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 »
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
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‘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 »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Class’ Announced
Posted: November 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Blair Mowat, Class, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for BBC’s Doctor Who spin-off Class. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed and arranged by Blair Mowat (Electric Man, Happy!). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on December 7, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (digital version) and here (CD version). A limited vinyl version is set to come out in early January. Class is created by Patrick Ness and stars Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, Vivian Oparah and Katherine Kelly. The series tells the story of students and staff at Coal Hill Academy, who save London from alien threats. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Victor Hugo – Enemy of the State’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Etienne Forget, score, Soundtrack, Victor Hugo - Enemy of the State, Victor Hugo - ennemi d'État
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French mini-series Victor Hugo – Enemy of the State (Victor Hugo, ennemi d’État). The album features the original music from the 4-part drama composed by Etienne Forget (The Forest, Missions). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio clips. Victor Hugo – Enemy of the State is co-written and directed by Jean-Marc Moutout and stars Yannick Choirat in the title role, alongside Isabelle Carré, Erika Sainte, Nade Dieu, Angela Molina, Lorenzo Lefebvre and Gaspard Meier-Chauran. The series produced by Quad Television tells the story of the novelist, best known for Les Misérables, covering his life and family and his beliefs and politics. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 4, 2018)
Posted: November 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Beat, Ben Lukas Boysen, Hallmark Channel, It's Christmas Eve, Jasha Klebe, LeeAnn Rimes, Lorne Balfe, Medal of Honor, Michael Richard Plowman, Netflix, Sundance Now, The Cry
Premiering in the U.S. this Thursday, November 8, is the British mini-series The Cry directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Stella Gonet, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Asher Keddie and Alex Dimitriades. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Home, The Lego Batman Movie, The Crown, Genius) has composed the original music for the 4-part series. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details. The drama premiered a couple of weeks ago in the UK on BBC and will make its U.S. debut on Sundance Now.
Premiering on Friday, November 9, is the Netflix docu-series Medal of Honor executive produced by James Moll, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jacqueline Levine and Brandon Birtell. The show’s original music is composed by Jasha Klebe (Planet Earth II, Diana: In Her Own Words). The series, which tells the true stories of eight recipients of the nation’s highest and most prestigious award: the Medal of Honor, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ken Scott, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
A soundtrack album has been released for the comedy adventure The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Hidden Man, Shaolin, Mountain Cry, Sleepless Night). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is directed by Ken Scott (Starbuck) and stars Dhanush, Erin Moriarty, Berenice Bejo, Barkhad Abdi, Gerard Jugnot, Abel Jafri and Ben Miller. The movie is based on a novel by Romain Puertolas follows a hustler from Mumbai who embarks on an extraordinary voyage across Europe in search of his estranged father. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Todsharow and Diego, Nora & Lionel Baldenweg Scoring Til Schweiger’s ‘Head Full of Honey’
Posted: November 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Diego Baldenweg, Head Full of Honey, Lionel Baldenweg, Martin Todsharow, Nora Baldenweg, Til Schweiger
Martin Todsharow and Diego, Nora & Lionel Baldenweg have composed the original music for the upcoming drama Head Full of Honey. The film is directed by Til Schweiger and stars Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon, Emily Mortimer, Sophie Lane Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset and Eric Roberts. The movie is based Schweiger’s 2014 German hit drama Honig im Kopf and follows a girl as she tries to help her grandfather who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, to navigate his forgetfulness. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Vanishing of Sidney Hall’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Darren Morze, score, Soundtrack, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Vanishing of Sidney Hall. The album features the film’s original music composed by Darren Morze (Enter Nowhere). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is directed by Shawn Christensen and stars Logan Lerman, Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan, Blake Jenner, Tim Blake Nelson and Margaret Qualley. The movie follows a man who finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 2, 2018)
Posted: November 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Private War, Annettte Focks, Bodied, Bohemian Rhapsody, Boy Erased, Brain and Melissa, Daniel L.K. Caldwell, Danny Bensi, H. Scott Salinas, In Harm's Way, In Search of Greatness, Inyoung Park, James Newton Howard, Leo Birenberg, Michel Legrand, Nobody's Fool, Philip White, Prospect, Rampant, Saunder Jurriaans, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Other Side of the Wind
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody directed by Bryan Singer and starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film performed by Queen. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Fox release.
Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Keira Knigthley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense) has composed the film’s score based on themes from Tchaikovsky’s classic 1892 ballet score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well an original song performed by Andrea Bocelli. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
