Geoff Zanelli is set to reteam with David Koepp on the upcoming horror thriller You Should Have Left. The film is written and directed by Koepp (Stir of Echoes, screenwriter of Jurassic Park & Spider-Man) and stars Kevin Bacon. The movie is based on Daniel Kehlmann’s 2007 novel of the same title and follows screenwriter who is working on a sequel to his hit film in a remote house in the Alps and begins to lose his bearings thanks to unexplained occurrences. Jason Blum (Get Out, Insidious, The Purge, Paranormal Activity) is producing the project through his Blumhouse production company. Read the rest of this entry »
Geoff Zanelli to Reteam with David Koepp on ‘You Should Have Left’
Posted: May 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Koepp, Geoff Zanelli, You Should Have Left
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Jon Ekstrand Scoring Crispian Mills’ ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’
Posted: May 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Crispian Mills, Jon Ekstrand, Slaughterhouse Rulez
Jon Ekstrand (Life, Easy Money, Child 44, Borg vs. McEnroe) is composing the original music for the upcoming horror comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez. The film is directed by Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything) and stars Simon Pegg, Michael Sheen, Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield and Nick Frost. The movie is set in an illustrious British boarding school that becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site, unleashing unspeakable horror. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mary Shelley’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amelia Warner, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Mary Shelley, score, Soundtrack
Universal Music Classics/Decca Gold announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Mary Shelley. The album features the film’s original score composed by Amelia Warner (Mum’s List). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 25, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. Mary Shelley is co-written and directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour and stars Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Bel Powley, Douglas Booth, Joanne Froggatt and Stephen Dillane. The movie chronicles the Frankenstein author’s tempestuous marriage to dissolute poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the fateful night at a Swiss chateau that inspired her most famous creation. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner & Gustavo Santaolalla Scoring Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ Season 4
Posted: May 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gustavo Santaolalla, Kevin Kiner, Narcos, Netflix
Kevin Kiner and Gustavo Santaolalla are the new composers of the Netflix original series Narcos. They are scoring the fourth season of the show, which will star Michael Peña, Diego Luna, Tenoch Huerta, Joaquin Cosio, Jose Maria Yazpik, Teresa Ruiz and Alyssa Diaz. The new season is set in Mexico and will explore the Guadalajara cartel. Showrunner Eric Newman (Children of Men, Dawn of the Dead) is executive producing the series with show creators Jose Padilha (RoboCop, 7 Days in Entebbe), Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘No Way Out’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: May 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Maurice Jarre, No Way Out, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Entertainment has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1987 political thriller No Way Out directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Fred Thompson and Iman. The 2-CD set features the film’s expanded original music composed by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost, Doctor Zhivago, Witness), including the composer’s score on the first disc and the content of the original soundtrack album, as well as bonus tracks on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website to pre-order the limited edition CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Paul Weitz’s ‘Operation Finale’
Posted: May 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Chris Weitz, Operation Finale
Alexandre Desplat has begun work on the upcoming historical thriller Operation Finale. The film is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) and stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Michael Aronov, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote. The movie tells the true story of the 1960 covert mission where legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin infiltrates Argentina and captures Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramin Djawadi’s ‘C.R.E.A.M.’ & ‘Paint It Black’ Covers from ‘Westworld’ Released
Posted: May 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: HBO, Ramin Djawadi, Westworld
WaterTower Music has released the cover versions of Wu-Tang Clan’s C.R.E.A.M. and The Rolling Stone’s Paint It Black by composer Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim) as featured in the last episode of the HBO original series Westworld. Both tracks are now available as a digital single on Amazon. Listen to the full cover versions after the jump. Djawadi has previously contributed a different cover of Paint It Black for the first episode of the series. The second season of Westworld created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 feature and starring Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright & Thandie Newton currently airs Sunday nights on HBO. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Orton Scoring Hernan Jimenez’s ‘Elsewhere’
Posted: May 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Elsewhere, Hernan Jimenez, Mark Orton
Mark Orton is scoring the upcoming indie comedy drama Elsewhere. The film is written and directed by Hernan Jimenez (About Us) and stars Aden Young, Parker Posey, Ken Jeong, Beau Bridges, Jacki Weaver and Jackie Tohn. The movie follows a man who is hopelessly attached to the seaside cottage that he and his late wife built together and – after getting evicted – vows to get it back at any price. Jiminez’s producing partner Chris Cole is producing the project with Branded Pictures Entertainment’s J. Todd Harris (Bottle Shock, Supercross). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 20, 2018)
Posted: May 20, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Ariel Marx, Cezary Skubiszewski, HBO, Ibiza, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jeff Morrow, Netflix, Picnic at Hanging Rock, SundanceTV, The Split, The Tale
Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, May 23, is the British mini-series The Split created and written by Abi Morgan, directed by Jessica Hobbs and starring Nicola Walker, Meera Syal, Stephen Mangan, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay and Anthony Head. The show’s original music is composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). The drama centers on a family of female divorce lawyers who are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30 year absence. The drama premiered earlier this year in the UK on BBC One and will make its U.S. debut on SundanceTV. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Friday, May 25, is the Netflix original movie Ibiza directed by Alex Richanbach and starring Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, Phoebe Robinson and Richard Madden. Jeff Morrow (Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Trolls Holiday) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which follows a young woman who is sent to Spain for an important work meeting and brings along her hard-partying friends and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
Mike Suby Scoring The CW’s ‘Roswell, New Mexico’, CBS’ ‘God Friended Me’ & Freeform’s ‘The Perfectionists’
Posted: May 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Freeform, Ghosts of War, God Friended Me, Mike Suby, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Roswell New Mexico, The CW
Mike Suby has recently scored a number of pilots that have been picked up to series, including The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico. The show is developed by Carina Adly MacKenzie based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz and stars Jeanine Mason, Nathan Parsons Tyler Blackburn, Lily Cowles, Michael Vlamis and Heather Hemmens. The series follows the daughter of undocumented immigrants who reluctantly returns to her hometown only to discover that her teenage crush is now a police officer and also an alien who has kept his spectacular abilities a secret. Read the rest of this entry »
