Temporary Residence will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama We the Animals. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Zammuto. The soundtrack will be released on November 9, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track from the album (Tonight We’ll Go for a Ride) is now already available to download here. We the Animals is co-written and directed by Jeremiah Zagar and stars Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Gabriel, Sheila Vand and Raul Castillo. The drama is based on Justin Torres’ debut novel and focuses on three boys growing up in rural New York. Read the rest of this entry »
‘We the Animals’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeremiah Zagar, Nick Zammuto, score, Soundtrack, We the Animals
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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Beat’ Released
Posted: October 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Beat, Ben Lukas Boysen, score, Soundtrack
Great Escape Records has released a soundtrack album for the German Amazon original series Beat. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ben Lukas Boysen (aka Hecq) (Manifesto). Also included are tracks by Van Der Meer, Matthew Dear, Efdemin, Dina Washington, dotwav & others. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Beat is directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner (Summer Storm) and stars Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling and Kostja Ullmann. The crime drama follows a drug-using, sex-addicted young club promoter whose far-reaching connections in Berlin’s seedy club scene become of interest to police investigators trying to bring down a human-organ trafficking ring. Read the rest of this entry »
Hugo de Chaire Scoring James Dearden’s ‘Surviving Christmas’
Posted: October 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hugo de Chaire, James Dearden, Surviving Christmas
This past week, Hugo de Chaire has recorded his score for the upcoming British family comedy Surviving Christmas. The film is written and directed by James Dearden (screenwriter of Fatal Attraction) and stars Julian Ovenden, Gemma Whelan, Joely Richardson, Michael Landes, Sally Phillips, Ronni Ancona, Patricia Hodge and James Fox. The movie tells the story of two sisters looking to endure the holiday period with their families in their recently deceased parents’ dilapidated country house. Nick Hamson (Mum’s List) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 21, 2018)
Posted: October 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Been So Long, Bodyguard, Chris Alan Lee, Christopher Nicholas Bangs, Heathers, Jon Opstad, Netflix, Paramount Network, PBS, Ruth Barrett, The Woman in White
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the British mini-series The Woman in White developed by Fiona Seres based on Wilkie Collins’ novel, directed by Carl Tibbetts and starring Ben Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Vinall, Dougray Scott, Riccardo Scamarcio and Charles Dance. The 5-parter’s original music is composed by Jon Opstad (Black Mirror, Silent Witness, Safe House). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which premiered earlier this year in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS. Also visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 24 in the U.S. is the British TV series Bodyguard created by Jed Mercurio and starring Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Gina McKee, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin and Rowena King. Ruth Barrett (Victoria, Harry Brown, Collateral, Toast, Hunted) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which follows a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician. Bodyguard premiered in the UK on BBC One this past August and will be available stateside exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Viking Destiny’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Viking Destiny, David L.G. Hughes, score, Soundtrack, Tom E. Morrison
Big Sky Song Records has released a soundtrack album for the action adventure Viking Destiny. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom E. Morrison. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Viking Destiny is written and directed by David L.G. Hughes and stars Terence Stamp, Ann Demetriou, Will Mellor, Ian Beattie, Martyn Ford and Paul Freeman. The movie tells the story of a Viking Princess who is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of her father and travels the world gaining wisdom and building the army she needs to win back her throne. 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
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 »
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 »
