Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, The Incredible Hulk, Love Actually, Romeo + Juliet) has been tapped to score the upcoming live-action/animated hybrid feature The One and Only Ivan. The film is directed by Thea Sharrock and stars Ariana Greenblatt, Bryan Cranston, Ramon Rodriguez, Indira Varma and Eleanor Matsuura in the live-action roles. The project’s voice cast includes Angelina Jolie, Sam Rockwell, Brooklynn Prince, Danny DeVito and Helen Mirren. The movie is based on Katherine Applegate’s 2011 book of the same title and centers on a silverback gorilla who lives in a cage in a shopping mall. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong to Score Disney’s ‘The One and Only Ivan’
Posted: February 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Armstrong, The One and Only Ivan, Thea Sharrock
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‘A Violent Man’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Violent Man, Matthew Berkowitz, Peter Adams, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller A Violent Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Adams (Soaked in Bleach). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A Violent Man is co-written and directed by Matthew Berkowitz and stars Thomas Q. Jones, Isaach De Bankolé, Chuck Liddell, Bruce Davison, Khalilah Joi, Denise Richards and Felisha Terrell. The movie follows an unknown MMA fighter who beats the undefeated champ at a local gym and becomes the underdog champion of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren & Anna Waronker Scoring Hulu’s ‘Shrill’
Posted: February 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Waronker, Craig Wedren, Hulu, Shrill
Craig Wedren (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, The School of Rock, How to Be a Latin Lover) & Anna Waronker are the composers of the upcoming Hulu original series Shrill. The show is based on Lindy West’s 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman and stars Aidy Bryant, Lolly Adefope, Luka Jones, Ian Owens, Julia Sweeney and John Cameron Mitchell. The comedy centers on a fat young woman who wants to change her life – but not her body, and is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Squatters’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mario Grigorov, Martin Weisz, score, Soundtrack, Squatters
A soundtrack album has been released for the indie crime drama Squatters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, The Paperboy, Flowers in the Attic, Shadowboxer, Look Away). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Squatters is directed by Martin Weisz and stars Thomas Dekker, Gabriella Wilde, Richard Dreyfuss, Lolita Davidovich, Nancy Travis, Evan Ross, Luke Grimes and Andrew Howard. The movie tells the story of a young homeless couple in Venice Beach who move into a mansion in Pacific Palisades and are discovered when the owners come home early from vacation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Finding Your Feet’ Score Album Announced
Posted: February 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Finding Your Feet, Michael J. McEvoy, Richard Loncraine, score, Soundtrack
Air-Edel Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the British romantic comedy Finding Your Feet. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael J. McEvoy (Me and Orson Welles, Forget Me Not, Dark Angel). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 25, 2019. Check back on this page for the download link. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie was released last year when the movie opened in theaters. Finding Your Feet is directed by Richard Loncraine and stars Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley and David Hayman. Read the rest of this entry »
Mychael Danna to Score Atom Egoyan’s ‘Guest of Honour’
Posted: February 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atom Egoyan, Guest of Honour, Mychael Danna
Composer Mychael Danna is set to reteam with director Atom Egoyan on the upcoming psychological drama Guest of Honour. The film is written and directed by Egoyan and stars David Thewlis, Laysla De Oliveira, Luke Wilson, Rossif Sutherland and Alexandre Bourgeois. The movie centers on the relationship between a father and his 20-something year old daughter who wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she’s been wrongfully indicted for. Egoyan is also producing the project for Ego Film Arts, alongside Simone Urdl & Jennifer Weiss (Away from Her, Daydream Nation) for The Film Farm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Amundsen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amundsen, Johan Söderqvist, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Norwegian biographical drama Amundsen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, After the Wedding, In a Better World, The King’s Choice). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is in the works from Rosetta Records. Amundsen is directed by Espen Sandberg and stars Pål Sverre Hagen, Katherine Waterston and Christian Rubeck. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Jacob Shea to Compose Theme and Score for BBC’s ‘One Planet, Seven Worlds’
Posted: February 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Bleeding Fingers Music, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, One Planet Seven Worlds
BBC Studios has announced that Hans Zimmer and Jacob Shea will compose the theme and score for the upcoming BBC Earth natural history series One Planet, Seven Worlds. The show is presented and executive produced by Sir David Attenborough and will reveal how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there. Each of the series’ seven episodes will transport viewers to a single continent and tell the story of its spectacular wildlife and iconic landscapes. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 17, 2019)
Posted: February 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Clint Mansell, DC Universe, Diego Navarro, Doom Patrol, Fox, HBO, Jean-Charles Bastion, Julian Wass, Kevin Kiner, Nathaniel Mechaly, Netflix, O.G., Paddleton, Paris Is Us, Proven Innocent, The Photographer of Mauthausen
Premiering on Friday, February 22 is the Netflix original movie Paddleton co-written and directed by Alex Lehmann and starring Mark Duplass, Ray Romano, Ravi Patel and Christine Woods. The film’s original music is composed by Julian Wass (Hit and Run, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Room 104, Insatiable, The Overnight). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the film, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday in the U.S. is the Spanish drama The Photographer of Mauthausen (El fotografo de Mauthausen) directed by Mar Targarona and starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden and Alain Hernández. Diego Navarro (Capture the Flag, Mimesis) has composed the film’s original music. Rosetta Records has released a soundtrack album last fall when the movie opened overseas. Visit Amazon to download the album. The movie, which follows a Catalán prisoner at a Nazi concentration camp who uses his office job to steal photo negatives of the atrocities committed there, will be available to stream stateside exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Samuel Sim Scoring ITV’s ‘The Bay’
Posted: February 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ITV, Samuel Sim, The Bay
Samuel Sim (Awake, The Halcyon, Home Fires) is currently scoring the upcoming ITV original series The Bay. The show is created by Daragh Carville (Being Human, The Smoke) & Richard Clark and stars Morven Christie, Jonas Armstrong, Tracie Bennett, Lindsey Coulson, Chanel Cresswell, Louis Greatorex, Adam Long, Taheen Modak and Daniel Ryan. The 6-part drama is set in the coastal town of Morecambe Bay and centers on a female detective who is assigned to a missing persons investigation in the unique village. Read the rest of this entry »
