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 »
CineConcerts to Present ‘Rudy In Concert’
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Rudy
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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 »
‘The Staircase’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jocelyn Took, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Staircase
A soundtrack album has been released for the docu-series The Staircase. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jocelyn Pook (Eyes Wide Shut, The Wife, The Merchant of Venice, Brick Lane). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Staircase is directed and executive produced by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and centers on the trial of author Michael Peterson who, after the mysterious death of his wife, watches his life go under the microscope. The series premiered in 2004 in France on Canal + and the following year on BBC Four in the UK and on the Sundance Channel in the U.S.. An updated version featuring three new episodes premiered earlier this year and is now available exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 23, 2018)
Posted: September 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Million Little Things, Amazon, Atli Orvarsson, Brian Tyler, CBS, Cormac Bluestone, Danny Lux, FBI, Fox, FX, Gabriel Mann, Keith Power, King Lear, Magnum P.I., Manifest, Michael Yezerski, Mr. Inbetween, NBC, Stephen Warbeck, The Cool Kids
Premiering tomorrow, September 24, is the new NBC drama Manifest created by Jeff Rake and starring Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J. R. Ramirez, Parveen Kaur and Luna Blaise. The show’s original music is composed by Danny Lux (Grey’s Anatomy, Halloween: Resurrection, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, My Name Is Earl). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on NBC.
Also premiering tomorrow is the CBS drama Magnum P.I. developed by Peter M. Lenkov & Eric Guggenheim based on the classic 80s series and starring Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill and Tim Kang. Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians) & Keith Power (MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0) have scored the first episode and Power is composing the music for the rest of the season. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series and also click here for a video from the recording sessions of a new version of the classic Magnum theme. Read the rest of this entry »
Eminem’s ‘Venom’ Song Released
Posted: September 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eminem, Venom
Aftermath Records has released the original title song from the comic book movie Venom written and performed by Eminem. The track, which has previously been released last month as a bonus track of Eminem’s Kamikaze album, is now available as a digital single on Amazon. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Ludwig Goransson’s original score will be released by Sony Classical. Venom directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott will be released in theaters nationwide on October 5 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘The First’ to Be Released
Posted: September 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beau Willimon, Colin Stetson, Hulu, score, Soundtrack, The First
New Deal and Record Collection will release the first soundtrack album for the Hulu original series The First. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Blue Caprice, Lavender, Outlaws and Angels). The Vol. 1 soundtrack will be released digitally on September 28, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The First is created by Beau Willimon and stars Sean Penn, Natascha McElhone, LisaGay Hamilton, Oded Fehr, James Ransone and Hannah Ware. The drama follows the first human mission to Mars and explores the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization, from the perspectives of the the astronauts, their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 21, 2018)
Posted: September 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Happening of Monumental Proportions, Alec Puro, Alexandre Desplat, Assassination Nation, Beyond the Sky, Colette, Don Davis, Ethan Hold, Fahrenheit 11/9, Federico Jusid, Ian Hultquist, Jane Fonda in Five Acts', Jeff Gibbs, Jesse Voccia, Life Itself, Little Italy, Love Gilda, Mateo Messina, Miriam Cutler, Nathan Barr, Paul Cantelon, Quincy, Quincy Jones, The House with a Clock in its Walls, The Sisters Brothers, The Song of Sway Lake, Thomas Adès
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the gothic fantasy movie The House with a Clock in Its Walls directed by Eli Roth and starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Collen Camp, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams and Sunny Suljic. The film’s original music is composed by Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette about Barr’s music.
Also opening wide is the drama Life Itself written and directed by Dan Fogelman and starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas. Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, Kidnap, Misconduct, The Hunter’s Prayer) has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been announced. To learn more about the Amazon Studios release, which centers on a couple that lead a multi generational love story spanning both decades and continents, visit the official movie website. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Maniac’ Released
Posted: September 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Cary Fukunaga, Dan Romer, Maniac, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original limited series Maniac. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, The Good Doctor, Atypical, Easy). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Maniac is directed by Cary Fukunaga and stars Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux, Julia Garner and Sally Field. The comedy developed by Patrick Somervile based on the Norwegian television series of the same title follows two strangers who find themselves caught up in a mind-bending pharmaceutical trial gone awry. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Night School’ Soundtrack by Frankie J & Humby and Trinidad James to Be Released
Posted: September 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Frankie J, Humby, Malcolm D. Lee, Night School, Trinidad James
Trinidad James (feat. The Hipster Orchestra) has contributed the end credits song Graduated to the soundtrack for the new comedy Night School. Also featured on the film’s soundtrack is the new song El Sueño performed by Frankie J & Humby (feat. Romany). Both tracks will be released on September 28, 2018 by Back Lot Music and are now available for pre-order on Amazon. Night School is directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) and stars Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam and Romany Malco. The movie (scored by David Newman) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam. Read the rest of this entry »
