Grammy nominee Dua Lipa has recorded an original song for the sci-fi action movie Alita: Battle Angel. She also co-wrote the track, entitled Swan Song, which will be featured in the movie directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron & Jon Landau and starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson. The movie based on the graphic novel series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro follows a woman who awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize and is taken in by compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Rodriguez’s & James Cameron’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ to Feature New Song by Dua Lipa
Posted: December 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alita: Battle Angel, Dua Lipa, Robert Rodriguez
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Daniel Pemberton Scoring HBO’s ‘Brexit’
Posted: December 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brexit, Channel 4, Daniel Pemberton, HBO, Toby Haynes
Daniel Pemberton has announced that he has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO original movie Brexit. The film is directed by Toby Haynes and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver, Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications and head of the Remain campaign. The drama goes behind the scenes, revealing the personalities, strategies and feuds of the Leave and Remain campaigns. James Graham (A Brilliant Young Mind) wrote the script and is also executive producing the HBO Films, BBC Studios and Channel 4 production with Juliette Howell (London Spy) and Tessa Ross. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Fortunate Man’ (‘Lykke-Per’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Fortunate Man, Lorenz Dangel, Lykke-Per, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the Danish drama A Fortunate Man (Lykke-Per). The album features the films original music composed by Lorenz Dangel (Hell, What Will People Say). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. A Fortunate Man is directed by Bille August (The House of the Spirits, Smilla’s Sense of Snow) and stars Esben Smed, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal and Tommy Kenter. The movie is based on nobel prize winning author Henrik Pontoppidan’s 1898 novel and follows a young man, Per, who decides to break free from his strict religious home and leave his patriarch father in Jutland, an island on the top of Denmark, in a quest for happiness. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 16, 2018)
Posted: December 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, Aaron Zigman, Amazon, American Dream/American Knightmare, Fabian Römer, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jeff Danna, Michael Kadelbach, Netflix, Perfume, Showtime, Vanity Fair
Premiering on Friday, December 21 in the U.S. is the British mini-series Vanity Fair developed by Gwyneth Hughes and starring Olivia Cooke, Tom Bateman, Suranne Jones, Michael Palin, Johnny Flynn and Martin Clunes. The show’s original music is composed by show’s original music composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, The Split, Vita and Virginia). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Afterhere, Jade Bird, Paloma Faith & others earlier this fall when the series premiered in the UK on ITV. Click here for the full album details. The drama is making its U.S. debut on Amazon Prime.
Also premiering on Friday is DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix original series 3Below: Tales of Arcadia created by Guillermo del Toro and starring Diego Luna, Tatiana Maslany, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Cole Sand, Steven Yeun, Emile Hirsch and Kelsey Grammer. Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Boondock Saints, Storks, Tyrant) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which marks the second show in del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia trilogy following Trollhunters, and which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather McIntosh Scoring Martha Stephens’ ‘To the Stars’
Posted: December 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heather McIntosh, Martha Stephens, To the Stars
Heather McIntosh (Compliance, Z for Zachariah, One Dollar, 6 Balloons) is scoring the upcoming drama To the Stars. The film is directed by Martha Stephens (Land Ho!) and stars Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Shea Whigham, Malin Akerman and Tony Hale. The movie centers on a withdrawn farmer’s daughter who forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma. Shannon Bradley-Colleary wrote the screenplay. Kristin Mann (Poor Boy), Laura D. Smith (I’ll See You in My Dreams) and Erik Rommesmo (It Follows, The Hero) are producing the project. 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
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 »
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 »
