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 »
‘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
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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 »
‘Next Gen’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexis & Sam, Alexis Marsh, Netflix, Next Gen, Samuel Jones, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Next Gen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis Marsh & Samuel Jones (Animal Kingdom, Equity, We’ll Never Have Paris, Lila & Eve). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Next Gen is co-written & directed by Kevin R. Adams & Joe Ksander and features the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Michael Peña, David Cross and Charlyne Yi. The movie follows a lonely girl who forms an unlikely bond with a top-secret robot and embarks on an adventure to foil the plot of a vicious villain. 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 »
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Ramin Djawadi & Cyrille Aufort Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Cyrille Aufort, Daniel Palladino, Emmy Awards, Game of Thrones, Godless, March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step, Ramin Djawadi, Robin Urdang, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Carlos Rafael Rivera 
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. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Scoring Ho Wi Ding’s ‘Cities of Last Things’
Posted: September 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cities of Last Things, Ho Wi Ding, Rob, Robin Coudert
Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Horns, Troy: Fall of a City, Revenge, Plantarium) has composed the music for the upcoming sci-fi drama Cities of Last Things. The film is written and directed by Ho Wi Ding and stars Jack Kao, Li Hong-Chi, Louise Grinber, Ding Ning, Stone, Huang Lu, Liu Rui-Chi, Hsin Yin, Liu Juei-Chi and Shin Yin. The movie is told in reverse-chronological order and follows a depressed, ex-police officer pining for a lost love and fighting with his unfaithful wife about their long-soured relationship. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 7, 2018)
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Armand Amar, Bisbee '17, Cold Skin, God Bless the Broken Road, James Edward Barker, Keegan DeWitt, Mara, Peppermint, School of Life, Simon Franglen, The Nun, Victor Reyes, Will Musser
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the supernatural horror thriller The Nun directed by Corin Hardy and starring Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, Ingrid Bisu and Bonnie Aarons. The film’s original music is composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, Penny Dreadful, W.E., Nocturnal Animals, Romeo & Juliet). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Peppermint directed by Pierre Morel and starring Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr. and Juan Pablo Raba. Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Ice, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two songs by Geno Lenardo and Ash Costello. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
Lorne Balfe to Score Peter Cattaneo’s ‘Military Wives’
Posted: September 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lorne Balfe, Military Wives, Peter Cattaneo
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown, Genius, Home) is set to compose the original score for the upcoming drama Military Wives. The film is directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty, Opal Dream, The Rocker) and will star Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan. The movie is inspired by a BBC factual series about a choirmaster who selects and trains amateur singers and follows a group of wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving abroad who form a choir on a military base. Read the rest of this entry »
