Wilde), Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider), Laura Rossi (Unfinished Song), Philip Sheppard (Love, Marilyn), David Amrad (The Manchurian Candidate), Mark Adler (Merchants of Doubt), Stephen James Taylor (Southside with You) and Edesio Alejandro (Havana Suite). Read the rest of this entry »
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump Scoring ‘Gnome Alone’
Posted: June 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gnome Alone, Patrick Stump, Peter Lepeniotis
Fall Out Boy member Patrick Stump has recently composed the original score for the upcoming animated feature Gnome Alone. The film is directed by Peter Lepeniotis (The Nut Job) and features the voices of Becky G, Josh Peck, Olivia Holt and George Lopez. The movie centers on a girl who discovers her new home’s garden contains gnomes and teams up with them to fight the menacing Troggs that threaten to overrun the house. Stump is also providing his voice to multiple roles and also wrote an original song to be performed by Becky G. Michael Schwartz and Zina Zaflow wrote the screenplay. John H. Williams (Shrek, Space Chimps) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Greatest Showman’ to Feature Score by John Debney
Posted: June 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Home Again, John Debney, Michael Gracey, The Greatest Showman
John Debney is composing the underscore for the movie musical The Greatest Showman. The film is directed by Michael Gracey and stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya. The movie is inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum and revolves around a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. As previously announced, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen) have written the original songs for the musical. Jenny Bicks (What a Girl Wants) and Bill Condon (Beauty and the Beast, Dreamgirls) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Korven to Score ‘Our House’
Posted: June 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Scott Burns, Mark Korven, Our House, The Wanting, Yam Laranas
Mark Korven has been hired to score the upcoming drama Our House. The film is directed by Anthony Scott Burns and stars Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz. The movie is based on Matt Osterman’s 2010 feature Ghost From the Machine and follows a man who has lost his parents in a car crash and leaves his promising future at MIT in order to work on an experiment to care for his siblings. Nathan Parker (Moon, Equals) wrote the screenplay. Lee Kim (Operation Avalanche), Marty Katz (Cosmopolis, Maps to the Stars) and Ulf Israel (2 Days in New York) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
