MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British thriller Red Joan. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Hitch, You’ve Got Mail, Blue Planet). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 10 and will be available to download here. A CD version will be released by Quartet Records. Red Joan is directed by Trevor Nunn and stars Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Hughes. The movie tells the story of Joan Stanley, the seemingly demure physicist who was also a long-serving British spy for the KGB. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Red Joan’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Fenton, Red Joan, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Nunn
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ZAYN’s & Zhavia Ward’s ‘A Whole New World’ Cover from ‘Aladdin’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Guy Ritchie, Soundtrack, Zayn, Zhavia Ward
Walt Disney Records has released the first track from the soundtrack album for the live-action remake of Aladdin. ZAYN and Zhavia Ward have recorded a new version of the song A Whole New World originally written for the 1992 animated classic by Alan Menken and Tim Rice. Saltwives has produced the new version of the song, which will be featured in the movie’s end credits. Click here to download the track and check out the music video after the jump. The full soundtrack album, which also features the other songs from the movie, as well as Menken’s original score is now set to be released digitally on May 22 and physically on May 24 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Professor and the Madman’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, score, Soundtrack, The Professor and the Madman
Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama The Professor and the Madman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Happy Death Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 10 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is also in the works and is available to pre-order here. The Professor and the Madman starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, Steve Coogan, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Gruffudd and Jeremy Irvine. The movie is based on the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester and tells the true story of professor James Murray, who began compiling the Oxford English Dictionary in 1857 and Dr. William Chester Minor, who submitted more than 10,000 entries while he was an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Queen of Hearts’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Ekstrand, May el-Toukhy, Queen of Hearts, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Danish/Swedish drama Queen of Hearts (Dronningen). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Ekstrand (Life, Easy Money, Child 44, Slaughterhouse Rulez). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Queen of Hearts is co-written and directed by May el-Toukhy and stars Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh and Magnus Krepper. The movie follows a woman who embarks on a dangerous affair with her stepson. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the audience award in the World Cinema – Dramatic section and was released in Scandinavian theaters over the last two months. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Julia Hart’s Disney+ Movie ‘Stargirl’
Posted: May 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney, Julia Hart, Rob Simonsen, Stargirl
Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Nerve, Foxcatcher, The Upside, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now) is reuniting with director Julia Hart on the upcoming Disney+ original movie Stargirl. The film is based on Jerry Spinelli’s best-selling YA novel and stars Grace VanderWaal in the title role, alongside Graham Verchere,Giancarlo Esposito, Karan Brar, Darby Stanchfield and Maximiliano Hernandez. The movie follows Leo Borlock who, in a world where the spaces grow bigger even as they get smaller, meets Stargirl Caraway, a bright, authentic light who breaks through the sea of teenage confusion. Read the rest of this entry »
Nathan Furst to Reteam with Scott Waugh on ‘Project X-Traction’
Posted: May 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Nathan Furst, Project X-Traction, Scott Waugh
Composer Nathan Furst is reteaming with director Scott Waugh on the upcoming action thriller Project X-Traction. The film starring Jackie Chan and John Cena follows a retired Chinese military man and now private security contractor who is sent to rescue workers from a Chinese-run oil refinery under attack.When he learns that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, he teams up with an American to stop them. Arash Amel (A Private War, Grace of Monaco) wrote the screenplay. Chan is also producing the project for his Sparkle Roll Media production company, alongside Joe Tam, Esmond Ren (Skiptrace) and Hans Canosa (Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac). Read the rest of this entry »
Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Netflix Movie ‘Murder Mystery’
Posted: May 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kyle Newacheck, Murder Mystery, Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) has composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Murder Mystery. The film is directed by Kyle Newacheck (Game Over, Man!, Workaholics) and stars Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Luke Evans, Gemma Arterton, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Shioli Kutsuna, David Walliams, Adeel Akhtar, John Kani, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Dany Boon and Terence Stamp. The comedy follows a New York cop and his wife who – after attending a gathering on a billionaire’s yacht during a European vacation – become prime suspects when he’s murdered. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Shiny Shrimps’ (‘Les Crevettes Pailletées’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frédéric Kooshmanian, Les Crevettes Pailletées, score, Soundtrack, The Shiny Shrimps, Thomas Couzinier
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes Pailletées). The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Couzinier & Frédéric Kooshmanian (Black Spot, Goal of the Dead). Also included are songs by R.E.M., The Music Yard, Harshman & others. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. A CD version will also be released overseas. The Shiny Shrimps is directed by Cedric Le Gallo & Maxime Govare and stars Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, David Baiot, Romain Lancry and Roland Menou. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Wurman Scoring Epix’s ‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’
Posted: May 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Wurman, Buddy Games, Epix, Josh Duhamel, Perpetual Grace LTD, Steve Conrad
Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) is scoring the upcoming Epix original series Perpetual Grace, LTD. The show created by Steve Conrad (Wonder, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) & Bruce Terris (Patriot) and stars Ben Kingsley, Jimmi Simpson, Jackie Weaver, Luis Guzman, Damon Herriman, Chris Conrad, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O’Quinn and Hana Mae Lee. The drama centers on a mysterious young grifter who sets his eyes on a paster who uses his religious influence to dupe hundreds of innocent people out of their life savings. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Unbelievable’ to Feature Music by Will Bates
Posted: May 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Unbelievable, Will Bates
Will Bates (I Origins, The Path, Another Earth, The Looming Tower) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Unbelievable. The show is developed by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Pocahontas), Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman and stars Toni Collette, Merritt Wever and Kaitlyn Dever. The drama is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article by The Marshall Project and ProPublica, An Unbelievable Story of Rape, and follows two detectives whose lives become intertwined in their mutual pursuit of a possible serial rapist. Read the rest of this entry »
