A soundtrack album has been released for the drama The Burial of Kojo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Blitz the Ambassador (aka Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule) who also directed the movie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is also in the works. The Burial of Kojo is written and directed by Bazawule and chronicles the tale of two brothers through a gifted girl who travels beautiful lands that exist between life and death. The drama is being released select theaters today by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing and will also be available to stream on Netflix on March 31. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Burial of Kojo’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blitz the Ambassador, score, Soundtrack, The Burial of Kojo
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Soundtrack Details for Neil Marshall’s ‘Hellboy’
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hellboy, Neil Marshall, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Neil Marshall’s new film adaptation of Hellboy have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). Also included is Unprotected Innocence’s Spanish version of the Scorpions’ Rock Me Like a Hurricane. The soundtrack will be released on April 5 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is now available to order as an import on Amazon. Hellboy is directed by Neil Marshall and stars David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim and Penelope Mitchell. The movie is based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola and follows the title character as he is caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Chaperone’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marcelo Zarvos, Michael Engler, score, Soundtrack, The Chaperone
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama The Chaperone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, Enough Said). Also included are tracks by The Sundown Stompers, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, The Hot Pennies, Adam Nielsen & others. The soundtrack will be released tomorrow, March 29 and will be available to purchase here (digital version) and here (CD version). The Chaperone is directed by Michael Engler, written by Julian Fellowes and stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, Campbell Scott, Andrew Burnap, Victoria Hill, Miranda Otto, Robert Fairchild, Matt McGrath and Blythe Danner. The movie is based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel and centers on a woman whose life is changed forever when she chaperones a young and soon to be famous Louise Brooks to New York in the early 1920s. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Giacchino to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, ASCAP Vanguard Award, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Michael Giacchino, Pinar Toprak
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has announced today that Michael Giacchino will be honored at this year’s 34th ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which takes place on May 15 in Beverly Hills. The Academy Award-, Emmy Award- and Grammy Award-winning composer whose credits include Up, The Incredibles, Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doctor Strange, among dozens of other titles, will receive the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shazam!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, David F. Sandberg, score, Shazam, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the comic book movie Shazam!. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Hellboy, Annabelle Creation, Lights Out). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, April 5, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on May 10 and is available to order here. Listen to Wallfisch’s Shazam! Theme (first track on the album) after the jump. Shazam! is directed by David F. Sandberg and stars Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans. Read the rest of this entry »
BAFTA TV Craft Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
The 2019 BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominations have been announced today. Check out the nominees in the music-related category after the jump. This year’s awards ceremony will take place at the Brewery, London, on Sunday, April 28, and will be hosted for the seventh time by Stephen Mangan. For the first time, the event will be live-streamed on BAFTA’s YouTube and Twitter pages. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It’ to Be Released
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Hollander, HBO, It's a Hard Truth Ain't It, Madeleine Sackler, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO documentary It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hollander (Waitress, Sleepwalk with Me, My Friend Dahmer, Labor Pains). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It is directed by Madeleine Sackler and follows 13 incarcerated men as they study filmmaking as a vehicle to explore their memories and how they ended up with decades-long sentences. Several of those 13 men were also cast in Sackler’s narrative feature O.G. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Yezerski Scoring David Ayer’s ‘The Tax Collector’
Posted: March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Ayer, Michael Yezerski, The Tax Collector
Michael Yezerski (Blindspotting, Mr. Inbetween, The Devil’s Candy) is composing the original music for the upcoming crime thriller The Tax Collector. The film is written and directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, Fury, Bright) and stars Shia LaBeouf, Bobby Soto, George Lopez, Brendan Schaub and Lana Parrilla. No plot details have been announced. Ayer is also producing the Cross Creek Pictures and Cedar Park Entertainment production with Chris Long (Mr. Mercedes, Rogue). Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘The Son’ Announced
Posted: March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Nathan Barr, score, Soundtrack, The Son
Varese Sarabande will release the first soundtrack album for the AMC original series The Son. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Emmy Award nominee Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Cabin Fever). Also included are three original vocal performances, including one from Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top. The soundtrack will be released on April 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Son is created by Philipp Meyer, Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy and stars Pierce Brosnan, Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon, Jess Weixler, Paola Núñez, Elizabeth Frances and Sydney Lucas. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Bishara Scoring Gary Dauberman’s ‘Annabelle Comes Home’
Posted: March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Annabelle, Annabelle Comes Home, Gary Dauberman, James Wan, Joseph Bishara
Joseph Bishara is returning as the composer for the upcoming horror sequel Annabelle Comes Home. The film marks the directorial debut of Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun) who scripted the previous two Annabelle movies and stars McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The third installment in the Annabelle series follows the daughter of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warre (from The Conjuring franchise) who is targeted alongside her two teen babysitters by the demonic doll after they bring it home into their artifact room. Read the rest of this entry »
