Gingger Shankar is reteaming with director Maryam Keshavarz to score the upcoming drama Vulture Club. The film starring Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Matt Bomer, Lola Kirke, Adepero Oduye and Sheila Vand revolves around a veteran emergency room nurse who takes drastic measures to free her adult son, a war correspondent who’s been captured by a terrorist group. Keshavarz also co-wrote the screenplay with Jonathan Mastro. Anna Gerb, Neal Dodson and J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost, Margin Call, A Most Violent Year) are producing the project for CounterNarrative. Read the rest of this entry »
Gingger Shankar to Score Maryam Keshavarz’s ‘Vulture Club’
Posted: April 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gingger Shankar, Maryam Keshavarz, Vulture Club
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Soundtrack Album for ‘Hello Again’ Film Adaptation Announced
Posted: April 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hello Again, Michael John LaChiusa, Soundtrack
Broadway Records has announced a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the musical Hello Again. The album features the songs from the movie performed by cast members including Audra McDonald, Martha Plimpton, T.R. Knight, Rumer Willis, Cheyenne Jackson, Jenna Ushkowitz, Tyler Blackburn, Sam Underwood, Nolan Gerard Funk and Al Calderon. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 27, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The song Beyond the Moon has already been released as a digital single last summer. Read the rest of this entry »
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Soundtrack
Posted: April 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Powell, John Williams, Ron Howard, score, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Soundtrack, Star Wars
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. The album features the film’s original score composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Rio, Shrek, Chicken Run, X-Men: The Last Stand), as well as the Han Solo theme and original Star Wars music composed by John Williams (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on May 25, 2018. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check back on this page for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Truth or Dare’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jeff Wadlow, Matthew Margeson, score, Soundtrack, Truth or Dare
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Truth or Dare. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service & The Golden Circle, Eddie the Eagle, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Kick-Ass 2). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 13, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Truth or Dare is directed by Jeff Wadlow and stars Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Hayden Szeto and Sophia Taylor Ali. The movie revolves around a harmless game of “Truth or Dare” among friends that turns deadly when someone-or something-begins to punish those who tell a lie-or refuse the dare. Read the rest of this entry »
Jed Kurzel Scoring Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s ‘Mustang’
Posted: April 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jed Kurzel, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mustang
Jed Kurzel has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama Mustang. The film marks the feature directorial debut of French actress Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Gideon Adlon, Josh Stewart and Connie Britton. The movie centers on a convict who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program training wild mustangs and forges a strong bond with a particularly difficult mustang, which forces him to confront his harsh past and innermost demons. Read the rest of this entry »
John Williams to Be Honored at BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: April 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, John Williams, Laura Karpman, Lolita Ritmanis, Miriam Cutler, Rick Baitz
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that it will present legendary film composer John Williams with a special award bearing his name in recognition of his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time. The John Williams Award will be presented for the first time at the 34th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on Wednesday, May 9 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Williams previously received the organization’s The Kirk Award in 1999, which later became the BMI Icon Award, for composing some of the most popular and recognizable scores in cinematic history such as the Star Wars series, Jaws, Schindler’s List, the Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, among many others. Read the rest of this entry »
The Newton Brothers to Score Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
Posted: April 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mike Flanagan, Netflix, The Haunting of Hill House, The Newton Brothers
The Newton Brothers are reuniting with Mike Flanagan on the upcoming Netflix original series The Haunting of Hill House. The show is a modern re-imagining of Shirley Jackson’s classic 1959 novel and stars Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Timothy Hutton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Lulu Wilson, Victoria Pedretti, Paxton Singleton, Julian Hilliard, Violet McGraw and Mckenna Grace. Flanagan is writing and directing the 10-parter and is also executive producing the Paramount Television and Amblin Television production with his producing partner Trevor Macy (The Raven, The Bye Bye Man), as well as Darryl Frank & Justin Falvey (The Americans, Falling Skies). Read the rest of this entry »
Julia Morrison Summers’ Original Song ‘Not Alone’ from ‘Sun Dogs’ Released
Posted: April 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jennifer Morrison, Julia Morrison Summers, Mark Isham, Sun Dogs
The original end credits song Not Alone from Jennifer Morrison’s feature directorial debut Sun Dogs has been released. The film’s composer Mark Isham (Once Upon a Time, Crash, A River Runs Through It) has produced the song, which is written by Julia Morrison Summers and performed by Morisson Summers, Isham, composer/guitarist Bryce Jacobs (Drive Hard, Random Tropical Paradise) and Grammy Award-winning violinist Charlie Bisharat. Listen to the full track after the jump and visit iTunes to download the song. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 8, 2018)
Posted: April 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alex Heffes, BBC America, Christopher Lennertz, Cinemax, Clark, Come Sunday, David Holmes, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, HBO, Howards End, Killing Eve, Lost in Space, Michael Price, Mike McCready, Netflix, Nico Muhly, PBS, Pickpockets, Rellik, Robert Duncan, Tamar-Kali, The Crossing, Unforgotten
Premiering tonight is the Starz limited series Howards End developed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Julia Ormond, Philippa Coulthard, Joseph Quinn, Rosalind Eleazar, Tracey Ullman and Alex Lawther. The 4-parter’s original music is composed by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Kill Your Darlings, Margaret, Joshua). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and visit the official show website for more information about the drama.
Also premiering tonight is the new BBC America original series Killing Eve created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, David Haig, Kim Bodnia, Darren Boyd, Sean Delaney, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Owen McDonnell. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Analyze That, Haywire, Out of Sight) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the series, which has already been renewed for a second season. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Danna to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘3 Below’
Posted: April 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3 Below, Guillermo Del Toro, Jeff Danna, Netflix
Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Boondock Saints, Storks, Tyrant, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television series 3 Below. The show is created by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) and follows two royal teen aliens who crash land on Arcadia and struggle to blend in as they evade intergalactic bounty hunters. The project marks the second series in del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia trilogy following Netflix’s Trollhunters, which is scored by Tim Davies and features themes by Alexandre Desplat. Check out a trailer for the trilogy after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
