A soundtrack album has been released for the British drama Apostasy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Willcock (The Beyond, Narcopolis). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Apostasy is written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and stars Siobhan Finneran, Robert Emms, Sacha Parkinson, Steve Evets and Jessica Baglow. The movie centers on a faithful Jehovah’s Witness who is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Apostasy’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Apostasy, Matthew Wilcock, score, Soundtrack
Mason Daring Scoring ‘Moynihan’ Documentary
Posted: September 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mason Daring, Moynihan
Mason Daring (Where the Heart Is, A Walk on the Moon, The Opposite of Sex, Lone Star, Music of the Heart) has recently composed the music for the upcoming documentary Moynihan. The film is directed by Joseph Dorman (Colliding Dreams, Arguing the World) & Toby Perl Freilich and centers on Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2013), the seminal public intellectual and sociologist, policy specialist, ambassador and long serving New York senator. Jeffrey Wright is narrating the movie, which features interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Eleanor Holmes Norton, George Will, Henry Kissinger, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
Vince DiCola to Perform ‘Rocky IV’ & ‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Scores at Hollywood Concert
Posted: September 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Vince DiCola
On September 20, Vince DiCola will be performing his music at a one-night-only concert at the Whiskey a Go Go nightclub in West Hollywood, CA. The composer will perform compositions from his scores to 1985’s Rocky IV, 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie and the video game Angry Birds Transformers, among other titles. An Evening with Vince DiCola will also feature the debut performance of the new progressive rock band Saga Star, consisting of the composer himself, Rick Livingstone, Bobby Gianetti and Victor St. John. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sink or Swim’ (‘Le grand bain’) Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gilles Lellouche, Jon Brion, Le grand bain, score, Sink or Swim, Soundtrack
L’R du Trésor will release a soundtrack album for the French comedy Sink or Swim (Le grand bain). The album features the film’s original music composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia, Lady Bird, Paranormal, Trainwreck, The Other Guys). Also included are the songs from the movie by artists including Tears for Fears, The Notorious B.I.G., Isaac Hayes, Tame Impala, The Wash, Phil Collins & Phil Bailey & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 19, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sink or Swim is directed by is by actor Gilles Lellouche and stars Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde and Virginie Efira. Read the rest of this entry »
Natalie Holt to Score ‘Knightfall’ Season 2 & ITV’s ‘Beecham House’
Posted: September 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Shergold, Beecham House, Cordelia, History, ITV, Knightfall, Natalie Holt
Natalie Holt has been hired to score the second season of the History original series Knightfall. The show is created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and stars Tom Cullen,Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden and Sarah-Sofie Boussnina. They are joined in Season 2 by new cast members Mark Hamill, Tom Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt. The show follows the famed Knights Templar in their search for the Holy Grail. Aaron Helbing (The Flash) has joined the drama this year as the project’s new showrunner. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shot in the Dark’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Romer, Fox, Mike Tuccillo, score, Shot in the Dark, Soundtrack
Drawing Number One has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Shot in the Dark. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Good Doctor, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Atypical) and Mike Tuccillo. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Shot in the Dark is directed by Dustin Nakao-Haider and tells the story of Chicago’s Orr Academy Basketball team. Dwyane Wade and Chance The Rapper serve as executive producers on the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Eli Brueggemann & Gregg Field Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Eli Brueggemann, Emmy Awards, Gregg Field, Saturday Night Live, Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Eli Brueggemann has won his first Emmy Award for the original song Come Back Barack from the Chance The Rapper-hosted episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live in the Music & Lyrics category at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He was previously nominated three more times for other songs from the NBC show over the last six years. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Gregg Field was honored for his work on the PBS special Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 9, 2018)
Posted: September 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Blake Neely, Colin Stetson, Dan Jones, Daniel Hart, David Wingo, Forever, Hulu, Kidding, Leanna Primiani, Lifetime, Netflix, PBS, Pinar Toprak, Showtime, The Angel, The First, The Miniaturist, You
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Kidding created by Dave Holstein, directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer. David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, Loving, Barry, Our Brand Is Crisis, The Sitter) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy drama, which will every Sunday night on Showtime.
Also premiering tonight is the Lifetime original series You created by Greg Berlanti & Sera Gamble and starring Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchell, Zach Cherry, Luca Padovan, John Stamos, Michael Maize and Ambyr Childers. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Life As We Know It, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

won his first Emmy Award for his main titles theme music from the Netflix limited series Godless at tonight’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. Ramin Djawadi was honored with his first Primetime Emmy Award for his score for the episode The Dragon and the Wolf from HBO’s Game of Thrones in the Music Composition for a Series category.