Hildur Gudnadottir has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO and Sky mini-series Chernobyl. The show is created by Craig Mazin (The Hangover: Part II & III), directed by Johan Renck (Downloading Nancy) and stars Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson. The 5-part drama centers on the 1986 nuclear disaster that triggered the evacuation of a Ukranian city from the perspectives of Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist chosen by the Kremlin to investigate the accident and Boris Shcherbina, the man responsible for leading the USSR government commission in the wake of the disaster. Read the rest of this entry »
Hildur Gudnadottir to Score HBO’s & Sky’s ‘Chernobyl’
Posted: May 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chernobyl, HBO, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sky
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‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, score, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack album for the action thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hildur Gudnadottir (Mary Magdalene, Strong Island, The Oath). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on June 29, 2018. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Sicario: Day of the Soldado is directed by Stefano Sollima, written by Taylor Sheridan and stars Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Catherine Keener. The movie is the sequel to 2015’s Sicario, for which late composer Johann Johannson received an Academy Award nomination. Read the rest of this entry »
CBS All Access’ ‘Strange Angel’ to Feature Music by Daniel Hart
Posted: May 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS All Access, Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Mark Heyman, Strange Angel
Daniel Hart is composing the music for the upcoming CBS All Access original series Strange Angel. The show is created by Mark Heyman (Black Swan, The Skeleton Twins) based on George Pendle’s book of the same name and stars Jack Reynor, Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, Michael Gaston and Greg Wise. The drama follows the life of a mysterious and brilliant man in 1940s Los Angeles, who by day helps birth the entirely unknown discipline of American rocketry, and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring HBO’s & Sky’s ‘The Case Against Adnan’
Posted: May 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amy Berg, HBO, Nick Cave, The Case Against Adnan, Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are scoring the upcoming HBO & Sky docu-series The Case Against Adnan. The show is directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil) and explores the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. Henrietta Conrad and Jemima Khan are executive producing the project for INSTINCT Productions, alongside Eric Fellner & Tim Bevan (Atonement, Love Actually) and Andrew Stearn (Shameless, Gypsy) for Working Title TV. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Details for HBO’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’
Posted: May 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Antony Partos, Fahrenheit 451, HBO, Matteo Zingales, Ramin Bahrain, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Fahrenheit 451 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matteo Zingales (99 Homes, The Hunter, Secrets & Lies) & Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover). The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally this Friday, May 18 by Milan Records (click here to download). A physical version is set to come out next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and listen to three tracks after the jump. Fahrenheit 451 is directed by Ramin Bahrani and stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella and Lilly Singh. The movie is based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of the same title and portrays a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and “firemen” burn books. Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Nikitin to Score BBC’s & PBS’ ‘Mrs. Wilson’
Posted: May 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Nikitin, BBC, Mrs. Wilson, PBS
Anne Nikitin has been hired to score the upcoming BBC and PBS Masterpiece mini-series Mrs. Wilson. The show is developed by Anna Symon (Indian Summers) and stars Ruth Wilson, Iain Glenn, Keely Hawes, Anupam Kher and Fiona Shaw. The 3-part drama directed by Richard Laxton is set in 1940s and 1960s London and 1930s India and follows Alison Wilson, who thinks she is happily married until her husband dies and a woman turns up on the doorstep claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Read the rest of this entry »
‘At War’ (‘En guerre’) Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: May 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: At War, Bertrand Blessing, En guerre, score, Soundtrack
Nord-Ouest Films has relased a soundtrack EP for the French drama At War (En guerre). The EP features the film’s original music composed by Bertrand Blessing. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. At War is co-written and directed by Stéphane Brizé and stars Vincent Lindon, Melanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey, Olivier Lemaire, Martin Hauser and Jean Grosset. The movie revolves around the spokesman of 1100 employees working at Perrin Industries who decides to fight back when the company shuts down its factory. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Beal to Score ABC’s ‘Grand Hotel’
Posted: May 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Grand Hotel, Jeff Beal
Jeff Beal is set to compose the music for the upcoming ABC drama Grand Hotel. The show is created by Brian Tanen (Devious Maids) and stars Demian Bichir, Roselyn Sanchez, Denyse Tontz, Bryan Craig, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Lincoln Younes, Shalim Ortiz, Anne Winters, Chris Warren, Feliz Ramirez and Justina Adorno. The series revolves around the professional and personal lives of a group of people working at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jackals’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anton Sanko, Jackals, score, Soundtrack
Notefornote Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Jackals. The album features the film’s original music composed by Anton Sanko (Rabbit Hole, The Possession, Ouija, Big Love). The soundtrack will be released within the next couple of weeks. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD (set to come out on June 1). Jackals is directed by Kevin Greutert and stars Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, Deborah Kara Unger, Ben Sullivan, Chelsea Ricketts and Nick Roux. The movie centers on an estranged family who hire a cult de-programmer to get back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back. Read the rest of this entry »
Roque Banos to Score Fede Alvarez’s ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’
Posted: May 15, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fede Alvarez, Roque Banos, The Girl in the Spider's Web
Roque Banos is reuniting with director Fede Alvarez on the upcoming thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web. The film stars Claire Foy, alongside Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks, Claes Bang, Lakeith Stanfield, Vicky Krieps, Synnove Macody Lund and Stephen Merchant. The movie is the sequel to David Fincher’s 2011 feature The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (scored by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) and follows Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber criminals and corrupt government officials. Read the rest of this entry »
