Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Walt Disney World’s themed area Pandora: The World of Avatar. The album features the music written by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) and Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Peppermint) for the attractions located in the themed area. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. Pandora: The World of Avatar is based on James Cameron’s 2009 hit movie scored by Horner who received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Walt Disney World’s ‘Pandora: The World of Avatar’ Released
Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avatar, James Horner, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Simon Franglen
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‘Edmond’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Michalik, Edmond, Romain Trouillet, score, Soundtrack
Gaumont and Légende Films have released a soundtrack album for the French/Belgian historical comedy drama Edmond. The album features the film’s original music composed by Romain Trouillet (Sauvage). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to to audio clips. A CD version will also be released overseas. Edmond is written and directed by Alexis Michalik and stars Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner and Tom Leeb. The movie based on Michalik’s hit stage play of the same title is set against the vibrant backdrop of Belle Epoque Paris and revolves around the writing of the world famous play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand in 1897. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Hewitt Scoring Dan Berk’s & Robert Olsen’s ‘Villains’
Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Hewitt, Dan Berk, Robert Olsen, Villains
Andrew Hewitt is composing the original music for the upcoming thriller Villains. The film is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen (The Stakelander, Body) and stars Bill Skarsgard, Maika Monroe, Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan. The movie follows two amateur criminals who, after breaking into a suburban home, stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out. Tim & Trevor White (Ingrid Goes West, LBJ) and Allan Mandelbaum (Welcome Home) are producing the project for Star Thrower Entertainment, alongside Garrick Dion (Prospect, Parallel) for the Realm. Read the rest of this entry »
‘On Her Shoulders’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandria Bombach, On Her Shoulders, Patrick Jonsson, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary On Her Shoulders. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Jonsson (Virunga, The White Helmets, Black Earth Rising). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 4 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. On Her Shoulders is directed by Alexandria Bombach and focuses on Nadia Murad, who survived the 2014 genocide of the Yazidis in Northern Iraq and escaped sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS. The movie is one of the 15 titles shortlisted in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Roger Eno Scoring SundanceTV’s ‘State of the Union’
Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nick Hornby, Roger Eno, State of the Union, Stephen Frears, SundanceTV
Roger Eno is composing the music for the upcoming SundanceTV original series State of the Union. The show is created by Nick Hornby (About a Boy, High Fidelity, Brooklyn), directed by Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Queen, Philomena) and stars Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd. The comedy follows a couple who meet at a pub immediately before their weekly marital therapy session. Each episode pieces together how their lives were, what drew them together, and what has started to pull them apart. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘The Village’ to Feature Music by WAZ-Jackson
Posted: January 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: NBC, The Village, WAZ-Jackson
The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack, Life Sentence) is composing the original score for the upcoming NBC drama The Village. The show is created by Mike Daniels (Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy) and stars Moran Atias, Dominic Chianese, Warren Christie, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Daren Kagasoff, Michaela McManus, Lorraine Toussaint and Grace Van Dien. The series follows the residents of a Manhattan apartment building. Daniels is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Jessica Rhoades (The Affair, Sharp Objects) and Minkie Spiro. Read the rest of this entry »
Matthew Margeson to Score Tanya Wexler’s ‘Buffaloed’
Posted: January 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Buffaloed, Matthew Margeson, Tanya Wexler
Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle) has been tapped to score the upcoming indie comedy drama Buffaloed. The film is directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria, Finding North) and stars Zoey Deutch, Jermaine Fowler, Judy Greer and Jai Courtney. The movie follows a hustler who decides to become a debt collector and wages war with the “kingpin” of debt collecting in Buffalo. Brian Sacca wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Bad Words) & Finemore (Crawlspace) for Lost City and Jeffrey Katz & Michael Bannor MacGregor for Bold Crayon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘General Magic’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benji Merrison, General Magic, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary General Magic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (Dynasties). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 4 and will be available to download on Amazon. General Magic is directed by Sarah Kerruish & Matt Maude and tells the story of the titular startup company, which spun out from Apple in 1990 to create the ‘next big thing’. The movie tracks the progress of anytime, anywhere communication from a thing of sci-fi fiction in 1994 to a reality in our pockets and on our wrists today. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka) to Score ‘The Name of the Rose’ TV Series and BBC/Starz’s ‘The Dublin Murders’
Posted: January 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Hauschka, Starz, The Dublin Murders, The Name of the Rose, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has signed on to score the upcoming limited series The Name of the Rose. The 8-parter stars John Turturro, Michael Emerson, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Sebastian Koch, James Cosmo, Richard Sammel, Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Greta Scarano. The drama based on Umberto Eco’s novel (which has previously been adapted into a movie version scored by James Horner) is set in Italy in 1327 and follows a Franciscan monk and his novice as they arrive at a secluded monastery in the Alps, where they become witnesses to a series of mysterious murders. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bird Box’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Bird Box, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Susanne Bier, Trent Reznor
The Null Corporation has released a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mid90s, Patriots Day). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A physical release featuring an hour of additional music will be released this spring. Bird Box is directed by Susanne Bier and stars Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Colson Baker, BD Wong, Sarah Paulson and John Malkovich. Read the rest of this entry »
