Votiv Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The New Radical. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Fountain, Moon, Noah). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The New Radical is directed by Adam Bhala Lough and focuses on a group of uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the UK who attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The New Radical’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Bhala Lough, Clint Mansell, score, Soundtrack, The New Radical
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‘Dog Days’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Craig Wedren, Dog Days, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ken Marino, Matt Novack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Dog Days. The album features the film’s original music composed by Craig Wedren (The School of Rock, GLOW, Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer, How to Be a Latin Lover) and Matt Novack (They Came Together, Childrens Hospital), including songs featuring Jasmine Cephas Jones who also appears in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 10, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dog Days is directed by Ken Marino and stars Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Michael Cassidy, Finn Wolfhard and Ron Cephas Jones. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring Dan Pritzker’s ‘Bolden’
Posted: July 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bolden, Dan Pritzker, Mark Isham
Mark Isham has recently recorded his score for the biographical drama Bolden. The film is co-written and directed by Dan Pritzker and stars Gary Carr, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ian McShane, Breon Pugh, Reno Wilson, Yaya DaCosta and Michael Rooker. The movie tells the story of Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans cornet player who was a key figure in the development of ragtime music. Jon Cornick & Michele Tayler (Lymelife) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sorry to Bother You’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boots Riley, score, Sorry to Bother You, Soundtrack, The Coup
The full details of the soundtrack album for Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie performed by The Coup, including collaborations with Janelle Monae, Lakeith Stanfield, Tune-Yards, Killer Mike & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 27 by Interscope Records and will be available to download on Amazon. Sorry to Bother You is written and directed by Riley and stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun, Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler and Danny Glove. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Crescent’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: score, Seth A. Smith, Soundtrack, The Crescent
Label Obscura has announced a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Crescent. The album features the film’s original music composed by Seth A. Smith who also directed the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 7, 2018. A limited vinyl edition is also coming out on the same day. The Crescent is written and directed by Smith and stars Danika Vandersteen, Woodrow Graves, Terrance Murray, Brit Loder and Andrew Gillis. The movie centers on a painter and her two-year-old son as they struggle to find spiritual healing at a remote seaside cottage following a death in the family. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Slender Man’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: July 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Campbell, Ramin Djawadi, score, Slender Man, Soundtrack, Sylvain White
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the supernatural horror thriller Slender Man. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans) and Brandon Campbell (The Thinning). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally on August 10, 2018 (click here to download) and physically the following week. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Slender Man is directed by Sylvain White and stars Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso and Javier Botet. The movie is based on based on the myth created by Eric Knudsen (aka Victor Surge) and centers on a tall, thin figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face who stalks, abducts and traumatizes people. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Williams (1939 – 2018)
Posted: July 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams has passed away today at age 79. The composer has scored numerous features, TV shows and television movies over a five decade-spanning career. Among his feature film credits are John Water’s 1990 comedy Cry-Baby, the 1992 drama The Cutting Edge, Robert Zemeckis’ Used Cars, Richard Donner’s 1982 film The Toy, and Richard Lester’s Cuba. He received an Academy Award nomination for his music adaptation for Peter Yates’ 1979 movie Breaking Away. His TV scoring credits include The Streets of San Francisco, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show and Columbo. Read the rest of this entry »
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein to Score NatGeo’s ‘Valley of the Boom’
Posted: July 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, National Geographic, Valley of the Boom
Variety is reporting that Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein are composing the score for the upcoming NatGeo original series Valley of the Boom. The show is created by Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies, Dirt) and stars Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, John Karna, Dakota Shapiro and Oliver Cooper. The drama, which is being described as hybrid scripted/docu-series, chronicles the 1990s tech boom and bust cycle in Silicon Valley. Carnahan is also executive producing the STXtv production with Arianna Huffington, Jason Goldberg and David Walpert. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Announced
Posted: July 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blaze, Blaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Soundtrack
Light in the Attic Records has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Blaze. The album features new recordings of classic Blaze Foley compositions, as well as the Foley-inspired song Drunken Angel (Lucinda Williams) performed by Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the the Riff Raff and the original composition Blaze & Sybil’s Lullaby performed by Ben Dickey & Alia Shawkat. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and on vinyl on September 21, 2018. Blaze is directed by Ethan Hawke and stars Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton and Charlie Sexton. The movie tells the story of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary to Score Gregory Plotkin’s ‘Hell Fest’
Posted: July 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, Gregory Plotkin, Hell Fest
Bear McCreary has signed on to score the upcoming horror thriller Hell Fest. The film is directed by Gregory Plotkin (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension) and stars Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Christian James, Roby Attal, Matt Mercurio and Tony Todd. The movie revolves around a masked serial killer who turns a horror themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. Seth M. Sherwood (Leatherface) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
