Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day) has been tapped to score the upcoming Child’s Play reboot. The film is directed by Lars Klevberg (Polaroid) and stars Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry and Gabriel Bateman, as well as Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky. The horror thriller is based on the 1988 classic (scored by Joe Renzetti) and follows a single mother who gifts her son a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature. Tyler Burton Smith wrote the screenplay. David Katzenberg (It, The Goldbergs) and Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego Batman Movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score ‘Child’s Play’ Reboot’
Posted: April 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Child's Play, Lars Klevberg
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First Soundtrack Single for FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Released
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Lacamoire, Fosse/Verdon, FX, Soundtrack
Atlantic Records has released the first soundtrack for the new FX limited series Fosse/Verdon. The 3-track single features the show’s theme composed by Alex Lacamoire who serves as the project’s music director. Also included are the songs Big Spender and Cabaret performed by cast members Kelli Barrett, Bianca Marroquin and Reza Webb & The Fandango Girls. Visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. The label will release soundtracks featuring music from each episode weekly as the show airs over the next couple of weeks. Fosse/Verdon is developed by Steven Levenson & Thomas Kail based on Sam Wasson’s biography Fosse and stars Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Aya Cash, Nate Corddry, Evan Handler, Paul Reiser and Margaret Qualley. The drama explores the singular romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon over five decades. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ to Feature Music by James S. Levine
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chambers, James S. Levine, Leah Rachel, Netflix
James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, The Weather Man) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Chambers. The show is created by Leah Rachel and stars Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn. The supernatural drama follows a teenager – haunted by eerie visions and sinister impulses after a heart transplant – as she tries to unmask the truth behind her donor’s mysterious death. Rachel is also executive producing the project with Wolfgang Hammer (This Close) & Winnie Kemp for Super Deluxe, Stephen Gaghan (Syriana, Gold) for Super Emotional and Akela Coooper. Read the rest of this entry »
Clinton Shorter Scoring Joe Carnahan’s ‘Boss Level’
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Boss Level, Clinton Shorter, Joe Carnahan
Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, Colony, Pompeii) is composing the original music for the upcoming action thriller Boss Level. The film is directed by Joe Carnahan (Narc, The A-Team) and stars Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Ken Jeong, Annabelle Wallis and Michelle Yeoh. The movie centers on a retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran who is trapped in a never-ending loop, resulting in him dying every day, and must figure out who is responsible. Read the rest of this entry »
‘For the Throne’ (Music Inspired by ‘Game of Thrones’) Album Announced
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thrones, HBO
Columbia Records and HBO have announced a soundtrack album featuring songs inspired by the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. Among the artists that have contributed new songs to the record are A$AP Rocky, Chloe X Halle, Ellie Goulding, Jacob Banks, James Arthur, Joey BadA$$, Lennon Stella, Lil Peep, Maren Morris, Matthew Bellamy, Mumford & Sons, Rosalía feat. A.CHAL, SZA, The Lumineers, The National, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign and X Ambassadors. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 26. Visit iTunes to pre-order the digital version and Amazon to order the CD version. A vinyl edition is available to order here. Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Gregson Scoring Roger Michell’s ‘Blackbird’
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Blackbird, Peter Gregson, Roger Michell
Peter Gregson has been hired to score the upcoming drama Blackbird. The film is directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Changing Lanes) and stars Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Sam Neill, Rainn Wilson, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Lindsay Duncan and Anson Boon. The movie is based on Bille August’s 2014 Danish feature Silent Heart and centers on terminally ill mother who brings her family together for one last weekend before she commits suicide. Christian Torpe (The Mist TV series) who also scripted the original film wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Kraemer, Robert D. Krzykowski, score, Soundtrack, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot
La-La Land Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun, Comrade Detective). The CD version of the album will be available to order later today on the label’s official website and a digital version will be available to download here. The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot is written and directed by Robert D. Krzykowski and stars Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Ron Livingston, Caitlin FitzGerald, Larry Miller and Ellar Coltrane. The movie follows Calvin Barr who, decades after serving in World War II and assassinating Adolf Hitler, is contacted to lead the charge on hunting down the fabled Bigfoot who is hidden deep inside the Canadian wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Little’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Germaine Franco, Little, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy Little. The album features the film’s original score composed by Germaine Franco (Tag, Dope, Vida). Also included are songs by Chloe x Halle, Lai Burger, Janelle Monáe feat. Pharrell Williams, Lekeli47, Mary J. Blige, H.E.R. & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 12 and will be available to download here. Little is directed by Tina Gordon (Peeples) and stars Regina Hall, Issa Rae and Marsai Martin. The movie follows an adult woman who gets the chance to relive her carefree youth after the pressures of adulthood overwhelm her. Read the rest of this entry »
Tamar-kali to Score Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’
Posted: April 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Josephine Decker, Shirley, Tamar-Kali
Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Come Sunday) has signed on to score the upcoming psychological drama Shirley. The film is directed by Josephine Decker (Madeline’s Madeline) and stars Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman and Odessa Young. The movie tells the story of a young couple that moves in with famed horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband in the hopes of starting a new life and find themselves fodder for a psycho-drama that inspires Jackson’s next major novel. Sarah Gubbins (I Love Dick) wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same title by Susan Scarf Merrell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vernon Subutex’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Vernon Subutex
Parlaphone France has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series Vernon Subutex. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as The Modern Lovers, Wreckless Eric, Spacemen 3, Les Thugs, Wall of Voodoo, Mudhoney, Karen Dalton, Sonic Youth, Janis Joplin, New Order, Ramones & others. The soundtrack is now available in French music stores (visit the French iTunes store to listen to audio samples). No word yet on a domestic release. Vernon Subutex is directed by Cathy Verney and stars Romain Duris, Céline Sallette, Laurent Lucas, Philippe Rebbot, Florence Thomassin and Athaya Mokonzi. Read the rest of this entry »
