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 »
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
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 »
Deadmau5 to Score Jonas Akerlund’s ‘Polar’
Posted: September 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deadmau5, Jonas Akerlund, Netflix, Polar
Electronic music artist/DJ Deadmau5 announced on Twitter today that he is making his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming Netflix original movie Polar. The film is directed by Jonas Akerlund (Lords of Chaos) and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas. The action thriller is based on the Dark Horse action noir graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold by Victor Santoson and revolves around the world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka The Black Kaiser, who comes out of retirement to go head to head with an army of ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soundtrack
Posted: September 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns, Rob Marshall, Scott Wittman, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the movie musical Mary Poppins Returns. Marc Shaiman (A Few Good Men, Misery, The American President, Sister Act) & Scott Wittman (Hairspray) have composed the film’s original songs and Shaiman also wrote the original score. The soundtrack will be released on December 7, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mary Poppins Returns is directed by Rob Marshall and stars Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Batteries Not Included’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Batteries Not Included, James Horner, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1987 sci-fi family movie Batteries Not Included directed by Matthew Robbins, produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae and Elizabeth Peña. The 2-CD set features the complete original score from the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, The Amazing Spider-Man), as well as the content of the original 1987 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Venom’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ludwig Göransson, Ruben Fleischer, score, Soundtrack, Venom
The track list of the soundtrack album for the superhero movie Venom has been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station, Community, Death Wish). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally on October 5, 2018 by Sony Classical. A physical version will also be released overseas later in October and will be available for pre-order on Amazon within the next few days. Venom is directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott. Read the rest of this entry »
