Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3, The Grudge, Sinister) is currently scoring the upcoming supernatural thriller The Empty Man. The film is written and directed by David Prior and stars James Badge Dale, Aaron Poole, Stephen Root, Marin Ireland and Tanya van Graan. The movie is based on Cullen Bunn’s graphic novel of the same title and revolves around an ex-cop, plagued by the violent death of his wife and son, who battles to find a missing girl but soon discovers a sinister presence around him. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Young Scoring David Prior’s ‘The Empty Man’
Posted: May 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, David Prior, The Empty Man
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Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘King in the Wilderness’ Released
Posted: May 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: King in the Wilderness, Peter Kunhardt, Saul Simon MacWilliams, score, Soundtrack
Drawing Number One has released a soundtrack album for the HBO documentary King in the Wilderness. The album features the film’s original music composed by Saul Simon MacWilliams (Gleason, Chasing Coral, Jim: The James Foley Story, The China Hustle). Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Good Doctor) served as the project’s music director. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. King in the Wilderness is directed by Peter Kunhardt and chronicles the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. Read the rest of this entry »
Craig Armstrong to Score Adrian Noble’s ‘Mrs. Lowry & Son’
Posted: May 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Noble, Craig Armstrong, Mrs. Lowry & Son
Craig Armstrong has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming drama Mrs. Lowry and Son. The film is directed by Adrian Noble (The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and stars Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. The movie examines the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry, who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century and his mother, Elizabeth. Martyn Hesford (Fantabulosa!) wrote the screenplay based on his own stage play of the same title. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You Shall Not Sleep’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 14, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alfonso G. Aguilar, No dormirás, score, Soundtrack, You Shall Not Sleep
Keido Music has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller You Shall Not Sleep (No dormirás). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alfonso G. Aguilar (All Roads Lead to Rome). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples and the full track list. You Shall Not Sleep is directed by Gustavo Hernández and stars Belén Rueda, Natalia de Molina and Eva de Dominici. The movie is set in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where a radical theater group experiments with insomnia, falling prey to the place’s dark energies. Read the rest of this entry »
Mike Patton’s Soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘1922’ to Be Released
Posted: May 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 1922, Mike Patton, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Ipecac Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie 1922. The album features the film’s original music composed by Faith No More lead singer Mike Patton (The Place Beyond the Pines, Crank: High Voltage). The soundtrack will be released on July 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track from the score is already available to download here. 1922 is directed by Zak Hilditch and stars Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian d’Arcy and Neal McDonough. The movie is based on the novella by Stephen King and follows a farmer who pens a confession admitting to his wife’s murder, but her death is just the beginning of a macabre tale. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 13, 2018)
Posted: May 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Antony Partos, Cargo, Daniel Rankine P.K.A. Trials, Dr. G Yunupingu, Fahrenheit 451, Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, HBO, Johnathon Mangarri Yunupingu, Lifetime, Little Women, Mario Grigorov, Matteo Zingales, Michael Hohnen, Netflix, PBS, Stuart Earl
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Little Women written by Heidi Thomas based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, directed by Vanessa Caswill and starring Maya Hawke, Kathryn Newton, Annes Elwy, Willa Fitzgerald, Emily Watson, Dylan Baker, Angela Lansbury, Michael Gambon and Jonah Hauer-King. The 3-parter’s original score is composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil, And Then There Were None). The drama premiered in the UK last year on BBC One and makes its domestic debut as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Click here for more information.
Also premiering tonight is the Lifetime original movie Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance directed by Menhaj Huda and starring Murray Fraser & Parisa Fitz-Henley in the title roles, as well as Bonnie Soper as Princess Diana, Steve Coulter as Prince Charles, Maggie Sullivun as Queen Elizabeth II and Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Bowles. Mario Grigorov (Precious, The Paperboy, Shadowboxer) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Albums for Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Killer Inside Me’ & ‘Genova’ Released
Posted: May 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Summer in Genoa, Genova, Joel Cadbury, Melissa Parmenter, Michael Winterbottom, score, Soundtrack, The Killer Inside Me
Universal Music has released the first soundtrack release for the 2010 thriller The Killer Inside Me directed by Michael Winterbottom based on the novel by Jim Thompson and starring Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba. The album features the film’s original score composed by Melissa Parmenter & Joel Cadbury (Comes a Bright Day). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has also released Parmenter’s score for the 2008 feature Genova (aka A Summer in Genoa) co-written and directed by Winterbottom and starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener and Hope Davis. Click here to download the album and listen to audio clips. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Miracle Season’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: May 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Roque Banos, score, Sean McNamara, Soundtrack, The Miracle Season
Meliam Music will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama The Miracle Season. 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 will be released digitally on May 15, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Miracle Season is directed by Sean McNamara and stars Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh and Erin Moriarty. The movie is based on a true story and follows the West High School girls’ volleyball team as they band together after the loss of the school’s star player in hope of winning the state championship. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 11, 2018)
Posted: May 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandra Harwood, Always the Carlyle, Anthony Clarke, Anthony John, Anton Sanko, Beast, Breaking In, Earl Rose, Fil Eisler, Ilan Eshkeri, Jim Williams, Johnny Klimek, Life of the Party, Measure of a Man, Mountain, Nico Muhly, Revenge, Richard Tognetti, Rob, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Terminal, The Escape, The Seagull, Tim Wheeler
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy Life of the Party directed by Ben Falcone and starring Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Julie Bowen, Matt Walsh, Molly Gordon, Stephen Root and Jacki Weaver. The film’s original score is composed by Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, How to Be Single, CHiPs). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as songs by Meghan Trainor, Blind Scuba Divers, Chick Norris, Cyndi Lauper & more. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the thriller Breaking In directed by James McTeigue and starring Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Seth Karr, Ajiona Alexus, Levi Meaden, Jason George and Christa Miller. Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, One Hour Photo, Sense8, The International) has composed the film’s original score. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the music by Klimek and additional music composer Gabriel Mounsey and a song by James Earl Jones II. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
James Edward Barker to Score William McGregor’s ‘Gwen’
Posted: May 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gwen, James Edward Barker, William McGregor
James Edward Barker has signed on to score the upcoming gothic mystery thriller Gwen. The film is written and directed by William McGregor and stars Maxine Peake, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jodie Innes, Richard Harrington, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Mark Lewis Jones. The movie centers on a young girl who desperately tries to hold her family together in the face of a hostile local community, a rapacious slate mine nearing their land and a growing darkness that has begun to haunt her home life. Read the rest of this entry »
