91st Academy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: January 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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oscars9 This morning, the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2018 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network. Here are the music-related nominations:

Best Original Score:

      • 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 Albums
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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 Assignments
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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 Albums
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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 Albums
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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 Assignments
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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 Assignments
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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 Assignments
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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 »

‘Burning’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Korean drama Burning (Beoning). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mowg (I Saw the Devil, The Last Stand, The Age of Shadow). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Burning is directed by Lee Chang-dong and stars Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun and Jong-seo Jun. The movie centers on an introverted young man whose difficult life is complicated by the appearance of two people into his orbit: a spirited young woman who offers romantic possibility, and a wealthy young man she returns from a trip with. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 18, 2019)

Posted: January 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the mystery thriller Glass written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. The film’s original music is composed by West Dylan Thordson (Split, Joy, 3 Generations). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the Japanese anime movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly directed by Tatsuya Nagamine and written by Akira Toriyama. Norihito Sumitomo (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods & Resurrection ‘F’) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released in Japan. Daichi Miura has contributed the film’s theme song Blizzard. The movie is being released in the U.S. by FUNimation. Read the rest of this entry »

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