Singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles will provide original music for the upcoming half-hour dramedy Little Voice for Apple’s streaming service. The show created by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, Stepmom) is described as a “love letter to the diverse musicality of New York” and explores the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s. Bareilles and Nelson are also executive producing the project with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost, Star Trek) and Ben Stephenson (Westworld). Read the rest of this entry »
Bear McCreary Scoring George Ratliff’s ‘Welcome Home’
Posted: June 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bear McCreary, George Ratliff, Welcome Home
Bear McCreary is scoring the upcoming thriller Welcome Home. The film is directed by George Ratliff (Joshua, Salvation Boulevard) and stars Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski. The movie revolves around a couple who spends a weekend at a vacation rental home in the Italian countryside in an attempt to repair their relationship, but soon become victims of the homeowner’s sinister plans. David Levinson wrote the screenplay. Allan Mandelbaum (The Good Neighbor) and Tim & Trevor White (Ingrid Goes West, LBJ) are producing the Voltage Pictures production. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Ploey – You Never Fly Alone’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Ploey - You Never Fly Alone, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Ploey – You Never Fly Alone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Atli Orvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Eagle, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Ploey directed by Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson and co-directed by Gunnar Karlsson & Ives Agemans tells the story of a chick whose family migrates to warmer climates before he has learned to fly. Read the rest of this entry »
Gary Yershon in Talk to Score Stephen Cookson’s ‘Brighton’
Posted: June 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brighton, Gary Yershon, Stephen Cookson
Screen Daily is reporting that Gary Yershon is in talks to score the upcoming British comedy Brighton. The film is directed by Stephen Cookson (Stanley A Man Of Variety) and stars Phil Davis, Larry Lamb, Marion Bailey and Ruth Sheen. The movie is based on Steven Berkoff’s stage play Brighton Beach Scumbags and follows two older couples from the East End of London who travel to Brighton having not visited the seaside town in more than 30 years and reflect on how times have changed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Future World’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: June 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Future World, score, Soundtrack, Toydrum
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Future World. The album features the film’s original music composed by Toydrum (aka Pablo Clements & James Griffith) (Detour, Prevenge, London Fields). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 15, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Future World is directed by James Franco & Bruce Thierry Cheung and stars Franco himself, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Margarita Levieva, Snoop Dogg, George Lewis Jr., Cliff Smith, Lucy Liu and Milla Jovovich. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album Details for Arrowverse’s ‘Crisis on Earth-X’ Crossover
Posted: June 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Arrow, Blake Neely, Daniel Chan, Legends of Tomorrow, Nathaniel Blume, score, Sherri Chung, Soundtrack, Supergirl, The Flash
La-La Land Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the Arrowverse crossover event Crisis on Earth-X featuring episodes of the CW’s Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. The album features the original music from the four episodes composed by Blake Neely (Riverdale, Life as We Know It, The Pacific, Blindspot), Nathaniel Blume, Daniel Chan and Sherri Chung. The 2-CD set is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website. WaterTower Music is expected to release a digital version within the next couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephen Rennicks Scoring Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘The Little Stranger’
Posted: June 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lenny Abrahamson, Stephen Rennicks, The Little Stranger
Composer Stephen Rennicks is reuniting with director Lenny Abrahamson on the upcoming supernatural horror thriller The Little Stranger. The film starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling is based on Sarah Waters’ 2009 novel of the same title and takes place in post-WWII Britain, where a doctor revisits a crumbling great house where his mother once worked as a nurse maid and becomes obsessed with marrying one of the owner’s daughters. Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl, Wild Target) wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
S. Craig Zahler & Jeff Herriott Reteaming on ‘Dragged Across Concrete’
Posted: June 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dragged Across Concrete, Jeff Herriott, S. Craig Zahler
S. Craig Zahler and composer Jeff Herriott are reteaming to compose the music for the upcoming crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete. The film is written and directed by Zahler and stars Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Jai White and Tattiawna Jones. The movie revolves around an old guard policeman an his volatile younger partner who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arming tactics become the media’s special du jour. Read the rest of this entry »
William Ross Scoring Victor Levin’s ‘Destination Wedding’
Posted: June 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Destination Wedding, Victor Levin, William Ross
William Ross has recently composed the music for the upcoming romantic comedy Destination Wedding. The film is written and directed by Vicor Levin (5 to 7, Survivor’s Remorse) and stars Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves. The movie revolves around two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests who develop a mutual affection in spite of themselves. Gail Lyon (Stick It), Elizabeth Dell and Robert Jones (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Centurion) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: June 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonathan Kirkscey, score, Soundtrack, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonathan Kirkscey. Also included are songs performed by Fred Rogers. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 8, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is directed by Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) and takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination. Read the rest of this entry »
