Heather McIntosh is scoring the upcoming CBS All Access original series One Dollar. The show is created by Jason Mosberg (Arsenal) and stars John Carroll Lynch, Nathaniel Martello-White, Chris Denham, Philip Ettinger, Kirrilee Berger, Gracie Lawrence, Joshua Bitton, Nike Uche Kadri and Hamilton Clancy. The mystery drama is set in a small rust belt town in post-recession America and charts the exchange of a one-dollar bill amongst a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Heather McIntosh Scoring CBS All Access’ ‘One Dollar’
Posted: August 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS All Access, Craig Zobel, Heather McIntosh, One Dollar
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‘Yardie’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Idris Elba, Soundtrack, Yardie
Universal-Island Records will release a soundtrack album for Idris Elba’s feature directorial debut Yardie. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Lord Creator, Yellowman, The Isley Brothers, Culture, Grace Jones, The Roots Radics, The Heptones, Skip Marley & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 24, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl & CD version is also in the works. Yardie is directed by Elba and stars Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Cleary. The crime drama is based on the cult novel by Victor Headley and centers on a young Jamaican named “D” who arrives in London in the early 1980s and unexpectedly discovers the man who assassinated his revered brother in Jamaica a decade earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring BBC’s ‘Informer’
Posted: August 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, BBC, Ilan Eshkeri, Informer
Ilan Eshkeri is composing the original music for the upcoming BBC series Informer. The show is written by Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani, directed by Jonny Campbell (The Last Post, The Casual Vacancy) and stars Paddy Considine, Bel Powley, Nabhaan Rizwan, Jessica Raine, Sharon D. Clarke, Sunetra Sarker and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva. The 6-part thriller centers on a a young, second generation Pakistani man from East London who is coerced by a Counter-Terrorism officer to go undercover and inform for him. Read the rest of this entry »
2018 World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: August 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2018 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 17 at the Ghent International Film Festival. As previously reported, Philippe Sarde will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event. Here are the nominations:
Film Composer of the Year
Carter Burwell
Goodbye Christopher Robin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat
Endangered Species, Isle of Dogs, Suburbicon, The Shape of Water, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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‘Operation Finale’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Weitz, Operation Finale, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the historical thriller Operation Finale. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). The soundtrack will be released on August 24 and will be available to download on Amazon. Also click here to order the CD version. Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz and stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller and Greta Scacchi. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 12, 2018)
Posted: August 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disenchantment, Mark Mothersbaugh, Netflix
Premiering on Friday, August 17, is the new Netflix original series Disenchantment created by Matt Groening and featuring the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Nat Faxon, Eric Andre, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, David Herman, Matt Berry, Jeny Batten, Rich Fulcher, Noel Fielding and Lucy Montgomery. The show’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Hotel Transylvania). Check out our previous article to learn more about the animated comedy.
‘Renegades’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eric Serra, Luc Besson, Renegades, score, Soundtrack, Steven Quale
EuropaCorp will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Renegades. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Goldeneye, Lucy, The Big Blue, Leon: The Professional, La Femme Nikita). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 24, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Renegades is directed by Steven Quale and stars Sullivan Stapleton, Charlie Bewley, Alain Blazevic, Sylvia Hoeks, Joshua Henry, Andrej Dojkic, Diarmaid Murtagh, Dimitri Leonidas, Clemens Schick, Ewen Bremner and J. K. Simmons. The movie produced and co-written by Luc Besson centers on a group of Navy SEALs who attempt to solve a long-forgotten mystery while they uncover an immense treasure hidden in a lake in war-torn Serbia. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 10, 2018)
Posted: August 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Crooked Somebody, A Prayer Before Dawn, Andrew Hewitt, Aska Matsumiya, BlacKkKlansman, Brandon Campbell, Craig Wedren, Dog Days, Elizabeth Harvest, Harry Gregson-Williams, Matt Novack, Nicolas Becker, Rachel Zeffira, Ramin Djawadi, Skate Kitchen, Slender Man, Terence Blanchard, The Meg
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the shark thriller The Meg directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor and Sophia Shuya Cai. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror thriller Slender Man directed by Sylvain White and starring Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso and Javier Botet. Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans) and Brandon Campbell (The Thinning) have composed the film’s original score. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deadpool 2’ – Super Duper Cut Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Soundtrack
Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album for the Deadpool 2 Super Duper Cut, which includes 15 minutes of additional footage not included in the theatrical version of the film. The album features the content of the original soundtrack album for the movie, as well as six additional tracks, including The Osborne Brothers’ Love Hurts, Guignol & Mischief Brew’s Fight Dirty, Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle, Jordan Smith’s performance of Ashes, Teamheadkick’s Deadpool Rap (X-Force Remix), and a track from Tyler Bates’ score. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A.X.L.’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: August 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A.X.L., Ian Hultquist, Oliver Daly, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi family adventure A.X.L. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Gospel According to Andre, Animals, Ivory Tower, My Blind Brother). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 24, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes (deluxe edition). A.X.L. is written and directed by Oliver Daly and stars Alex Neustaedter, Becky G and Alex MacNicoll. The movie revolves around a top-secret, robotic dog with advanced artificial intelligence created by the military who is discovered hiding in the desert by a kind-hearted outsider who finds a way to connect with him after activating his owner-pairing technology. Read the rest of this entry »
