Composer Nathan Johnson is reteaming with director Rian Johnson on the upcoming crime drama Knives Out. The film starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Ana de Armas, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer is being described as a modern murder mystery. No plot details have been announced yet. The director also wrote the screenplay and is producing the project with Ram Bergman (Papillon, Self/less). Read the rest of this entry »

The full details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Captive State have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Nerve, The Upside, Foxcatcher, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, March 15 by Sony Classical and will be available to download on Amazon. Click here to order the CD version. Captive State is directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and stars John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker and Vera Farmiga. The movie is set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force and explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Read the rest of this entry »

Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic) has signed on to score the upcoming British family fantasy adventure Four Kids and It. The film is directed by Andy De Emmony (West Is West, Love Bite) and stars Matthew Goode, Russell Brand, Paula Patton, Ashley Aufderheide, Teddie Malleson-Allen, Billy Jenkins, Ellie-Mae Siame, as well as Michael Caine as the voice of It. The movie is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s children’s book of the same title and follows four kids who are horrified to learn that their beach vacation is in fact a bonding trip with their potential future step-siblings and accidentally stumble upon a magical creature who can grant them one wish a day. Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album will be released for the British indie romantic drama Around the Sun. The album features the film’s original music composed by Steven Gutheinz (Night of the Living Deb, Why We Ride). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Around the Sun is directed by Oliver Krimpas and stars Cara Theobold and Gethin Anthony. The movie is set at a repossessed chateau in France and follows a film location scout who falls for its flirtatious representative, who recounts the story of an influential book written there. The drama will have its world premiere next month at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »

Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians) has been hired to score the upcoming thriller Ready or Not. The film is directed by Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (Devil’s Due) and stars Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien and Henry Czerny. The movie centers on a young bride as she joins her new husband’s rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. Read the rest of this entry »

Blake Neely & Sherri Chung are scoring the upcoming CBS limited series The Red Line. The show is created by Caitlin Parrish & Erica Weiss and stars Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Noel Fisher, Howard Charles, Aliyah Royale, Michael Patrick Thornton, Vinny Chhibber and Elizabeth Laidlaw. The 8-part drama follows three very different Chicago families as they journey toward hope and healing after a tragedy causes them all to consider how race and racial biases affect their lives. Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) is executive producing the Warner Bros. Television & CBS Television Studios production with Greg Berlanti & Sarah Schechter, Parrish, Sunil Nayar (Revenge) and Kevin Hooks (Prison Break). Read the rest of this entry »

John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2) & Germaine Franco (Tag, Dope) are teaming up to score the upcoming family adventure Dora the Explorer. The film is directed by James Bobin (The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted) and stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, Jeffery Wahlberg, Nicholas Coombe, Madeleine Madden, Adriana Barraza, Q’orianka Kilcher, Pia Miller and Temuera Morrison. Benicio del Toro also stars as the voice of Swiper. The movie is based on Nickelodeon’s animated TV series and follows the title character as she has to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization. Read the rest of this entry »

Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller 70 Big Ones (70 Binladens). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Mama, A Monster Calls, Devil, Hercules, Crimson Peak). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check the full track list and listen to out audio samples. A CD version will be coming out later this month. 70 Big Ones is directed by Koldo Serra and stars Emma Suárez, Nathalie Poza, Hugo Silva, Bárbara Goenaga, Daniel Pérez Prada, Kandido Uranga and Susana Abaitua. The thriller just opened in Spanish theaters this past weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of) is the composer of the new Hulu original series The Act. The show is created by Nick Antosca & Michelle Dean based on an original Buzzfeed article by Dean and stars Patricia Arquette, Joey King, Chloë Sevigny, AnnaSophia Robb and Calum Worthy. The first season of the anthology series follows a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother and opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder. Antosca (The Forest) & Dean are also executive producing the project with Greg Shephard and Britton Rizzio (American Ultra). Read the rest of this entry »

Strong Place Music will release a soundtrack album for the Lifetime mini-series The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Carbonara (Mad Men, The Guru, Spanking the Monkey, Are You Here, The Romanoffs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe is directed by Laurie Collyer and stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Eva Amurri Martino. The 2-parter explores Monroe’s complicated relationships with her mother, foster mother and legal guardian, her struggles with mental illness and her ties with the Kennedys. Read the rest of this entry »