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 »
‘Holmes & Watson’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Etan Cohen, Holmes & Watson, Mark Mothersbaugh, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy Holmes & Watson. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). The soundtrack will be released on December 21 and will be available to download on Amazon. A CD version is available to order here. Holmes & Watson is written and directed by Etan Cohen and stars Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald and Ralph Fiennes. The movie follows legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Doctor Watson as they use their incredible deductive minds to solve a mystery. Read the rest of this entry »
Blake Neely Scoring Ryan White’s ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’
Posted: December 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ask Dr. Ruth, Blake Neely, Hulu, Ryan White
Composer Blake Neely is reteaming with director Ryan White on the upcoming documentary Ask Dr. Ruth. The film chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist, as she revisits her painful past and her career at the forefront of the sexual revolution. White is also producing the project with Rafael Marmor, Jessica Hargrave and Christopher Leggett (Becoming Bond). Neely and White have previously collaborated on 2014’s The Case Against 8 and last year’s Netflix docu-series The Keepers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We the Coyotes’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anywhere with You, Hanna Ladoul, Juan Cortes, Marco La Via, We the Coyotes
The Orchard will release a soundtrack album for the drama We the Coyotes. The album features the music from the movie by artist including the film’s composer Juan Cortes, Dangerous Waves, DUKC and Clovis XIV. The soundtrack will be released digitally overseas next Tuesday, December 11 and in the U.S. on February 8 (under the title Anywhere with You). Visit Amazon to download the album. We the Coyotes is written and directed by Hanna Ladoul & Marco La Via and stars Morgan Saylor, McCaul Lombardi, Betsy Brandt, Khleo Thomas, Lorelei Linklater, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti, Vivian Bang and Ravil Isyanov. The movie centers on a young couple who moves to LA from the Midwest to start a new life together, but things don’t go exactly as planned. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Bates Scoring Michael Tyburski’s ‘The Sound of Silence’
Posted: December 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Gibney, Michael Tyburski, The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley, The Sound of Silence, Will Bates
Will Bates (The Looming Tower, The Path, I Origins, The Magicians, Nightflyers) is composing the original score for the upcoming indie drama The Sound of Silence. The film is directed by Michael Tyburski and stars Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori and Austin Pendleton. The movie revolves around a successful “house tuner” in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people’s homes in order to adjust their moods, as he meets a client with a problem he can’t solve. Read the rest of this entry »
