Henry Jackman has confirmed in a recent interview with Film.Music.Media that he is set to score the upcoming Netflix original movie Dhaka. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Sam Hargrave and stars Chris Hemsworth, David Harbour, Golshifteh Farahani, Randeep Hooda and Rudhraksh Jaiswal. The action adventure follows a mercenary who has to liberate a kidnapped Indian boy who is being hidden in Dhaka and has to come to terms with his identity and sense of self. Read the rest of this entry »
Henry Jackman to Score Netflix’s ‘Dhaka’
Posted: December 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Russo, Dhaka, Henry Jackman, Joe Russo, Netflix, Sam Hargrave
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‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Bandersnatch’ to Feature Original Score by Brian Reitzell
Posted: December 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Black Mirror, Brian Reitzell, David Slade, Netflix
Brian Reitzell has composed the original music for the new Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch. The episode directed by David Slade (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry is set in 1984 and follows a young programmer who begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Series creator Charlie Brooker has written the script and is also executive producing the special interactive episode with Annabel Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
Herdís Stefánsdóttir to Score Ry Russo-Young’s ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’
Posted: December 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Ry Russo-Young, The Sun Is Also a Star
Herdís Stefánsdóttir has been hired to score the upcoming romantic drama The Sun Is Also a Star. The film is directed by Ry Russo-Young (Before I Fall, Nobody Walks) and stars Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Cathy Shim and Miriam A. Hyman. The movie is based on the bestselling YA novel by Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything) and centers on a girl in New York City whose pragmatism is challenged when she falls in love right before her family is set to be deported back to Jamaica. Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Barbershop: The Next Cut) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arctic’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arctic, Joe Penna, Joseph Trapanese, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the survival drama Arctic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, Allegiant, Robin Hood). The soundtrack will be released on February 1, 2019 and will be available to download on Amazon. A CD version is available to order as an import here. Arctic is co-written and directed by Joe Penna and stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic after an airline crash who must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters on February 1 by Bleecker Street. Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Lockington Scoring Richie Mehta’s ‘Delhi Crime Story’ & Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Kindness of Strangers’
Posted: December 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Lockington, Delhi Crime Story, Lone Scherfig, Richie Mehta, The Kindness of Strangers
Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Rampage, Journey to the Center of the Earth) is reteaming with director Richie Mehta on the upcoming mini-series Delhi Crime Story. The 7-parter is written and directed by Mehta and stars Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Adil Hussain, Gopal Datt and Vinod Sherawat. The drama is based on a. true story and follows the Delhi Police during their investigation of a horrific gang rape of a young woman on a bus in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Bruno Coulais to Reteam with Benoit Jacquot on ‘Mr. Casanova’ (‘Dernier amour’)
Posted: December 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benoit Jacquot, Bruno Coulais, Dernier amour, Mr. Casanova
Composer Bruno Coulais (Coraline, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration, The Chorus) is reuniting with director Benoît Jacquot on the upcoming French drama Mr. Casanova (Dernier amour). The film starring Vincent Lindon, Stacy Martin, Valeria Golino and Nathan Willcocks tells the story of the life of Giacomo Casanova, the famed Italian libertine, adventurer and author. Jacquot also co-wrote the screenplay with Chantal Thomas and Jerome Beaujour. Kristina Larsen (The Last Days) is producing the project. Coulais has previously collaborated with Jacquot numerous times on such films as Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid, 3 Hearts and this year’s Eva. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes Scoring William Nicholson’s ‘Hope Gap’
Posted: December 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Hope Gap, William Nicholson
Earlier this month, Alex Heffes has recorded his score for the upcoming British family drama Hope Gap. The film is written and directed by William Nicholson (screenwriter of Gladiator, Les Miserables, Shadowlands & Unbroken) and stars Annette Bening, Bill Nighy and Josh O’Connor. The movie charts the unraveling of a marriage after 29 years and the impact on a family unit. David M Thompson (Woman in Gold, The Sense of an Ending) is producing the project for Origin Pictures, alongside Sarada McDermott. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon’s ‘Lorena’ to Feature Music by Julian Wass
Posted: December 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Joshua Rofé, Julian Wass, Lorena
Julian Wass has been tapped to score the upcoming docu-series Lorena. The 4-parter is directed by Joshua Rofé (Lost for Life) and re-investigates the story of the notorious case of John and Lorena Bobbitt that made international headlines and helped birth a 24-hour news cycle, exploring vital moral issues and the missed opportunity for a national discussion about domestic violence and sexual assault. Rofé is also executive producing the Amazon Studios production with Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), Steven J. Berger, Win Rosenfeld (The Feels), Thomas Lesinski (Taboo) and Jenna Santoianni (Mr. Mercedes, Das Boot). Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Palmer & Zoë Barry Scoring Sophie Hyde’s ‘Animals’
Posted: December 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animals, Jed Palmer, Sophie Hyde, Zoë Barry
Jed Palmer (Upgrade, OtherLife) and Zoë Barry are composing the music for the upcoming comedy Animals. The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays) and stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat. The movie follows two best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when one of them gets engaged. Emma Jane Unsworth wrote the screenplay based on her novel. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All These Small Moments’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: All These Small Moments, Dan Lipton, Melissa B. Miller Costanzo, score, Soundtrack
Mother West Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama All These Small Moments. The album features the songs from the movie by artists such as Michael Flynn & Slow Runner, Jaymay, Echo Courts, Jean-Luc, Aloud, Kris Gruen & others. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Dan Lipton. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 18, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. All These Small Moments is written and directed by Melissa B. Miller Costanzo and stars Molly Ringwald, Brian d’Arcy James, Brendan Meyer, Sam McCarthy, Harley Quinn Smith and Jemima Kirke. Read the rest of this entry »
