Craig Wedren is reteaming with director David Wain on the upcoming Netflix original movie A Futile & Stupid Gesture. The film stars Will Forte as National Lampoon co-founder Douglas Kenney, alongside Domhnall Gleeson, Joel McHale, Emmy Rossum, Matt Walsh, Martin Mull, Thomas Lennon, Matt Lucas, Seth Green, Jackie Tohn, Natasha Lyonne, Elvy Yost, John Gemberling, Rick Glassman, Camille Guaty and Jon Daly. The biopic is based on Josh Karp’s 2006 book of the same title and centers on the life and career of Kenney. Michael Colton and John Aboud (Penguins of Madagascar, The Comebacks) wrote the screenplay. Peter Principato (Central Intelligence, Keanu) and Jonathan Stern (Childrens Hospital) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren to Score David Wain’s ‘A Futile & Stupid Gesture’
Posted: June 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Futile & Stupid Gesture, Craig Wedren, David Wain, Netflix
Christophe Beck’s ‘Lou’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christophe Beck, Lou, Pixar, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack for the new Pixar Animation Studios short Lou. The release features the film’s original music composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Paperman, The Peanuts Movie, Trolls, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover). The soundtrack will be released as a digital single tomorrow, June 16 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Lou marks the directorial debut of animator Dave Mullins (Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles) who also wrote the screenplay and revolves around a red hooded monster named Lou, who lives in the “Lost & Found” box, and tries to stop a bully named J.J. from destroying his classmates’ beloved toys. Read the rest of this entry »
Junkie XL to Score ‘Tomb Raider’ Reboot
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Junkie XL, Roar Uthaug, Tom Holkenborg, Tomb Raider
Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg is set to score the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. The film is directed by Roar Uthaug (The Wave) and stars Alicia Vikander in the title role, alongside Dominic West, Daniel Wu, Hannah John-Kamen and Walton Goggins. The movie based on the video game franchise follows Lara Croft as she must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. Geneva Robertson-Dworet wrote the screenplay and Graham King (The Departed, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Town) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Elfman to Score ‘Justice League’
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Zack Snyder
Danny Elfman has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming superhero movie Justice League. Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg who co-scored Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for the DC movie universe was originally scoring the film before director Zack Snyder left the project. Joss Whedon is overseeing additional photography is beginning this week in London. Elfman has previously collaborated with Whedon on Avengers: Age of Ultron. Justice League starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher and Jason Momoa will be released in theaters nationwide on November 17 by Warner Bros. Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
T Bone Burnett to Produce ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Soundtrack
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Schwartz, T Bone Burnett, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Tyler Nilson
Armory Films announced today that T Bone Burnett will be producing the soundtrack for the upcoming drama The Peanut Butter Falcon. The film is written and directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries) and stars Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zachary Gottsagen and Bruce Dern. The movie follows a down on his luck crab fisherman as he embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wresting school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived most of his life. Burnett is also producing the movie with Tim Zajaros & Christopher Lemole, Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Little Miss Sunshine, Nebraska), Lije Sarki and David Thies. Read the rest of this entry »
Steven Price Scoring Michael Cuesta’s ‘American Assassin’
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Assassin, Michael Cuesta, Steven Price
Steven Price has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller American Assassin. The film is directed by Michael Cuesta (Kill the Messenger) and stars Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Taylor Kitsch and Scott Adkins. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Vince Flynn and follows Mitch Rapp, a CIA black ops recruit and Cold War veteran Stan Hurley who are enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Stephen Schiff (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps), Michael Finch (Predators) and Edward Zwick (Glory, Legends of the Fall) & Marshall Herskovitz (The Last Samurai) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dodgeball’ Reunion Charity Video Features Music by Theodore Shapiro
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dodgeball, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has composed the original music for a charity video, which features Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Justin Long and Christine Taylor reprising their roles from the 2004 comedy hit Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, which the composer also scored. The short, which co-stars Missi Pyle, Jamal Duff and Brandon Molale is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers, Central Intelligence) who helmed the original feature and promotes a charity dodgeball event. Donations benefit The Stiller Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports children around the world by providing educational opportunities to help them realize their full potential. Click here for more information and watch the video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Disney XD Debuts ‘DuckTales’ Reboot Main Titles
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney XD, Dominic Lewis, DuckTales, Felicia Barton, Mark C. Mueller, Michael 'Smidi' Smith
Disney XD has premiered the main titles for the upcoming reboot of the animated series DuckTales. The titles sequence features a new version of the title song from the classic series written by Mark C. Mueller. The track is performed by singer/songwriter Felicia Barton and produced by Emmy-winning Michael ‘Smidi’ Smith and the show’s composer Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Free Birds, Money Monster, Rough Night). The song will be released by Walt Disney Records on Friday, June 23. DuckTales is developed by Marc Youngberg and features the voices of David Tennant, Bobby Moynihan, Ben Schwartz, Danny Pudi, Kate Micucci, Toks Olagundoye, Beck Bennett, Tony Anselmo and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared to Score Rupert Everett’s ‘The Happy Prince’
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince
Gabriel Yared is composing the music for the upcoming biographical drama The Happy Prince. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Rupert Everett who also stars in the movie with Colin Firth, Edwin Thomas, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Beatrice Dalle and John Standing. The movie tells the story of the last days of famed playwright Oscar Wilde. Everett also wrote the screenplay. Philipp Kreuzer (Death of a Superhero, Morgan’s Last Love), Katja Kuhlmann and Jörg Schulze (The Silence, Five Years) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Disjointed’ to Feature Music by Joseph LoDuca
Posted: June 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chuck Lorre, David Javerbaum, Disjointed, Joseph LoDuca, Netflix
Joseph LoDuca is scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Disjointed. The show is created by Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Mom) & David Javerbaum (The Daily Show) and stars Kathy Bates, Dougie Baldwin, Elizabeth Ho, Elizabeth Alderfer, Aaron Moten and Tone Bell. The comedy revolves around a lifelong advocate for pot legalization, as she finally lives her dream as the owner of an Los Angeles cannabis dispensary and as she employs her newly graduated son and a team of young “budtenders” to help run the company. Read the rest of this entry »
