Decca Classics will release the official soundtrack album for Mike Newell’s historical drama The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Escape). The soundtrack will released digitally tomorrow, May 18 and will be available to download on Amazon. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glen Powell, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay & Penelope Wilton is based on Mary Ann Shaffer’s & Annie Barrows’ 2008 novel and follows a free-spirited journalist who bonds with the eccentric residents of Guernsey when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the WWII German occupation. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Harwood, Mike Newell, score, Soundtrack, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Soundtrack Album for Wim Wenders’ ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ to Be Released
Posted: May 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Petitgand, Pope Francis - A Man of His Word, score, Soundtrack, Wim Wenders
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for Wim Wenders’ documentary Pope Francis: A Man of His Word. The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Petitgand who has previously scored the director’s 1993 feature Faraway, So Close!, 1995’s Beyond the Clouds and 2014’s The Salt of the Earth. Also included is the song These Are the Words by Patti Smith. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 18 and will be available to download on Amazon. Pope Francis: A Man of His Word sets out to present Pope Francis’ work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions, from his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involvement in environmental issues and social justice. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Show Dogs’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Raja Gosnell, score, Show Dogs, Soundtrack
Filmtrax will release a soundtrack album for the family comedy Show Dogs. The album features the film’s original music composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me series, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie, The Smurfs, If I Stay). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 18 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Show Dogs is directed by Raja Gosnell and stars Will Arnett, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Natasha Lyonne, Jordin Sparks, Gabriel Iglesias, Shaquille O’Neal, Alan Cumming and Stanley Tucci. The movie centers on the unlikely pairing of a human detective and his canine partner who has to go undercover at the world’s most exclusive dog show to solve his biggest case yet. 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
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 »
‘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 »
