Node Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Wife. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut, The Merchant of Venice, Brick Lane, The Staircase). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Wife is directed by Björn Runge and stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke and Elizabeth McGovern. The movie is based on the Meg Wolitzer novel of the title and revolves around a wife who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her narcissistic husband, who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Wife’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Björn Runge, Jocelyn Pook, score, Soundtrack, The Wife
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BBC’s & Netflix’s ‘Watership Down’ to Feature Theme Song by Sam Smith
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Netflix, Sam Smith, Watership Down
BBC has announced today that Sam Smith has recorded an original original song for the animated mini-series Watership Down. The track, entitled Fire On Fire, which will serve as the theme for the show, is co-written by Smith & Steve Mac and was recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London this past September. The 4-part series is directed by Noam Murro and stars James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Tom Wilkinson, Miles Jupp, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman, Anne-Marie Duff, Daniel Kaluuya, Rosamund Pike, Peter Capaldi, Taron Egerton, Mackenzie Crook and Gemma Chan. Read the rest of this entry »
Marco Beltrami Scoring Joe Berlinger’s ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile, Joe Berlinger, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami is composing the original music for the upcoming thriller Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The film is directed by Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2) and stars Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, alongside Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osment, Jim Parsons, Terry Kinney and Dylan Baker. The movie tells the story of serial killer Ted Bunny from the perspective of his girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, who struggled to accept the reality of her boyfriend’s nature. Michael Werwie wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Score Album Details
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a score album for Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. The album features the film’s original score composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 9, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Columbia Records will release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie and two tracks from Elfman’s score. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is directed by Scott Mosier & Yarrow Cheney, narrated by Pharrell Williams and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Front Runner’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jason Reitman, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The Front Runner
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for Jason Reitman’s drama The Front Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, The Spectacular Now, Foxcatcher, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) who has previously collaborated with the director on his last feature, Tully. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 2 and will be available to download on Amazon. The Front Runner is co-written and directed by Reitman and stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons and Alfred Molina. The movie follows the rise and fall of Senator Hart, who captured the imagination of young voters and was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination when his campaign was sidelined by the story of an extramarital relationship with Donna Rice. Read the rest of this entry »
John Murphy to Score BBC’s ‘Les Miserables’ Mini-Series
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Davies, BBC, John Murphy, Les Miserables, PBS
John Murphy (28 Days Later…, Sunshine, Snatch, Miami Vice, Kick-Ass) has signed on to score the upcoming BBC/PBS Masterpiece mini-series Les Miserables. The show is developed by Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’s Diary, House of Cards, War & Peace) based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel and stars Dominic West as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo as Javert, Lily Collins and Fantine, Adeel Akhtar and Olivia Colman as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier, as well as Ellie Bamber, Josh O’Connor and Erin Kellyman. The 6-part drama delves deep into the layers of Hugo’s story, exploring Valjean and policeman Javert’s cat-and-mouse relationship, against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: November 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crispian Mills, Jon Ekstrand, score, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the British horror comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Life, Easy Money, Child 44, Borg vs McEnroe). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Slaughterhouse Rulez is co-written and directed by Crispian Mills and stars Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. The movie is set in an illustrious British boarding school that becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site, unleashing unspeakable horror. Read the rest of this entry »
Tamar-kali to Reteam with Dee Rees on ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’
Posted: October 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dee Rees, Tamar-Kali, The Last Thing He Wanted
Tamar-kali is reuniting with director Dee Rees on the upcoming drama The Last Thing He Wanted. The movie is based on the 1996 novel of the same title by Joan Didion and stars Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Toby Jones, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi and Mel Rodriguez. The movie centers on a journalist who finds herself on dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair’s arms for drugs plot reaches its tipping point. Rees (Pariah, Bessie) also co-wrote the screenplay with Marco Villalobos and is also producing the project with Cassian Elwes (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Paperboy). Read the rest of this entry »
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: October 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for Barry Jenkins’ drama If Beale Street Could Talk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes, Succession, Vice) who previously scored the director’s Moonlight, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl version is also in the works. If Beale Street Could Talk is written and directed by Jenkins and stars KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Brian Tyree Henry and Michael Beach. The movie is based on James Baldwin’s novel and follows a woman as she races against the clock to prove her fiance’s innocence while carrying their first child to term. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian to Score ‘Five Feet Apart’
Posted: October 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, Five Feet Apart, Justin Baldoni
Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Fast & Furious) & Breton Vivian have been tapped to score the upcoming romantic drama Five Feet Apart. The film is directed by Justin Baldoni and stars Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Parminder Nagra and Claire Forlani. The movie follows two young people who meet and fall in love while being treated for their illnesses, knowing that they are both living on borrowed time. Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis (The Curse of La Llorona) wrote the screenplay. Baldoni is also producing the project with Cathy Schulman (Crash, The Illusionist, The Foreigner). Read the rest of this entry »
