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 »
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
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Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Dark Heart’ Announced
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dan Jones, Dark Heart, ITV, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV series Dark Heart. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Vampire, My Scientology Movie, The Miniaturist). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 22 and will be available to download here. Dark Heart is written by Chris Lang and stars Tom Riley, Charlotte Riley, Miranda Raison and Anjli Mohindra. The 6-part crime thriller directed by Colin Teague follows Detective Inspector Will Wagstaffe as he investigates brutal and mysterious murders while battling his personal demons and dealing with romantic and family relationships. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) to Score Jessica Swale’s ‘Summerland’
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hauschka, Jessica Swale, Summerland, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has been hired to score the upcoming British romantic drama Summerland. The film marks the directorial debut of British playwright Jessica Swale and stars Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay, Lucas Bond and Dixie Egerickx. The World War II-set movie centers on a private and reclusive writer who finds herself being put responsible for the care of a young man after the London Blitz. Guy Heeley (Locke, Serenity, The Escape) and Adrian Sturges (The Escapist, The Disappearance of Alice Creed) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack EP for ‘Jane and Emma’ to Be Released
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jane and Emma, Soundtrack, The Bonner Family
Shadow Mountain Records will release a soundtrack EP for the faith-based drama Jane and Emma. The 6-track EP features songs from and inspired by the movie performed by The Bonner Family. The soundtrack will be released on March 1 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Jane and Emma is directed by Chantelle Squires and stars Danielle Deadwyler, Emily Goss, Brad Schmidt and Danor Gerald. The movie the story of two women: Emma Smith, the wife of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Jane Manning, one of the church’s first black members. Read the rest of this entry »
Mel Elias Scoring Richard Gray’s ‘Robert the Bruce’
Posted: February 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: All The Little Things We Kill, Mel Elias, Richard Gray, Robert the Bruce
Mel Elias is scoring the upcoming historical drama Robert the Bruce. The film is directed by Richard Gray (Sugar Mountain, The Lookalike) and stars Angus Macfadyen who is reprising his role from Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-winning 1995 feature Braveheart (scored by James Horner). He is joined by Jared Harris, Anna Hutchison, Patrick Fugit, Zach McGowan, Gabriel Bateman, Talitha Eliana-Bateman, Shane Coffey, Emma Kenney and Kevin McNally. The movie about the nobleman-turned-outlaw hero who was was crowned king of Scots in the 14th century continues the story where Braveheart left off. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Goransson Wins Grammy Award for ‘Black Panther’ Score
Posted: February 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Grammy Awards, Ludwig Göransson, Terence Blanchard, The Greatest Showman
Ludwig Goransson has won the Grammy Award for his music for Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. In the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt won the award for the song Shallows from Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born. Read the rest of this entry »
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga & Lukas Nelson Win BAFTA Award for ‘A Star Is Born’
Posted: February 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, BAFTA, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson have received their first BAFTA Award for their music for Cooper’s A Star Is Born in the Original Music category today at the ceremony at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Cooper accepted the award on behalf of the full music team. They were nominated in the BAFTA music category alongside Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman), Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk), Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs) and Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 10, 2019)
Posted: February 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, BET, Boomerang, Chad Fischer, Disney Channel, HBO, Jeff Russo, Jim Dooley, Julian Wass, Kim Possible, Lorena, Matthew Head, Miles Hankins, Miracle Workers, Netflix, Roque Banos, TBS, The Breaker Upperers, The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti, The Umbrella Academy, Weird City, YouTube Premium, Yucatan
Premiering on Tuesday, February 12 is the TBS original series Miracle Workers created by Simon Rich based on his book What in God’s Name and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni. No composer is credited on the show. Rob Hill serves as the project’s music supervisor. To learn more about the Heaven-set workplace comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on TBS, visit the official show website.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the BET original series Boomerang created by Lena Waithe & Ben Cory Jones based on the 1992 feature of the same title, executive produced by Halle Berry and starring Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson, Leland Martin and Lala Milan. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (The Family Business, The Man in 3B). Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will every Tuesday night on BET. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Holy Lands’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Sthers, Gregoire Hetzel, Holy Lands, score, Soundtrack
Pigalle Production has released a soundtrack album for the drama Holy Lands. The album features the film’s original music composed by Gregoire Hetzel (Incendies, Ismael’s Ghosts, My Golden Days, Summertime). Also included is Jimmy Cliff’s song Many Rivers to Cross. The soundtrack is now available digitally in France (visit the French Amazon store to check out audio samples). No word yet on a domestic release. Holy Lands is written and directed by Amanda Sthers and stars James Caan, Tom Hollander, Rosanna Arquette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Efrat Dor. The movie is based on Sthers’ own book and centers on a Jewish-American cardiologist who left everything behind to become a pig farmer in Israel. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 8, 2019)
Posted: February 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Cold Pursuit, David Wilder Savage, Everybody Knows, George Fenton, High Flying Bird, Javier Limón, Joe Kraemer, Joseph Bishara, Joseph Stephens, Mark Mothersbaugh, Robin Foster, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot, The Prodigy, Under the Eiffel Tower, Untogether, What Men Want
Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Tiffany Haddish. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details). Also available now is a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, most of which are written by Jon Lajoie (click here for more information).
Also opening nationwide is the comedy What Men Want directed by Adam Shankman and starring Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Tracy Morgan. Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also available now is H.E.R.’s cover of Aretha Franklin’s Think from the movie (click here for more details). Read the rest of this entry »
