The full details of the soundtrack album for the new season of BBC’s Doctor Who have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s eleventh season composed by Segun Akinola who took over scoring duties on the series this year from Murray Gold who scored the previous seasons. The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on January 11, 2019 by Silva Screen Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release is also in the works. Season 11 of Doctor Who is executive produced by Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens & Sam Hoyle and stars Jodie Whitaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. Read the rest of this entry »

Singer/songwriter Toby Keith has written an original song for Clint Eastwood’s crime drama The Mule. The track, entitled Don’t Let the Old Man In, is written and performed by Keith and was recorded at Nashville’s Ocean Way Studio. The song, which will be featured during the film’s end scene and end titles sequence, will be released as a digital single this Friday, December 7 and will be available to download here. The Mule starring Eastwood himself, alongside Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio, Loren Dean and Eugene Cordero tells the true story of Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who signs on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Read the rest of this entry »

Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, The Good Dinosaur) has been hired to score the upcoming drama After the Wedding. The film is written and directed by Bart Freundlich (Trust the Man, The Rebound) and stars Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup and Abby Quinn. The movie is based on the Academy Award-nominated 2006 feature by Susanne Bier and centers on a woman – seeking funds for her orphanage in India – who travels to New York to meet a wealthy benefactor. Joel B. Michaels (Stargate, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Harry Finkel are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1975 horror mystery drama The Reincarnation of Peter Proud directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O’Neill, Margot Kidder and Cornelia Sharpe. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Omen, Patton, Planet of the Apes, L.A. Confidential, Chinatown). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to a couple of cues from the release. Read the rest of this entry »

Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, Of Monsters and Men) has been tapped to score the upcoming Showtime original series Black Monday. The show is created by David Caspe (Happy Endings, That’s My Boy) & Jordan Cahan (My Best Friend’s Girl) and stars Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, Yassir Lester, Michael James Scott and Eugene Cordero. The drama tells the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine and the glass ceiling. Read the rest of this entry »

Lucas Vidal is composing the music for the upcoming fantasy drama Paradise Hills. The film is directed by Alice Waddington and stars Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Eiza González, Milla Jovovich and Jeremy Irvine. The movie follows a young woman who is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility’s beautiful facade hides a sinister secret. Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, Timecrimes) and Brian DeLeeuw (Some Kind of Hate, Curvature) wrote the screenplay. Adrian Guerra (Buried, Grand Piano) and Núria Valls are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Nominations for 46th Annie Awards Announced

Posted: December 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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annie-awardsThe International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 46th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:

Music in an Animated Feature Production

  • Danny Elfman (composer) and Tyler, the Creator (lyricist) – Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch – 
Illumination
  • Harry Gregson-Williams Tom Howe – Early Man 
 – Aardman Animations
  • Michael Giacchino – Incredibles 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Henry Jackman, Alan Menken & Dan Reynolds (composers) and Reynolds, Phil Johnston & Tom MacDougall (lyricists) – Ralph Breaks The Internet –Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne KirkpatrickSmallfoot – Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group

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‘Never Heard’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: December 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Raise Em Up Records Records has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama Never Heard. The album features songs from and inspired by the film, including the title song performed by Taylor McCants, as well as tracks by artist such as Panterra, Uri Grey, David Banner, Wass Morgan, James Fortune, Jekalyn Carr, Jerome Wiggins, Ania John & others. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Never Heard is directed by Josh Webber and stars Aaron Banner, Robin Givens and Romeo Miller.. The movie centers on a man accused of murder and incarcerated for a crime he swears he did not commit. The drama was released in around 500 U.S. theaters on November 1 as a Fathom Event and is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Appaloosa, Rome, Carnivale, Ugly Betty) is scoring the upcoming documentary Mike Wallace Is Here. The film is directed by Avi Belkin and centers on 60 Minutes newsman Mike Wallace who went head-to-head with the world’s most influential figures for half a century. The movie tracks Wallace’s storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point. Belkin is also producing the project with Rafael Marmor, John Battsek (How I Live Now, Studio 54), Peggy Drexler and Christopher Leggett (Becoming Bond). Read the rest of this entry »

Premiering tonight is the Syfy original series Nightflyers developed by Jeff Buhler based on George R.R. Martin’s novella and the 1987 film of the same name and starring Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Sam Strike, Maya Eshet, Angus Sampson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Brian F. O’Byrne and Gretchen Mol. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (The Path, The Looming TowerI OriginsThe Magicians). Check out our scoring assignment to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Syfy.

Also premiering tonight is Freeform original feature Life-Size 2 directed by Steven K. Tsuchida and starring Tyra Banks, Francia Raisa, Gavin Stenhouse, Shanica Knowles, Hank Chen and Alison Fernandez. Germaine Franco (TagDopeVida) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a new version of the song Be a Star (originally written for the first movie, which premiered in 2000) performed by Tyra Banks. Check out our previous article for more information about the song and movie. Read the rest of this entry »