Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Black Mass, Divergent) confirmed in a new interview with Film Music Magazine that he is currently scoring the upcoming live-action/animated hybrid feature Sonic the Hedgehog. The film is directed by Jeff Fowler and stars Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Neal McDonough, Adam Pally and Jim Carrey. The movie is based on the Sega video game franchise and follows a small-town sheriff in the rural town of Green Hills who teams up with Sonic to help him escape from the government who is looking to capture him. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) to Score ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Movie
Posted: February 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Fowler, Junkie XL, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tom Holkenborg
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Nicholas Britell to Reteam with Barry Jenkins on Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’
Posted: February 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Barry Jenkins, Nicholas Britell, The Underground Railroad
Nicholas Britell confirmed in recent interviews with Soundworks Collection and Deadline that he will be reteaming with director Barry Jenkins on the upcoming Amazon original limited series The Underground Railroad. The show is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title and centers on a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When a recent arrival from Virginia tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Jenkins will be directing all eleven episodes of the series. No casting announcements have been made yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’
Posted: February 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Danny Boyle, Yesterday
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Verse: Into the Spider-Verse, Ocean’s 8, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is composing the original score for the upcoming romantic comedy Yesterday. The film is directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) and stars Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran. The movie follows a struggling singer whose dreams are fading who wakes to discover that The Beatles have never existed and finds himself with a very complicated problem. Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Andy Grammer’s ‘Don’t Give Up On Me’ from ‘Five Feet Apart’ Released
Posted: February 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andy Grammer, Five Feet Apart
S-Curve Records has released the original song Don’t Give Up On Me from the romantic drama Five Feet Apart. The track is performed by Andy Grammer and co-written by the singer/songwriter with Bram Inscore, Jake Torrey and Sam Farrar. The song is now available to download on Amazon. Also listen to the full track, which is also featured in the movie’s trailer after the jump. Five Feet Apart is directed by Justin Baldoni and stars Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Paraminder Nagra and Claire Forlani. The movie scored by Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian revolves around two young people who meet and fall in love while being treated for their illnesses, knowing that they are both living on borrowed time. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ to Feature Music by Jonathan Sadoff, Zachary Dawes, Noam Pikelny & Gabe Witcher
Posted: February 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabe Witcher, Jonathan Sadoff, Noam Pikelny, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Zachary Dawes
Jonathan Sadoff (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Ingrid Goes West), Zachary Dawes (Big Time Adolescence) and Punch Brothers members Noam Pikelny & Gabe Witcher have composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Peanut Butter Falcon. The film is directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries) and stars Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, John Hawkes, Bruce Dern, Thomas Haden Church, Jon Bernthal, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Mick Foley and Yelawolf. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Isn't It Romantic?, John Debney, score, Soundtrack, Todd Strauss-Schulson
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the romantic comedy Isn’t It Romantic. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus). Also included are the musical numbers (I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) & Express Yourself) from the movie performed by the cast, as well as Alana D’s My Way (Remix). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 13 and will be available to download here. Isn’t It Romantic is directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and stars Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra, Betty Gilpin and Brandon Scott Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
Clint Mansell & Kevin Kiner Scoring DC Universe’s ‘Doom Patrol’
Posted: February 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Clint Mansell, DC Universe, Doom Patrol, Kevin Kiner
Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Moon, The Fountain) and Kevin Kiner (Star Wars Rebels, Narcos: Mexico, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) are the composers of the new DC Universe original series Doom Patrol. The show is developed by Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) based on the DC comics created by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney & Bruno Premiani and stars Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, Alan Tudyk and Timothy Dalton. The drama follows a group of outcast Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who You Think I Am’ (‘Celle que vous croyez’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Celle que vous croyez, Ibrahim Maalouf, Safy Nebbou, score, Soundtrack, Who You Think I Am
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ibrahim Maalouf (Yves Saint Laurent, One Man and His Cow, Radiance). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list andlisten to audio samples. Who You Think I Am is directed by Safy Nebbou and stars Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia, Marie-Ange Casta and Guillaume Gouix. The movie follows a 50-year old who creates a fake profile as a younger woman on social media to spy on her lover. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘An American Tail’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An American Tail, Don Bluth, James Horner, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Amblin Entertainment’s animated feature An American Tail directed by Don Bluth and starring Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Phillip Glasser. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens), including over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included are all the original songs from the movie written by Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, including the Academy Award-nominated Somewhere Out There. Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score Guan Hu’s ‘800’
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 800, Ba Bai, Guan Hu, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, The Crown) is set to compose the music for the upcoming Chinese war epic 800 (Ba Bai). The film is directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six, Cow) and tells the story of a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers in 1937 who put up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China. The movie is produced by Huayi Brothers Media. Read the rest of this entry »
