Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Ender’s Game, Skyscraper) is reteaming with director Peter Berg on the upcoming Netflix original movie Wonderland. The film is based on Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland written by Ace Atkins as part of the detective novel Spenser Series stars Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Michael Gaston, Marc Maron, Bokeem Woodbine, Iliza Shlesinger, Post Malone, James DuMont and Hope Wilson. The crime drama follows Spenser as he uncovers the truth about a sensational murder and the twisted conspiracy behind it. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Jablonsky to Reteam with Peter Berg on Netflix Movie ‘Wonderland’
Posted: January 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Peter Berg, Steve Jablonsky, Wonderland
Daniel Hart Scoring Casey Affleck’s ‘Light of My Life’
Posted: January 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Casey Affleck, Daniel Hart, Light of My Life
Daniel Hart has scored the upcoming indie drama Light of My Life. The film marks the second feature directorial effort of Casey Affleck (I’m Still Here) who also stars in the movie alongside Anna Pniowsky, Tom Bower, Elisabeth Moss and Hrothgar Mathews. The movie follows a father and his young daughter who are trapped in the woods after a deadly pandemic radically alters the world. Affleck also wrote the screenplay and is producing the Black Bear Pictures production with Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game, All Is Lost, Ben Is Back) and John Powers Middleton. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ulysses & Mona’ (‘Ulysse & Mona’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Minizza, score, Soundtrack, Ulysse & Mona, Ulysses & Mona
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Ulysses & Mona (Ulysse & Mona). The album features the film’s original music composed by Minizza (aka Franck Marguin & Geoffroy Montel) (Journey to Greenland). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio clips. Ulysses & Mona is written and directed by Sébastien Betbeder and stars Manal Issa, Eric Cantona, Quentin Dolmaire, Marie Vialle, Micha Lescot and Jean-Luc Vincent. The movie follows an art student who sets out to revive the prospects of a jaded famous artist retired from his life as an artist years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary Scoring Ciaran Foy’s ‘Eli’
Posted: January 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Ciaran Foy, Eli, Netflix
Bear McCreary has recently composed the music for the upcoming horror thriller Eli. The film is directed by Ciaran Foy (Sinister 2, Citadel) and stars Charlie Shotwell, Lili Taylor, Kelly Reilly, Max Martini and Sadie Sink. The movie centers on a young boy undergoing treatment for a rare disease at a secluded clinic, which becomes a haunted prison with no way out. David Chirchirillo (Cheap Thrills), Ian Goldberg (Fear the Walking Dead) and Richard Naing (The Autopsy of Jane Doe) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man in the High Castle’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Dominic Lewis, score, Soundtrack, The Man in the High Castle
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Man in the High Castle. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Dominic Lewis (Peter Rabbit, Free Birds, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, DuckTales, The DUFF). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 8, 2019 and will be available to download here. The label has previously released a two soundtrack albums featuring the score from the first two seasons. The Man in the High Castle is created by Frank Spotnitz and stars Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rupert Evans, Rufus Sewell, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joel de la Fuente and DJ Qualls. Read the rest of this entry »
Fil Eisler Scoring Ben Falcone’s ‘Superintelligence’
Posted: January 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Falcone, Fil Eisler, Superintelligence
Fil Eisler is reuniting with director Ben Falcone (The Boss, Tammy) on the upcoming action comedy Superintelligence. The movie starring Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Brian Tyree Henry and Sam Richardson follows a former corporate executive whose life is turned upside down when she is selected for observation by the world’s first super-intelligence – an artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world. Steve Mallory wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bros: After the Screaming Stops’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bros: After the Screaming Stops, David Rowntree, Ian Arber, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Bros: After the Screaming Stops. The album features the film’s original score composed by Blur drummer David Rowntree and Ian Arber (I Am Bolt, My Name Is Lenny, Scott and Sid). Also included are two songs by the titular band Bros. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Bros: After the Screaming Stops is directed by Joe Pearlman & David Soutar and documents the rise, fall, relationship, rehearsals and preparation 28 years on from the English pop band Bros’ sell-out reunion shows at London’s O2 Arena. Read the rest of this entry »
RZA to Score ‘Angel of Dust’
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angel of Dust, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan
Deadline is reporting that RZA is attached to score the upcoming horror thriller Angel of Dust. The Wu-Tang Clan member will also direct the movie, which follows a normal yet exceptionally smart teenager and talented rapper who – after the mysterious death of his parents – is forced to grow up in NY’s roughest inner-city street. RZA is also producing the project with Ghostface Killah and Impossible Dream Entertainment’s Shaun Redick (BlacKkKlansman). Matt Leslie & Stephen J. Smith (The Harrowing, Summer of ’84) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Vice Principals’ Announced
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Joseph Stephens, score, Soundtrack, Vice Principals
Waxwork Records has announced the first soundtrack release for the HBO original series Vice Principals. The album features the complete score from the show’s first two seasons composed by Joseph Stephens (Eastbound and Down, Observe and Report, Flower). The soundtrack will be released as a 180 gram North Jackson Warriors Blue and White colored vinyl (Season 1) and 180 Gram North Jackson Tigers Orange and White colored vinyl (Season 2) and will be available on the label’s official website starting tomorrow, January 29. Listen to five tracks from the album after the jump. Vice Principals is created by Jody Hill & Danny McBride who also stars in the comedy alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney. Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube Premium’s ‘Weird City’ to Feature Original Score by Chad Fischer
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chad Fischer, Charlie Sanders, Jordan Peele, Weird City, YouTube Premium
Chad Fischer (Scandal, Private Practice, Chasing Mavericks) is the composer of the new YouTube Premium original anthology series Weird City. The show is created by Jordan Peele (Get Out) & Charlie Sanders and stars Dylan O’Brien, Awkwafina, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Steven Yeun, Ed O’Neil, Hannah Simone, Gillian Jacobs, Laverne Cox, Malcolm Barrett, Mark Hamill, Yvette Nicole Brown, Trevor Jackson, Auli’i Cravalho, Levar Burton and Sara Gilbert. The sci-fi comedy is set in a dystopian setting, where the middle class has completely vanished dividing “Weird City” into two sections: Above the Line (The Haves), and Below the Line (The Have Nots). Read the rest of this entry »