Alex Heffes is reteaming with director Peter Webber on the upcoming documentary Earth: One Amazing Day. The film directed by Webber (The Girl With The Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising) & Richard Dale (The Human Body) is the sequel to 2007’s hit movie Earth (scored by George Fenton) and tells the story of one day in the life of the planet, “celebrating the billions of real-life dramas that occur in the natural world every day”. Robert Redford is narrating the English-langue version of the film, while Jackie Chan will narrate the Mandarin version. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes Scoring Peter Webber’s & Richard Dale’s ‘Earth: One Amazing Day’
Posted: February 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Earth: One Amazing Day, Peter Webber, Richard Dale
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Expanded ‘The Lover’ Score to Be Released
Posted: February 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriel Yared, Jean-Jacques Annaud, L'amant, score, Soundtrack, The Lover
Music Box Records has announced a 25th anniversary soundtrack edition for the 1992 drama The Lover (L’amant) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose, Enemy at the Gates, Seven Years in Tibet) and starring Jane March and Tony Leung. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the movie composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1408, Cold Mountain), including 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. To check out the full album details and to listen to three tracks from the score, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the limited edition CD.
‘Daguerrotype’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daguerrotype, Gregoire Hetzel, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Le secret de la chambre noire, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been announced for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s fantasy drama Daguerrotype (Le secret de la chambre noire). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, My Golden Days, The Tree). The soundtrack will be released overseas on February 24, 2017 by Cristal Records. Daguerrotype is co-written and directed by Kurosawa (Pulse, Tokyo Sonata) and stars Tahar Rahim, Constance Rousseau, Olivier Gourmet and Mathieu Amalric. The movie follows an aging photographer whose obsession with an archaic technique draws his young assistant and beautiful daughter into a dark and mysterious world. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle Scoring FX’s ‘Feud’
Posted: February 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Feud, Feud: Bette and Joan, FX, Mac Quayle, Ryan Murphy
Mac Quayle is composing the music for the upcoming FX anthology series Feud. The show’s first season, Bette and Joan, centers on the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis during the filming of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and after filming ended. The show is developed by Ryan Murphy (Glee, Nip/Tuck) and stars Jessica Lange as Crawford, Susan Sarandon as Davis, alongside Judy Davis, Jackie Hoffman, Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci and Alison Wright. Check out the show’s main titles sequence featuring Quayle’s music after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: February 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Chazelle, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Justin Hurwitz, Soundtrack
Milan Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for Damien Chazelle’s 2009 musical movie Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. The album features the music from the film composed by Academy Award nominee Justin Hurwitz (La La Land, Whiplash) and featuring lyrics by Chazelle. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24, 2017 and physically in March. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is written and directed by Chazelle and stars Jason Palmer, Desiree Garcia and Sandha Khin. The movie tells the story of a young couple, an up-and-coming trumpeter and an aimless introvert, whose relationship falls apart as the glow of their new love fades. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo to Score Craig William Macneill’s ‘Lizzie’
Posted: February 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig William Macneill, Jeff Russo, Lizzie
Jeff Russo is currently scoring the upcoming psychological thriller Lizzie. The film is directed by Craig William Macneill (The Boy) and stars Kristen Stewart, Chloe Sevigny, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, Fiona Shaw, Jamey Sheridan and Jeff Perry. The movie tells the story surrounding the infamous murder trial of convicted axe killer Elizabeth Borden who was eventually acquitted for the 1892 murder her father and stepmother in Fall Rivers, MA. Bryce Kass wrote the screenplay. Naomi Despres (Kill the Messenger) and Elizabeth Destro (Life of Crime) are producing the project. Russo previously collaborated with Macneill on the Syfy original series Channel Zero. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from The CW’s ‘Riverdale’ Released
Posted: February 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Riverdale, Soundtrack, The CW
WaterTower Music has released the first two singles featuring music from The CW drama Riverdale. The soundtracks feature the songs from the first two episodes of the series’ first season performed by cast members K.J. Apa, Ashleigh Murray, Asha Bromfield, Hayley Law and Madelaine Petsch. Click here to download the tracks from the premiere episode The River’s Edge and visit Amazon to download the songs from episode 2, Touch of Evil. More singles featuring the songs from the following episodes will be released over the next couple of weeks. Riverdale developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa based on the characters by Archie Comics also stars Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Luke Perry, Marisol Nichols, Mädchen Amick and Camila Mendes. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Ozark’ to Feature Music by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
Posted: February 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bill Dubuque, Danny Bensi, Netflix, Ozark, Saunder Jurriaans
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are composing the music for the upcoming Netflix original series Ozark. The show is created by Bill Dubuque (The Judge, The Accountant) and stars Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and Julia Garner. The drama takes place in the dark and dangerous world of drug-money laundering and revolves around a financial planner, his wife and their family’s sudden relocation from a Chicago suburb to a resort community in the Missouri Ozarks. Dubuque is also executive producing the Media Rights Capital (MRC) production with Bateman and Mark Williams (The Headhunter’s Calling). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tulip Fever’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Justin Chadwick, score, Soundtrack, Tulip Fever
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the period drama Tulip Fever. The album features the film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24, 2017 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to download the soundtrack. Tulip Fever is directed by Justin Chadwick and stars Alicia Vikander, Dan DeHaan, Christoph Waltz, Holliday Grainger, Jack O’Connell, Zach Galifianakis, Dame Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander and Cara Delevingne. The movie is set in 17th-century Amsterdam and follows a married woman who begins a passionate affair with an artist hired to paint her portrait. Read the rest of this entry »
Dino Meneghin to Score Taran Killam’s ‘Why We’re Killing Gunther’
Posted: February 7, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dino Meneghin, Taran Killam, Why We're Killing Gunther
Dino Meneghin has been hired to score the upcoming action comedy Why We’re Killing Gunther. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Taran Killam and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bobby Moynihan, Cobie Smulders, Paul Brittain, Hannah Simone and Ryan Gaul. Killam also wrote the screenplay and appears in the movie, which follows a group of eccentric assassins who are fed up with Gunther, the world’s greatest hit-man and decide to kill him. He is also producing the project with Kim Leadford, Ash Sarohia and Steve Squillante (13 Sins). Read the rest of this entry »
