2018 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: July 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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emmysThe nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories:

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score):

Game of Thrones – The Dragon and the Wolf – Music by Ramin Djawadi
Marvel’s Jessica Jones – AKA Playland – Music by Sean Callery
Once Upon a Time – Leaving Storybrooke – Music by Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor & Michael Simon
SEAL Team – Pattern of Life – Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden & A. Patrick Rose
Star Wars Rebels – Family Reunion – And Farewell – Music by Kevin Kiner
Westworld – Akane No Mai – Music by Ramin Djawadi Read the rest of this entry »

‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: July 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The full details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again have been revealed. The album features the songs from the movie performed by the film’s cast including Lily James, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Barankski, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies, Celia Imrie, Hugh Skinner, Panos Mouzourakis, Josh Dylan, Andy Garcia and Cher. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically this Friday, July 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again directed by Ol Parker will be released in theaters nationwide on July 20, 2018 by Universal Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Christopher Lennertz to Compose Score & Songs for Kelly Asbury’s ‘UglyDolls’

Posted: July 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along) has signed on to compose the score the upcoming animated feature UglyDolls. The composer is also co-writing original songs for the movie with Glenn Slater (Tangled, Sausage Party, Galavant). The film is directed by Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) and features the voice talent of Pitbull and Kelly Clarkson. The movie based on the plush toy line created by David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim follows a group of UglyDolls friends as they confront what it means to be different and struggle with their desire to be loved. Read the rest of this entry »

Dominic Lewis to Score ‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’

Posted: July 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Dominic Lewis is reuniting with director Ari Sandel on the upcoming horror comedy Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. The film starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell and Ken Jeong tells a new story based on R. L. Stine’s best-selling series of book. Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit) wrote the screenplay. Deborah Forte (Mortal Engines, The Golden Compass) and Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious series, 21/22 Jump Street) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »

Hulu’s ‘Castle Rock’ to Feature Main Titles Theme & Score by Thomas Newman

Posted: July 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Thomas Newman has composed the main titles theme for the new Hulu original series Castle Rock. The composer has also contributed the score for the first two episodes of the show, which is developed by Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason (Manhattan) and stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy and Scott Glenn. Chris Westlake (Before We Go, Small Town Crime) is the composer of the other eight episodes of the show’s first season. The psychological horror drama is set in the Stephen King multiverse and takes place in the fictional Maine town of Castle Rock, which has figured prominently in King’s literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption. Read the rest of this entry »

Gabriel Mann to Score ABC’s ‘A Million Little Things’

Posted: July 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Gabriel Mann is scoring the upcoming ABC comedy drama A Million Little Things. The show is created by DJ Nash (Bent, Up All Night) and stars David Giuntoli, Ron Livingston, Romany Malco, Allison Miller, Christina Moses, Christina Ochoa, James Roday, Stephanie Szostak and Lizzy Greene. The series follows a group of friends, intertwined in each other’s lives, who realize they need to start living more when one of them suddenly dies. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Equalizer 2’ Soundtrack Details

Posted: July 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller sequel The Equalizer 2. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, Unstoppable, Man on Fire) who previously scored the 2014 original movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Equalizer 2 is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The movie will be released in theaters nationwide on July 20 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker to Reteam with Gavin Hood on ‘Official Secrets’

Posted: July 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker are reteaming with director Gavin Hood on the upcoming political thriller Official Secrets. The film is co-written and directed by Hood and stars Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill, Tamsin Greig, Adam Bakri, Myanna Buring and John Hefferman. The movie tells the true story of British Intelligence whistle-blower Katharine Gun who, during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U.S.-U.K. illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. Read the rest of this entry »

La-La Land Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’

Posted: July 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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La-La Land Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, Warcraft, A Wrinkle in Time). The soundtrack is set to be released in late August and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital version is also expected to be released around the same time by Paramount Music. Check back on this page for the full album details.  Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Russo to Score Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’

Posted: July 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Jeff Russo has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy. The show is developed by Steve Blackman (Legion, Altered Carbon) based on the comics and graphic novels of the same name created by Gerard Way and stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Colm Feore, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Adam Godley, Ashley Madekwe and Kate Walsh. The drama revolves around a dysfunctional family of superheroes who come together to solve the mystery of their father’s death, the threat of the apocalypse and more. Read the rest of this entry »

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