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 »
BAFTA TV Craft Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
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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 »
‘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
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 »
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 »
