Atli Orvarsson is scoring the upcoming action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard. The film is directed by Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Elodie Yung, Joaquim De Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell and Richard E. Grant. The movie follows a top protection agent and his mortal enemy and a most notorious hitman who are thrown together for 24 hours. Tom O’Connor (Fire with Fire) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson Scoring ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’
Posted: April 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Patrick Hughes, The Hitman's Bodyguard
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‘The Get Down’ Part II Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Baz Luhrmann, Netflix, Soundtrack, The Get Down
The full details of the new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Get Down have been revealed. The album features the songs from the second part of the show performed by the drama’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 21, 2017 by RCA Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. RCA has previously released a soundtrack album for the first part of the series in various editions. The Get Down is created by Baz Luhrmann and stars Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen Guardiola, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jimmy Smits. The show is set in 1977 New York City and follows the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx as they chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history. Read the rest of this entry »
ZZ Ward’s ‘Ride’ from ‘Cars 3’ to Be Released
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cars 3, Pixar, ZZ Ward
Walt Disney Records will release the original song Ride from Pixar Animation’s sequel Cars 3. The song is performed by singer/songwriter ZZ Ward featuring Gary Clark Jr.. The track will be released as a digital single tomorrow, April 14 and will be available to download on Amazon. Cars 3 is directed by Brian Fee and features the voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, John Ratzenberger, Lloyd Sherr, Michael Wallis, Paul Dooley, Kerry Washington and Nathan Fillion. The animated movie will be released nationwide on June 6 by Walt Disney Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruce Broughton Scoring Fox’s ‘Orville’
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bruce Broughton, Orville, Seth MacFarlane
Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, Rescuers Down Under) is currently recording his score for the upcoming Fox comedy drama Orville. The show is created by Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy, A Million Ways to Die in the West, American Dad) who also stars in the series alongside Adrianne Palicki, Mark Jackson, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J Lee, Halston Sage and Penny Johnson. The series is set 300 years in the future and tells the story of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet. Read the rest of this entry »
Behind the Score of ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Christopher Lennertz, Smurfs: The Lost Village
Sony Pictures Animation has published a video featurette about the music for the studio’s animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village. The video features composer Christopher Lennertz (Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along, Identity Thief) and director Kelly Asbury talking about their work on the project, as well as footage from the scoring sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out the full video after the jump. Lennertz’ score, as well as an original song he co-wrote with KT Tunstall is now available on Madison Gate Records. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Cowgirl’s Story’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Cowgirl's Story, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the family drama A Cowgirl’s Story. The album features the songs from the movie performed by Maggie McClure, Amber Hayes, Templeton Thompson, Sisterbrother, Templeton Thompson and Will Cookson. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 18, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Cowgirl’s Story is written and directed by Timothy Armstrong and stars Bailee Madison, Chloe Lukasiak, Pat Boone, Aidan Alexander and Froy Gutierrez. The movie tells the story of high school cowgirls who must hold down the home front while their military parents are on duty in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Christophe Beck to Score Andrew Niccol’s ‘Anon’
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Niccol, Anon, Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck is reteaming with director Andrew Niccol on the upcoming sci-fi thriller Anon. The film is written and directed by Niccol (The Truman Show, Gattaca, Lord of War) and stars Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore and Sony Walger. The movie is set in a world with no privacy, ignorance or anonymity and where all lives are transparent, traceable and recorded by the authorities, and follows a man who stumbles on a young woman with no digital footprint and invisible to the police. Niccol is also producing the project with Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur for K5 Film. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 13, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dash Shaw, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Rani Sharone, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rani Sharone. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea is written and directed by Dash Shaw and features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon. The movie follows two best friends at a high school newspaper with one of them discovering that the administration is covering up the fact that the school is built on an earthquake fault. Read the rest of this entry »
Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq Scoring ‘Step Sisters’
Posted: April 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Charles Stone, Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq, Step Sisters
Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq have recently recorded their score for the upcoming dance comedy Step Sisters. The film is directed by Charles Stone (Drumline, Mr. 300) and stars Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, Gage Golightly, Nia Jervier, Alessandra Torresani, Marque Richardson, Naturi Naughton and Matt McGorry. The movie centers on an ambitious black sorority girl who, in order to get admitted to the law school of her dreams, agrees to cross cultural lines and teach the exclusive art of black Greek stepping to a band of wild, party-obsessed white sorority girls whose charter is about to be revoked. Read the rest of this entry »
Spike TV’s ‘The Mist’ TV Series to Feature Music by Giona Ostinelli
Posted: April 12, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Giona Ostinelli, Spike TV, The Mist
Giona Ostinelli is composing the music for the upcoming Spike TV event series The Mist. The show is based on the Stephen King novella and stars Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Dan Butler, Isiah Washington, Jr. and Frances Conroy. The series centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world and, in some cases, each other. Christian Torpe and Amanda Segel are executive producing the project, alongside TWC-Dimension Television’s Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein and David Glasser. Read the rest of this entry »
