Michael Wandmacher has signed on to score the upcoming action horror sequel Underworld: Blood Wars. The movie is directed by Anna Foerster and stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Trent Garrett, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson and Daisy Head. No plot details have been revealed yet. Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter, Priest) has written the screenplay based on characters originally created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman and Danny McBride. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Wandmacher to Score ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’
Posted: July 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Michael Wandmacher, Patient Zero, Underworld, Underworld: Blood Wars
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‘Captain Fantastic’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the indie drama Captain Fantastic. The album features the film’s original songs by Sigur Rós, Jónsi & Alex, Israel Nash and Kirk Ross. Also included are renditions of the songs Sweet Child O Mine, Scotland The Braver and I Shall Be Released performed by the movie’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on July 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously announced, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring Alex Somer’s original score from the film. Captain Fantastic is written and directed by Matt Ross and stars Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, George MacKay, Steve Zahn, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso and Ann Dowd. The movie follows a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectul education who is forced to leave the forests of the Pacific Northwest and to re-enter society. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Infiltrator’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 5, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brad Furman, Soundtrack, The Infiltrator
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller The Infiltrator. The album features the songs from the film by artists including The Who, Rush, the Violent Femmes, Leonard Cohen, Jody Williams, Curtis Mayfield, Cymande & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 15, 2016 and physically on August 12. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the movie’s score composed by Chris Hajian. The Infiltrator is directed by Brad Furman and stars Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Amy Ryan, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Gilgun and Yul Vazquez. The thriller follows Federal agent Robert “Bob” Mazur as he goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman. 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
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 »
‘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 »
