Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Native Son. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things, Valley of the Boom, Butterfly). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 5 and will be available to download here. Native Son directed by Rashid Johnson and stars Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Bill Camp, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Elizabeth Marvel, David Alan Grier and Sanaa Lathan. The movie is based on the classic novel by Richard Wright and follows a young African-American man who takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Native Son’ Score Album Announced
Posted: March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Native Son, Rashid Johnson, score, Soundtrack
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Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Broken & Beautiful’ from ‘UglyDolls’ Released
Posted: March 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kelly Clarkson, UglyDolls
Atlantic Records has released the original song Broken & Beautiful performed by Kelly Clarkson, the first track from the soundtrack for the animated musical UglyDolls. The song is written by Pink & Johnny McDavid and produced by Marshmello & Steve Mac. Visit Amazon to download the track and also check out the official lyric video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring the other songs from the movie written by Christopher Lennertz & Glenn Slater will be released on April 26 and is now available for pre-order here. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring Gail Mancuso’s A Dog’s Journey’
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Dog's Journey, Gail Mancuso, Mark Isham
Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Fly Away Home) is scoring the upcoming family drama A Dog’s Journey. The film is directed by Gail Mancuso and stars Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Henry Lau, Kathryn Prescott, Dennis Quaid, as well as Josh Gad as the voice of the title character. The movie is the sequel to 2017’s A Dog’s Purpose (scored by Rachel Portman) follows dog Bailey as he finds his new destiny and forms an unbreakable bond that will lead him, and the people he loves, to places they never imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
FX’s ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ TV Series to Feature Original Score by Mark Mothersbaugh
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: FX, Jemaine Clement, Mark Mothersbaugh, Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows
Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) is composing the original score for the new FX original series What We Do in the Shadows. The show is created by Jemaine Clement based on Taika Waititi’s 2014 feature of the same title and stars Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch. The comedy is based on the feature film of the same name from Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi and looks into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’ to Be Released
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Our Planet, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price
Decca Records will release the official soundtrack album for the new Netflix docu-series Our Planet. The album features the original music from the show composed by Academy Award winner Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Baby Driver). Also included is the original song In This Together co-written by Price & Ellie Goulding. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Our Planet is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and explores the unique and precious wonders of our natural world. The 8-parter combines stunning photography and technology with an unprecedented, never-before-filmed look at the planet’s remaining wilderness areas and their animal inhabitants. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman & Alex Belcher to Score Brian Kirk’s ’21 Bridges’
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 21 Bridges, Alex Belcher, Anthony Russo, Brian Kirk, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo
Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Big Hero 6, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Wreck-It-Ralph, X-Men: First Class) & Alex Belcher have been hired to score the upcoming action thriller 21 Bridges. The film is directed by Brian Kirk and stars Chadwick Boseman, J.K. Simmons, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Sienna Miller, Jamie Neumann, Keith David and Morocco Omari. The movie revolves around a disgraced NYPD detective who, after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
‘And Then There Was Eve’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: And Then There Was Eve, Robert Lydecker, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie drama And Then There Was Eve. The album features the film’s original music composed by Robert Lydecker (Iron First, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Sleepy Hollow, Lethal Weapon, Designated Survivor). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. And Then There Was Eve is written and directed by Savannah Bloch and stars Tania Nolan, Rachel Crowl, Mary Holland and Karan Soni. The movie follows a successful photographer who wakes up one morning to find her apartment ransacked and her husband mysteriously missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers to Score Ava DuVernay’s Netflix Series ‘When They See Us’
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ava DuVernay, Kris Bowers, Netflix, When They See Us
Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, Monsters and Men) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix limited series When They See Us. The show is created and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time, 13th) and stars Michael K. Williams, John Leguizamo, Felicity Huffman, Niecy Nash, Blair Underwood, Christopher Jackson, Joshua Jackson, Omar J. Dorsey, Adepero Oduye, Famke Janssen, Aurora Perrineau, William Sadler, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo. The drama chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple’s ‘Dickinson’ to Feature Music by Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple, Apple TV +, Dickinson, Drum & Lace, Ian Hultquist, Sofia Hultquist
Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Animals, My Blind Brother, A-X-L) & Drum & Lace (aka Sofia Hultquist) are teaming up to compose the music for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Dickinson. The show is created by Alena Smith and stars Hailee Steinfeld in the title role, alongside Jane Krakowski, Toby Huss, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt and Adrian Enscoe. The comedy centers on 1800s poet Emily Dickinson and explores the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Yared Scoring Rupert Goold’s ‘Judy’
Posted: March 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Yared, Judy, Niklaus Hilber, Paradise War, Rupert Goold
Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408) has composed the original music for the upcoming biographical drama Judy. The film is directed by Rupert Goold (True Story, King Charles III) and stars Renee Zellweger in the title role as Judy Garland, alongside Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley and Michael Gambon. The movie follows the legendary performer as she arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts. Tom Edge (Lovesick) wrote the screenplay based on the stage play End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter. Read the rest of this entry »
