Corey Allen Jackson has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Bleeder. The film is directed by Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar, The Good Lie) and stars Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Pooch Hall, Morgan Spector and Ron Perlman. The movie tells the true story of former New Jersey heavyweight boxer and womanizer Chuck Wepner who boxed 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write Rocky. Jeff Feuerzeig(The Devil and Daniel Johnston), Jerry Stahl (Bad Boys II, Hemingway & Gellhorn) and Michael Cristofer (The Witches of Eastwick) have written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Corey Allen Jackson to Score Philippe Falardeau’s ‘The Bleeder’
Posted: July 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Corey Allen Jackson, Philippe Falardeau, The Bleeder
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‘David Brent: Life on the Road’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Brent, David Brent: Life on the Road, Ricky Gervais, Soundtrack
Juxtaposition Records will release a soundtrack album for the mockumentary David Brent: Life on the Road. The album features the songs from the film performed by Ricky Gervais’ title character & Foregone Conclusion, including a collaboration with Chris Martin of Coldplay. The soundtrack will be released overseas on August 19, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. David Brent: Life on the Road is written and directed by Gervais and stars himself, alongside Ben Bailey Smith, Doc Brown, Andy Burrows, Tom Basden, Nina Sosanya,Tom Bennett and Andrew Brooke. The comedy takes place 15 years after the events of The Office TV series and follows Brent as he takes a holiday to tour with his band Foregone Conclusion but has to use his pension to fund part of his rock concert. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominik Scherrer to Score Amazon’s ‘The Collection’
Posted: July 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Dominik Scherrer, The Collection
Dominik Scherrer has been tapped to score the Amazon original series The Collection. The show is created Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars) and stars Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour, Mamie Gummer, Max Deacon, Irène Jacob, Michael Kitchen and James Cosmo. The drama is set after World War II and centers around an illustrious Paris fashion house, emerging from the dark days of the Occupation, now ushering in a new golden age of design and business. Goldstick is also executive producing the Lookout Point and Artis Pictures production with Anne Thomopoulos (Rome, Camelot), Kate Croft, Pascal Breton, Simon Vaughan (War And Peace, Parade’s End), Médéric Albouy and Toma de Matteis. Read the rest of this entry »
George Kallis to Score ‘And Then There Was Light’
Posted: July 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And Then There Was Light, Castille Landon, George Kallis
George Kallis is set to compose the music for the upcoming family drama And Then There Was Light. The film is written and directed by Castille Landon and stars Amy Smart, Burt Reynolds, Jack Griffo and AJ Michalka. The movie centers on a young girl who struggles after a traumatic horse riding accident causes her to lose her eyesight and is introduced to Apple, a miniature horse as her companion and surrogate eyes. Dori Rath (Sex Ed, Among Ravens) and Joseph Restaino are producing the project. And Then There Was Light is currently in post-production. No release date has been announced yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2016)
Posted: July 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Brahman Raman, Miti Adhikari, Neel Adhikari, Netflix, Steven Price, The Hunt
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the BBC natural history documentary The Hunt executive produced by Alastair Fothergill, produced by Huw Cordey and narrated Sir David Attenborough. The show’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Attack the Block, At World’s End) who received the BAFTA TV Craft Award for his work on the series earlier this year. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score overseas last year. The domestic album release is set for July 8. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the docu-series, which premieres stateside on BBC America. Read the rest of this entry »
Mario Grigorov Scoring ‘Another Mother’s Son’
Posted: July 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Another Mother's Son, Christopher Menaul, Mario Grigorov
Mario Grigorov is scoring the upcoming historical drama Another Mother’s Son. The film is directed by Christopher Menaul (Summer in February, The Forsyte Saga) and stars Jenny Seagrove, Ronan Keating, Julian Kostov, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Susan Hampsire and Peter Wight. The movie is set during World War II, when the island of Jersey was occupied by the Nazis and tells the true story of Louisa Gould, who took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the course of the war. Jenny Lecoat has written the screenplay. Daniel-Konrad Cooper (Big Significant Things) and Bill Kenwright (Cheri, Broken) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2016)
Posted: July 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Buddymoon, Dylan Stark, Gabriel Feenberg, Gregoire Hetzel, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jim Dooley, John Williams, Life Animated, Marauders, Marcelo Zarvos, Microbe and Gasoline, Nathan Whitehead, Our Kind of Traitor, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Ryan Dobson, Satanic, T. Griffin, The BFG, The Innocents, The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year, Todd Haberman
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the action adventure The Legend of Tarzan directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda, Click). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two original songs by Hozier and Zoe Mthiyane. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure The BFG directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. John Williams (Star Wars, E.T., Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also click here for a short video interview with Williams about his work on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nine Lives’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barry Sonnenfeld, Evgueni Galperine, Nine Lives, Sacha Galperine, score, Soundtrack
EuropaCorp will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy Nine Lives. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Family, The Past, Madame Bovary). Also included is the song Three Cool Cats by The Coasters. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Nine Lives is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty) and stars Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Malina Weissman, Cheryl Hines, Christopher Walken and Robbie Amell. The Luc Besson-produced movie follows a workaholic businessman who has to figure out how to redeem himself after a terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body of his family’s cat. Read the rest of this entry »
Cliff Martinez to Score James Mangold’s ‘Wolverine’ Sequel
Posted: July 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, James Mangold, Wolverine, Wolverine 3
Cliff Martinez has signed on to score James Mangold’s currently untitled Wolverine sequel. The film stars Hugh Jackman in the title role and will mark his final appearance as the character. Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eriq La Salle and Elise Neal are co-starring. No plot details have been announced yet. David James Kelly has written the screenplay. Simon Kinberg (X-Men:Days of Future Past & Apocalypse, The Martian, Cinderella) is producing the project with Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men series, Deadpool, Constantine). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ben-Hur’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Hur, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack, Timur Bekmambetov
The details of the soundtrack album for the epic historical drama Ben-Hur have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, The Shallows). The soundtrack will be released on August 5, 2016 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Ben-Hur is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Ayelet Zurer, Sofia Black D’Elia, Nazanin Boniadi and Morgan Freeman. Read the rest of this entry »
