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 »
RZA to Score ‘Angel of Dust’
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angel of Dust, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan
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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 »
Henry Jackman Scoring Matthew Michael Carnahan’s ‘Mosul’
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Russo, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mosul
Henry Jackman (Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6, Kong: Skull Island) has recently scored the upcoming thriller Mosul. The film is marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z, Deepwater Horizon, The Kingdom) and tells of the true story of an elite police unit made up almost entirely of native sons of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, who fought to liberate it from 6,000 ISIS militants who overran it in 2014. Carnahan also wrote the screenplay based on articles by Luke Mogelson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Quién te cantará’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Carlos Vermut, Quién te cantará, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/French drama Quién te cantará. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, The Kite Runner, Volver, Exodus: Gods and Kings). Also included are tracks by lead actress Najwa Nimri, Amaral and Kevin Thorpe. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Quién te cantará is directed by Carlos Vermut and stars Nimri, alongside Eva Llorach, Carmen Elías and Natalia de Molina. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla Scoring Netflix’s ‘Beats’
Posted: January 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Beats, Chris Robinson, Netflix, Siddhartha Khosla
Siddhartha Khosla is composing the original score for the upcoming Netflix original movie Beats. The film is directed by Chris Robinson (ATL) and stars Anthony Anderson, Uzo Aduba, Khalil Everage, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Paul Walter Hauser and hip hop artists Dave East and Dreezy. The drama revolves around an agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 27, 2019)
Posted: January 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, David Lang, Fox, Hulu, I Am the Night, Into the Dark, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Joe Wong, Matthew Margeson, Netflix, Rent, Russian Doll, The ABC Murders, TNT
Premiering tonight is the Fox Live television event Rent executive produced by Marc Platt based on Jonathan Larson’s stage musical of the same title and starring Vanessa Hudgens, Brandon Victor Dixon, Mario, Tinashe, Kiersey Clemons, Jordan Fisher, Brennin Hunt and Valentina. Masterworks Broadway will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the TV special. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the event.
Premiering tomorrow, January 28 is the TNT limited series I Am the Night developed by Sam Sheridan, executive produced by Patty Jenkins and starring Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays, Leland Orser, Yul Vasquez, Dylan Smith, Golden Brooks, Justin Cornwell, Jay Paulson and Connie Nielsen. The show’s original music is composed by David Lang (Youth, Wildlife). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on TNT. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian McOmber Scoring Annabelle Attanasio’s ‘Mickey and the Bear’
Posted: January 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Annabelle Attanasio, Brian McOmber, Mickey and the Bear
Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Krisha, Ugly) is scoring the upcoming indie drama Mickey and the Bear. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Annabelle Attanasio and stars Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield and Rebecca Henderson. The movie follows a teenage girl who has to keep her single, veteran father afloat, navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Attanasio also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Michel Legrand (1932 – 2019)
Posted: January 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand has passed away today at age 86 in Paris, France. The composer has written over 200 film/TV scores and songs over a five-decade spanning career. He received three Academy Awards for his scores for Robert Mulligan’s Summer of ’42 and Barbra Streisand’s Yentl and the song The Windmills of Your Mind from Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair. He was Oscar-nominated several other times for his music Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg & The Young Girls of Rochefort, songs from Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending, Daniel Haller’s Pieces of Dreams and Norman Jewison’s Best Friends. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 25, 2019)
Posted: January 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, David Hirschfelder, Dead Ant, Edwin Wendler, Electric Wave Bureau, In Like Flynn, King of Thieves, Max Richter, Never Look Away, Serenity, The Kid Who Would Be King
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure The Kid Who Would Be King written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson and Patrick Stewart. The film’s original music is composed by Electric Wave Bureau (Broken). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the music collective’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the mystery thriller Serenity written and directed by Steven Knight and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou and Jeremy Strong. Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam!, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Aviron Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
