Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, The Outsider, The White Tiger, The Devil All the Time, The Staircase, Tokyo Vice) have provided the original score for the upcoming comedy Y2K. The film marks the directorial debut of Kyle Mooney (Saturday Night Live, Brigsby Bear) and stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Mason Gooding and The Kid Laroi. The movie takes place on the last night of 1999 and follows two high school juniors as they crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Kyle Mooney’s ‘Y2K’
Posted: March 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, Kyle Mooney, Saunder Jurriaans, Y2K
Pamela Adlon’s ‘Babes’ to Feature Music by Ryan Miller & Jay Lifton
Posted: March 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Babes, Jay Lifton, Pamela Adlon, Ryan Miller
Ryan Miller (of Guster) (Safety Not Guaranteed, The Kings of Summer, The Fundamentals of Caring, In a World…) & Jay Lifton (Sister of the Groom, How He Fell in Love) have teamed up to score the upcoming comedy Babes. The film marks the directorial debut of actress/writer Pamela Adlon (Better Things) and stars Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch and Hasan Minhaj. The movie centers on a woman who – after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand – leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Penn Scoring Cazzie David’s & Elisa Kalani’s ‘I Love You Forever’
Posted: March 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani, I Love You Forever, Michael Penn
Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning, Masters of Sex, The Last Kiss) has recently scored the upcoming comedy drama I Love You Forever. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Cazzie David & Elisa Kalani and stars Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Jon Rudnitsky, Raymond Cham Jr. and David herself. The movie follows a disillusioned 25-year old law student whose love life consists of non-committal hookups who starts to believe true love may actually exist when she meets a handsome and charming journalist who isn’t afraid to show affection. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 8, 2024)
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 5lbs of Pressure, Accidental Texan, American Dreamer, Bear McCreary, Cabrini, Carl Thiel, Christopher Young, Clint Mansell, Damsel, David Fleming, Gene Back, Glitter & Doom, Hans Zimmer, High & Low: John Galliano, Imaginary, Indigo Girls, Jeff Russo, Kung Fu Panda 4, Love Lies Bleeding, Michelle Chamuel, Philippe Jakko, Sparks & Shadows, Steve Mazzaro, The Piper, Tom Hodge
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4 directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Jack Black, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Ian McShane, Bryan Cranston and Ke Huy Quan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well Tenacious D’s …Baby One More Time cover from the movie today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Imaginary directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Pyper Braun, Taegen Burns, Betty Buck and Veronica Falcon. Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead) has composed the theme(s) for the project and his Sparks & Shadows team has composed the original score. Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Blumhouse production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Irish Wish’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Irish Wish, Janeen Damian, Nathan Lanier, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Irish Wish. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Nathan Lanier (Home Before Dark, Jem and the Holograms, High Strung, Justin Bieber’s Believe, Falling for Christmas, Max Steel). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening title track below. Irish Wish is directed by Janeen Damian and stars Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Jane Seymour, Elizabeth Tan, Ayesha Curry and Jacinta Mulcahy. The romantic comedy follows a woman whose dream guy gets engaged her best friend, when she makes a wish on an ancient stone in Ireland – and wakes up as his bride-to-be. Read the rest of this entry »
Richard G. Mitchell Scoring Damian Mc Carthy’s ‘Oddity’
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Damian Mc Carthy, Oddity, Richard G. Mitchell, Shudder
Composer Richard G. Mitchell (A Good Woman, Moby Dick, To Kill a King, Grand Theft Parsons, Born American, Basil) is reteaming with director Damian Mc Carthy on the upcoming Irish supernatural horror thriller Oddity. The film is written and directed by Mc Carthy and stars Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Caroline Menton, Tadhg Murphy, Steve Wall, Jonathan French and Joe Rooney. The movie revolves around a blind medium that uncovers the truth behind her sister’s death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann to Score Rupert Sanders’ ‘The Crow’ Remake
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Rupert Sanders, The Crow, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose, Ammonite) has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller The Crow. The film is directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman, Ghost in the Shell) and stars Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs and Danny Huston. The movie based on the graphic novel of the same name by James O’Barr follows Eric Draven who – after being brutally murdered with his soulmate – is given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself and sets out to seek merciless revenge on the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. Read the rest of this entry »
‘High & Low: John Galliano’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: High & Low: John Galliano, Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack, Tom Hodge
Left Out Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary High & Low: John Galliano. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Mauritanian, The Ipcress File, Pump, Je Suis Karl, Name Me Lawand). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’ title track after the jump. High & Low: John Galliano is directed by Kevin Macdonald and charts the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano who was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
Frank Ilfman’s ‘Rabies’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aharon Keshales, Frank Ilfman, Kalevet, Navot Papushado, Rabies, score, Soundtrack
Papa Legba Recordings & Tokyo Records will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the 2010 Israeli horror movie Rabies (Kalevet) written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado and starring Lior Ashkenazi, Ania Bukstein, Danny Geva and Yael Grobglas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Operative, Ghost Stories, The Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Sunday, March 10 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »