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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 7, 2019)

Posted: April 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Adam Samuel Goldman, Alec Puro, Black Summer, CBS, Huge in France, Jeff Cardoni, Netflix, The Code, The Silence, tomandandy

Premiering on Tuesday, April 9 before moving to its regular Monday night timeslot the following week is the new CBS drama The Code created by Craig Sweeny & Craig Turk and starring Luke Mitchell, Anna Wood, Dana Delany, Ato Essandoh, Phillipa Soo and Raffi Barsoumian. The show’s original music is composed by Adam Samuel Goldman (Blackbird, Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series.

Premiering on Wednesday, April 10, is the the horror thriller The Silence directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, Kiernan Shipka and John Corbett. The composer duo of tomandandy (47 Meters Down, The Strangers, The Mothman Prophecies) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which follows a teen and her family as they seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult with the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound. Read the rest of this entry »

Wendy & Lisa Scoring Amy Poehler’s ‘Wine Country’

Posted: April 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
Tags: Amy Poehler, Lisa Coleman, Netflix, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin, Wine Country

Wendy & Lisa (aka Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman) (Heroes, Nurse Jackie, Dangerous Minds) have composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original movie Wine Country. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Amy Poehler who also stars in the movie alongside Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Rachel Dratch, Paula Pell, Emily Spivey and Tina Fey.. The comedy revolves around a group of longtime girlfriends who go to Napa for the weekend to celebrate their friend’s 50th birthday, when tensions from the past boil over. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Curiosa’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: April 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Arnaud Rebotini, Curiosa, Lou Jeunet, score, Soundtrack

Blackstrobe Records has released a soundtrack album for the French period drama Curiosa. The album features the film’s original music composed by Arnaud Rebotini (BPM (Beats Per Minute), Eastern Boys, The Wind Turns). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. Curiosa is co-written and directed by Lou Jeunet and stars Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana, Amira Casar and Scali Delpeyrat. The movie, which is set against the backdrop of the erotic photography scene of Belle Epoque Paris, has just been released in French theaters this week. Read the rest of this entry »

Adam Samuel Goldman Scoring CBS’ ‘The Code’

Posted: April 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Adam Samuel Goldman, CBS, The Code

Adam Samuel Goldman is scoring the new CBS drama The Code. The show is created by Craig Sweeny (Elementary) & Craig Turk (FBI, The Good Wife) and stars Luke Mitchell, Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Phillipa Soo, Dana Delany and Raffi Barsoumian. The series follows a group of prosecutors, defense lawyers, and investigators who tackle the toughest legal challenges facing the U.S. Marine Corps. Sweeny & Turk are also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Carl Beverly & Sarah Timberman (SEAL Team, Master of Sex), Christine Moore, as well as Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, (500) Days of Summer) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 5, 2019)

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
Tags: Ben Lovett, Benjamin Wallfisch, Gary Yershon, High Life, Joanne Higginbottom, Marcelo Zarvos, Pet Sematary, Peterloo, Shazam, Stuart A. Staples, The Best of Enemies, The Public, The Wind, Tyler Bates

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Shazam! directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Faithe Herman, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller Pet Sematary directed by Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer and starring Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow. Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Drag Me to Hell, Ghost Rider) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Music has released soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as Starcrawler’s cover of the Ramones’ title song, which plays over the movie’s end credits. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack for Pixar’s ‘Kitbull’ Released

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Andrew Jimenez, Kitbull, Pixar, Rosana Sullivan, score, Soundtrack

Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Pixar animated short Kitbull. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Jimenez. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Kitbull is directed by Rosana Sullivan, produced by Kathryn Hendrickson and centers on a fiercely independent stray kitten and an abused pit bull who form an unlikely friendship. The short, which is the third title in Pixar’s SparkShorts program opened at Disney’s El Capitan Theater in January and is now available to stream on YouTube. Watch the full short after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

‘American Gods’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: American Gods, Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, score, Soundtrack, Starz

Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series American Gods. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene). The soundtrack is already available digitally overseas and will be released in U.S. stores on April 12. Visit Amazon to download the album and listen to audio samples. American Gods is based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover, Orlando Jones, Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey and Kahyun Kim. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Public’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
Tags: Emilio Estevez, Joanne Higginbottom, score, Soundtrack, The Public, Tyler Bates

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for Emilio Estevez’s drama The Public. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, The Punisher, 300) & Joanne Higginbottom (Samurai Jack). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Public is written and directed by Estevez who also stars in the movie with Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Jacob Vargas, Michael K. Williams, Jeffrey Wright and Che “Rhymefest” Smith. The drama revolves around a sit-in by patrons at a public library that escalates into a police standoff and a media sideshow. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Hostile Planet’ Released

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Hostile Planet, National Geographic, score, Soundtrack

Milan Records has released the first of three soundtrack albums for the National Geographic docu-series Hostile Planet. The show’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). The Vol. 1 album, entitled Mountains and Oceans, is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Two more albums, Grasslands and Jungles and Deserts and Polar, will be released on April 19 & May 3 respectively. Hostile Planet executive produced by Guillermo Navarro and hosted by Bear Grylls looks at animals surviving at the extremes of different environments, in mountains, oceans, grasslands, jungles, deserts, and polar regions. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Our Planet’ – The Complete Collection Soundtracks Released

Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
Tags: Netflix, Our Planet, score, Soundtrack, Steven Price

Decca Records has released eight digital soundtrack albums for the Netflix original docu-series Our Planet. The albums feature the original music from each of the eight episodes of the show composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Baby Driver, Attack the Block). Our Planet – The Complete Collection includes the scores for the episodes One Planet, Frozen Worlds, Jungles, Coastal Seas, Deserts and Grasslands, High Seas, Freshwater and Forests (click on the episode title to download the individual soundtrack). As previously reported, the label has also released a 40-track album featuring highlights of the composer’s music from all episodes, as well as a song co-written by Price & Ellie Goulding. Read the rest of this entry »