La-La Land Records has announced a soundtrack album for last year’s tenth season of The X-Files. The album features the music from the Fox event series composed by Emmy Award winner Mark Snow (Smallville, Millennium) who scored all episodes of the show. The 2-CD set will be released next Tuesday, April 25 and will be available to order on the label’s official website. The X-Files is created by Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi. The revival mini-series, which also featured such guest stars as Joel McHale, Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose, premiered last year on Fox and is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The X-Files’ – The Event Series Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fox, Mark Snow, score, Soundtrack, The X-Files
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W.G. Snuffy Walden to Score ABC’s ‘Ten Days in the Valley’
Posted: April 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Ten Days in the Valley, W.G. Snuffy Walden
W.G. Snuffy Walden has signed on to score the upcoming ABC drama Ten Days in the Valley. The show is created by Tassie Cameron (Rookie Blue) and stars Kyra Sedgwick, Felix Solis, Erika Christensen, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kick Gurry, Ella Thomas and Emily Kinney. The drama follows an overworked television producer and single mother in the middle of a separation, whose life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo to Score Starz’s ‘Counterpart’
Posted: April 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Counterpart, Jeff Russo, Starz
Jeff Russo has been tapped to score the upcoming Starz original series Counterpart. The show is created by Justin Marks (The Jungle Book) and stars J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff and Sarah Bolger. The spy thriller follows a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, who discovers that the agency he works for is really guarding a crossing into a parallel dimension. Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game, Passengers) is directing the first two episodes and is also executive producing the MRC (Media Rights Capital), Gilbert Films and Anonymous Content production with Marks, Amy Berg (Da Vinci’s Demons), Gary Gilbert & Jordan Horowitz (La La Land, The Kids Are All Right), Keith Redmon (The Revenant, Berlin Station) and Bard Dorros (Triple 9). Read the rest of this entry »
HBO’s ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ to Feature Music by Branford Marsalis
Posted: April 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Branford Marsalis, George C. Wolfe, HBO, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Branford Marsalis has recently composed the original score for the new HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The film is directed by George C. Wolfe (Nights in Rodanthe, Lackawanna Blues) and stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rocky Carroll, Courtney B. Vance, Reg E. Cathey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Leslie Uggams. The movie is based on the book by Rebecca Skloot and tells the story of an African-American woman who becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s. Read the rest of this entry »
Lesley Barber Scoring Rebecca Addelman’s ‘Paper Year’
Posted: April 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lesley Barber, Paper Year, Rebecca Addelman
Lesley Barber is composing the music for the upcoming romantic drama Paper Year. The movie marks the directorial debut of writer Rebecca Addelman (New Girl, Love) and stars Eve Hewson, Avan Jogia, Andie MacDowell and Hamish Linklater. The movie centers on a newly married couple who encounter obstacles that reveal cracks in their relationship forcing them to question whether they made a fully formed decision. Addelman also wrote the screenplay. Christina Piovesan (Regression, Amreeka, The Whistleblower) is producing the project for First Generation Films, alongside Jennifer Shin. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 16, 2017)
Posted: April 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Peters, Famous in Love, Freeform, Girlboss, Guerrilla, Jeff Cardoni, John Lunn, Max Richter, Michael Suby, Netflix, Sand Castle, Showtime, Starz, The White Princess
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original mini-series Guerrilla created John Ridley and starring Idris Elba, Frieda Pinto, Babou Ceesay, Rory Kinnear, Nathaniel Martello-White, Daniel Mays, Denise Gough, Brandon Scott, Zawe Ashton and Nicholas Pinnock. The 6-parter’s original music is composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Taboo, Miss Sloane, Disconnect). The show, which is set in London in the 1970s and revolves around a politically active couple, will air Sunday nights on Showtime. Visit our previous news article to learn more about the series.
Also premiering tonight is The White Queen sequel The White Princess based on the novel by Philippa Gregory and starring Jodie Comer, Jacob Collins-Levy, Michelle Fairley, Essie Davis, Vincent Regan, Rebecca Benson, Rhys Connah, Suki Waterhouse, Patrick Gibson and Joanne Whalley. John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom) who previously scored The White Queen has composed the music for the 8-parter. The drama air in the U.S. Sunday nights on Starz. Visit the official show website to learn more about the mini-series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Guy Ritchie, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor, Gold). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically next month by WaterTower Music. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law and Eric Bana. The movie is an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Descendants 2’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Descendants 2, Disney Channel, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Descendants 2. The album features the songs from the movie performed by the film’s cast, including Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty, Dylan Playfair and Mitchell Hope. Also included are three songs from the animated short-form series Descendants: Wicked World. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on July 21, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Descendants 2 is directed by Kenny Ortega and follows Mal as she returns to the Isle of the Lost to find her archenemy Uma, the daughter of Ursula, and teams up with Harry, the son of Captain Hook, and Gil, the son of Gaston. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 14, 2017)
Posted: April 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brian Tyler, Christian Henson, Christopher Spelman, Heal the Living, Jun Miyake, Klaus Badelt, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Norman, Queen of the Desert, Rani Sharone, Robert Duncan, Spark: A Space Tail, The Fate of the Furious, The Lost City of Z, Tommy's Honour
In addition to the nationwide expansion of Gifted, the only nationwide release this week is the action sequel The Fate of the Furious directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details. The film’s original score is composed by Brian Tyler (Fast Five, Furious 7). Back Lot Music will release the composer’s score later this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to watch a video from the scoring sessions.
Opening in around 350 theaters is the animated feature Spark: A Space Tail written and directed by Aaron Woodley and featuring the voices of Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Stewart and Hilary Swank. Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Timeless, The Unit, Terriers) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album is in the works and will be announced soon. Spark is inspired the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West and follows a teenage monkey who leads a space expedition to save the planet from a cruel dictator. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Promise’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Yared, score, Soundtrack, Terry George, The Promise
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama The Promise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, 1408). Also included is an original end credits song by Chris Cornell, which already available as a single. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 21 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Promise is directed by Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) and stars Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Angela Sarafyan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, James Cromwell and Jean Reno. The movie is set in 1922 amid the final days of the Ottoman Empire and centers on a love triangle in 1922 with a medical student, an American journalist based in Paris and a beautiful and sophisticated woman. Read the rest of this entry »
