The full details of the soundtrack album for the thriller Bad Samaritan have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Ash vs Evil Dead). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on May 4, 2018 by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Bad Samaritan is directed by Dean Devlin and stars David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Carlito Olivero, Jacqueline Byers, Tracey Heggins and Robert P. Nagle. The movie revolves around two young car valets who use their business as a front to burglarize houses of their unsuspecting patrons. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bad Samaritan’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bad Samaritan, Dean Devlin, Joseph LoDuca, score, Soundtrack
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Mychael Danna Scoring Gideon Raff’s ‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’
Posted: April 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gideon Raff, Mychael Danna, The Red Sea Diving Resort
Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine) is composing the music for the upcoming drama The Red Sea Diving Resort. The film is written and directed by Gideon Raff (Prisoners of War) and stars Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Michael K. Williams, Michiel Huisman, Alessandro Nivola, Greg Kinnear and Ben Kingsley. The movie tells the story of an Israeli agent who runs a secret Mossad operation with a ragtag team of spies to smuggle thousands of persecuted Ethiopian Jews to safety under the cover of a fictitious diving resort in 1981. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Monkey Shines’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: April 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Shire, George A. Romero, Monkey Shines, score, Soundtrack
Music Box Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1988 psychological horror thriller Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear directed by George A. Romero and starring Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil and Joyce Van Patten. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed and conducted by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, All the President’s Men, Short Circuit, Zodiac), including 25 minutes of previously unreleased music. To pre-order the CD, which is limited to 1000 copies, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the track list. Read the rest of this entry »
West Dylan Thordson Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’
Posted: April 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Glass, James Newton Howard, West Dylan Thordson
M. Night Shyamalan has confirmed on Twitter that West Dylan Thordson is currently scoring the upcoming superhero thriller Glass. The film is written and directed by Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village) and stars Bruce Willis as David Dunn, Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price (aka Mr. Glass), James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, as well as Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard and Sarah Paulson. The movie brings together the narratives of Shyamalan’s 2000 feature Unbreakable (scored by James Newton Howard) and last year’s Split (scored by Thordson). Read the rest of this entry »
Lifetime’s ‘Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance’ to Feature Music by Mario Grigorov
Posted: April 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, Lifetime, Mario Grigorov
Mario Grigorov is scoring the upcoming Lifetime original movie Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance. The film is directed by Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood) and stars Murray Fraser & Parisa Fitz-Henley in the title roles, alongside Bonnie Soper as Princess Diana, Maggie Sullivun as Queen Elizabeth II, Steve Coulter as Prince Charles and Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Bowles. Scarlett Lacey wrote the script. Merideth Finn and Michele Weiss are executive producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Return for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3’
Posted: April 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Yates, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard confirmed in a recent interview on Score: The Podcast that he will be returning to score the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them series. The composer also revealed that he will be recording his score for the second part, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (set for a release on November 16, 2018) this coming August. David Yates is attached to direct the the second sequel, while Eddie Redmayne and other cast members are other cast members are expected to reprise their roles from the first two movies. Read the rest of this entry »
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring BBC’s & Netflix’s ‘Watership Down’ Mini-Series
Posted: April 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Ilan Eshkeri, Netflix, Noam Murro, Watership Down
Ilan Esherki is composing the music for the upcoming BBC and Netflix animated mini-series Watership Down. The 4-parter is written by Tom Bidwell (My Mad Fat Diary) based on Richard Adams’ novel, directed by Noam Murro (300: Rise of the Empire) and features the voices of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Miles Jupp, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff. The series is set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern England and follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Robert Schwentke’s ‘The Captain’ (‘Der Hauptmann’) Released
Posted: April 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Der Hauptmann, Martin Todsharow, Robert Schwentke, score, Soundtrack, The Captain
Königskinder has released a soundtrack album for the German drama The Captain (Der Hauptmann). The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Todsharow (Desert Flower, 3096 Days, Atomised). The soundtrack is now available to download overseas. Milan Records will release the album in the U.S. on July 27, 2018. Visit Amazon to order the soundtrack. The Captain is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, RED, The Time Traveler’s Wife) and stars Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau and Alexander Fehling. The movie follows a young German deserter as he tries to survive in the deadly final days of the Third Reich. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Every Day’ Score Album Released
Posted: April 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elliott Wheeler, Every Day, Michael Sucsy, score, Soundtrack
Orion has released a score album for the romantic drama Every Day. The album features the film’s original music composed by Elliott Wheeler (The Get Down, Restraint). Also included is an original song written by the composer and performed by Pip Branson and Emma Hoy. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Every Day is directed by Michael Sucsy and stars Angourie Rice, Maria Bello, Debby Ryan, Jacob Batalon, Justice Smith, Owen Teague, Lucas Jade Zumann and Colin Ford. The movie is based on David Levithan’s bestselling YA novel and revolves around a shy teenage girl who falls in love with an entity named A, who inhabits a new body of another teenage boy each day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Quiet Place’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Quiet Place, John Krasinski, Marco Beltrami, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller A Quiet Place have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Scream, World War Z, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on April 6 and physically on May 11 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Quiet Place is directed by John Krasinski who also stars in the film, alongside Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. The movie follows a family living an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound. Read the rest of this entry »
