Quartet Records will release a soundtrack album for the Spanish supernatural thriller Mirage (Durante la tormenta). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, Crimson Peak, Mama, The Orphanage, Hercules, A Monster Calls). To order the CD version, which is coming out this Friday, and to check out audio samples, visit the label’s official website. Mirage is directed by Oriol Paulo (The Invisible Guest, Julia’s Eyes) and stars Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez and Nora Navas. The movie revolves around a happily married mother whose life turns into a nightmare when in the attempt to avoid a crime ends up provoking a series of chain reactions that change her life completely. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mirage’ (‘Durante la tormenta’) Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Durante la tormenta, Fernando Velazquez, Mirage, Oriol Paulo, score, Soundtrack
George Kallis to Score Ulrich Thomsen’s ‘Gutterbee’
Posted: January 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Kallis, Gutterbee, Lev Yashin, Ulrich Thomsen
George Kallis has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Gutterbee. The film marks the second directorial effort of Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen and stars Antony Starr, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Pia Mechler, Joshua Harto, Clark Middleton, Chance Kelly and Garret Williams. The movie follows two hopeless dreamers in small-town America who want to open the ultimate German sausage restaurant. Thomsen is also producing the project with Henrik Puggaard. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Superlópez’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 23, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fernando Velazquez, score, Soundtrack, Superlópez
Quartet Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Spanish comedy Superlópez. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Mama, Hercules) and performed by the Asturias Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released this Friday, January 25. Visit the label’s official website to pre-order the CD version and to check out the track list and audio clips. Superlópez is directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and stars Dani Rovira, Alexandra Jiménez, Julián López and Maribel Verdú. The movie follows an ordinary and anonymous office worker who decides to expose his superpowers and turns into the first Spanish superhero. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley Scoring Ric Roman Waugh’s ‘Angel Has Fallen’
Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Angel Has Fallen, David Buckley, Ric Roman Waugh
Last week, David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, Papillon) has recorded his score for the upcoming action thriller Angel Has Fallen. The film is directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Shot Caller, Snitch) and stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Landers, Tim Blake Nelson, Antonio Bustorff, Danny Huston, Lance Reddick and Piper Perabo. The movie is the follow-up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen & 2016’s London Has Fallen (both scored by Trevor Morris) and follows Mike Banning as he becomes the target of a terrorist attack, this time while mid-flight on Air Force One. 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
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 »
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
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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 »
