Universal Music has announced a soundtrack album for Andrea Arnold’s drama American Honey. The album features the songs from the film by artists including E-40, Rae Sremmurd, Lapsley, MadeinTYO, Sam Hunt, Mazzy Star, Lady Antebellum & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 30 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. American Honey is written and directed by Arnold and stars Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough. The movie follows an adolescent girl from a troubled home who runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door to door and soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law-bending days, and young love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘American Honey’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Honey, Andrea Arnold, Soundtrack
‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney XD, Kevin Kiner, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels
Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars Rebels. The album features selections of the music from the show’s second season composed by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels, Jane the Virgin, Making a Murderer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 30 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music from the first season a few weeks ago. Star Wars Rebels executive produced by Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni & Greg Weisman and featuring the voice talent of Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taylor Gray, Steve Blum, Tiya Sircar and Vanessa Marshall just returned for its third season last week on Disney XD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Street Cat Named Bob, Charlie Fink, David Hirschfelder, Roger Spottiswoode, score, Soundtrack
Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the Britsh comedy A Street Cat Named Bob. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth, Shine, Australia, The Railway Man, The Water Diviner). Also included are the original songs from the movie written by Charlie Fink (best known for fronting the indie band Noah and the Whale) and performed by lead actor Luke Treadaway. The soundtrack will be released overseas on October 28, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Street Cat Named Bob is directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) and stars Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt and Anthony Head. Read the rest of this entry »
Hans Zimmer to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Hans Zimmer, The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature The Boss Baby. The film is directed by Tom McGrath and features the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow. The movie is based on the book by Marla Frazee and follows a suit-wearing briefcase-carrying baby who pairs up with his seven-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co. Michael McCullers (Austin Powers) has written the screenplay. Ramsey Naito is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Arrival’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, Johann Johannsson, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi drama Arrival have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed and produced by Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Prisoners) who worked with several singers and vocal ensembles and combined both classical and avant-garde elements in his compositions for the project. Among those appearing are the Theatre of Voices, conducted by Paul Hillier, and artists such as Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Hildur Guonadottir. Also included is Max Richter’s piece On the Nature of Daylight, as featured at the beginning and end of the movie. The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2016 by Deutsche Grammophon and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
Atli Orvarsson to Score NBC’s ‘Chicago Justice’
Posted: September 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Chicago Justice, NBC
Atli Orvarsson has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC drama Chicago Justice. The latest spin-off in the network’s Chicago franchise is created by Dick Wolf (Law & Order) and stars Philip Winchester, Carl Weathers, Nazneen Contractor, Joelle Carter and Ryan-James Hatanaka. The show follows the State’s Attorney’s dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators who navigate heated city politics and controversy head-on while fearlessly pursuing justice. Wolf is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Peter Jankowski (Law & Order: SVU), Matt Olmstead (Prison Break), Derek Haas & Michael Brandt (3:10 to Yuma, Wanted) and Arthur Forney. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC’s ‘Imaginary Mary’ to Feature Music by Michael Wandmacher
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Imaginary Mary, Michael Wandmacher
Michael Wandmacher is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy Imaginary Mary. The show is created by Adam F. Goldberg & David Guarascio and stars Jenna Elfman, Stephen Schneider, Rachel Dratch, Nicholas Coombe, Matreya Scarrwener and Erica Trembay. The series follows a a fiercely independent career woman who meets the love of her life, which triggers the imaginary friend she created as a child to suddenly reappear to help her transition from single girl to a woman ready for a family. Read the rest of this entry »
Jacob Groth to Score ‘Flatliners’ Remake & NBC’s ‘Midnight, Texas’
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Flatliners, Jacob Groth, Midnight Texas, NBC, Niels Arden Oplev
Jacob Groth is set to reteam with director Niels Arden Oplev on the upcoming remake of the sci-fi thriller Flatliners. The film starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Kiefer Sutherland, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons is based on the 1990 feature of the same title (scored by James Newton Howard) about a group of medical students who are exploring near death on the examination table until the consequences began to jeopardize their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
‘From the Land of the Moon’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: September 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Pemberton, From the Land of the Moon, Mal de pierres, Nicole Garcia, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album will be released for the French/Belgian drama From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres). The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Counselor, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword). The soundtrack is set to be overseas on October 21, 2016. From the Land of the Moon is directed by Nicole Garcia and stars Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Rouan, Victoire Du Bois, Aloïse Sauvage and Daniel Para. The movie is based on the novel by Milena Agu and revolves around a woman in post-World War II Europe who’s torn between the man she’s meant to marry and a charming war veteran. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Lennertz & Alexander Bornstein to Score ‘Invisible’
Posted: September 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Bornstein, Christopher Lennertz, Doug Liman, Invisible
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Christopher Lennertz and Alexander Bornstein have composed the score for the upcoming virtual reality series Invisible. The show is produced by Jaunt Inc., Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ) and the 30 Ninjas team of director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Julina Tatlock, as well as Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club). The 6-parter revolves around prominent New York City family, the Ashlands, who are blessed with a supernatural gift passed down through generations. Read the rest of this entry »
