Tom Cruise revealed in a video message at this yesterday’s Hollywood in Vienna concert that Hans Zimmer will be scoring the upcoming action drama Top Gun: Maverick. Hans-Zimmer.com has confirmed that the composer will be collaborating with Harold Faltermeyer who composed the music for Tony Scott’s 1986 original film. Cruise has previously mentioned that Faltermeyer’s music will be featured in the sequel. Top Gun: Maverick is directed by Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion, Tron Legacy) and stars Cruise, alongside Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez and Monica Barbaro. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer & Harold Faltermeyer to Score ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Posted: October 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 19, 2018)
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Andrew Hung, Atticus Ross, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Danny Mulhern, David Lang, Eugenie Jacobson, Galveston, Halloween, Jeff Cardoni, Jens Grötzschel, John Carpenter, Malicious, Marc Chouarain, Mid90s, Nate Heller, Stefan Schulzki, The Super, Trent Reznor, What They Had, Wildlife
The only new movie opening nationwide this weekend is the slasher thriller Halloween co-written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner and Nick Castle. The film’s original music is composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. Sacred Bones Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our previous article for the full album and also click here to watch a video featurette about the music for the Blumhouse production.
Opening in limited release is the coming-of-age comedy drama Mid90s written and directed by Jonah Hill and starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie, Katherine Waterston and Olan Prenatt. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Patriots Day) have composed the film’s original score. The Null Corporation has released a soundtrack EP featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full details and to learn more about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Josie Rourke, Mary Queen of Scots, Max Richter, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the period drama Mary Queen of Scots have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Hostiles, Waltz with Bashir, Taboo, White Boy Rick, Miss Sloane). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on December 7, 2018 by Deutsche Grammophon. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Mary Queen of Scots is directed by Josie Rourke and stars Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Gemma Chan, Ismael Cordova, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, James McArdle and Guy Pearce. The movie is based on John Guy’s biography My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots and explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Read the rest of this entry »
‘An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Andrew Hung, Jim Hosking, score, Soundtrack
Lex Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Hung (The Greasy Strangler). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is set to be released on December 7 and is available for pre-order here. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is co-written and directed by Jim Hosking and stars Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Craig Robinson and Jemaine Clement. The movie follows a woman who is trapped in a dissatisfying marriage with her husband and sees a TV commercial for An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn For One Magical Night Only that reveals a mysterious man from her past. Read the rest of this entry »
Arturo Sandoval Scoring Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Mule’
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arturo Sandoval, Clint Eastwood, The Mule
Arturo Sandoval is composing the original score for the upcoming crime drama The Mule. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby) who also stars in the movie alongside Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pena, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio, Loren Dean and Eugene Cordero. The movie tells the true story of Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who signs on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Nick Schenck (Gran Torino, The Judge) wrote the screenplay inspired by the New York Times Magazine article The Sinaloa Cartels’ 90-Year-Old Drug Mule by Sam Dolnick. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV/Amazon Series ‘Vanity Fair’ Released
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Isobel Waller-Bridge, ITV, score, Soundtrack, Vanity Fair
Decca Records has released a soundtrack album for the ITV and Amazon mini-series Vanity Fair. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, The Split, Vita and Virginia). Also included is the drama’s title song All Along The Watchtower by Afterhere, as well as tracks by Jade Bird, Paloma Faith, Agnes Abel and Laura Mvula. The soundtrack is now available digitally in the UK. Visit the British Amazon store to listen to audio samples. No domestic released date has been announced yet. Vanity Fair is developed by Gwyneth Hughes based on Williams Makepeace Thackeray’s classic 1848 novel and stars Olivia Cooke, Tom Bateman, Suranne Jones, Michael Palin, Johnny Flynn, Martin Clunes, Frances de La Tour, Claudia Jessie, Simon Russell Beale, Claire Skinner, David Flynn and Charlie Rowe. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Super’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jens Grötzschel, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Schulzki, The Super
A soundtrack album has been released for the thriller The Super. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jens Grötzschel & Stefan Schulzki. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Super is directed by Stephan Rick, written by John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan, Hitchcock) and stars Val Kilmer, Patrick John Flueger, Louisa Krause, Mattea Conforti and Taylor Richardson. The movie produced by Dick Wolf (Law & Order) revolves around a man who becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Strangers’ Released
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, Raffertie, score, Soundtrack, Strangers
Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album for the ITV series Strangers. The album features selections of original music from the show’s first season composed by Raffertie. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Strangers is created by Mark Denton & Jonny Stockwood and stars John Simm, Anthony Wong, Emilia Fox, Katie Leung, Tom Wu, Anthony Hayes and Dervla Kirwan. The drama follows a professor whose world comes crashing down when his wife is killed in a car crash in Hong Kong. Read the rest of this entry »
‘London Fields’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Barber, London Fields, Matthew Cullen, score, Soundtrack
Seven Arts Media will release a soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller London Fields. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Adam Barber. Also included are songs by James Bagshaw, The Cold and Lovely and the original song You Cover Me by Barber & Laura Michelle Hughes. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 19 and will be available to download on Amazon. London Fields is directed by Matthew Cullen and stars Amber Heard, Jamie Alexander, Jason Issacs, Theo James, Jim Sturgess, Cara Delevingne and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie is based on Martin Amis’ novel by the same title and revolves around a clairvoyant femme fatale who has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Daredevil’ Season 3 Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daredevil, John Paesano, Marvel, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music will release a new soundtrack album for Marvel’s Netflix original series Daredevil. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by John Paesano (The Maze Runner, The Defenders, Spider-Man video game, Dragons: Riders of Berk, The Star). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 19 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The labels have previously released soundtrack album featuring Paesano’s score from the first two seasons. Daredevil is based on the Marvel Comics character and stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elden Henson, Joanne Whalley, Wilson Bethel and Jay Ali. Read the rest of this entry »
