A soundtrack album has been released for the indie coming-of-age drama Jinn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jesi Nelson. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Jinn is written and directed by Nijla Mu’min and stars Zoe Renee, Simone Missick, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dorian Missick, Hisham Tawfiq and Kelly Jenrette. The movie revolves around a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jinn’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jesi Nelson, Jinn, Nijla Mu'min, score, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 14, 2018)
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arturo Sandoval, Atticus Ross, Backtrace, Bird Box, Capernaum, Daniel Pemberton, If Beale Street Could Talk, Junkie XL, Khaled Mouzanar, Mortal Engines, Nicholas Britell, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Mule, Tim Jones, Tom Holkenborg, Trent Reznor
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide today:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman and starring Shameik Moore, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Liev Schreiber and Brian Tyree Henry. The film’s original score is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ocean’s 8). Sony Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more information). Republic Records has released a separate album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for the full details).
Also opening wide is the crime drama The Mule directed by Clint Eastwood who also stars in the movie alongside Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga and Ignacio Serricchio. Arturo Sandoval (For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, At Middleton) has composed the film’s original score. Toby Keith has contributed an original song to the movie. Check out our previous article for more information about the track and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes Movie & Paul Feig’s ‘Last Christmas’
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fair and Balanced, Jay Roach, Last Christmas, Paul Feig, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro confirmed in a recent interview with Next Best Picture that he will reunite with director Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents) on the currently untitled drama about disgraced former Fox News chief Roger Ailes and the women who brought him down (also known under the working title Fair and Balanced). The movie stars John Lithgow as Ailes, alongside Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Malcolm McDowell, Mark Duplass, Alice Eve, Alanna Ubach, Elisabeth Röhm, Spencer Garrett, Connie Britton and Ashley Greene. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Backtrace’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Backtrace, score, Soundtrack, Tim Jones
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the crime thriller Backtrace. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tim Jones (Chuck, Human Target, Cult, Office Uprising, Beast of Burden). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Backtrace is directed by Brian A. Miller and stars Sylvester Stallone, Ryan Guzman, Matthew Modine, Meadow Williams and Christopher McDonald. The movie centers on the lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery as he is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Three Identical Strangers’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Paul Saunderson, score, Soundtrack, Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Three Identical Strangers. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Saunderson (Starfish, 100 Streets, The More You Ignore). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Three Identical Strangers is directed by Tim Wardle and tells the story of three strangers who are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters this summer by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Roma’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfonso Cuaron, Netflix, Roma, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks has announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Roma. The soundtrack is curated by director Alfonso Cuarón and soundtrack producers/music supervisors Lynn Fainchtein and Randall Poster and brings us back to the sonic Mexico of the 1970s, when the famous XEW, a reference of Mexican radio, transmitted English pop and rock, while gradually introducing the new Mexican pop, through performers like José José, Juan Gabriel, and Rigo Tovar, musical icons that in the present, have remained as references of Mexican and Latin American music. The album is being released digitally today. Visit Amazon to download the soundtrack. A CD version is available to order here. Roma is written and directed by Cuaron and stars Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Enoc Leaño and Daniel Valtierra. The movie chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ‘Fortitude’ Season 3 to Be Released
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ben Frost, Fortitude, score, Sky Atlantic, Soundtrack
SATV will release a new soundtrack album for the Sky Atlantic series Fortitude. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Ben Frost (Dark, Sleeping Beauty, The Deep, Super Dark Times). The Fortitude III soundtrack will be released digitally on December 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Mute Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first two seasons of the psychological thriller. Fortitude is created by Simon Donald and stars Richard Dormer, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Mia Jexen, Sofie Gråbøl, Alexandra Moen, Sienna Guillory, Luke Treadaway, Darren Boyd, Michael Gambon and Dennis Quaid. Read the rest of this entry »
Television Academy to Introduce New Category for Docu-Series
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The Television Academy has announced that it will be introducing a new category for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special.
‘Miamor perdido’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Miamor perdido, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish romantic comedy Miamor perdido. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, Risen, The Machinist, The Girl in the Spider’s Web). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Miamor perdido is directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and stars Dani Rovaro, Michelle Jenner, Vito Sanz and María Hinojosa. The movie centers on two lovers who break up and whose street cat appears to go missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull & Robert McDowell to Score Daniel Scheinert’s ‘The Death of Dick Long’
Posted: December 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andy Hull, Daniel Scheinert, Robert McDowell, The Death of Dick Long
Andy Hull & Robert McDowell are reuniting with director Daniel Scheinert on the upcoming feature The Death of Dick Long. The film stars Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah Baker and Jess Weixler. Billy Chew wrote the screenplay. Scheinert is also producing the project with Jonathan Wang and Melodie Sisk (Little Sister, Social Animals). Hull & McDowell have previously scored 2016’s Swiss Army Man, which was co-directed by Scheinert and Daniel Kwan. Read the rest of this entry »
