Craig Wedren is scoring the new NBC drama New Amsterdam. The show is created by David Schulner (Do No Harm, Emerald City) and stars Ryan Eggold, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Anupam Kher and Tyler Labine. The medical drama is inspired by the oldest public hospital in America and follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution’s newest medical director, who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Wedren Scoring NBC’s ‘New Amsterdam’
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Wedren, NBC, New Amsterdam
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‘The Sandlot’ 25th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Newman, score, Soundtrack, The Sandlot
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the new soundtrack release for the 1993 sports comedy The Sandlot directed by David Mickey Evans and starring Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary and James Earl Jones. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the 20th Century Fox production composed by Academy Award nominee David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, The Flintstones, War of the Roses, Girls Trip, The Nutty Professor), including over 40 minutes of previously unreleased music. The 25th Anniversary soundtrack edition, which is limited to 1500 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
Sacha Chaban to Score Julien Seri’s ‘Anderson Falls’
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anderson Falls, Julien Seri, Sacha Chaban
Sacha Chaban has been hired on to compose the score for the upcoming crime thriller Anderson Falls. The film is directed by Julien Seri (Yamakasi, Night Fare) and stars Shawn Ashmore, Gary Cole, Daniella Alonso, Richard Harmon, Vahina Giocante, Sonya Walger and Lin Shaye. The movie revolves around a detective who becomes convinced that his wife’s suicide is a murder and finds out that she was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers. Giles Daoust (Painkillers) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘King Cohen’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joe Kraemer, King Cohen, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the documentary King Cohen, which includes the soundtrack album featuring the film’s original music composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun) as a bonus disc. The Blu-ray, which is limited to 5000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio samples from Kraemer’s score. King Cohen is directed by Steve Mitchell and centers writer, producer, director and creator Larry Cohen (Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent) and features interviews with Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams, John Landis, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score ‘American Gods’ Season 2
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Gods, Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, Starz
Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans have been tapped to score the second season of the Starz original series American Gods. The show is based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and stars Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover and Orlando Jones. They will be joined by new cast members Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey, and Kahyun Kim. Gaiman is also producing the new season with McShane, Stefanie Berk, Craig Cegielski (Camelot) and Scott Hornbacher (Mad Men). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Paris Pigalle’ (‘L’amour est une fête’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cédric Anger, Gregoire Hetzel, L'amour est une fête, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French comedy Paris Pigalle (L’amour est une fête). The album features the film’s original music composed by Grégoire Hetzel (Incendies, Summertime, Ismael’s Ghosts, My Golden Days, The Midwife). Also included songs by Ornella Vanoni, Alain Kan, Sonia and Murray Head as featured in the movie.The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. A physical version is also available overseas. Paris Pigalle is written and directed by Cédric Anger and stars Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Michel Fau and Xavier Beauvois. The movie follows two police investigators as they infiltrate the Parisian porn industry in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
Duncan Thum to Score ‘ Brittany Runs a Marathon’
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brittany Runs a Marathon, Duncan Thum, Paul Downs Colaizzo
Duncan Thum (Chef’s Table, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Dealt) has signed on to score the upcoming drama Brittany Runs a Marathon. The film is written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo and stars Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock and Alice Lee. The movie follows an underachieving and over-partied 28-year-old woman who decides to take control of her life – one New York City block at a time. Read the rest of this entry »
CineConcerts to Present ‘Rudy In Concert’
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Rudy
CineConcerts has announced today the 25th anniversary celebration of Rudy In Concert event, live at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on November 10, 2018. Justin Freer will be conducting the 80-piece Hollywood Chamber Orchestra performing Jerry Goldsmith’s complete score live while the entire film is projected on a massive 40-foot HD screen. Special guests including actor Sean Astin, Rudy Ruettiger, director David Anspaugh, writer Angelo Pizzo, producer Cary Woods and more will be participating in a pre-concert panel on stage. Tickets will be available to order later this week by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, James Newton Howard, Lasse Hallstrom, score, Soundtrack, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The album features the film’s music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive) and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The soundtrack will be released on October 26, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Keira Knighley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Mothersbaugh to Write Original Songs for Wes Anderson’s Untitled French Musical Movie
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh, Wes Anderson
Premiere (via The Playlist) is reporting that Mark Mothersbaugh is composing original songs for Wes Anderson’s, currently untitled, next movie. The film is being described as a French musical set in a fictional city in the 1950s. No specific plot details have been revealed for the project and no casting announcements have been made yet. No word yet on whether Mothersbaugh will also be providing the original score. The composer scored Anderson’s first four movies (including Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums), while Alexandre Desplat composed the music for the director’s last several features (including The Grand Budapest Hotel and this year’s Isle of Dogs). Read the rest of this entry »
