Christopher Lennertz and Matt Bowen have composed the original music for the new Netflix limited series Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. The show is created by Robin Stein & Daniel Bryan Franklin and stars Sam Ashe Arnold, Cole Sand, Brianna Reed,Brittany Garms, Rachel Gage, Cleo Fraser, Eddie Leavy and Tiffany Espensen. The comedy revolves around a group of teenage friends who plan an epic trip to Comic-Con to meet their idol, only to get caught in one hilariously awkward predicament after another. Jeremy Garelick serves as the project’s showrunner and is executive producing the show with Stein, Franklin, Dan Cross and Dave Hoge (The Thundermans, Pair of Kings). Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever’ to Feature Music by Christopher Lennertz & Matt Bowen
Posted: October 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Best Worst Weekend Ever, Christopher Lennertz, Matt Bowen, Netflix
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Christopher Young to Score ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake
Posted: October 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kölsch, Pet Sematary
Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Ghost Rider, Entrapment, The Grudge) has been tapped to score the upcoming new film adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. The film is directed by Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes) and stars Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence and Hugo & Lucas Lavoie. The movie follows a young family who, after moving to a rural home, discover they are living next to a creepy pet cemetery endowed with powers to reanimate whatever is buried on its grounds. Jeff Buhler (Nightflyers, Jacob’s Ladder) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 12, 2018)
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 22 July, Apostle, Aria Prayogi, Asher Goldschmidt, Bad Times at the El Royale, Bear McCreary, Beautiful Boy, Bigger, Bret Mazur, Dominic Lewis, Fajar Yuskemal, First Man, Gabriel Yared, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, I Still See You, Jeff Beal, Justin Hurwitz, Look Away, Mario Grigorov, Michael Giacchino, Mike McCready, Sadie, Sune Martin, The Happy Prince, The Kindergarten Teacher, The Oath
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the biographical drama First Man directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit and Lukas Haas. The film’s original music is composed by Justin Hurwitz (La La Land,Whiplash). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide is the mystery thriller Bad Times at the El Royale written and directed by Drew Goddard and starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman and Chris Hemsworth. Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Star Trek) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music (click here for the full album details) and Republic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more information). Read the rest of this entry »
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Scoring ITV’s ‘Butterfly’
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Butterfly, ITV, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things) have composed the music for the new ITV mini-series Butterfly. The show is created by Tony Marchant (Holding On, The Mark of Cain) and stars Anna Friel, Emmett J. Scanlan, Alison Steadman, Sean McGinley and Callum Booth-Ford. The 3-parter focuses on the complex relationship between two separated parents and their division in opinion over how to support their youngest child. Marchant is also executive producing the project with Nicola Shindler (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax), Caroline Hollick and Adam Kemp (Our Zoo). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Scorpion King: Book of Souls’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frederik Wiedmann, score, Scorpion King: Book of Souls, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the fantasy action adventure Scorpion King: Book of Souls. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Hangman, The Dragon Prince, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Acts of Vengeance, Field of Lost Shoes). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 19 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Scorpion King: Book of Souls is directed by Don Michael Paul and stars Zach McGowan, Pearl Thusi, Nathan Jones, Katy Louise Saunders, Mayling Ng, Howard Charles, Inge Beckmann and Peter Mensah. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Facebook Watch’s ‘Sacred Lies’ to Be Released
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Facebook Watch, Giona Ostinelli, Sacred Lies, score, Sonya Belousava, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Facebook Watch original series Sacred Lies. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Mist, Reprisal, Carnage Park, Darling). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 26, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sacred Lies is developed by Raelle Tucker and stars Elena Kampouris, Kevin Carroll, Kiana Madeira, Ryan Robbins and Toby Huss. The drama based on Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly is modern reimagining of the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale The Handless Maiden and follows the journey of a girl who escapes a mysterious cult and finds herself in juvenile detention. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lizzie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig William Macneill, Jeff Russo, Lizzie, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Lizzie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Legion, The Night Of, Mile 22, Snowfall, Counterpart). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 26, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Lizzie is directed by Craig William Macneill and stars Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare and Jeff Perry. The movie tells the story surrounding the infamous murder trial of convicted axe killer Elizabeth Borden who was eventually acquitted for the 1892 murder her father and stepmother in Fall Rivers, MA. Read the rest of this entry »
‘How It Ends’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, David M. Rosenthal, How It Ends, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
BMG has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie How It Ends. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Eagle, Chicago Fire). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. How It Ends is directed by David M. Rosenthal and stars Theo James, Forest Whitaker and Kat Graham. The movie centers on a young lawyer as he heads west to find his pregnant fiancée when a mysterious disaster turns the country into a war zone. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller, Nate Heller, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for Marielle Heller’s comedy drama Can You Ever Forgive Me? have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Jeri Southern, Blossom Dearie, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Tank and the Bangas, Pixies, Chet Baker and Justin Vivian Bond. Also included is the film’s original score composed by Nate Heller who previously composed the music for the director’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow (click here to download) and physically on October 26. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Can You Ever Forgive Me? starring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant tells the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for FX’s ‘Trust’ to Be Released
Posted: October 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, James Lavelle, score, Soundtrack, Trust, UNKLE
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX limited series Trust. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by James Lavelle of the British music collective UNKLE. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 9, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Trust is created by Simon Beaufoy and stars Donald Sutherland, Michael Esper, Hilary Swank, Harris Dickinson, Brendan Fraser, Anna Chancellor, Norbert Leo Butz, Charlotte Riley and Luca Marinelli. Danny Boyle has directed the first couple of episodes of the drama, which tells the story of John Paul Getty III, heir to the Getty oil fortune. Read the rest of this entry »
