Universal Pictures confirmed today at this year’s Cinema-Con in Las Vegas that Pharrell Williams is returning to write original songs for the animated sequel Despicable Me 4. The singer/songwriter has previously contributed songs for the first three installments in the series. As previously reported, Heitor Pereira is composing the score for the movie directed by Chris Renaud and starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Renaud himself, Chloe Fineman, Steve Coogan, Dana Gaier and Madison Polan. Read the rest of this entry »
Pharrell Williams to Return as Songwriter for ‘Despicable Me 4’
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chris Renaud, Despicable Me 4, Illumination Entertainment, Pharrell Williams
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‘Wes Is Dying’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Koda, Parker Seaman, score, Soundtrack, VAAAL, Wes Is Dying
Zombi Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy Wes Is Dying. The album features the film’s original music composed by VAAAL (A Wounded Fawn) & Koda. Visit Apple Music/iTunes or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also check out the composers’ first track (Nostalgia) below. Wes Is Dying is co-written and directed by Parker Seaman and stars Devin Das, Seaman himself, Wes Schlagenhauf, Aparna Nancherla, D’Arcy Carden and Mark Duplass. The movie follows two filmmakers who – after finding out their best friend is dying – realize they can use this opportunity to make an award-winning documentary that will finally help them make it big in Hollywood. Read the rest of this entry »
Nitin Sawhney Scoring Disneynature’s ‘Tiger’
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Disneynature, Mark Linfield, Nitin Sawhney, Tiger
Nitin Sawhney (The Namesake, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Breathe, Lila Says, Traitors, A Girl from Mogadishu) has composed the original music for the new Disneynature documentary Tiger. The film is directed by Mark Linfield (Penguins, Monkey Kingdom), co-directed by Vanessa Berlowitz (Elephant, Queens) & Rob Sullivan and lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal. The movie narrated by Priyanka Chopra Jonas follows Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tree on a Hill’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC Wales, John Hardy Music, Pren ar y Bryn, score, Soundtrack, Tree on a Hill
John Hardy Music (Hidden, A Dark Place, Steel Country, Hinterland, Hegus) has released a soundtrack album for the BBC Wales original comedy drama Tree on a Hill (Pren ar y Bryn). The album features selections of the composer collective’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the title theme (Cavalcade of Chaos) after the jump. Tree on a Hill is created by Ed Thomas and stars Rhodri Meilir, Nia Roberts, Richard Harrington, Richard Lynch, Hannah Daniel, Suzanne Packer, Rhodri Evan, William Thomas, Steffan Cennydd and Jacob Ifan. The 6-parter is set in the Welsh hinterland and revolves around an ordinary couple who find themselves at the center of a mystery and on the wrong side of the law. Read the rest of this entry »
Sebastián Lelio’s ‘The Wave’ to Feature Music by Matthew Herbert, Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno, Javiera Parra & Others
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: La Ola, Matthew Herbert, Sebastian Lelio, The Wave
Matthew Herbert (The Beast Must Die, The Responder,The Cave, Port Authority, Temple) has teamed up with seventeen female Chilean musicians, including Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno & Javiera Parra to create the original composition for the upcoming musical drama The Wave (La Ola). The film is directed by Sebastián Lelio and stars Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés. The movie is inspired by the wave of “feminist May” mass protests that swept Chile in the spring of 2018 and follows a music student who gets involved in the growing movement on her university campus and revisits her own experiences of mistreatment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Meet the Leroys’ (‘Nous, les Leroy’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis Rault, Florent Bernard, Nous les Leroy, score, Soundtrack, Theo Bernard
Nolita Cinema has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy Meet the Leroys (Nous, les Leroy). The album features the film’s original score composed by Alexis Rault (The Swallows of Kabul, Being 17, Ladies, Memories, Golden Years) and Theo Bernard. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Bernard’s title track after the jump. Available separately as a digital single is the original song L’histoire est belle co-written by Bernard and performed by Maxence. Meet the Leroys is written and directed by Florent Bernard and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, José Garcia, Lily Aubry and Hadrien Heaulmé. The movie follows a man facing divorce after years of neglecting his family facing divorce as he tries to rekindle his wife’s affections by taking her and their teens on a road trip down memory lane. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers Scoring Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers (Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have recently completed their score for the upcoming sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck. The film is written and directed by Mike Flanagan and stars Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jacob Tremblay. The movie is based on the novella of the same title by Stephen King and examines the existence of the title character in reverse, beginning with his death at age 39 from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a haunted house. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Clement Virgo’s ‘Brother’ Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brother, Clement Virgo, score, Soundtrack, Todor Kobakov
Todor Kobakov (Born to Be Blue, The Samaritan, Backstabbing for Beginners, Tricksters, Sweetness in the Belly, Most Dangerous Game) has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Brother. The album features the composer’s original score from the film composed by and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Kobakov’s first track (Better View) after the jump. Brother is written and directed by Clement Virgo and stars Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lovell Adams-Gray and Kiana Madeira. The movie is based on David Chariandy’s novel of the same name and follows two brothers facing questions of masculinity, family, race and identity during the pulsing beats of Toronto’s early hip hop scene. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Shift’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brock Heasley, Dan Haseltine, Matthew S. Nelson, score, Soundtrack, The Shift
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based sci-fi thriller The Shift. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Haseltine & Matthew S. Nelson (The Chosen). The soundtrack is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ main titles track below. The Shift is written and directed by Brock Heasley and stars Kristoffer Polaha, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, Jason Marsden, John Billingsley, Rose Reid, Paras Patel and John Walker Ross. The movie tells the story of a man who meets a nefarious adversary known as The Benefactor and – after refusing his offer of wealth and power – must escape an alternate totalitarian reality. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring James Watkins’ ‘Speak No Evil’ Remake
Posted: April 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Bensi, James Watkins, Saunder Jurriaans, Speak No Evil
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Outsider, The Staircase, The Devil All the Time, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice) have provided the original score for the upcoming horror thriller Speak No Evil. The film is written and directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black, McMafia, Eden Lake) and stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy and Alix West Lefler. The movie is based on Christian & Mads Tafdrup’s 2022 Danish feature of the same title (scored by Sune “Køter” Kølster) about a family that gets invited to a dream holiday at an idyllic country house that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
