Atli Orvarsson has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama FBI. The show is developed by Dick Wolf (Law & Order, NYPD Blue) and stars Missy Peregrym, Jeremy Sisto, Zeeko Zaki and Ebonee Noel. The series explores the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI, bringing to bear all the Bureau’s skills, intellect and mind-blowing technology to keep New York and the country safe. Wolf is also producing the Universal TV Studios & CBS Television Studios production with Peter Jankowski, Arthur Forney, showrunner Craig Turk (The Good Wife, Private Practice) as well as Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dead Men Down) who also directed the first episode. Read the rest of this entry »
CBS’ ‘FBI’ to Feature Music by Atli Orvarsson
Posted: May 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Atli Orvarsson, CBS, Dick Wolf, FBI
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Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Disneynature’s ‘Penguins’
Posted: May 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disneynature, Harry Gregson-Williams, Penguins
Harry Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming Disneynature documentary Penguins. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Earth, African Cats, Chimpanzee), co-directed by Mark Linfield and Jeff Wilson and tells the coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family. The directors are also producing the project with Keith Scholey and Roy Conli. Gregson-Williams has previously scored Disneynature’s 2015 feature Monkey Kingdom directed by Linfield & Fothergill. 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
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 »
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 »
