Toydrum (aka Pablo Clements and James Griffith) (Detour, Prevenge, Future World) have been hired to score the British comedy A Guide to Second Date Sex. The film marks the directorial debut of Rachel Hirons (Powder Room) and stars George MacKay, Emma Rigby, Holli Dempsey, Kae Alexander, Tom Bell and Michael Socha. The movie is based on Hirons’ own play and follows two young people who, having been bruised by previous relationships, embark on a second date with no idea of what they are supposed to do. Hirons also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Toydrum to Score ‘A Guide to Second Date Sex’
Posted: August 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Guide to Second Date Sex, Rachel Hirons, Toydrum
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World Premiere Performance of ‘How to Train Your Dragon – In Concert’ Announced
Posted: August 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell
21st Century Concerts and Film Concerts Live have announced the world premiere performance of How to Train Your Dragon – In Concert, with the film’s original score composed by John Powell (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Rio) performed live to picture by a full symphony orchestra and chorus. The concerts will take place on November 30 and December 1 & 2, 2018 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland. Ernst van Tiel will conduct a 90-piece symphony orchestra and chorus while the animated movie is shown on the big screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Nate and Hayes’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nate and Hayes, score, Soundtrack, Trevor Jones
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1983 adventure movie Nate and Hayes directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O’Keefe, Max Phipps and Jenny Seagrove. The album features the expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Trevor Jones (The Dark Crystal, The Last of the Mohicans, Labyrinth, Highlander, From Hell), including around 40 minutes of previously unreleased music, plus alternate and source cues. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and the track list.
Harry Escott Scoring Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Wedding Guest’
Posted: August 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Escott, Michael Winterbottom, The Wedding Guest
Harry Escott is reuniting with director Michael Winterbottom on the upcoming drama The Wedding Guest. The film is written and directed by Winterbottom (Wonderland, The Claim) and stars Dev Patel, Sidhu Manpreet, Nish Nathwani, Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh. The movie follows a mysterious, young British man on his journey across Pakistan and India. Melissa Parmenter is producing the project with Deepak Nayar (Lost Highway, Bend It Like Beckham). Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s ‘Maniac’ to Feature Music by Dan Romer
Posted: August 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cary Fukunaga, Dan Romer, Maniac, Netflix
Dan Romer is scoring the upcoming Netflix original limited series Maniac. The show is developed by Patrick Somervile, directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Jane Eyre, Sin Nombre) and stars Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux, Julia Garner and Sally Field. The comedy is based on the Norwegian television series of the same title created by Hakon Bast Mossige & Espen PA Lervaag, follows two strangers who find themselves caught up in a mind-bending pharmaceutical trial gone awry. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine to Score Francois Ozon’s ‘Alexandre’
Posted: August 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre, Evgueni Galperine, Francois Ozon, Sacha Galperine
Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine (Loveless, The Family, The Wizard of Lies, Nine Lives, The Past) are composing the music for the upcoming French/Belgian drama Alexandre. The film is written and directed by Francois Ozon and stars Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet and Swann Arlaud. Éric Altmayer & Nicolas Altmayer (Saint Laurent, On the Other Side of the Tracks) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 5, 2018)
Posted: August 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Schiff, Alexandra Harwood, All About the Washingtons, Amazon, AMC, Andrew Carroll, Ari Posner, Carter, David Lawrence, Frank Ciampi, Freaky Friday, Ian LeFeuvre, Insatiable, Julian Wass, Lodge 49, Netflix, Ordeal by Innocence, Stuart Earl, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Package, WGN America
Premiering tomorrow, August 6, is the AMC original series Lodge 49 created by Jim Gavin and starring Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond, David Pasquesi and Eric Allan Kramer. The show’s original music is composed by Andrew Carroll. The series is set in Long Beach, California and centers on a disarmingly optimistic local ex-surfer who’s drifting after the death of his father and collapse of the family business. The drama will air Monday nights on AMC. Visit the official show website for updates.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 7, is the Canadian drama Carter created by Garry Campbell and starring Jerry O’Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Varun Saranga, Matt Baram, Kristian Bruun and Brenda Kamino. Ian LeFeuvre (Burden of Truth, The Detail) and Ari Posner (Flashpoint, Anne with an E) are composing the show’s original music. The series follows a television actor who returns to his small hometown after a public meltdown and partners with his detective friend to use his acting experience to solve real crimes. The drama premiered earlier this year in Canada on Bravo and is making its domestic debut on WGN America. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Leonard-Morgan Scoring Errol Morris’ ‘American Dharma’
Posted: August 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Dharma, Errol Morris, Paul Leonard Morgan
Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, Dynasty) is reteaming with director Errol Morris on the upcoming documentary American Dharma. The movie is being described as a dialogue between the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon. Leonard-Morgan has previously collaborated with Morris (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line, Standard Operating Procedure) on the feature The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography and last year’s Netflix docu-series Wormwood. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix/Univision Series ‘El Chapo’ Released
Posted: August 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Andrés Sánchez Maher, Eduardo Aram, El Chapo, Gus Reyes, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Univision
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix/Unvision series El Chapo. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Andrés Sánchez Maher, Gus Reyes (Falco) and Eduardo Aram (Cocaine Godmother). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. El Chapo is created by Silvana Aguirre Zegarra & Carlos Contreras and stars Marco de la O, Humberto Busto, Juan Carlos Olivas, Alejandro Aguilar, Rolf Petersen and Hernan Romo. The drama chronicles the true story of the rise, capture and escape of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 3, 2018)
Posted: August 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Christopher Robin, Death of a Nation, Dennis McCarthy, Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo, Geoff Zanelli, Jon Brion, Julian Wass, Never Goin' Back, Nico 1988, Sarah Jaffe, The Darkest Minds, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Tyler Bates
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the family drama Christopher Robin directed by Marc Forster and starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Jim Cummings, Chris O’Dowd, Brad Garrett and Sophie Okonedo. The film’s original score is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Disturbia) & Jon Brion (Lady Bird, Magnolia). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as three original songs written by Richard Sherman. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the action comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me co-written and directed by Susanna Fogel and starring Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj, Ivanna Sakhno and Sam Heughan. Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, Watchmen, John Wick) has composed the film’s original score. No soundtrack album has been released. Click here for a list of the songs featured in the comedy. The movie, which follows two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles who are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy, is being released by Lionsgate. Visit the official movie website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
