Lisbeth Scott has signed on to score the upcoming Lifetime original movie Somebody’s Someone: The Regina Louise Story. The film is directed by Janice Cooke and stars Angela Fairley, Ginnifer Goodwin, Monique Coleman, Sherri Saum and Kim Hawthorne. The drama is based on a memoir about Regina Louise, a young African-American girl who navigated over 30 foster homes and psychiatric facilities before age 18, and the one woman who believed in her. Camille Thomasson wrote the teleplay. Goodwin is also executive producing the project with Howard Braunstein (The Informant!) and Yvonne Chotzen (The Rosa Parks Story). Read the rest of this entry »
Lisbeth Scott to Score Lifetime’s ‘Somebody’s Someone: The Regina Louise Story’
Posted: September 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lifetime, Lisbeth Scott, Somebody's Someone: The Regina Louise Story
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‘The House of Tomorrow’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: September 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Peter Livolsi, Rob Simonsen, score, Soundtrack, The House of Tomorrow
A soundtrack album will be released for the coming-of-age drama The House of Tomorrow. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rob Simonsen (Foxcatcher, The Spectacular Now, Love, Simon, Nerve, Tully, (500) Days of Summer, The Front Runner). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 2, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The House of Tomorrow is written and directed by Peter Livolsi and stars Asa Butterfield, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Alex Wolff, Maude Apatow and Michaela Watkins. The movie follows a teen raised inside a geodesic dome and a rebellious kid with a heart transplant who form a punk band to escape an oppressive grandmother, an overprotective father, and the looming legacy of renowned futurist Buckminster Fuller. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Return for ‘Happy Death Day 2U’
Posted: September 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U
Bear McCreary has confirmed that he will be returning as the composer for the upcoming slasher sequel Happy Death Day 2U. The film is written directed by Christopher Landon who previously helmed the original film and stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Ruby Modine & Rachel Matthews who are reprising their roles from last year’s hit movie. They are joined by Suraj Sharma and Sarah Yarkin. The movie picks up where things left off after the first film when the lead characters find out that the time loop just got passed on to one of their friends and find themselves in another race against time to determine the cause. Read the rest of this entry »
Howard Shore to Score Francois Girard’s ‘The Song of Names’
Posted: September 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francois Girard, Howard Shore, The Song of Names
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, The Departed) is attached to compose the music for the upcoming drama The Song of Names. The film is directed by Francois Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) and stars Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer King and Gerran Howell. The movie is based on the novel by classical music scholar Norman Lebrecht and centers on the friendship between a 9-year old boy and a young Polish violin prodigy Dovidl Rapoport in 1939. Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener, GoldenEye) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’ to Be Released
Posted: September 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Girl, Lukas Dhont, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Valentin Hadjadj
Deutsche Grammophon will release a soundtrack album for Lukas Dhont’s drama Girl. The album features the film’s original music composed by Valentin Hadjadj (April and the Extraordinary World) who recently received a World Soundtrack Awards nomination in the Discovery of the Year category. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 5, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Girl is co-written and directed by Dhont and stars Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Katelijne Damen, Valentijn Dhaenens, Magali Elali and Alice de Broqueville. The movie centers on a determined 15-year-old girl, who was born in a boy’s body, committed to becoming a professional ballerina. 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
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 »
‘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 »
