Will Blair and Brooke Blair are the composers of the upcoming crime thriller Three Seconds. The film is directed by Andrea Di Stefano (Escobar: Paradise Lost) and stars Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common and Ana de Armas. The movie is based on the best-selling Swedish novel by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström and follows a reformed ex-convict and former special ops soldier who gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison. Matt Cook (Patriots Day, Triple 9) wrote the screenplay with revisions by Rowan Joffé (The American), Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and Di Stefano. Read the rest of this entry »
Will & Brooke Blair Scoring Andrea Di Stefano’s ‘Three Seconds’
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrea di Stefano, Brooke Blair, Three Seconds, Will Blair
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‘306 Hollywood’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 306 Hollywood, score, Soundtrack, Troy Herion
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary 306 Hollywood. The album features the film’s original music composed by Troy Herion (The Dog). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 5, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. 306 Hollywood is directed by Elan & Jonathan Bogarín and follows the filmmakers as they undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released in New York this past weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Milan Records to Release ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Soundtrack
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Netflix, Soundtrack, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Coen Brothers’ western anthology movie The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The directors’ regular composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, True Grit, Twilight, Carol, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has composed the film’s original score. The album, which is expected to feature both the score and songs from the movie, will be released digitally and physically on November 16, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018)
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stelvio Cipriani
Stelvio Cipriani has passed away today at age 81. The Italian composer has scored over 200 movies and TV shows over an almost five decade-spanning career. Among his best known scoring credits are Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare City, James Cameron’s Piranha II: The Spawning, Mario Bava’s A Bay of Blood and Rabid Dogs, Ovidio G. Assonitis’ Tentacles, J.Piquer Simon’s Pieces and Antonio Bido’s Bloodstained Shadow. His main theme for 1973’s The Great Kidnapping (La polizia sta a guardare) was featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 feature Death Proof.
‘Chasing the Blues’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chasing the Blues, Soundtrack, The Bones of J.R. Jones
Propelr Music has released as soundtrack album for the comedy drama Chasing the Blues. The album features the film’s original songs performed by Jonathon Linaberry, aka The Bones of J.R. Jones. Also included are tracks by Peg Leg Howell, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Sylvester Weaver, Cecil Otter and Mississippi John Hurt. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Chasing the Blues is co-written and directed by Scott Smith and stars Grant Rosenmeyer, Ronald L. Conner, Jon Lovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Chelsea Tavares and Anna Maria Horsford. The movie follows two rival record collectors as they conspire against each other to dupe an old lady out of a rare but cursed blues record, O Death Where Is Thy Sting?. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 30, 2018)
Posted: September 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, CBS, Craig Wedren, Creeped Out, Derryck 'Big Tank' Thornton, Fox, Frank Ciampi, God Friended Me, Happy Together, Hulu, Into the Dark, Joe Kraemer, Kevin Kiner, Kurt Farquhar, Mike Suby, NBC, Netflix, New Amsterdam, Rel, Single Parents, The Neighborhood, The Newton Brothers
Premiering tonight is the new CBS comedy drama God Friended Me created by Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt and starring Brandon Micheal Hall, Joe Morton, Suraj Sharma, Violett Beane and Javicia Leslie. The show’s original music is composed by Mike Suby (The Butterfly Effect, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Kyle XY). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which follows an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God. The dramedy will air every Sunday night on CBS.
Also premiering tonight following a special premiere earlier this month is the new Fox comedy Rel created by Lil Rel Howery, Kevin Barnett & Josh Rabinowitz and starring Howery, Jordan L. Jones, Jessica ‘Jess Hilarious’ Moore and Sinbad. Derryck ‘Big Tank’ Thornton (My Wife and Kids) is composing the show’s original music. The series, which centers on a newly single father who attempts to make a new start in life on the West Side of Chicago with the assistance of his best friend, younger brother and father, will air Sunday nights on Fox. Visit the official show website for updates. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Redcon-1’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 30, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chee Keong Cheung, Ian Arber, Redcon-1, score, Soundtrack
Filmtrax has released a soundtrack album for the British horror thriller Redcon-1. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Arber (I Am Bolt, Scott and Sid, My Name Is Lenny). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Redcon-1 is directed by Chee Keong Cheung and stars Katarina Waters, Mark Strange, Carlos Gallardo, Akira Koieyama, Oris Erhuero, Martyn Ford, Joshua Dickinson and Michael Sheehan. The movie follows a team of soldiers must battle through a zombie filled Britain in a race against time to find a cure. The thriller just opened this weekend in theaters in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Warbeck to Make Directorial Debut with ‘The Thin Man’
Posted: September 29, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Stephen Warbeck, The Thin Man
Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot, Quills, Proof) is making his feature directorial debut on the upcoming British comedy The Thin Man. He is co-directing the project with John Paul Davidson. The movie starring Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane and Maïwenn tells the story of a man journeying through France in a Fiat 500, chased by five angry men in a Citroën Dyane. Warbeck & Davidson also wrote the screenplay. Warbeck will also compose the score for the comedy, which is produced by Daniel-Konrad Cooper (Dead In A Week: Or Your Money Back) for Rather Good Films. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 28, 2018)
Posted: September 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All About Nina, Bad Reputation, Bear McCreary, Brooke Blair, Cruise, Daniel Hart, David Newman, Dhani Harrison, Free Solo, Heitor Pereira, Hell Fest, Hold the Dark, Jacques Brautbar, Jay Wadley, John Dragonetti, Kris Bowers, Little Women, Marco Beltrami, MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A., Monsters and Men, Nathan Matthew David, Night School, Paul Hicks, Robert Allen Elliott, Smallfoot, Summer 03, The Old Man and the Gun, Will Blair
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Smallfoot directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and starring Channing Tatum, Zendaya, James Corden, Common, LeBron James, Gina Rodriguez, Danny DeVito and Yara Shahidi. The director and Wayne Kirkpatrick have composed the film’s original songs and Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring both score and songs. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller Hell Fest directed by Gregory Plotkin and starring Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Christian James, Roby Attal, Matt Mercurio and Tony Todd. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Happy Death Day). Sparks & Shadows has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as tracks by Brendan McKian, John Massari and Crisis Couture. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Stronger’ Cover from ‘Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story’ Released
Posted: September 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: China Anne McClain, Disney Channel, Dove Cameron, Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story
Walt Disney Records has released a new digital single featuring the cover version of Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger performed by Dove Cameron & China Anne McClain from Disney Channel’s Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story. The song is now available to download on Amazon. Check out the music video after the jump. Under the Sea: A Descendants Short Story is set between Disney’s Descendants 2 and Descendants 3 and stars Cameron, McClain, as well as Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair. The TV special, which follows Mal and Uma as they face off off in an epic underwater showdown, is premiering tonight on the Disney Channel. Read the rest of this entry »
