Interscope Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Eskmo (Billions). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 15 and will be available to download on Amazon. The label has previously released the composer’s score from the first season, as well as two soundtracks featuring the songs from the drama. Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why developed by Brian Yorkey based on the books by Jay Asher and starring Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Kate Walsh, Brian D’Arcy James, Alisha Boe, Derek Luke, Christian Navarro, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice & Miles Heizer is now available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
’13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 Score Album Details
Posted: June 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 13 Reasons Why, ESKMO, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
‘Damsel’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damsel, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, score, Soundtrack, The Octopus Project
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for David & Nathan Zellner’s western comedy Damsel. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Octopus Project who have previously scored the directors’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and Kid-Thing. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 22, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. Damsel is written and directed by the Zellner brothers’ and stars Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Forster, the Zellner brothers themselves and Joseph Biligiere. The western premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in select theaters on June 22 by Magnolia Pictures and Great Point Media. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Stearns & Joseph S. DeBeasi Scoring Albert Hughes’ ‘Alpha’
Posted: June 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Albert Hughes, Alpha, Joseph S. DeBeasi, Michael Stearns
(Article updated on July 23, 2018): Michael Stearns & Joseph S. DeBeasi are composing the original score for the upcoming survival drama Alpha. The film is directed by Albert Hughes (Menace 2 Society, From Hell) and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhanness. The movie is set 20,000 years ago in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic period and centers on a young man’s friendship with a wolf. Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt wrote the screenplay based on a story by Hughes who is also producing the Studio 8 production with Andrew Rona (Non-Stop, The Commuter). Read the rest of this entry »
’12 Monkeys’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 12 Monkeys, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Barton, Syfy
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Syfy original series 12 Monkeys. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s fourth season composed by Stephen Barton (Titanfall, The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, Jennifer’s Body, Unlocked). Also included is the song Too Late for Us performed by Kelsy Karter and a cover of Don’t You Forget About Me by Barton feat. Karter. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 15 will be available to download on Amazon. Varese Sarabande has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Barton’s music from the third season, as well an album featuring Trevor Rabin’s & Paul Linford’s score from the first season of the series. Read the rest of this entry »
Netflix’s & BBC’s ‘Black Earth Rising’ to Feature Music by Martin Phipps
Posted: June 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Black Earth Rising, Hugo Blick, Martin Phipps, Netflix
Martin Phipps is composing the music for the upcoming Netflix and BBC series Black Earth Rising. The show is written and directed by Hugo Blick and stars Michaela Cole, John Goodman, Noma Dumezweni, Harriet Walter, Tamara Tunie, Lucian Msamati and Abena Ayivor. The drama tells the story of Kate Ashby, played by Coel, who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby, a world-class British prosecutor in international criminal law. Read the rest of this entry »
David Lawrence Scoring Disney Channel’s ‘Freaky Friday’
Posted: June 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Lawrence, Disney Channel, Freaky Friday, Steve Carr
David Lawrence (American Pie, High School Musical, Descendants) has composed the original score for the upcoming Disney Channel original movie Freaky Friday. The film is directed by Steve Carr (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Daddy Day Care) and stars Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Heidi Blickenstaff, Alex Désert, Jason Maybaum, Kahyun Kim, Dara Reneé, Jennifer Laporte, Isaiah Lehtinen and Sarah Willey. The comedy is based on the Disney Theatrical Production stage adaptation of the novel by Mary Rodgers about a mother and daughter who spend a day in each other’s shoes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Humans’ Seasons 2 & 3 Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: June 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, Channel 4, Humans, Sarah Warne, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Humans. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second and third season composed by Sarah Warne (Prey). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on June 22, 2018 and physically on July 6. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s score from the first season of the series. Humans is created by Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent and stars Emily Berrington, Gemma Chan, Colin Morgan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Tom Goodman-Hill and Katherine Parkinson. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton to Score Hans Petter Moland’s ‘Hard Powder’
Posted: June 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Hans Petter Moland, Hard Powder
George Fenton has been hired to score the upcoming revenge thriller Hard Powder. The film is directed by Hans Petter Moland (Aberdeen) and stars Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, William Forsythe, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Domenick Lombardozzi and Tom Bateman. The movie is based on Moland’s 2014 feature In Order of Disappearance and follows a snowplow driver and pillar of his Colorado community whose life is up-ended by his son’s killing at the hands of a powerful local drug lord. Frank Baldwin wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Flowers’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arthur Sharpe, Channel 4, Flowers, score, Sees, Soundtrack
Sister Pictures and Kudos Film & Television have released a new soundtrack album for the Channel 4 series Flowers. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Arthur Sharpe. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The production companies have previously released an album featuring Sharpe’s music from the first season. Flowers is created by Will Sharpe and stars Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby and Sophia Di Martino. The show revolves around a renowned children’s book author who is battling severe depression as he tries to sort out his not-quite-complete divorce from his delusional, music teacher wife. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Score Blue Sky Studios’ ‘Spies in Disguise’ & Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’
Posted: June 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Destroyer, Karyn Kusama, Spies in Disguise, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has been tapped to score the upcoming animated comedy Spies in Disguise. The film is directed by Nick Bruno & Troy Quane and features the voices of Will Smith and Tom Holland. The movie is based on the 2009 short Pigeon: Impossible and revolves around a secret agent who nearly triggers a global conflict when a pigeon gets stuck in a government-issued nuclear briefcase. Michael J. Travers (The Peanuts Movie) is producing the Blue Sky Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »
