Ram Khatabakhsh (The Hunger Games Exhibition, Transformers Autobots) is currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi film Skylin3s. The third installment in the Skyline franchise is written and directed by Liam O’Donnell and stars Lindsey Morgan, Jonathan Howard, Alexander Siddig, Rhona Mitra, Daniel Bernhardt and James Cosmo. The movie follows Captain Rose Corley who, after a deadly virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what’s left of humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
Ram Khatabakhsh Scoring Liam O’Donnell’s ‘Skylin3s’
Posted: March 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Liam O'Donnell, Ram Khatabakhsh, Skylin3s, Skyline
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AMC Greenlights Musical Anthology Series ‘American Anthem’
Posted: March 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: AMC, American Anthem, Craig Finn, Scott Z. Burns, T Bone Burnett
AMC has announced today that it has greenlit the musical anthology series American Anthem. Singer/songwriter and The Hold Steady member Craig Finn will compose the original songs and T Bone Burnett (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, True Detective, Nashville) will serve as the project’s music producer. The show is created by Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion) and executive produced The 8-part musical dramedy tells the story of a middle class midwestern family tumbling down the ladder of American society; periodically bursting into song as they struggle to catch themselves. Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Chronicles of Narnia) will be executive producing the AMC Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) to Score Showtime’s ‘Your Honor’
Posted: March 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hauschka, Showtime, Volker Bertelmann, Your Honor
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Gunpowder) has been hired to score the upcoming Showtime limited series Your Honor. The show is developed by Peter Moffat (The Night Of, The Last Post) based on the Israeli series Kvodo created by Ron Ninio & Shlomo Mashiach and stars Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg. The 10-part legal thriller is set in New Orleans and revolves around a respected judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Draupadi Unleashed’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç, Can Saka, Draupadi Unleashed, Nisha Sabharwal, score, Soundtrack, Tony Stopperan
LU Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama Draupadi Unleashed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ahmet Kenan Bilgiç (Let’s Sin, Ivy, Limonata, Butterflies) with Can Saka. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Draupadi Unleashed is directed by Tony Stopperan & Nisha Sabharwal and stars Salena Qureshi, Cas Anvar, Taaha Shah Badusha, Dominic Rains, Azita Ghanizada, Pooja Batra, Anil Kumar, Melanie Chandra, Saad Siddiqui and Abi Bais. The movie is set in 1930s British India and centers on sixteen-year-old girl who finds herself torn between true love, her duty to follow through with an arranged marriage and the powerful allure of a mysterious guru. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heavenquest: A Pilgrim’s Progress’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: March 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heavenquest: A Pilgrim's Progress, Jonathan Beard, Matt Bilen, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Heavenquest: A Pilgrim’s Progress. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Beard (What Still Remains, Frank vs. God). Visit the label’s official website for more information and visit Amazon to stream/download the soundtrack. Heavenquest: A Pilgrim’s Progress is directed by Matt Bilen and stars Patrick Thompson, Peta Sargeant, Alan Powell and In-Pyo Cha. The movie is inspired by the world of John Bunyan’s classic The Pilgrim’s Progress and follows a regal man named Vangel is thrust on a journey against his will when he is suddenly and mysteriously arrested. Read the rest of this entry »
Todor Kobakov Scoring Quibi’s ‘Most Dangerous Game’
Posted: March 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Most Dangerous Game, Quibi, Todor Kobakov
Todor Kobakov (The Samaritan, Born to Be Blue, Backstabbing for Beginners, Ransom, Bitten) is composing the original music for the new Quibi original series Most Dangerous Game. The show is created by Nick Santora (Scorpion, Prison Break) and stars Liam Hemsworth, Christoph Waltz, Sarah Gadon, Zach Cherry, Aaron Poole, Christopher Webster, Billy Burke and Natasha Bordizzo. The thriller centers on a man who – desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life – accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that he’s not the hunter, but the prey. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mope’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: March 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Snipes, Lucas Heyne, Mope, score, Soundtrack
Fat Beats Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Mope. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Snipes (Starry Eyes, Room 237, Rebirth, Trespassers, The Veil). The soundtrack will be released (digitally and as a limited edition cassette) this Friday, March 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mope is co-written and directed by Lucas Heyne and stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kelly Sry, Brian Huskey, Max Adler, David Arquette and Tonya Cornelisse. The movie revolves around two ‘mopes’ – the lowest-level male performers in the porn industry – as they set their sights on an impossible dream: stardom. Read the rest of this entry »
Amie Doherty Scoring Nisha Ganatra’s ‘The High Note’
Posted: March 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amie Doherty, Nisha Ganatra, The High Note
Amie Doherty (Undone, Battle at Big Rock, Marooned, Here and Now) has composed the original score for the upcoming musical comedy drama The High Note. The film is directed by Nisha Ganatra (Late Night, Cake) and stars Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ice Cube, Zoe Chao, Eddie Izzard, Bill Pullman and Diplo. The movie is set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene and follows a superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant as they are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers. Flora Greeson wrote the screenplay. Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, Baby Driver, Love Actually, Rush) are producing the project for Working Title Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Freud’ TV Series Released
Posted: March 23, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Freud, Marco Dreckkötter, Netflix, ORF, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Will
recordJet has released a soundtrack album for the Austrian/German Netflix original series Freud. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Stefan Will (Phoenix, Transit, The State I Am In) & Marco Dreckkötter (Rammbock, 4 Blocks, Blood Glacier). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Freud is created by Marvin Kren, Benjamin Hessler & Stefan Brunner and stars Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Brigitte Kren, Christoph F. Krutzler, Anja Kling and Philipp Hochmair. The 8-part thriller follows a hungry young Sigmund Freud, eager to make his name in 19th-century Vienna, as he joins a psychic and an inspector to solve a string of bloody mysteries. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 22, 2020)
Posted: March 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Andries Smit, Baghdad Central, Bear McCreary, Council of Dads, Crip Camp, Fil Eisler, Greg J Walker, H. Scott Salinas, Hit-Boy, Hulu, James Matthes, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, NBC, Netflix, Syfy, Uncorked, Vagrant Queen
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 23 is the Australian mystery drama Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears directed by Tony Tilse and starring Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Miriam Margolyes, Ashleigh Cummings, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Lapaine and Jacqueline McKenzie. The film’s original music is composed by Greg J Walker (Newton’s Law) who is also the composer of the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries TV series. LilliPilli IP has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last month when the movie was released in Australia. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film, which is premiering stateside on Acorn TV.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 24, is the NBC drama Council of Dads created by Joan Rater & Tony Phelan and starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, J. August Richards, Michael O’Neill, Michelle Weaver, Steven Silver, Emjay Anthony, Thalia Tran and Blue Chapman. Fil Eisler (Revenge, Empire, How to Be Single, UnReal, Proud Mary, CHiPs, Life of the Party) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights before moving to a new time slot in late April. Read the rest of this entry »
