Universal Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary Quincy. The album features the original song Keep Reachin’ by Quincy Jones & Mark Ronson feat. Chaka Khan. Also included are several classic tracks by Jones, as well as songs by Ray Charles, The Brothers Johnson and Lesley Gore. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 21 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Quincy is directed by Rashida Jones & Alan Hicks and profiles the trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and arranger, offering unprecedented access to his private life and stories from his unparalleled career. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Hicks, Mark Ronson, Netflix, Quincy, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Soundtrack
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‘An Actor Prepares’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: September 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: An Actor Prepares, score, Soundtrack, Steve Clark, Tony Morales
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy An Actor Prepares. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Tony Morales (Hatfields & McCoys, Scorpion, Elena of Avalor, Bloodline). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 5, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. An Actor Prepares is co-written and directed by Steve Clark and starring Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Ben Schwartz, Mamie Gummer, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Will Patton, Frankie Faison and Matthew Modine. The movie follows a famous, hard-drinking actor who, after suffering a heart attack, is forced to drive across country to make it in time for his daughter’s wedding. Read the rest of this entry »
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Score HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Series
Posted: September 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atticus Ross, Damon Lindelof, HBO, Trent Reznor, Watchmen
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross have been hired to score HBO’s upcoming television adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen. The show is developed by Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers, Prometheus) and stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Andrew Howard, Tom Mison and Frances Fisher. The drama is set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own. Read the rest of this entry »
Imagine Dragons’ ‘Zero’ from ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’ Released
Posted: September 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Imagine Dragons, Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
Walt Disney Records has released the original end credits song Zero from Disney Animation’s upcoming feature Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. The track is written and performed by Imagine Dragons and is now available as a digital single on Amazon. Also check out the lyrics video after the jump. The full soundtrack album for the movie is set to be released on November 16, 2018. Imagine Dragons have previously contributed original songs for Transformers: Age of Extinction and Passengers. Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 is directed by Rich Moore & Phil Johnston and features the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Taraji P. Henson, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. Read the rest of this entry »
Kesha’s Original Song ‘Here Comes the Change’ from ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Released
Posted: September 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Drew Pearson, Kesha, On the Basis of Sex, Stephen Wrabel
Kemosabe Records/RCA Records have released the original song Here Comes the Change from the upcoming biographical drama On the Basis of Sex. The track is performed by Kesha who also co-wrote it with Drew Pearson and Stephen Wrabel. The song is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. On the Basis of Sex is directed by Mimi Leder and stars Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Kathy Bates, Sam Waterston, Jack Reynor and Cailee Spaeny. The movie scored by Mychael Danna tells the true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’
Posted: September 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 6 Underground, Lorne Balfe, Michael Bay
Lorne Balfe has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller 6 Underground. The film is directed by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, The Rock) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Corey Hawkins, Dave Franco, Melanie Laurent, Adria Ariona, Manuel Garcia-Ruffo, Ben Hardy, Lior Raz and Payman Maadi. No plot details have been announced yet for the Netflix original movie, which is scripted by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland). Bay is also producing the project with Ian Bryce (Saving Private Ryan, Twister), as well as Skydance Media’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg & Don Granger (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation). Read the rest of this entry »
‘Greenleaf’ Season 3 Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Greenleaf, OWN, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s third season performed by artists including Mavis Staples, Josiah Bell, Chimere Scott, Koryn Hawthorne & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 28, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Two songs, Changed by Patti LaBelle & Deborah Joy Winans and A Leak in the Building by Voice of Atlanta are already available as digital singles. RCA Inspiration & Malaco Records have previously released two soundtrack albums for the first two seasons. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeremy Zuckerman to Score Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Live-Action Series
Posted: September 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jeremy Zuckerman, Netflix
Jeremy Zuckerman has announced that he is set to compose the music for Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The show is based on the animated Nickelodeon series, which aired between 2005 and 2008 and follows the adventures of Aang and his friends who live in world, which is divided into four nations — the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads — each represented by a natural element for which the nation is named. Original series’ creators Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko are developing the live-action adaptation. Read the rest of this entry »
Federico Jusid Scoring BBC/Netflix’s ‘Watership Down’
Posted: September 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Ilan Eshkeri, Netflix, Noam Murro, Watership Down
Federico Jusid has recently scored the upcoming BBC/Netflix mini-series Watership Down. The 4-parter is directed by Noam Murro (300: Rise of the Empire) and features the voice talent of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Tom Wilkinson, Miles Jupp, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff. The series based on Richard Adams’ classic novel is set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern England and follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Read the rest of this entry »
Illumination’s ‘The Grinch’ to Feature Original Song by Tyler, the Creator
Posted: September 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, The Grinch, Tyler the Creator
Tyler, the Creator has written an original song for Illumination Entertainment’s animated feature The Grinch. The rapper/record producer is also performing the track, which is entitled I Am The Grinch. He also collaborated with the film’s composer Danny Elfman on a new version of the classic Grinch song You’re a Mean One. The Grinch is directed by Scott Mosier & Yarrow Cheney and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
