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 »
‘Amundsen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amundsen, Johan Söderqvist, score, Soundtrack
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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 »
Bette Midler to Perform ‘The Place Where Lost Things Go’ from ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ at Oscars
Posted: February 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Bette Midler, Mary Poppins Returns
Bette Midler has announced that she will be performing the original song The Place Where Lost Things Go from Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. The song, which is performed in the movie by Emily Blunt, is written by Marc Shaiman (who is also one of the nominees in the Best Original Score category) & Scott Wittman. Click here to purchase the song and soundtrack. As previously reported, Jennifer Hudson will perform the I’ll Fight from RBG, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings will perform When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper will perform the song Shallow from A Star Is Born. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Toyne Scoring David Hackl’s ‘Daughter of the Wolf’ & Paul A. Kaufman’s ‘Butter’
Posted: February 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Butter, Daughter of the Wolf, David Hackl, Jeff Toyne, Paul A. Kaufman
Jeff Toyne (Rogue, Dirty Girl, 9/11, You Me Her) has recently composed the music for the upcoming thriller Daughter of the Wolf. The film is directed by David Hackl (Saw V, Into the Grizzly Maze) and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Gina Carano, Brendan Fehr, Anton Gillis-Adelman and Sydelle Noel. The movie follows a woman who returns home from her tour in the Middle East to the news of her father’s passing. When word spreads about her large inheritance, her son is kidnapped and held for ransom by a local gang. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2019)
Posted: February 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alita: Battle Angel, Anže Rozman, Bear McCreary, Birds of Passage, Donnybrook, Fighting with My Family, Great Bear Rainforest, Hans Zimmer, Happy Death Day 2U, Isn't It Romantic?, John Debney, Junkie XL, Leonardo Heiblum, Lucas Elliot Eberl, Michael Price, Patrick, Phil Mossman, The Maestro, Tom Holkenborg, Vik Sharma
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure Alita: Battle Angel directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron and starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein and Jackie Earle Haley. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details). Also available now is the original end credits track Swan Song performed by Dua Lipa (click here for more information).
Also opening wide is the slasher sequel Happy Death Day 2U directed by Christopher Landon and starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Suraj Sharma and Ruby Modine. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Outlander) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also click here for details about the release of Lizzo’s cover of Stayin’ Alive from the movie’s end credits. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superman: The Movie’ 40th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Archer, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Superman: The Movie, Warning Shot
La-La Land Records has announced the details for its latest limited edition soundtrack albums, including a 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition for Richard Donner’s 1978 classic Superman: The Movie starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder. The 3-CD set features the film’s complete score composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark) on the first two discs (including alternate and additional cues), and a remastered version of the original 1978 soundtrack album on the third disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the album, which is limited to 5,000 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Swoon’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bjorn Stein, Mans Marlind, Nathaniel Mechaly, score, Soundtrack, Swoon
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish fantasy romance Swoon (Eld & Lågor). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathaniel Mechaly (Taken series, Colombiana, The Grandmaster, Transporter: The Series, Shut In). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version will be coming out soon from Music Box Records. Swoon is written and directed by Mans Marlind & Bjorn Stein and stars Pernilla August, Albin Grenholm, Frida Gustavsson and Robert Gustafson. The movie takes place in an imaginary universe and follows the love story between the young heirs of two rival families who own neighboring amusement parks. Read the rest of this entry »
More Songs from ‘Kim Possible’ Movie Released
Posted: February 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Berry, Disney Channel, Issac Ryan Brown, Kim Possible, Sean Giambrone, Sky Katz
Walt Disney Records has released two more songs from the Disney Channel original movie Kim Possible, including the original track Party with Me written by Jack Kugell, Hanna Jones & Matt Wongand and performed by Sky Katz (visit Amazon to download the song). Also available now is Naked Mole Rap Remix written by Adam Berry (South Park, The Penguins of Madagascar) who scored the animated Kim Possible series, as well as Mark McCorkle & Bob Schooley and performed by Sean Giambrone & Issac Ryan Brown (click here to download). Listen to both songs after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
