Benj Pasek & Justin Paul are attached to write original songs for Disney’s upcoming new live action film adaptation of Snow White. The movie based on the 1937 animated classic will be produced by Marc Platt (Into the Woods, Drive, Legally Blonde, Nine). Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train, Secretary, Men, Women & Children) is attached to write the screenplay. No actors or director have been signed yet. Pasek and Paul are best known for their music for the stage musicals A Christmas Story, Dogfight, Edges, Dear Evan Hansen, and James and the Giant Peach. Read the rest of this entry »
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Write Songs for Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Live Action Movie
Posted: November 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Snow White
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‘Narcos’ Season 2 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: November 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Narcos, Netflix, Pedro Bromfman, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Narcos. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Pedro Bromfman (RoboCop, Elite Squad). Also included are songs by Ruben Juarez, Grupo Niche, Usma y Su Conjunto, La Cancion Colombiana and The Emmy Award-nominated main title theme Tuyo by Rodrigo Amarante. The soundtrack will be released digitally on iTunes/Apple Music on November 11, 2016 and through all service providers on November 18, followed by a physical release on December 9. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Narcos is created by Jose Padhila and stars Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Juan Pablo Raba, Joanna Christie, Stephanie Sigman, Manolo Cardona, André Mattos, Luis Guzman and Ana de la Reguera. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Westworld’ Season 1 Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: October 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Westworld
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack for the HBO original series Westworld. The EP features five tracks from the show’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Person of Interest), including the main titles theme and instrumental versions of the Rolling Stones’ Paint It, Black and Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun (as featured in the pilot episode), as well as Radiohead’s No Surprises and The Cure’s A Forest. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Westworld is created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 feature and stars Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Read the rest of this entry »
Jon Ekstrand to Score Daniel Espinosa’s ‘Life’
Posted: October 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Espinosa, Jon Ekstrand, Life
Jon Ekstrand is reteaming with director Daniel Espinosa on the upcoming sci-fi thriller Life. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare and Hiroyuki Sanada. The movie follows the crew of the International Space Station, who, after retrieving a sample from Mars, discover that it displays signs of life, and proves to be more intelligent than expected. Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) have written the screenplay. David Ellison & Dana Goldberg (Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys) are producing the Skydance production with Bonnie Curtis (Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence) and Julie Lynn (Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child). Read the rest of this entry »
Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) to Score ‘Ashes in the Snow’
Posted: October 31, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ashes in the Snow, Hauschka, Marius Markevicius, Volker Bertelmann
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has been hired to score the upcoming period drama Ashes in the Snow. The film is directed by Marius Markevicius (The Other Dream Team) and stars Bel Powley, Jonah Hauer-King, Martin Wallstrom, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Sophie Cookson, Peter Franzen, Sam Hazeldine, James Cosmo, Adrian Schiller and Tom Sweet. The movie is based on Ruta Sepetys’ best-selling novel Between Shades of Gray and follows a 16-year-old girl who is forced to live in a Siberian work camp amid Stalin’s reign of terror in the Baltic region and attempts to use her art to send messages to her imprisoned father. Ben York Jones (Like Crazy, Breathe In) has written the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 30, 2016)
Posted: October 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Eban Schletter, Hans Zimmer, IFC, Netflix, Pure Genius, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Skylanders Academy, Stan Against Evil, The Crown, Timbaland, Will Bates
Premiering on Wednesday, November 2, is the new IFC original series Stan Against Evil created by Dana Gould and starring John C. McGinley, Janet Varney, Nate Mooney, Deborah Baker Jr. and Mick Ignis. The show’s original music is composed by Eban Schletter (SpongeBob Square Pants, Another Period). The horror comedy follows a former sheriff of a small New England town who teams up with his younger replacement to investigate a series of supernatural occurrences. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Friday, November 4, is the Netflix original series The Crown created by Peter Morgan and starring Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby and John Lithgow. Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight) has composed the show’s main theme and Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, Hotel Rwanda) has composed the original score. Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music on Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Timbaland’s ‘Skylanders Academy’ Theme Song ‘Harmony’ Released
Posted: October 30, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Skylanders Academy, Timbaland
Activision/Blizzard Music have released the theme song for the new Netflix animated series Skylanders Academy. The track, entitled Harmony, is performed by Timbaland feat. Dalton Diehl. The song is now available to download on Amazon. Listen to the track after the jump. Skylanders Academy developed by Eric Rogers based on the Skylanders video game franchise and features the voices of Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Johnathan Banks, Norm Macdonald, Richard Horvitz, Ellis Greg, Bobcat Goldthwait, Catherine O’Hara, Harland Williams and Susan Sarandon. The show follows the heroic adventures of Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel the vast Skylands universe, protecting it from evil-doers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Penny Dreadful’ Seasons 2 & 3 Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, John Logan, Penny Dreadful, score, Showtime, Soundtrack
The full details of the second soundtrack album for the Showtime original series Penny Dreadful have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second and third season composed by Golden Globe nominee Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, W.E., Escape from Tomorrow) who received three Emmy Award nominations for his work on the drama. The soundtrack will be released physically on December 16, 2016 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the first season. Penny Dreadful is created by John Logan and stars Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Rory Kinnear, Reeve Carney, Harry Treadaway, Billie Piper and Danny Sapani. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hairspray LIVE!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hairspray, Hairspray LIVE!, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the NBC television event Hairspray LIVE!. The album features the songs from the musical written by Marc Shaiman (A Few Good Men, Misery, Sister Act, City Slickers) and Scott Wittman (Smash, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) performed by the show’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 2, 2016 and physically on December 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hairspray LIVE! is based on the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical and stars Maddie Baillio, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth, Garrett Clayton, Harvey Fierstein, Ariana Grande, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Ephraim Sykes and Shahadi Wright Joseph, with special appearances by Billy Eichner, Sean Hayes, Andrea Martin and Rosie O’Donnell. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 28, 2016)
Posted: October 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gimme Danger, Hans Zimmer, Inferno, King Cobra, The Wolves at the Door, Tim Kvasnosky, Toby Chu
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the thriller Inferno directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King, Inception, Rain Man, Black Hawk Down). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Also visit Collider for a recent video interview with Zimmer about his work on the project at the film’s world premiere in Florence.
Opening in limited release is the documentary Gimme Danger directed by Jim Jarmusch about the rock-n-roll band The Stooges. The movie doesn’t feature any original score and no soundtrack album has been released. The film recounts the hard-rocking history of Iggy Pop and The Stooges, who burst out of Michigan in the late ’60s with a savage and endlessly influential fusion of rock, blues, R&B, and free jazz. The documentary premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released by Magnolia Pictures and Amazon Studios. Visit the official movie website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
