Keegan DeWitt is set to compose the original score for the upcoming drama Love & Oatmeal. The film is directed by Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray) and stars Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown and Alphonso McAuley. The movie follows a twenty-something aspiring writer who, in the wake of his father’s sudden death, sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he is forced to temporarily take in his mentally ill sister. Steve Waverly (Guilty Hearts) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Keegan DeWitt to Score Peter Sattler’s ‘Love & Oatmeal’
Posted: June 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Keegan DeWitt, Love & Oatmeal, Peter Sattler
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Segun Akinola Tapped as New ‘Doctor Who’ Composer
Posted: June 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, BBC America, Doctor Who, Segun Akinola
BBC announced today that Segun Akinola is the new composer of the BBC drama Doctor Who. He is scoring the 11th season of the show, which stars Jodie Whitaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) serves as the project’s head writer and is also executive producing the project with Matt Strevens and Sam Hoyle. Murray Gold was the composer of the previous seasons and scored all of the series’ episodes since 2005. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, TV Music AlbumsTags: Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, Lifetime, Mario Grigorov, score, Soundtrack
A&E Networks has released a soundtrack album for the Lifetime original movie Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, The Paperboy, Flowers in the Attic, Shadowboxer). Also included is the song You Are the Reason by Calum Scott. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance is directed by Menhaj Huda and stars Murray Fraser & Parisa Fitz-Henley in the title roles, alongside Bonnie Soper as Princess Diana, Maggie Sullivun as Queen Elizabeth II, Steve Coulter as Prince Charles and Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Bowles. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman’s ‘The Man with One Red Shoe’ Score Released
Posted: June 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Colossus: The Forbin Project, Michel Colombier, score, Soundtrack, The Man with One Red Shoe, Thomas Newman
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1985 mystery comedy The Man with One Red Shoe directed by Stan Dragoti and starring Tom Hanks, Lori Singer and Charlies Durning. The album features the original music from the 20th Century Fox production composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Skyfall, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Wall-E). Visit the label’s online store to check out the track list, listen to audio samples and order the CD, which is limited to 1500 copies. Read the rest of this entry »
David Arnold to Score Amazon’s ‘Good Omens’
Posted: June 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, BBC, David Arnold, Good Omens, Neil Gaiman
David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate) has been tapped to score the upcoming Amazon original series Good Omens. The show is based on the 1990 book by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale trying to prevent the Apocalypse and David Tennant as the demon Crowley. Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson, Nick Offerman, Adria Arjona, Nina Sosanya, Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Ned Dennehy, Ariyon Bakare, Mireille Enos, Anna Maxwell Martin, Lourdes Faberes and Yusuf Gatewood are co-starring in the 6-part series. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Angel Face’ (‘Gueule d’ange’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Angel Face, Audrey Ismaël, Gueule d'ange, Olivier Coursier, score, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the French drama Angel Face (Gueule d’ange). The album features the film’s original music composed by Audrey Ismaël and Olivier Coursier. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips and check out the full track list. Angel Face is co-written and directed by Vanessa Filho and stars Marion Cotillard, Ayline Aksoy-Etaix, Alban Lenoir, Amélie Daure and Stéhane Rideau. The movie centers on a single mother who suddenly chooses to abandon her daughter for a man she has just met. The drama premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was released in French theaters last month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Rocket Gibraltar’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Powell, Rocket Gibraltar, score, Soundtrack
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1988 drama Rocket Gibraltar directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Amos Poe and starring Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey and Macaulay Culkin. The album features the original music from the Columbia Pictures production composed and conducted by Andrew Powell (Ladyhawke). Visit the label’s official website to listen to audio samples, check out the full track list and order the limited edition CD.
Daniel Pemberton, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Rob Simonsen, Eric Serra & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 928 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8), Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka who received their first Academy Award nomination last year for Lion, Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Foxcatcher), Eric Serra (The Fifth Element, Goldeneye), Jeff Beal (Pollock, An Inconvenient Sequel), Trevor Morris (Olympus Has Fallen, Immortals), Benoit Charest who received an Oscar nomination for The Triplets of Belleville, Fil Eisler (Life of the Party, How to Be Single), Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin (Dangerous Minds), Emilio Kauderer (The Secret in Their Eyes), Jeff Rona (White Squall), Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher), Oswaldo Golijov (The Man Who Cried), Mandy Hoffman (The Lovers), Nitin Sawhney (Breathe), Jason Moran (Selma), Joanna Bruzdowicz (I Forgot to Tell You), Gingger Shankar (Circumstance), Nathan Wang (Rumble in the Bronx), Sharon Farber (When Nietzsche Wept), Lee Byung-woo (Mother), Joseph Koo (A Better Tomorrow), Yoko Kanno (Our Little Sister), Usha Khanna (Khandala House), Sofia Gubaidulina (Mary Queen of Scots), Sneha Khanwalkar (Gangs of Wasseypur), Ilona Sekacz (Wondrous Oblivion) and Lim Giong (The Assassin). Read the rest of this entry »
Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring James Marsh’s ‘King of Thieves’
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, James Marsh, King of Thieves
Benjamin Wallfisch has recently scored the upcoming caper thriller King of Thieves. The film is directed by James Marsh (The Theory of Everything, Man on Wire) and stars Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Charlie Cox, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon and Francesca Annis. The movie is based on Mark Seal’s Vanity Fair piece The Over the Hill Mob and tells the story of the April 2015 Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company heist in which robbers stole more than £200 million worth of loot in the biggest heist in UK history. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Westworld’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Westworld
WaterTower Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO original series Westworld. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, A Wrinkle in Time, The Great Wall, Warcraft). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the first season, as well as several digital singles featuring Djawadi’s covers of Seven Nation Army, Paint It, Black and C.R.E.A.M.. Westworld is created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 feature and stars Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Read the rest of this entry »
