Kevin Lax has composed the original score for the fourth installment in The Purge series, The First Purge. The film is directed by Gerard McMurray and stars Y’Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Luna Lauren Velez and Marisa Tomei. The movie is a prequel and focuses on the events that lead up to the very first Purge event. James DeMonaco who directed the first three installments has written the screenplay and is also producing the project with Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Get Out, Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller & Andrew Form (A Quiet Place, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), as well as Sébastien K. Lemercier. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Lax Scoring ‘The First Purge’
Posted: June 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gerard McMurray, Kevin Lax, The First Purge, The Purge
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‘The Bachelors’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Joel P. West, Kurt Voelker, score, Soundtrack, The Bachelors
Position Music has released a soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Bachelors. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joel P West (Short Term 12, Grandma, The Glass Castle, Band of Robbers). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Bachelors is written and directed by Kurt Voelker and stars J.K. Simmons, Josh Wiggins, Julie Delpy and Odeya Rush. The movie centers on a mourning father who moves across the country with his teenage son for a private school teaching job, after the early death of his wife. Read the rest of this entry »
Nima Fakhrara to Score John Stalberg Jr.’s ‘Crypto’
Posted: June 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cody Stokes, Crypto, John Stalberg Jr., Nima Fakhrara, The Ghost Who Walks
Nima Fakhrara is set to score the upcoming thriller Crypto. The film is directed by John Stalberg Jr. (High School) and stars Beau Knapp, Alexis Bledel, Kurt Russell, Luke Hemsworth, Jeremie Harris and Vincent Kartheiser. The movie revolves around a young anti-money laundering agent tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in his remote New York hometown, where his father and brother are struggling to maintain their family farm in a changing economic landscape. Read the rest of this entry »
Junkie XL Scoring ‘Mortal Engines’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: June 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christian Rivers, Junkie XL, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Tom Holkenborg
Junkie XL (aka Tom Holkenborg) has recently recorded his music for the upcoming film adaptation of Mortal Engines. The film is directed by Christian Rivers and stars Hugo Weaving Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Rafterty, Leila George, Patrick Maladhide and Stephen Lang. The movie based on Philip Reeve’s book of the same title is set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event and cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Cowboys’ & ‘Small Soldiers’ Deluxe Edition Soundtracks Announced
Posted: June 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Mark Rydell, score, Small Soldiers, Soundtrack, The Cowboys
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series, including a remastered deluxe edition for the 1972 western The Cowboys directed by Mark Rydell and starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Colleen Dewhurst and Bruce Dern. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.), including previously unreleased music and alternate tracks. For the full album details, listen to out audio clips and to order the soundtrack, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit the label’s official website. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Valley’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 18, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jacob Yoffee, Saila Kariat, score, Soundtrack, The Valley
Radagast Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Valley. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jacob Yoffee (Finding Carter, Pawn, Andi Mack, Infinity Chamber) who recorded his music with an orchestra in Los Angeles. The score also features performances by the LA-based string quartet The Lyris Quartet. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Valley is written and directed by Saila Kariat and stars Alyy Khan, Suchitra Pillai, Agneeta Thacker, Salma Khan and Jake T. Austin. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 17, 2018)
Posted: June 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alex Heffes, Brain on Fire, Brian Tyler, Dan Jones, Deep State, Epix, Harry Escott, John Paesano, Man in an Orange Shirt, Netflix, Next of Kin, Paramount Network, PBS, Peter Bateman, Robert Duncan, Sundance Now, Take Two, Yellowstone
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original series Deep State created by Matthew Parkhill & Simon Maxwell and starring Mark Strong, Karima McAdams, Joe Dempsie, Lyne Renée, Alistair Petrie, Anastasia Griffith, Amelia Bullmore, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Pip Torrens and Fares Fares. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch). Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the series, which is premiering stateside on Epix.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Man in an Orange Shirt directed by Michael Samuels and starring James McArdle, Joanna Vanderham, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Julian Morris and Vanessa Redgrave. Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max) has composed the project’s original music. The 2-parter premiered last year in the UK on BBC Two and is premiering stateside as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Visit PBS’ official website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Octavio Is Dead’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adam Litovitz, Alia O’Brien, Octavio Is Dead, score, Sook-Yin Lee, Soundtrack
Last Gang Records has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Octavio Is Dead. The album features the film’s original music composed by director Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Litovitz & Alia O’Brien (of the band Blood Ceremony). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Octavio Is Dead is written and directed by Lee and stars Sarah Gadon, Raoul Trujillo, Rosanna Arquette and Dimitris Kitsos. The movie centers on a reserved young woman who escapes her overbearing mother and enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father. Read the rest of this entry »
Score Album for ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Movies to Be Released
Posted: June 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 2, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Mark Mothersbaugh, score, Soundtrack
Sony Classical will release the first soundtrack album for Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania franchise. The album features selections from the original scores of 2012’s Hotel Transylvania, 2015’s Hotel Transylvania 2 and the upcoming Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums). The soundtrack will be released on July 6, 2018 and will be available to download here. A CD version is now available to pre-order as an import on Amazon. The Hotel Transylvania movies are directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and feature the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key and Molly Shannon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album for Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Risen). The soundtrack is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also check out audio samples. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is co-written and directed by Gilliam and stars Adam Driver, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce and Olga Kurylenko. The movie follows a jaded young advertising executive who becomes pulled into a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. Read the rest of this entry »
