Siddhartha Khosla has signed on to score the upcoming Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The show is based on the novel of the same title by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) and stars Kristine Froseth and Charlie Plummer. The drama follows a teenager as he enrolls in boarding school, where falls in love with a girl, and after her unexpected death, he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind her death and make sense of it. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla to Score Hulu’s ‘Looking for Alaska’
Posted: March 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ASCAP, Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Looking for Alaska, Siddhartha Khosla, Stephanie Savage
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‘Just the Three of Us’ (‘Qui m’aime me suive!’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Avril, Just the Three of Us, Qui m'aime me suive!, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Just the Three of Us (Qui m’aime me suive!). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Just the Three of Us is directed by José Alcala and stars Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Frot and Bernard Le Coq. The movie follows a man on a mission to get his wife back after she leaves him for another man. Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Kraemer to Score Lucky McKee’s ‘Kindred Spirits’
Posted: March 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Joe Kraemer, Kindred Spirits, Lucky McKee
Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun, Comrade Detective) has been tapped to score the upcoming indie thriller Kindred Spirits. The film is directed by Lucky McKee (The Woman, Red, All Cheerleaders Die) and stars Thora Birch, Macon Blair, Sasha Frolova and Caitlin Stasey. The movie revolves around a single mother whose life is turned upside down when her sister comes home after a long unexplained absence. Chris Siverston (Marauders) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘What/If’ to Feature Music by Fil Eisler
Posted: March 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fil Eisler, Mike Kelley, Netflix, What If
Fil Eisler has recently been recording his music for the upcoming Netflix original series What/If. The show is created by Mike Kelley (Revenge, Swingtown) and stars Renee Zellweger, Jane Levy, Blake Jenner and Daniella Pineda. The neo-noir drama follows a pair of cash-strapped newlyweds who accept a lucrative but morally dubious offer from a mysterious female benefactor. Kelley is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Melissa Loy for Page Fright, Alex Gartner (Get Smart, Triple Frontier) & Charles Roven (The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman) for Atlas Entertainment, as well as Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forest Gump) and Jack Rapke (Cast Away, Flight). Read the rest of this entry »
New Soundtrack Release for ‘Project X’ Announced
Posted: March 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: James Horner, Project X, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1987 sci-fi drama Project X directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt. The album features the remastered original score from the 20th Century Fox production composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Aliens, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, The Amazing Spider-Man), including a previously unreleased track. The CD, which is limited to 1,500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can listen to audio samples and find out more about the release.
The National’s Bryce & Aaron Dessner Scoring Steven Cantor’s ‘What Will Become of Us’
Posted: March 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Steven Cantor, The Nationals, What Will Become of Us'
The National members Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner have composed the original music for the upcoming documentary What Will Become of Us. The film is directed by Academy Award-nominated documentarian Steven Cantor (Dancer, Step) and centers on Sir Frank Lowy, the billionaire co-founder of Westfield Corporation as he faces a dilemma: whether or not to sell his multinational company, his life’s work and legacy. Dani Drusin, Jamie Schutz and Nina Chaudry are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Daffodils’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daffodils, David Stubbs, Fen Ikner, Soundtrack, Steph Brown
Warner Music New Zealand has released a soundtrack album for the indie musical drama Daffodils. The album features the songs from the movie written by the Lips (aka Steph Brown & Fen Ikner) and performed by the New Zealand band and cast members Kimbra, Rose McIver and George Mason. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Daffodils is directed by David Stubbs, written by Rochelle Bright and follows an indie musician who, after being told by her father on his death bed, recounts her parents’ bittersweet romance. The drama will be released theatrically in New Zealand this Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Halpern Scoring Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s ‘Swallow’
Posted: March 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carlo Mirabella-Davis, Nathan Halpern, Swallow
Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Minding the Gap, One Percent More Humid, Rich Hill) is scoring the upcoming indie psychological thriller Swallow. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Carlo Mirabella-Davis and stars Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche and Denis O’Hare. The movie follows a newly pregnant housewife who finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects and must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession. Mirabella-Davis also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for NBC’s ‘bublé!’ TV Special Announced
Posted: March 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: bublé!, Michael Buble, NBC, Soundtrack
Michael Bublé has announced a soundtrack album for his new NBC TV special bublé!. The album features a number of classics such as My Funny Valentine & Fly Me to the Moon, radio hits including Home and Everything, as well as songs from his latest album, Love. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 21 by Reprise /Warner Bros. Records and will be available to download here. bublé! takes the audience on a musical journey through his career. The TV special, which marks the singer’s seventh for network and his first to receive a soundtrack release, will premiere this Wednesday, March 20 on NBC. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’
Posted: March 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Hans Zimmer
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment have announced that Hans Zimmer will be composing the score for the upcoming new film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. The film is directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Prisoners) and stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Stephen Henderson, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem. The movie tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. Read the rest of this entry »
