Republic Records and Sony Pictures have revealed the track list of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Included on the album are two songs (What’s Up Danger by Blackway & Black Caviar and Sunflower by Post Malone & Swae Lee) that have already been released as digital singles, as well as tracks by Jaden Smith, Nicki Minaj & Ansel Aa, Vince Staples, DJ Khalil, Lil Wayne & Ty Dolla $ign, Aminé & more. The soundtrack will be released this Friday, December 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack featuring Daniel Pemberton’s original score from the film will be released by Sony Classical. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Soundtrack, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Edmund Butt Scoring ITV’s & Sundance Now’s ‘Cheat’
Posted: December 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cheat, Edmund Butt, ITV, Sundance Now
Edmund Butt is currently scoring the upcoming ITV and Sundance Now original series Cheat. The show is created by Gaby Hull and stars Katherine Kelly, Molly Windsor, Tom Goodman-Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne,Peter Firth and Adrian Edmondson. The 4-parter follows a university professor who starts a dangerous relationship with her student and is thrust into a case of academic deception. Louise Hooper is directing all four episodes of the psychological thriller, which is executive produced by Harry & Jack Williams (The Missing, Liar) and Christoper Aird (Troy: Fall of a City, Call the Midwife). Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘8 1/2’ Soundtrack & New Recording of Bernard Herrmann’s ‘The Bride Wore Black’ Score Announced
Posted: December 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 8 1/2, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Bernard Herrmann, Cinema Paradiso, Ennio Morricone, Jermoe Moross, Nino Rota, The Bride Wore Black, WarGames
Quartet Records has announced its latest releases, including an expanded soundtrack album for the 1963 drama 8 1/2 directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo and Barbara Steele. The 2-CD features the complete score from the Academy Award-winning film composed by Academy Award winner Nino Rota (The Godfather, Romeo and Juliet, Death on the Nile), including over 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the album, which is limited to 2,000 units. Read the rest of this entry »
David Wingo Scoring Scott Z. Burns’ ‘The Report’
Posted: December 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Wingo, Scott Z. Burns, The Report
David Wingo is composing the original score for the upcoming drama The Report. The film is written and directed by Scott Z. Burns (screenwriter of Contagion, The Informant! & The Bourne Ultimatum) and stars Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted Levine, Maura Tierney and Michael C. Hall. The movie tells the true story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. Read the rest of this entry »
24th Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 24th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 13, 2019 at the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and will broadcast in the U.S. on The CW.
The Best Score nominees are:
Green Book – Kris Bowers
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson
First Man – Justin Hurwitz
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 9, 2018)
Posted: December 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Freeform, Jeff Garber, Matteo Zingales, Netflix, No Sleep 'Til Christmas, The Innocent Man, Tidelands
Premiering tomorrow, December 10, is the Freeform original movie No Sleep ‘Til Christmas co-written and directed by Phil Traill and starring Dave & Odette Annable, Charles Michael Davis. The film’s original music is composed by Jeff Garber (Lopez, Are You the One?). The holiday comedy centers on a bartender and a businesswoman who find they only have one thing in common: insomnia. Click here to watch the movie’s trailer.
Premiering on Friday, December 14 is the Australian Netflix original series Tidelands created by Stephen M. Irwin & Leigh McGrath and starring Charlotte Best, Elsa Pataky and Marco Pigossi. The show’s original music is composed by Matteo Zingales (99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunter). The drama revolves around an ex-con’s return to her hometown of Orphelin Bay that blows the lid off a generations-long conspiracy of silence around murder, drugs and Sirens. The show’s full first season will be available to stream worldwide exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, ‘Mandy’ & ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Scores Ruled Ineligible for Academy Awards
Posted: December 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Johann Johannsson, John Powell, John Williams, Mandy, Michel Legrand, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Other Side of the Wind
Variety is reporting that in addition to Green Book, three more scores have been ruled ineligible by the Academy’s music branch. Among ineligible titles are Solo: A Star Wars Story (composed by John Powell with themes by John Williams), which was reportedly submitted too late, Mandy (composed by Johann Johannsson), which violated the rule of its qualifying theatrical release (as the movie was released on VOD simultaneously), and The Other Side of the Wind (composed by Michel Legrand), which didn’t meet the same rule that Green Book was disqualified for. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Footballest’ (‘Los futbolísimos’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fernando Velazquez, Los futbolísimos, score, Soundtrack, The Footballtest
Atresmúsica has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish family comedy The Footballtest (Los futbolísimos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, A Monster Calls, Mama, Hercules, Devil). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version will be released by Quartet Records in January (click here to order). The Footballtest is directed by Miguel Ángel Lamata and stars Julio Bohigas, Milene Mayer, Marcos Milara, Iker Castiñeira and Jorge Usón. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Steven Knight’s ‘Serenity’
Posted: December 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, score, Serenity, Soundtrack, Steven Knight
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the thriller Serenity. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominee Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Hidden Figures, Blade Runner 2049, Annabelle Creation). The soundtrack will be released on January 25, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The label has previously released the composer’s scores for A Cure for Wellness and this year’s King of Thieves. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 7, 2018)
Posted: December 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Is Back, Bernie the Dolphin, Charlie Mole, Dickon Hinchliffe, Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, Dolly Parton, Dumplin', Jake Monaco, John Williams, Joshua R. Mosley, Linda Perry, Mary Queen of Scots, Max Richter, Schindler's List, Scott Walker, Serj Tankian, Sia, Spitak, Swimming with Men, Vox Lux, Will Bates
The only nationwide release this weekend is the 25th Anniversary re-release of the drama Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial) who earned his fifth Academy Award for his score. La-La Land Records has recently released a new 2-CD limited edition soundtrack to coincide with the movie’s re-release. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Opening in limited release is the drama Vox Lux directed by Brady Corbet and starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Christopher Abbott and Willem Dafoe. Scott Walker (The Childhood of a Leader, Pola X) has composed the film’s original score and Sia has written original songs for the movie. Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album featuring both the score and the songs next Friday, December 14. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
