Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for Adam McKay’s political comedy drama Vice. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Succession, Battle of the Sexes). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Vice is written and directed by McKay and stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk and LisaGay Hamilton. The movie explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vice’ Score Album Details
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam McKay, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack, Vice
Soundtrack Album for Wash Westmoreland’s ‘Colette’ to Be Released
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Colette, score, Soundtrack, Thomas Adès, Wash Westmoreland
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the period drama Colette. The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Adès. Also included are a number of classical pieces by Camille Saint-Saëns, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Colette is directed by by Wash Westmoreland and stars Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh and Eleanor Tomlinson. The movie revolves around the French novelist (author of Gigi and Cheri) who overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in turn-of-the-century Paris and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ben Is Back’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Is Back, Dickon Hinchliffe, Peter Hedges, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Ben Is Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Locke, Out of the Furnace). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon. Ben Is Back is written and directed by Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life, The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and stars Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance and Kathryn Newton. The movie revolves around the unexpected homecoming of a mother’s charming yet troubled prodigal son, which forces her into a situation where she must do all she can to prevent her family’s downfall. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Megan Leavey’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Mark Isham, Megan Leavey, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the drama Megan Leavey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Cloak & Dagger, The Accountant, Miracle). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 (click here to download the album and check out audio samples). A CD version is in the works from Quartet Records. Megan Leavey is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and stars Kate Mara, Edie Falco, Ramón Rodríguez, Bradley Whitford and Common. The movie tells the story of a young Marine who turned her life around by enlisting in the K9 unit, where she was teamed with an aggressive combat dog. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter Scoring James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ad Astra, James Gray, Max Richter
Max Richter is scoring the upcoming sci-fi drama Ad Astra. The film is directed by James Gray (The Lost City of Z, We Own the Night, The Immigrant) and stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Jamie Kennedy and Donald Sutherland. The movie follows a man who journeys across the solar system in search of his missing father, a dangerous renegade scientist. Gray also co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Gross. Pitt and Grey are also producing the project for Plan B’s Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner (12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Big Short) and RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name), Keep Your Head Productions’ Anthony Katagas (Nerve). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mortal Engines’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christian Rivers, Junkie XL, Mortal Engines, score, Soundtrack, Tom Holkenborg
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of Mortal Engines. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 14, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. Mortal Engines is directed by Christian Rivers and stars Hugo Weaving Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Rafterty, Leila George, Patrick Maladhide and Stephen Lang. The movie co-written and produced by Peter Jackson is based on Philip Reeve’s book of the same title and is set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event and cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Travelers’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Lastiwka, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Travelers
Lakeshore Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the sci-fi drama Travelers. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Adam Lastiwka. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, December 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. In addition, Lastiwka will release a streamable 27-minute continuous mix of music from season one. The track, which will consist of every piece of music from season one, episode three, as a continuous cue, will be available on Bandcamp through Lakeshore Records on December 14.The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first season. Travelers is created by Brad Wright and stars Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vox Lux’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brady Corbet, score, Scott Walker, Sia, Soundtrack, Vox Lux
Columbia Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Vox Lux. The album features the original songs from the movie written Sia and performed by Natalie Portman & Raffey Cassidy (including the track Wrapped Up, which is being submitted for Academy Awards consideration), as well as the film’s original score composed by Scott Walker (The Childhood of a Leader, Pola X). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Vox Lux is directed by Brady Corbet and stars Portman, Jude Law, Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Christopher Abbott and Willem Dafoe. Read the rest of this entry »
76th Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes
The nominations for the 76th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations:
Best Original Score:
- A Quiet Place – Marco Beltrami
- Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
- Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson
- First Man – Justin Hurwitz
- Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman Read the rest of this entry »
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein to Score ‘Native Son’
Posted: December 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Native Son, Rashid Johnson
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things) have been tapped to score the upcoming drama Native Son. The film is directed by Rashid Johnson and stars Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Bill Camp and Sanaa Lathan. The movie is based on Richard Wright’s novel of the same title and centers on a young African-American man named Bigger Thomas who takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever. Read the rest of this entry »
