Paul Englishby (An Education, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Luther, The Musketeers) is currently scoring the upcoming Acorn TV original series Queens of Mystery. The show is created by Julian Unthank (Doc Martin, New Tricks) and stars Matilda Stone, Olivia Vinall, Julie Graham, Sarah Woodwar, Siobhan Redmond, Andrew Leung, Rebecca Grant, Michael Elcock and Martin Trenaman. The British drama centers on three crime-writing sisters, and their 28-year old niece who use their extensive knowledge of crime to solve whodunit style murders in the picturesque English village of Wildemarsh. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Englishby Scoring Acorn TV’s ‘Queens of Mystery’
Posted: January 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Acorn TV, Paul Englishby, Queens of Mystery
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’15 Minutes of War’ (‘L’intervention’) Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 15 Minutes of War, Fabien Courtier, Fred Grivois, L'intervention, Mike Kourtzer, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian drama 15 Minutes of War (L’intervention). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mike & Fabien Kourtzer (Corporate, Number One). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list. A CD version will also be released overseas. 15 Minutes of War is directed by Fred Grivois and stars Olga Kurylenko, Alban Lenoir, Sébastien Lalanne, David Murgia, Michaël Abiteboul, Vincent Perez and Josiane Balasko. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Isbell Scoring Logan Marshall-Green’s ‘Adopt a Highway’
Posted: January 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adopt a Highway, Jason Isbell, Logan Marshall-Green
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Adopt a Highway. The movie marks the directorial debut of actor Logan Marshall-Green and stars Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Diana Gaeta Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Mo McRae, Chris Sullivan, Nate Mooney, Christopher Heyerdahl and Anne Marie Johnson. The film revolves around an ex-con who must learn to navigate the modern world while coming to terms with his own life, all while caring for an abandoned baby he finds in a dumpster. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to Develop Stage Musical ‘SLAM’ with Tony Hawk
Posted: January 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, SLAM
Producers Anita Greenspan and pro-skater Tony Hawk with executive producer Adam Zotovich announced today that a new musical adaptation of the 2007 Nick Hornby (About a Boy, High Fidelity) novel, SLAM, is in development. Film composer Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) is writing the music and lyrics for the project, which will feature a book by Kyle Jarrow (SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical). Hawk, who is featured as a character in the novel, is a producer on the project and is slated to develop skate choreography. Read the rest of this entry »
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz to Write Music for ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Live Action Movie
Posted: January 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Deadline is reporting that Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid) and Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt) are set to write the music for a new live action adaptation of the 1996 Disney animated classic and Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly, Tarzan) is writing the screenplay. David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman (The Fighter, The Muppets, Wonder) are producing the Mandeville production alongside Josh Gad who is in consideration to star as the lead character. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Elsa Amiel’s ‘Pearl’ to Be Released
Posted: January 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elsa Amiel, Fred Avril, Pearl, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the French/Swiss drama Pearl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, I Am Not an Easy Man, Sound of Noise). The soundtrack will be released on January 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Pearl is co-written and directed by Elsa Amiel and stars Julia Fory, Peter Mullan, Vidal Arzoni, Arieh Worthalter and Agata Buzek. The movie follows a female bodybuilder just before the most important competition of her career when her ex-boyfriend shows up with the 6-year-old son she has not seen in years. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Racetime’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jean-François Pouliot, Racetime, Soundtrack
Musicor will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Racetime. The album features the songs from the movie performed by Robby Johnson, Simple Plan, Cyndi Lauper, Lara Fabian, Lulu Hughes & Kim Richardson and others. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Racetime is directed by Jean-François Pouliot and features the voices of Sonja Ball, Lucinda Davis, Tod Fennell, Noel Fisher, Dawn Ford, Angela Galuppo, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Elizabeth Macrae, Satine Scarlett Montaz and Don W. Shepherd. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Doyle to Score Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Death on the Nile’
Posted: January 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle confirmed in a recent interview with The Scotsman that is set to compose the music for the upcoming film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, the follow-up to Murder on the Orient Express, which the composer scored in 2017. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh who will also reprise his lead role as Hercule Poirot. Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer and Tom Bateman will also star in the movie, which follows Poroit on a luxurious cruise on the Nile River as he identifies a motley collection of would-be killers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Being Rose’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Being Rose, Brian Ralston, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Music has released a soundtrack album for the drama Being Rose. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian Ralston (Crooked Arrows, Awaken, Don’t Fade Away). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes and is also available to stream on Spotify. A physical release is also in the works. Being Rose is written and directed by Rod McCall and stars Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. The movie follows the story of a widowed ex-cop who discovers that she may have a life threatening illness and decides to go on a solo road trip in a motorized wheelchair, when she meets and falls in love with a charming cowboy who has to come to a crossroads of his own. Read the rest of this entry »
Germaine Franco Scoring Tina Gordon’s ‘Little’
Posted: January 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Germaine Franco, Little, Tina Gordon
Germaine Franco (Dope, Tag) is scoring the upcoming comedy Little. The film is directed by Tina Gordon (Peeples) and stars Regina Hall, Issa Rae and Marsai Martin. The movie centers on an adult woman who gets the chance to relive her carefree youth after the pressures of adulthood overwhelm her. Gordon also co-wrote the screenplay with Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Barbershop: The Next Cut) based on an idea by Martin. Will Packer (Ride Along, Think Like a Man) & James Lopez (Breaking In) are producing the project with Kenya Barris (Girls Trip, Black-ish). Read the rest of this entry »
