Notefornote Music has announced a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Dead Ant. The album features the film’s original score composed by Edwin Wendler (I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance Is Mine, Unnatural, Tales of Halloween), as well as two bonus tracks not featured in the movie, including a fully fleshed-out version of the composer’s “triumph theme,” especially arranged and recorded for this album. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 25 (click here to pre-order). A CD version will also be available to order on the label’s website on Friday. Already available now is the original song Side Boob written by the movie’s director Ron Carlson and performed by the fictional metal band Sonic Grave from the movie (click here to download). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dead Ant’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dead Ant, Edwin Wendler, Ron Carlson, score, Soundtrack
Victor Reyes Scoring Karzan Kader’s ‘Trading Paint’
Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Karzan Kader, Trading Paint, Victor Reyes
Victor Reyes (The Night Manager, Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights) has composed the original music for the upcoming action thriller Trading Paint. The film is directed by Karzan Kader (Bekas) and stars John Travolta, Shania Twain, Michael Madsen, Toby Sebastian, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers and Kevin Dunn. The movie centers on a down-and-out dirt track racing legend who is drawn back into the winner’s circle after his son joins a competitor’s racing team and incites a competition between father and son. Read the rest of this entry »
91st Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Best Original Score:
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- BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
- Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson
- If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
- Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
- Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
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‘Dirty God’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dirty God, Rutger Reinders, Sacha Polak, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the drama Dirty God. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rutger Reinders (Zagros, Broers). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Dirty God is co-written and directed by Sacha Polak and stars Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Eliza Brady-Girard, Rebecca Stone, Bluey Robinson and Dana Marienci. The movie revolves around a young mother who is forced to reconstruct her life after an acid attack leaves her with facial scars. The drama is premiering as the opening night of the International Film Festival Rotterdam this week and will have its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival a few days later. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay Wadley to Score Netflix’s ‘Tales of the City’ Revival
Posted: January 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam, Jay Wadley, Netflix, Olympic Dreams, Tales of the City
Jay Wadley (Indignation, The OA, Cruise) has been tapped to score upcoming Netflix limited series Tales of the City. The show is developed by Lauren Morelli (Orange Is the New Black) based on Armistead Maupin’s books and stars Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Barbara Garrick and Paul Gross who reprise their roles from the 1993 mini-series (scored by John Keane) and its sequels. They are joined by Ellen Page, Murray Bartlett, Charlie Barnett, Josiah Victoria Garcia and May Hong. The drama follows Mary Ann who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career and will quickly be drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal and the residents of 28 Barbary Lane. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Electric Wave Bureau, Joe Cornish, score, Soundtrack, The Kid Would Be King
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for Joe Cornish’s fantasy adventure The Kid Who Would Be King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Damon Albarn’s music collective Electric Wave Bureau (Broken). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas and will be released in the U.S. on January 25 (click here to download the album). The Kid Would Be King is written and directed by Cornish and stars Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Ferguson and Patrick Stewart. The movie follows a twelve-year-old British schoolboy whose everyday problems are dwarfed by his discovery of the mythical sword Excalibur. Read the rest of this entry »
‘First Reformed’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: First Reformed, Lustmord, Paul Schrader, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for Paul Schrader’s drama First Reformed. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Lustmord and includes extended versions of the score formatted as a standalone album. The soundtrack is now available to purchase on Amazon. First Reformed is written and directed by Schrader and stars Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried and Cedric Kyles. The movie follows a pastor of a small church in upstate New York who spirals out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin Scoring Julian Jarrold’s ‘Sulphur and White’
Posted: January 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, Julian Jarrold, Sulphur and White, Untouchable
Anne Nikitin (American Animals, The Imposter, Calibre, Mrs. Wilson, This Beautiful Fantastic) has composed the music for the upcoming British drama Sulphur and White. The film is directed by Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Brideshead Revisited) and stars Mark Stanley, Emily Beecham, Anna Friel and Dougray Scott. The movie is inspired by the life of city trader and mountaineer David Tait, a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets. Susie Farrell wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 20, 2019)
Posted: January 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Earth Rising, Black Monday, Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Deadmau5, Justin Melland, Kris Bowers, Martin Phipps, Netflix, Polar, Showtime
Premiering tonight is the new Showtime original series Black Monday created by David Caspe & Jordan Cahan and starring Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, Yassir Lester, Michael James Scott and Eugene Cordero. The show’s original music is composed by Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, Of Monsters and Men). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime
Premiering on Thursday, January 24, is the Netflix docu-series Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes directed by Joe Berlinger about serial killer Ted Bundy. Justin Melland (Dark Net, The Force, Wrong Man) has composed the original music for the show, which features present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings made on death row. The full series will be available to stream on Thursday exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Haslinger Scoring Netflix’s Mötley Crüe Biopic ‘The Dirt’
Posted: January 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jeff Tremaine, Netflix, Paul Haslinger, The Dirt
Paul Haslinger has recently composed the original score for the upcoming Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt. The film is directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass: The Movie, Bad Grandpa) and stars Douglas Booth, Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Tony Cavalero, Rebekah Graf, Leven Rambin and David Costabile. The movie is based on Neil Strauss’ book The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band and follows the band’s rise to international stardom in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
