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 »
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
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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 »
‘Benjamin’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin, James Righton, score, Simon Amstell, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the British indie comedy Benjamin. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Righton. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Benjamin is written and directed by Simon Amstell and stars Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard and Joel Fry. The movie follows a rising young filmmaker as he is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance and the upcoming premiere of his second feature. The comedy premiered at last year’s BFI London Film Festival and has just been released in British theaters this past weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 17, 2019)
Posted: March 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Andrew Lockington, Delhi Crime, Freeform, Gregory Tripi, HBO, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Mike Suby, NBC, Netflix, Now Apocalypse, Paul Haslinger, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Rubin Guthrie, Starz, Step Up: High Water, Stephanie Economou, The Act, The Dirt, The Fix, The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley, The Village, WAZ-Jackson, Will Bates, YouTube Premium
Premiering tomorrow, March 18, is the new ABC drama The Fix created by Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain & Marcia Clark and starring Robin Tunney, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje and Scott Cohen. The show’s original music is composed by Gregory Tripi (Ma, Manhunt: Unabomber, Dark Places, Rememory). Check out our previous news article and the official show website to learn more bout the series, which follows a retired prosecutor who returns to the Los Angeles DA’s office for a second chance at justice, and will air every Monday night on ABC.
Also premiering tomorrow is the documentary The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley directed by Alex Gibney about the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. Will Bates (The Looming Tower, The Path, I Origins, The Magicians) has composed the film’s original music. Click here and also visit the official movie website for more information about the documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is premiering on HBO on March 18. Read the rest of this entry »
