Nicholas Britell is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Moonlight. The film is written and directed by Barry Jenkins and stars Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, Mahershala Al, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert, Jaden Piner and Jharrel Jerome. The movie is based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell McCraney and follows a young man who comes of age during “War on Drugs”-era Miami as he battles a deteriorating home life and deals with his dawning sexuality. Adele Romanski (Black Rock, Bad Milo, The Freebie) is producing the project with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2016)
Posted: July 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jeff Russo, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Netflix, Rob Lane, Stranger Things, SundanceTV, The A Word, The Night Of
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Night Of executive produced by Peter Moffat, Richard Price, Steven Zaillian James Gandolfini & Jane Tranter and starring John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, About Cherry). The drama centers around an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over his head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani man accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Batman: The Killing Joke, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, score, Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the animated superhero movie Batman: The Killing Joke. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter & Lolita Ritmanis (Avengers: Assemble, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 22, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. La-La Land Records will release a physical version of the album later this month. Batman: The Killing Joke is directed by Sam Liu & Bruce Timm and features the voices of Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Mark Hamill as the Joker, Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and Ray Wise as Commissioner James Gordon. The movie follows Batman as he tries to solve the mystery behind the Joker’s past as the villain’s latest actions affects the former’s closest allies, including Commissioner James Gordon and his daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sausage Party’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Christopher Lennertz, Glenn Slater, Sausage Party, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the animated feature Sausage Party have been revealed. The album features the original song The Great Beyond written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and with lyrics by Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir and Kantir. Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Menken and Christopher Lennertz (Ride Along, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief), as well as other songs featured in the comedy by Meat Loaf, Wham!, Eric Carmen, The Isley Brothers, Three Dog Night, Spandau Ballet and JR JR. The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sausage Party is directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan and features the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd and Nick Kroll. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 8, 2016)
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Alexandre Desplat, Captain Fantastic, Cell, Fathers and Daughters, Jamie Christopherson, Jeff Cardoni, Marcelo Zarvos, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Paolo Buonvino, The Dog Lover, The Secret Life of Pets, Will Bates, Zero Days
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Secret Life of Pets directed by Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney and starring Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates directed by Jake Szymanski and starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Lyn Sugar Beard and Stephen Root. Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Just Friends, CSI: Miami) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a score suite by the composer, as well as the songs from the movie by Outasight, Mase, The Beatards, The Darkness, Think Lizzy & more. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the 20th Century Fox release. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score ‘Animal Crackers’
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Animal Crackers, Bear McCreary, Scott Christian Sava, Tony Bancroft
Bear McCreary is composing the score for the upcoming animated feature Animal Crackers. The film is directed by Tony Bancroft (Mulan) & Scott Christian Sava and features the voice talent of Emily Blunt, Sylvester Stallone, Ian McKellen, John Krasinski, Patrick Warburton and Danny DeVito. The movie centers on a family whose life is turned upside down when they inherit a rundown circus and a mysterious box of Animal Crackers, which magically changes the person who eats them into animals. Sava has also written the screenplay with Dean Lorey (Arrested Development) who is also producing the Blue Dream Studios production with George Lee, Marcus Englefield, James Thomason and Leiming Guan. Read the rest of this entry »
Toby Chu to Score The CW’s ‘Frequency’
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Frequency, The CW, Toby Chu
Toby Chu has been hired to score the upcoming CW drama Frequency. The show is created by Jeremy Carver (Supernatural, Being Human) and stars Peyton List, Riley Smith, Devin Kelley, Mekhi Phifer, Anthony Ruivivar, Lenny Jacobson and Daniel Bonjour. The movie is inspired by the 2000 feature of the same title starring Dennis Quaid and follows a police detective who discovers that she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father, a detective who died in 20 years ago. Carver is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Toby Emmerich (The Notebook), John Rickard (Horrible Bosses 2, How to Be Single), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes) and Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Cardoni, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Outasight, Mase, The Beatards, The Darkness, Think Lizzy, The Rough Riders, as well as two songs performed by actors Zac Efron & Adam Devine. Also include suite of the movie’s original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (CSI: Miami, Silicon Valley, Just Friends, The Grinder). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version will be released in August and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is directed by Jake Szymanski and stars Efron, Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Lyn Sugar Beard and Stephen Root. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dario Marianelli, Kubo and the Two Strings, LAIKA, Regina Spektor, score, Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records will release a soundtrack album for Laika’s animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, V for Vendetta, Jane Eyre) who previously scored Laika’s The Boxtrolls. Also included is a cover of the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps performed by Regina Spektor and recorded specifically for the movie. The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Kubo and the Two Strings is directed by Travis Knight and features the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, and Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Septembers of Shiraz’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Isham, score, Septembers of Shiraz, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Septembers of Shiraz. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, 42, Once Upon a Time, American Crime). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Septembers of Shiraz is directed by Wayne Blair and stars Adrien Brody, Salma Hayak-Pinault, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Alon Aboutboul, Ariana Molkara, Jamie Ward and Wadih Dona. The movie is based on bestselling novel of the same title by Dalia Sofer and centers on a secular Jewish family caught in the Islamic revolution in Iran, and their journey to overcome and escape from the deadly tyranny that swept their country. Read the rest of this entry »
