Lotus Production has released a soundtrack album for Paolo Virzi’s Italian comedy Notti Magiche. The album features the film’s original music composed by Carlo Virzi (The Leisure Seeker, Human Capital, The First Beautiful Thing, My Name Is Tanino). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Notti Magiche is co-written and directed by Paolo Virzi and stars Mauro Lamantia, Giovanni Toscano, Irene Vetere, Roberto Herlitzka, Marina Rocco, Paolo Sassanelli and Annalisa Arena. The movie explores the golden age of Italian cinema in Rome through the tale of three promising screenwriters who turn out to be the main suspects for the murder of a famous producer. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Notti Magiche’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlo Virzi, Notti Magiche, Paolo Virzi, score, Soundtrack
Bruno Coulais to Score Jean-Paul Salome’s ‘La Daronne’
Posted: November 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Fontaine, Blanche-Neige, Bruno Coulais, Jean-Paul Salome, La Daronne, Pure as Snow
Bruno Coulais is attached to score the upcoming French crime comedy La Daronne. The film is directed by Jean-Paul Salome (Adventures of Arsene Lupin) and stars Isabelle Huppert. The movie is based on Hannelore Cayre’s novel of the same title and follows a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris. Salome and Cayre co-wrote the screenplay. Kristina Larsen (Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid) is producing the project for Les Films du Lendemain, alongside Jean-Baptiste Dupont (Point Blank, Me, Myself and Mum) for La Boetie Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Patriot’ Season 2 to Be Released
Posted: November 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alex Wurman, Amazon, Michael Dorman, Patriot, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Patriot. The album features new songs from the show’s second season performed by lead actor Michael Dorman, as well as selections of the drama’s original score composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A soundtrack EP featuring the songs from the show’s first season has previously been released last year. Patriot is created by Steve Conrad and stars Dorman, alongside Terry O’Quinn, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette Opheim, Debra Winger and Kurtwood Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Pedro Bromfman Scoring Zara Hayes ‘Poms’
Posted: November 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Pedro Bromfman, Poms, Zara Hayes
Pedro Bromfman (Narcos, RoboCop, Elite Squad) has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Poms. The film is directed by Zara Hayes (The Battle of the Sexes) and stars Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, Alisha Boe, Phyllis Somerville, Charlie Tahan, Bruce McGill, Rhea Perlman and Celia Weston. The movie revolves around a a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community. Shane Atkinson wrote the screenplay. Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde), Alex Saks (The Florida Project, Book Club), Andy Evans, Celyn Jones & Ade Shannon (Keepers) and Rose Ganguzza (Kill Your Darlings) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mars’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brian Reitzell, Mars, National Geographic, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the National Geographic original series Mars. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Brian Reitzell (Friday Night Lights, Hannibal, American Gods, Boss). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 9 (click here to download) and physically on November 30. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring Nick Cave’s & Warren Ellis’ score from the first season of the series. Mars is created by Ben Young Mason & Justin Wilkes, executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer and stars JiHAE, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz, Esai Morales and Jeff Hephner. Read the rest of this entry »
Javier Navarrete to Score Mark Amin’s ‘Emperor’
Posted: November 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Emperor, Javier Navarrete, Mark Amin
Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, The Devil’s Backbone, Byzantium) has signed on to score the upcoming historical drama Emperor. The film marks the feature directorial debut of producer Mark Amin (The Prince and Me, Good Kill) and stars Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Naturi Naughton, Ben Robson, Harry Lennix and Kat Graham. The movie tells the true story of Shields Green who, in 1859, escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass and John Brown and chose to fight to end slavery. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC’s ‘Abby’s’ to Feature Original Score by Brian H. Kim
Posted: November 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Abby's, Brian H. Kim, NBC
Brian H. Kim (Hello, My Name Is Doris, Search Party, G.B.F.) is composing the original score for the upcoming NBC comedy Abby’s. The show is created by Josh Malmuth and stars Natalie Morales, Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia. The series is set at an unlicensed bar in San Diego where the regulars enthusiastically enforce a unique set of rules that give them a sense of community. Malmuth is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Michael Schur & David Miner (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation) and Pamela Fryman (How I Met Your Mother). Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Russo & Jordan Gagne Scoring Fox’s ‘The Passage’
Posted: November 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Jeff Russo, Jordan Gagne, The Passage
Jeff Russo and Jordan Gagne are scoring the upcoming Fox drama The Passage. The show is developed by Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights, The Orville) based on Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name and stars Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Henry Ian Cusick, Vincent Piazza, Jamie McShane, Brianne Howey, McKinley Belcher III, and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The series focuses on Project NOAH, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Peterloo’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: November 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gary Yershon, Mike Leigh, Peterloo
Dubois Records has released a soundtrack EP for Mike Leigh’s period drama Peterloo. The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Gary Yershon who has previously collaborated with the director on his last couple of movies, including Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year, as well as Mr. Turner, for which the composer received his first Academy Award nomination. The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Peterloo is written and directed by Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) and stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson and Tim McInnerny. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Leonard-Morgan to Score ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 3
Posted: November 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Designated Survivor, Netflix, Paul Leonard Morgan
Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Wormwood, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D) has announced that he is the new composer of the political drama series Designated Survivor. The show is created by David Guggenheim (Safe House) and stars Kiefer Sutherland, Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Adan Canto and Italia Ricci. Neal Baer (Under the Dome, ER) serves as the showrunner of the 10-episode third season. Sutherland is also executive producing the Entertainment One production with Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan), Suzan Bymel (Touch), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Aditya Sood (The Martian) and Peter Noah (Tyrant). Read the rest of this entry »
