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 »
Alex Heffes Scoring William Nicholson’s ‘Hope Gap’
Posted: December 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Hope Gap, William Nicholson
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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 »
Zacarias M. de la Riva Scoring Dan Krauss’ ‘The Kill Team’
Posted: December 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Krauss, The Kill Team, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, Tad the Explorer, Bent) has recently scored the upcoming thriller The Kill Team. The film is written and directed by Dan Krauss and stars Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgard, Rob Morrow, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell and Brian Marc. The movie based on Krauss’ 2013 documentary of the same title centers on a young American soldier trapped between his conscience and survival when members of his platoon carry out a murderous scheme in the wasteland of Southern Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
La-La Land Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Fox’s ‘The Orville’
Posted: December 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Cottee, Bruce Broughton, Joel McNeely, John Debney, score, Seth MacFarlane, Soundtrack, The Orville
La-La Land Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Fox sci-fi comedy drama The Orville. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, Miracle on 34th Street) who wrote the series’ main titles theme and scored the first episode, John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf), Joel McNeely (A Million Ways to Die in the West, Iron Will, American Dad) and Andrew Cottee. The 2-CD set will be released in early 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Laird-Clowes Scoring ‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’
Posted: December 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, Nick Broomfield, Nick Laird-Clowes
Nick Laird-Clowes (About Time, Fierce People, The Invisible Circus) is composing the original score for the upcoming documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love. The film is directed by Nick Broomfield (Tales of the Grim Sleeper) and tells the story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. The movie follows their relationship from the early days in Greece to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician. Broomfield is also producing the project with his regular producing partners Marc Hoeferlin & Shani Hinton and Kyle Gibbon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Aurora’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aurora, Oscar Fogelström, score, Soundtrack, Yam Laranas
MovieScore Media’s Screamworks Records has released a soundtrack album for the Philippine supernatural thriller Aurora. The album features the film’s original music composed by Oscar Fogelström (The Hypnotist). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Aurora is directed by Yam Laranas and stars Anne Curtis, Mercedes Cabral, Andrea Del Rosario, Sue Prado, Ricardo Cepeda, Ruby Ruiz, Allan Paule, and Arnold Reyes.. The movie centers on an island nation that is disrupted when a massive passenger ship named Aurora mysteriously collides and overturns. Read the rest of this entry »
Enis Rotthoff Scoring David Wnendt’s ‘The Sunlit Night’
Posted: December 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Wnendt, Enis Rotthoff, The Sunlit Night
Composer Enis Rotthoff is reteaming with director David Wnendt on the upcoming drama The Sunlit Night. The film marks the director’s English-language debut and stars Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, Fridjov Sáheim and David Paymer. The movie follows an American painter and a Russian émigré who find each other in the Arctic circle and discover a future and family that they didn’t know they had. Rebecca Dinerstein wrote the screenplay based on her own novel. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 23, 2018)
Posted: December 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Twelve-Year Night, Federico Jusid, La noche de 12 años, Netflix, Watership Down
Premiering today is the animated mini-series Watership Down directed by Noam Murro and featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff. The show’s original score is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Life Itself). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song by Emeli Sandé (click here for the full album details) and Capitol Records has released an original song written for the project by Sam Smith (click here for more information). The series is premiering in the U.S. on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
