George Fenton (Groundhog Day, Dangerous Liaisons, Hitch, You’ve Got Mail) is composing the original score for the upcoming British dramatic thriller Red Joan. The film is directed by Trevor Nunn (Twelfth Night or What You Will, Lady Jane) and stars Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Hughes. The movie tells the story of Joan Stanley, the seemingly demure physicist who was also a long-serving British spy for the KGB. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring Trevor Nunn’s ‘Red Joan’
Posted: August 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Red Joan, Trevor Nunn
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‘Escape Plan 2: Hades’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Escape Plan, Escape Plan 2: Hades, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
Algorithm has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Escape Plan 2: Hades. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Detachment, Extinction, The Bye Bye Man). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Escape Plan 2: Hades is directed by Steven C. Miller and stars Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Huang Xiaoming, Jaime King, Jesse Metcalfe, Wes Chatham, Lydia Hull, Titus Welliver and Curtis Jackson. The sequel was released on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD this past June by Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Apparat & Philipp Thimm Scoring Mario Martone’s ‘Capri-Revolution’
Posted: August 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apparat, Capri-Revolution, Mario Martone, Philipp Timm
German electronic music artist Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) and Philipp Timm have composed the original music for the upcoming Italian/French historical drama Capri-Revolution. The film is directed by Mario Martone and stars Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Eduardo Scarpetta and Jenna Thiam. The movie is set in 1914 and revolves around a commune of young artists from Northern Europe as they establish themselves on the rural island of Capri. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Basmati Blues’ Score Album Released
Posted: August 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Basmati Blues, score, Soundtrack, Steven Argila
A score album has been released for the musical romantic comedy Basmati Blues. The album features the original score from the movie composed by Steven Argila (Max Steel, Monster High, The Paul Reiser Show, There’s…Johnny!). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie was released earlier this year. Basmati Blues is co-written and directed by Danny Baron and stars Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Scott Bakula, Saahil Sehgal, Tyne Daly and Donald Sutherland. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 26, 2018)
Posted: August 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, America to Me, CBS All Access, Heather McIntosh, Joshua Abrams, One Dollar, Ramin Djawadi, Starz, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Premiering tonight is the Starz docu-series America to Me directed by Steve James The show’s original music is composed by Joshua Abrams who previously scored James’ feature documentaries Life Itself and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. The 10-parter examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education. To learn more about the series, visit Starz’s official show website.
Premiering on Thursday, August 30, is the CBS All Access original series One Dollar created by Jason Mosberg, directed by Craig Zobel and starring John Carroll Lynch, Nathaniel Martello-White, Chris Denham, Philip Ettinger, Kirrilee Berger, Gracie Lawrence and Joshua Bitton. Heather McIntosh (Compliance, Z for Zachariah) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Wynn Scoring Zach Lipovsky’s & Adam Stein’s ‘Freaks’
Posted: August 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Stein, Freaks, Tim Wynn, Zach Lipovsky
Tim Wynn (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, XCOM 2, Warhawk, The Starving Games) is scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller Freaks. The film is written and directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein and stars Lexy Kolker, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew and Grace Park. The movie revolves around a girl who discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 24, 2018)
Posted: August 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.X.L., Alfonso de Vilallonga, Arizona, Blue Iguana, Christopher Lennertz, David Buckley, Joseph Stephens, Papillon, Searching, Simon Lambros, Support the Girls, The Bookshop, The Happytime Murders, Torin Borrowdale
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy The Happytime Murders directed by Brian Henson and starring Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale and Elizabeth Banks. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Lost in Space, Ride Along, Agent Carter, Sausage Party). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the STX Entertainment release, check out our scoring assignment announcement and click here for a list of songs featured in the movie.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi family adventure A.X.L. written and directed by Oliver Daly and starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G and Alex MacNicoll. Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Gospel According to Andre, Animals, Ivory Tower, My Blind Brother) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Yardie’ Score Album Released
Posted: August 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dickon Hinchliffe, Idris Elba, score, Soundtrack, Yardie
Globe Productions has released a score album for the crime drama Yardie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey, Peaky Blinders). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Universal-Island Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie today. Yardie marks the feature directorial debut of Idris Elba and stars Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Cleary. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Romer Scoring Guy Nattiv’s ‘Skin’
Posted: August 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Romer, Guy Nattiv, Skin
Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Easy) is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Skin. The film is written and directed by Guy Nattiv (The Flood, Strangers) and stars Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga, Danielle Macdonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp. The movie tells the true life story of Bryon Widner, a young man raised by skinheads, for whom turning his back on hatred and violence meant undergoing painful and expensive operations to remove the tattoos that signified his terrible past life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harlots’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Harlots, Hulu, Rael Jones, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Harlots. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Rael Jones (Suite Francaise, My Cousin Rachel, Kids in Love). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Silva Screen Records has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first season. Harlots is created by Moira Buffini & Alison Newman and stars Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lesley Manville, Eloise Smyth, Dorothy Atkinson, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Sebastian Armesto and Liv Tyler. Read the rest of this entry »
